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My kids love stickers, but my walls and furniture do not.
My youngest just got a book of these Eyelike stickers for his birthday. This sticker book has 400 dinosaur stickers (they make other nature collections as well) that stick just like regular stickers, but peel off without sticky residue.
In my experience, you have to be super careful peeling them up if you want to reuse them (they rip easily), but since there’s 400, there’s enough to go around.
This sticker book is $6.59 at Target.
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Dino lover says
We got this book for a recent flight and it does have a ton of stickers, BUT only 2 pages to put them on so you run out of space very quickly
Anon says
I like this style of book (there’s one for nearly every interest/holiday) to provide the stickers to use in other projects/on different paper. Basically, I treat it as a big collection of stickers that we use for years to come.
Usborne has a ton of great sticker books where each page spread is a different scene to populate, available on A*zon
Cb says
I think we’ve passed peak sticker. I’m doing a big sort while my family is away and think I’ll bring a folder of stickers and supplies to aftercare/the library, as my son never uses stickers?
AIMS says
We have also passed sticker age, but I have this stuff in an arts & crafts box with other odds and ends for when we get a last minute assignment to decorate a cereal box or a name tag or whatever else for school. Also works for rainy day art projects. Basically stickers, Pom Poms, pretty book jackets, ribbons, etc., all go in. It’s very handy for making birthday cards,too, for all the many bday parties their friends have.
anon says
I’m amused by how kid-dependent this is! I think ours are about the same age (mine will be 7 this winter) and they’re still super sticker obsessed.
Anon says
Yeah I have a kid the same age who is very into stickers.
Cb says
It’s so funny, T is just 6 and if someone gives him a sticker, he’ll wear it, but he won’t use it for art projects. He also won’t use a colouring book? His creativity can’t be bought, apparently :)
GCA says
Mine are 5 and 8 and still like stickers – one believes they exist to be used and the other believes in preserving them.
anon says
I’m the poster from earlier this week whose husband wanted to leave open the possibility of having a child with another woman given the state of our marriage. I haven’t been able to respond given a lot of work meetings this week, but I think our marriage is making progress. My talk with DH last Sunday about being nicer to me and listening seems to have resonated.
One poster talked about her DH not adjusting well to fatherhood and I think that’s the case here. DH always wanted to be a dad and before DD was born talked about being a SAHD. He’s finding it much harder in reality, plus he has some health issues which make some things harder for him than for me. Overall he’s a very involved dad and there’s no way I could keep my demanding job without his support, but I think he needs to talk through his dad insecurities and adjust to this new phase of his life. I think we can get there but am always pragmatic about going it alone if I have to.
OOO says
Thank you so much for this update. You have been on our minds all week. Really glad that you and DH are making progress and that he has been receptive to your concerns and shows a willingness to change. I still think you should do couples counseling, because the kinds of issues you described in your marriage likely won’t be resolved through one conversation. It helps to have a neural third party who can call either of you out for being out of line. Lots of counselors offer sessions through Zoom now which makes it convenient. I also think you should talk to your doctor about the thoughts you have had about disappearing and leaving your family. That sounds like textbook PPD, and there are medications that can help. Hope you are able to get some rest this weekend. Please keep us posted.
Anon1 says
I know not everyone is a big fan but I used Betterhelp for a couple months and had a really great counselor.
We talked about a lot of issues I had with my marriage and apparently they do offer couples counseling, though I never tried it.
Having it virtual and more flexible scheduling was a big plus for me.
More Sleep Would Be Nice says
Thank you for the update. I echo everyone that said we have been thinking of you all week and suggested therapy. I used Talkspace at one point, which wasn’t as good as my current therapist (who I meet with virtual) but was a good way to get quick access to a therapist.
How are YOU? No rush, please share if/when you are ready.
anon says
Thank you for update!
I’ll add that my DH had a hard time adjusting to fatherhood. I think he generally has a tougher time with multitasking so just having a little human in the house seemed to paralyze him since he could either (1) be a parent, (2) do all the other home tasks, or (3) have a social life/relax. He couldn’t do any of these together. He was really stressed out for a long time and totally scared of getting it wrong.
I’ll also add that we had periods where we both felt like the other parent wasn’t pulling their weight. In the end, the answer was that we needed more or different childcare. We were both at 200% of our individual capacities between work and parenting and neither of us could maintain that pace. (I’ll also add that my capacity isn’t the same as his, so while I thought he should be doing more, he was already beyond maxed out.) That period was when we had the hardest conversations, as we were both totally stressed and there was no solve, so we fought. We ended up switching child care to a nanny+preschool instead of daycare and things got so much better. Neither of us had to do pickups or drop offs. We came home every day to a happy kid in a clean and happy house. If you’re not able to rebalance responsibilities and are completely overwhelmed, I’d think hard about how to get more support. It may not be a nanny, but something has to give if you can’t go on like you are.
Waffles says
How are you all updating for autumn?
I have recently got back into Madewell jeans and splurged on an APC sweater. Will probably buy a tote this weekend to replace my worn-out bag.
Also, trying to get better about moisturizing my skin regularly. Got the Revlon one-step hair dry brush, hope it helps control my hair. Really liking liquid lip color, as I need more coverage than my usual tinted lip balm these days.
Cb says
I bought some burnt orange slouchy corduroys which feel very autumnal. And a few new sweaters as mine were looking shabby.
Off to Paris next week so excited to do a little bit of shopping, but mildly concerned about the bedbug situation.
Anonymous says
Yes to moisturizer. Even though we live in Houston, I can’t skip it in the winter anymore. I’m liking Abercrombie’s “wide leg” ankle jeans. I usually go way overboard on fall clothes when fall/winter is like six weeks long here so I’m tryin not to this year.. I got a burn orange sweatshirt from Target, breaking my no clothes from Target rule. Other than that, I’m trying to make do with what I have: patagonia flannel and old sweatshirts. I wear a lot of leggings on days I’m not in the office. I’m on the hunt for a Breton, if anyone has tips for that. I read that Boden’s fit weird and I’m already 50/50 on Boden fitting me. I’m debating a pair of Doc Martens: I wanted one in middle school but never saved enough to get them.
Anon says
Fellow Houstonian here. Based on 0 data, I feel like the fall/winters have gotten actually colder and longer? (And yes the summers are longer and hotter, too). Like November-February are cool, March-April are nice, May-June is hot, and then July-September, well…
Sezane may have something striped for you. I love them and hope they don’t go the way of Zara, H&M, etc.
Anonymous says
I just ordered a Mariner from Sezane! Thank you for the rec!
Emily Sealy says
I bought a new black purse since I hadn’t had one for years; bought some “classic vintage 90’s jeans” (crying/laughing), casually shopping for fashion sneakers and debating Birkenstock Bostons, and I’ve bought a ton of of gold and freshwater pearl jewelry.
Anonymous says
Yes to the gold jewelry and laughing at my 90s denim. For sneakers, have you looked at high tops? I got some Nikes and they’re too small but I adore them and they were comfy. I should probably just order those in my correct size instead of Docs.
Anonymous says
I bought some Mother Weekender full-length mid-rise flare jeans and a couple of belts. I don’t think I’ve worn a belt in maybe 15 years, but they seem to be coming back into fashion. I only like them with a mid-rise jean–a belt makes high-waisted jeans look even dumpier on me.
Anonymous says
I bought two pairs of jeans from Madewell (one vintage-style, one 90s style), a creamy knit from & other stories, and a black sleeveless sweater from Club Monaco (it’s sort of hard to describe) that looks amazing layered over dresses. I would looooove to buy some brown boots but I haven’t pulled the trigger yet. I also have my eye on a plaid coat.
My one disappointment so far has been a pair of wide leg jeans from Rag & Bone. They looked amazing in the store but they’ve stretched out in the hips/ rear and now they just look too big, even though they’re a size down from my normal size. I’m so bummed!
More Sleep Would Be Nice says
I’m trying to do more mixing with my jewelry for a two or three toned look.
I’m a die-hard gold jewelry fan (regardless of whether it is on trend or not) and have gold that I wear daily. I’m trying to mix more silver in.
GCA says
I’m firmly Team Sweater Blazer and just got a couple more from Thredup. I also started a run streak and need to up my headlamp game. And eyeing some soft corduroys (unfashionably skinny as they will need to be tucked into snow boots in a month or two).
Anonie says
Went to Goodwill and had a lot of great fall finds! Particularly for third pieces and basic casual tops – Banana Republic, Ann Taylor, etc.
anon says
Recommendations for a backpack with wheels for a 2nd grader? I’ve never bought that kind of backpack and I’m imagining it will be hard to find one that will last.
Anonymous says
Are the wheeled Pottery Barn ones a reasonable size? They’re expensive (we only buy the sale colors), but in my experience last very well.
anon says
I bought one from PB Teen for my daughter in 3rd grade. It’s on the smaller side compared to the LL Bean one, but it’s still holding up. I would have preferred the LL Bean one TBH but the colors from PB teen were better.
MiL says
I missed the mother in law conversation yesterday, but just wanted to chime in with a recent WTF. My mother in law made a purposeful visit to “stop by” in the middle of a neighborhood event we were attending with friends so she could drop off photos she had printed. It was just ten grainy photos of her with our kid. Reader, I have not framed said photos.
ElisaR says
this made me chuckle! i can relate!
Anon says
Happy Friday! Paging lawyer moms who work in law firms. I am curious how many hours a day do you bill and spend at work. I work for a small firm and I am having a hard time billing more than 6 hours day. I’m basically in the office 8.30 to 5. I sometimes take a lunch break to run errands but otherwise eat at my desk. I often find it hard to focus and check my phone, news etc. there haven’t been any complaints about my billable but now I am going through a busy period and I need to buckle up. So I wonder if there is something wrong with me for not being able to focus more or maybe it’s normal. I admire all lawyers who are able to work 10 hour days and be good parents when they get home!
Anon says
It varies a lot day to day. I’m lucky to be in a practice that has consistent workflow so I don’t have hours during the day with nothing to do. I try to log on by 9 (I WFH), bill from 9:30-12:30, take a break, bill from 1:30-6 and then bill again from 8:30-10pm if needed to get the work out in a timely manner
anon says
I’ll be honest, this sounds like me, largely 9-4:45, but bill about 6. I do bill more when the workload is higher. I too admire fellow lawyer moms who bill probably double what I do.
Anon says
I’m in a very, very small firm in a rural area. My day is usually around 8 to 4. My goal for a daily billable amount is 6 hours. I emphasize goal. I’m a partner, so a large amount of my compensation is dependent on my actual money that I bill and bring in. If I have work that needs to get done, I’ll bill more. Slow weeks I may bill less. I’m not making Biglaw money, so I’m definitely not keeping Biglaw hours. Even if I kept Biglaw hours, I still wouldn’t make Biglaw money, so I might as well have a good work life balance.
Anonymous says
When I was in big law I never took lunch honestly. I also WFH any chance I could get so I could add commuting time to bill. I aimed to bill 8 hours a day minimum. I suppose I pretty much always logged on in the evenings or tried to get an hour in on the weekends during nap time? I know that’s not helpful but I just aimed to grind all the time.. ugh. I captured way more time using continuous timers once I made that switch later in my career after previously using paper/pen. I would say I woke up and sent emails from bed every morning so I counted that and then I’d eat breakfast in front of the computer starting at 8am and would basically work 8-5pm kid pickup and then a bit in the evenings, even if I wasn’t doing big projects I was always reading emails and responding to chats in the evenings, and I counted all of that.
anon says
I always made sure I billed at least 40 client-chargeable hours a week. This required regularly signing in from pre-kid wake up (4-6:30 AM), after kid bedtime (8-11 PM), and on weekends (often during naps). If I was behind I’d also stay late and work until 11 PM or midnight to knock out a bunch of hours while only missing one bedtime.
I usually came in around 2300 hours/year.
TheElms says
It varies based on how busy I am. If its averagely busy I’m working 9:15am-5:15pm on in office days and 8:45am-5:45pm for WFH days. On in office days I tend to take about an hour of breaks over that time and maybe a little less when I’m WFH because I don’t stop to chat or eat lunch with anyone but I do some chores around the house instead. I do have to consciously avoid taking breaks to keep it to this. I don’t always succeed. So that’s 7-8 hours a day (but obviously some stuff ends up going to business development, admin, training etc.) When its busy I have to tack on a couple hours in the evening so it goes up to 9-10 hours. I really cannot do more than 10 hours any more though.
Anon says
If you put more money than you need in a dependent card FSA and don’t use all of it, the remaining money is just gone, right? Or is this employer-dependent?
NLD in NYC says
Depends. My employer has a grace period where you can use last year’s $$$ up to Q1 of next year. You can still submit claims for services in the previous year until end of Q2 next year. Then any outstanding funds are forfeited.
anon says
This is true for my employer, but some might have rollover funds.
Anonymous says
I believe there’s a grace period through maybe April?, so you don’t actually have to use it all within the calendar year. But yes, my understanding is that if you exceed the grace period, it’s just gone. (in case it’s relevant, our FSA is through the federal government)
Anonymous says
Remember you can use it for day camp too, not just daycare.
Anon says
Yep! I think even with camp we’re not going to hit $5k in 2024 though (for one kid). Hard to believe after so many years of $$$ daycare, but here we are, and I want to be careful I don’t put too much in.
Spirograph says
And school before & after care, if you have elementary-aged kids.
anon says
Venting into the void. Before DS started K, we had him go to private OT all summer. I went in on day 1 with a letter from his OT explaining his motor planning/auditory processing and tips for helping him. Fast forward, and the school OT has just “observed” him twice with no further follow up with us, and now we are getting increasingly negative emails about DS’s behavior from the teacher. What’s frustrating is both the “I don’t know what could contribute to his behavior” comments (MAYBE the problems I told you from Day 1 that happen when he gets overwhelmed?!) and referring to him as “not caring.” He’s five years old, he obviously cares and wants to please, even if he is acting out in negative ways. DH was hesitant before about me pushing OT or starting the ball on figuring out if we need an ADHD diagnosis/504 plan, etc., but now he is seeing that my son is getting labeled regardless so we might as well be able to have accommodations in place. The teacher seems nice but she’s writing notes about things like DS using a colored pencil instead of a lead pencil…….like, you really want me to yell at my struggling 5yo over this level of detail in instructions? DH was very similar- he was awful with any rules he didn’t understand the purpose of. I fear 13 years of battles at this rate, and it feels so horrible. He really did well last year in preschool with a teacher that was flexible and used humor, so it makes me even more sad for my kiddo.
Anon says
Oof this teacher sounds terrible, I’m so sorry. Sending a note home over a 5 year old using the wrong color pencil is really something.
But yes, I’ve found getting school support for special needs kids can be very frustrating. My K-er did private speech therapy in pre-K and is supposed to be getting evaluated by her school for speech therapy, and we haven’t heard anything at all about beyond “she’s on our list,” even though I’m pretty sure their deadline (set by a state or federal law, I think) for evaluating her has come and gone. I’m not even sure our school has an OT!
Anonymous says
1. I’m sorry this is happening. It’s so hard when you feel like your child isn’t getting what they need and being treated unfairly (maliciously or not!). You’re doing great, and I hope the teacher can get on the same page with you and the OT.
2. I just want to share a dynamic and something that was helpful in my family, in case it helps yours, too: My husband has ADHD and struggled in school for various reasons related to that. At least one, most-likely two of my kids have ADHD as well. Whenever we get a note from the teacher about an ADHD-related behavior issue, DH really, really struggles with feelings of guilt and occasionally doom spirals about the kids being written off by teachers and ostracized by peers. (This is textbook ADHD fixating, intellectually he knows that, but the brain works how the brain works). Anyhow, he’s been availing himself of the mental health resources at work, and talking to a therapist once or twice a month has made a huge difference in him separating his experience from the kids’, staying optimistic about “the system” serving them better than it served him, and focusing on constructive actions. Like Anon at 1:30 said, it can be a long slog to get the right support in place, so consider all the scaffolding to help parents through that process, too!
Anonymous says
Wow. I have an adhd kid and 2 that are not. Have you actually spoken with the teacher or has it all been via email? Maybe there’s more nuance to the behavior and the teacher is really bad at communicating.
If your kid is in OT at school, do you have any IEP meetings set up? In our schools any kind of school services come with quarterly IEP meetings.
How many kids are in your child’s classroom? How new is the teacher?
Anonymous says
Maybe I’m too late in the day but- anyone know of reasonably priced elastic waist/drawstring kids chinos that come in slim? My kid with sensory issues has evidently grown in height without a correlated gain in weight and his 8s are comically too short but also way looser on him in the waist than they used to be (??? He has gained weight just not as much as height??). So not only are the 8s too loose having pulled the drawstring allllll the way tight, the 10s I had stockpiled are just not gonna work. We’ve been using Target drawstring chinos, which have a reinforced knee. Website suggests they sometimes have slim but nothing in stock. Trying to compare across brands is going to take forever – looking at children’s place, carters, primary, but I’m so overwhelmed! Any ideas?
Anon says
I’ve only done girls, but OshKosk runs slim. I’d check there.
Anon says
In my experience (for boys) Osh Kosh runs wide but Carters runs slim (or maybe it varies by garment!). I’m going to be checking out Carters for my 6yo in a similar situation
Spirograph says
Land’s End Kids
DLC says
Have you tried girls chinos? Girls pants tend to be slimmer cut, though they rarely have a reinforced knee.
I’ve also found Uniqlo also has a slimmer cut than some other pants I’ve seen.
anonymous says
Primary has a drawstring/elastic chino that may fit the bill.
anonymous says
To clarify: they don’t come in slim, but they seem slim cut to me.
tova says
If you already have the pants, and the kid prefers the style, I would take them to a dry cleaner/tailor and ask them to take them in. My kid also has a slim build and I take a tuck and handsew her pants/shorts, and my mom does a nicer job with sewing machine and more advanced technique. I would ask the tailor to put the bulk on the outside of the pants and prioritize a smooth line in the waistband since you know your kid is sensitive to fit. They can also do a nicer job by separating the side/back seam and removing material there but maintaining the elastic/drawstring channel.
Anonymous says
We found that Gap ran slimmest.