Accessory Tuesday: Easton Loafer Pump
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For an updated workplace staple, how about this elevated loafer?
I’m seeing heeled loafers everywhere, and this version from Gentle Souls by Kenneth Cole will take you from morning coffee to happy hour. The nearly two-inch angled block heel gives lift while the innovative cushioned footbed keeps you comfortable.
While an obvious choice for a suit, these would also look sharp on the weekends with wide-leg jeans.
The Easton Loafer Pump is on sale at Nordstrom for $94.50 (originally $189, so that’s half off!). It comes in black and camel in sizes 5–11.
Sales of note for 2/7:
(See all of the latest workwear sales at Corporette!)
- Nordstrom – Winter Sale, up to 60% off! 7850 new markdowns for women
- Ann Taylor – Extra 25% off your $175+ purchase — and $30 of full-price pants and denim
- Banana Republic Factory – Up to 50% off everything + extra 15% off
- Boden – 15% off new season styles
- Eloquii – 60% off 100s of styles
- J.Crew – Extra 50% off all sale styles
- J.Crew Factory – 40% off everything including new arrivals + extra 20% off $125+
- Rothy’s – Final Few: Up to 40% off last-chance styles
- Spanx – Lots of workwear on sale, some up to 70% off
- Talbots – 40% off one item + free shipping on $150+
An acquaintance is in Japan right now with her preschool and elementary age kids and from her photos it looks absolutely amazing and has got me dreaming of taking my early elementary age kids (currently K & 2nd) there in the next few years. Anyone been with kids and want to share highlights?
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/02/19/alabama-supreme-court-embryos-children-ivf/
And so it begins.
As a mother of two IVF babies, with more embryos in storage (in a “safe” Northeastern state), this boils my blood to no end.
I just need to vent. My daughter (9) has a friend who can be really nice but also can be extremely whiny and moody. We’ve spent a lot of time with the other family and I realized that their pattern is as follows:
– Kid asks for something
– Parent says no
– Kid asks again
– Parent says no
– Kid whines and stomps feet
– Parent says no
– Kid whines loudly and starts to shriek and throw a tantrum
– Parent says “fine, whatever” and gives them whatever they are asking for
I had seen it happen once or twice last year but didn’t connect the pieces. But it happens ALL THE TIME, with this girl and her two younger sisters. Not only is it hard to be around, I realized my kid started to see a “no” as an opening bid, which is not the way our family operates. Whew.
Anyone else with kids who wake up screaming and unhappy? Why? When do they grow out of it? My three year old has been like this since birth. 2 out of 3 mornings wakes up hating the world and screaming for a good 40 minutes. He’s like this for naps too, no matter how long or short they are. FWIW he’s a terrible sleeper with regular night terrors etc.
How often is reasonable for my 6 year old to play with our next door neighbor girl who is the same age? I’d say once or twice a week for an hour or two. Too much, too little? it’s difficult because she plays great with my 4 year old son but once she has a playmate the same age, then nothing I offer him makes him happy other than wanting to also be with them and they are good about including him but also don’t want him around all the time. The neighbors also just come over and knock (rather than mom text) and my daughter gets upset if I say no.
I always prayed for neighbors my kids could play with but of course, this hasn’t been stress free either. let me know how to make this easier..
My 6 year old has a good friend and classmate whose mom has made several comments this year suggesting my kid is a bad influence who is leading her perfect golden child astray. The kids are both good students and generally well-behaved, but occasionally lose a point in the teacher’s behavioral management system for being off task together. The teacher seems not at all concerned about this and has been very positive about our kid in parent-teacher conferences, so I’m not concerned. But the other mom is very concerned and blames my kid 100%.
It all recently came to a head because she didn’t allow her son to attend my daughter’s birthday party and sent me a rude email basically saying my daughter is a bad influence and they have to distance themselves. My kid is sad, and I’m sad on her behalf and also kind of offended! If you read the email without context you’d think my kid offered her kid dr*gs, not giggled with him during rest time.
I know that the solution is to lean into other friendships, of which my kid has plenty, and I know that this mom isn’t going to tightly control her son’s social life forever (and in fact I can already see this parenting strategy backfiring because kid is FURIOUS at his mom and acting out more) but I’m sad and just needed to vent.
on saturday i took my K aged daughter to a playdate at a new friend’s house. i feel like i’ve gotten to know the mom decently before this playdate, but since it was her first time there i wanted to stay with her. so i walk in and the parents have the office (i think it was that) on the tv in their family room. i’m given a brief house tour, the kids have a huge play room upstairs, but were having a bit of trouble finding their groove so kept coming downstairs and the dad kept suggesting that he put on netflix for them in the playroom. the kids ended up going back upstairs and watching something on disney jr. i spent most of the time chatting in the kitchen with the mom and dad (which was lovely, but i also thought was a bit strange bc my DH always has lots to do), but the tv stayed on in the background the whole time. is it just me, but at age 5 i’m not sending my kid to a playdate to watch tv? i didn’t make a big deal out of it, but makes me want to be the hostess in the future
Here’s a delicate post-long weekend topic: tips and books on how to address race with preschoolers? My white four year old made an offensive comment about brown people (seemingly out of nowhere, we were driving). I tried talking through it with her a little but am sure I didn’t do the best job addressing it. She doesn’t live in a bubble and her school and friend groups are quite diverse. But we haven’t really talked much about race and she’s just starting to notice more about the differences between people. The books we have are the dumbed down kids history of civil rights types of books, which feel incomplete because they often seem to conclude that issues of inequality were all resolved.
Is anyone buying the new Lily Nichols book about eating for fertility? I enjoyed her book on pregnancy nutrition, but I’m a little bit hesitant to buy a fertility focused book on case it tries to guilt me for things I should have been eating differently two years gone. We’re trying after miscarriage and it’s a bit fraught at times. Any recs?