Finally Friday: Street Shoe
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Sales of note for 2/14/25 (Happy Valentine’s Day!):
(See all of the latest workwear sales at Corporette!)
- Nordstrom – Winter Sale, up to 60% off! 7850 new markdowns for women
- Ann Taylor – Up to 40% off your full-price purchase — and extra 60% off sale
- Banana Republic Factory – 50% off everything + 15% off (readers love their suiting as well as their silky shirts like this one)
- Boden – 15% off new season styles
- Eloquii – 300+ styles $25 and up
- J.Crew – 40% of your purchase – prices as marked
- J.Crew Factory – 50% off entire site and storewide + extra 50% off clearance
- Rothy’s – Final Few: Up to 40% off last-chance styles
- Spanx – Lots of workwear on sale, some up to 70% off
- Talbots – Flash sale ending soon – markdowns starting from $15, extra 70% off all other markdowns (final sale)
And — here are some of our latest threadjacks of interest – working mom questions asked by the commenters!
- The concept of “backup care” is so stupid…
- I need tips on managing employees in BigLaw who have to leave for daycare pickup…
- I’m thinking of leaning out to spend more time with my family – how can I find the perfect job for that?
- I’m now a SAHM and my husband needs to step up…
- How can I change my thinking to better recognize some of my husband’s contributions as important, like organizing the shed?
- What are your tips to having a good weekend with kids, especially with little kids? Do you have a set routine or plan?
I’m traveling overseas for business for eight days. Any suggestions on making the separation easier on my one-year-old (and me)? He will be at home with his father and (very familiar) grandparents.
I’m most wondering about pumping. I’ll be traveling to a time zone eight hours ahead of me. I’m planning to adjust my pumping schedule to local time. Does that make sense? I don’t want to get up at night to pump. (And any hints for places to pump at Heathrow?)
Random b**b question — after bf-ing for a year, my girls were completely limp and frankly I was used to them being that way. All the sudden in the last month they’ve become fuller again. Does this happen? Are they regenerating so to speak? Or am I over-looking the obvious that I might be pregnant again (not impossible, but I thought unlikely). Any other explanations?
I have a pair of Crocs brand slip ons that look a lot like this that I love. They aren’t super stylish, but they are non obtusive and super comfy. I wear them to the playground most weekends.
Happy Friday ladies! Question about babies and bad dreams. At what age do babies start to have bad dreams / nightmares? DS is 8 months and in the last couple of weeks has had two episodes of what appear to be nightmares. It happens about 45 minutes after we put him to bed. He screams – I mean, really screams, not at all like his normal crying or fussing – and when we go in he is not awake but is clearly terrified. He has his eyes closed and is still limp like he’s sleeping; even when we pick him up he doesn’t really wake but continues to cry. It takes some time (5 minutes?) for him to wake up and begin to calm down. It’s really upsetting to see and I’m a little worried – is this normal at this age? Have others experienced this or have tips? Also plan to mention it to his ped but we don’t go in for another month.
I don’t like these sneakers at all. Maybe it’s the white, lug-ish sole. I’m a huge fan of slip-on sneakers and thing they can look really cool. I think the Vince Blair slip-ons are a much better choice.