Budget Thursday: Elbow Patch Knit Blazer
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Loft always has killer sales, and it’s hard to predict what will be in stock. This blazer looks lovely and has very positive reviews — and it would be a great workwear basic. I like the sort of academic look to the elbow patches, and the pale gray with a little bit of a herringbone pattern. I would wait until it’s 40–50% off, which should be any day now. Also note Loft’s new plus sizes and, as always, maternity sizes. For now, this blazer is $128 and comes in sizes 2–14. Elbow Patch Knit Blazer
Two plus-size options are at Talbots (also available in regular, petites, and woman petites) and Macy’s.
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Sales of note for 9.10.24
(See all of the latest workwear sales at Corporette!)
- Ann Taylor – 30% off your purchase
- Banana Republic Factory – Up to 50% off everything + extra 20% off
- Boden – 15% off new styles
- Eloquii – $29 and up select styles; up to 50% off everything else
- J.Crew – Up to 50% off wear-to-work styles; extra 30% off sale styles
- J.Crew Factory – 40-60% off everything; extra 60% off clearance
- Lands’ End – 30% off full-price styles
- Loft – Extra 40% off sale styles
- Talbots – BOGO 50% everything, includes markdowns
- Target – Car-seat trade-in event through 9/28 — bring in an old car seat to get a 20% discount on other baby/toddler stuff.
- Zappos – 26,000+ women’s sale items! (check out these reader-favorite workwear brands on sale, and some of our favorite kids’ shoe brands on sale)
Kid/Family Sales
- Carter’s – Birthday sale, 40-50% off & extra 20% off select styles
- Hanna Andersson – Up to 50% off all baby; up to 40% off all Halloween
- J.Crew Crewcuts – Extra 30% off sale styles
- Old Navy – 40% off everything
- Target – BOGO 25% off select haircare, up to 25% off floor care items; up to 30% off indoor furniture up to 20% off TVs
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Hi All! Posted yesterday at the end of the day and received some great ideas. But I thought I’d throw it out for a little more traffic – any ideas on a cool or fun hostess gift? We’ve got a department dinner at my boss’s house this weekend. We’re a small group that gets a long well. It’s about as casual as dinner at your boss’s house can get. My goal is to take something cool and fun around $30 or less (but could go up a little). Any ideas? I’m trying to avoid the typical wine, flowers, etc. An Easter lily would be timely (even if ordinary), but they have a dog, and I know Easter lilies are poisonous to animals. Any fun kitchen gadgets, games, etc. or anything else come to mind? My boss and his wife are empty nesters and do a good amount of hosting and traveling if that helps. Thanks!
Do you use the 1-2-3 Magic book/technique for disciplining your toddler? Does it work? My understanding was that disciplining toddlers rarely works, I thought redirecting was the name of the game at this age (3.5). My copy is on its way, I just wanted to get a jump on things.
My baby won’t sleep through the night! He is almost 8 months old and did just have some teeth come through but he goes down between 7 and 8 and wakes up about 3 times for his paci before a meal. Then between 2 and 4am he gets a bottle and it takes almost an hour to put him down after that as he just wants to play. He also sits up in bed every time he wakes up which means I feel i need to go back in and lay him down so he doesn’t cry continuously. I tried CIO a bit but gave up after 10 minutes each time as I was worried he would wake up the entire house. As I type this I see there’s a lot going on in his development but sheesh, I just want about 6 straight hours of sleep in my life. I wonder if I should wean him from his paci right now but it helps him fall asleep. And he generally gets good naps during the day so that’s not it. Is this the kid of thing I should get a sleep consultant for. Our toddler sleeps great so I don’t feel I am that inept but I also know a lot of it is up to the kid too.
Wow, I love this blazer. Has anyone encountered it in person? Sometimes I have trouble with keeping knit blazers crisp but I love the machine washable aspect and the natural fibers.
Question about breast pumps. I’m a soon to be first time mom and it’s been recommended to me that I rent a hospital grade breast pump. How is the pump that one would rent different from like the Spectra 2, which says it is “hospital grade.” Are there different kinds of hospital grade? What exactly does hospital grade mean?
does anyone have a Zulily referral code to share? I don’t even know if these exist but happy to give someone props.
I have a spectra at home and a Medela symphony at work. I think they are equivalent. Both much better than the pump in style or the freestyle though.
1. Try Ferberizing again. It takes 3-7 nights to work and a week of disrupted sleep for the rest of the house is a worthwhile investment in restful nights for all. (Also, those first couple of nights suck, but it doesn’t mean it’s not working.)
2. Talk to your ped about whether you can cut the nighttime feeding. We started giving our babe water at night instead of milk and he quickly decided it wasn’t worth waking up for.
3. Throw 8 soothers on his crib, and attach some to any lovey/blankie he cuddles so he knows where to find them.
4. You can’t sleep train when a babe is transitioning to a new room/bed or sick or teething, so it’s an exercise in getting back on the horse a LOT.