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Crocs Cap Toe Flat | CorporetteMomsYou may have mixed feelings on Crocs (hideous for all! great for kids only! great as slippers only! great for all!) but these 85 positive reviews and, let’s face it, a pretty cute look, make these rubber shoes kind of great, particularly for mamas. Wear them as a commuting shoe (or your shoe shoe) to work, and then wear them around the sprayground with your kiddo. I love that pop of yellow, but the shoe also comes in black, white, bronze, dark brown, and tortoise. Amazon carries the shoe in many colors, including purple, with prices from $22-$53; and 6pm has a sale color, espresso reduced to $29. The shoes pictured are $39 at Zappos. Crocs Cap Toe Flat Psst: Note that Amazon’s Deal of the Day is 70% off coats, including lots of coats for babies and kids.

Sales of note for 9.10.24

(See all of the latest workwear sales at Corporette!)

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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  1. FWIW says

    Hey Pogo and you fellow wannabe mommas! Checking in- How’s it going?

    I finally figured out how to use the OPK strips I had (it didn’t come with detailed instructions so it took some searching to figure it out a bit) and I’m working on being positive.

    I’ve also realized what idiots people can be. I long ago learned to never ask someone (who’s not your sister or spouse basically) about their family plans, but SERIOUSLY. I had a well-meaning older woman bugging me at a social event the other day about when we were going to have kids. Every bone inside of me wanted to scream “WORKING ON IT, LADY” (Yes, Ellen caps 100% required.)

    • pockets says

      I used OPK strips and the one piece of advice is that when the strip is positive, it is really freaking positive and there is no second guessing. I spent weeks thinking that a strip was “kind of” positive but when I actually saw a positive one I knew that there was no mistaking it.

      Good luck!

      • FWIW says

        Thanks! Yeah, this is what finally clicked for me this month.

        Also, I stopped googling. Last month, Dr. Google and I had diagnosed myself with anovulatory PCOS (note: I have none of the symptoms of this but somehow was able to convince myself that this was true). I am a researcher by nature so it’s very hard for me to not do in depth research on every possible negative outcome.

        • pockets says

          A big hurdle for me during my infertility stage was that doctors didn’t know what was going on. I don’t ovulate regularly or frequently, but no doctor knew why. They had theories (anovulatory PCOS being one, but I didn’t have any other PCOS symptoms) but no one could say, This is the reason and here is definitive proof. At the end, it doesn’t matter why you’re infertile, it just matters that they figure out a way to treat it.

    • Pogo says

      I started charting, and pretty sure I’m ovulating, which is exciting (for some reason I was totally paranoid that my body wouldn’t work after so many years on BCP).

      However you might have seen earlier this week I found out I need surgery on my knee, so I have to put off further TTC until after my surgery. I should only “miss” one month, but we were pretty excited to get started, and now we have to be extra careful *not* to conceive (though they give me a preg test right before the surgery just to be sure).

      Yes, Dr Google is not your friend. My first period was super spotty, and my LP was pretty short, so I was googling “implantation bleeding vs period” like way, way too much.

      At someone on here’s recommendation I bulk-purchased the cheap test strips off Amazon (40 for $11 I think) and I’m loving that I don’t feel bad about testing frequently because they’re so cheap!

    • oil in houston says

      I personnally loved the digital opk rather than the strips, no second guessing, but as PP said, when it turns positive, it’s action time!
      I also charted on top, found it so helpful, I used my fertility friend, which has great tutorials as well. It also helped me once I got pregnant to reassure me everything was still on track (and helped me assess that the progesterone supplements were defintely needed and working)

  2. NewMomAnon says

    I bought these shoes during pregnancy, and they are comfortable. However, I found that they made my feet really incredibly sweaty, and they had little “massage” points on the insole that sometimes rubbed my feet raw. I wasn’t a big fan of socks during pregnancy, so these got put away….the Crocs mary janes though. I wore those CONSTANTLY during pregnancy, sweaty feet or no.

  3. Anon says

    I’m meeting with a family lawyer to discuss a probable divorce. I don’t want to get too much into the details, but here are the basics – we’ve been in couples counseling for over a year, we have a child, there are substance abuse issues and mental health issues that are not being addressed (his, not mine), and it’s time for me to move on. What kind of questions should I be asking the lawyer?

    • Lyssa says

      It’s a good idea to come armed with your financial information (how much each of you make, what kind of debt you have, what assets you have and how they are owned, what you each brought into the marriage, if anything). The attorney can use that to make some ballpark guesses about how that will be split up and how child support and alimony might work (fair warning, because I’ve seen this come as a shock to women before: If you make more than him, even if only by a little, there’s a good chance that you will have to pay some child support (assuming that he has relatively equal custody). In most states, it’s basically non-negotiable (laws prohibit private agreements between the parents that would change support obligations)).

      If you’ve discussed how custody would work already, then it might help to bring a proposed plan on that to discuss with the attorney. But if you’re not ready to discuss that with him yet, that’s fine, just think about how it would work with respect to your work schedules, the kid’s school, etc. Don’t go in with the idea that you will just work it out – that only works until it doesn’t, and when it doesn’t, it really doesn’t.

      If his issues impact his ability to safely care for the child, you will need to discuss that frankly with the attorney. If you’re looking to try to keep him from having significant time being responsible for the kid, remember that this will be a difficult and uphill battle – ask the attorney what will need to be done to prove this, and what your chances are of success. (My experience is that if there’s no very strong evidence of abuse/neglect and the fellow wants joint custody, it’s very hard to prove that it should be otherwise.)

      Otherwise, ask the attorney what the basic process is. There are often waiting periods, so ask how those will work and what sort of timeframe you’re looking at for resolution (it may be fairly long). If you think that you can work together, you can ask about possibly drawing up an agreement and negotiating it with him yourself, then getting it approved by a judge, rather than fighting about it, and about mediation. Sometimes that works well, sometimes it doesn’t, but it’s good to consider.

      I’m sorry that you and your family are going through this, and I hope that things are as smooth as possible.

      • Anon says

        Thank you, this is tremendously helpful. The vindictive part of me wants to completely cut him off from the baby, but I think I know that his issues probably don’t rise to the level of “unsafe” (even if they scare me). We’re in that horrible financial position of having just enough money to need some good lawyers, and not enough money to hire them. And custody schedules will be a must, given the mental health issues. “Working it out” on an ongoing basis would be almost as bad as staying married, I think.

        • (former) preg 3L says

          Any documentation that you have about your spouse’s substance and mental issues will be enormously helpful to your attorney. In my state, if a couple chooses to go to court, you can get a psych evaluation of both parents in an attempt to prevent one spouse from getting any custody (or only supervised visitation). Be aware though, if you want to do that, it’s very likely you’ll have to go through the same psych evaluation that you want your spouse to go through.

          Basically, find a lawyer who you can trust and who can be reasonably responsive. Also, don’t put anything in writing to your spouse without your lawyer’s approval.

  4. MomAnon4This says

    I like Crocs, especially cute-ish ones like these. Thanks for posting them! Be careful wearing Crocs when it’s wet outside!

    • hoola hoopa says

      Tell me more about why one needs to be careful when it’s raining. I’ve been thinking of getting some as commuter shoes for the rainy season for days when it’s wet but not wet enough to warrant full boots.

      • NewMomAnon says

        They are slippery when wet – I have had problems with water sloshing into the shoe itself and my feet sliding around inside or occasionally sliding out of the shoe entirely. They are basically one piece of molded plastic with no special grippers on the bottom. I would not recommend these for rainy day shoes.

      • KJ says

        I used to know someone who worked at Crocs, and I got a bunch of pairs for free, so I used to wear them all the time. They are very dangerous in wet weather! I slipped and fell on several occasions while wearing them.

      • hoola hoopa says

        Wow, glad we had this chat!

        Strike that brilliant plan off the list.

        • Nonny says

          I know, right? Before I read this I was totally thinking that rubber shoes would be great for commuting in the PNW when it isn’t TOO rainy. I would have thought rubber wasn’t slippery. I guess not.

        • Pogo says

          My commuting shoes are Sperry’s because they’re so good in the rain.

  5. Famouscait says

    Y’all – I had a baby! About a week ago! And he’s still here and thriving! I feel so accomplished!!

    • Nonny says

      Congratulations! I know that feeling. It’s pretty amazing and scary being 100% responsible for a little human. Take it one step at a time and write down your wins every day. I totally wish I had. :-)

    • Lyssa says

      Congratulations!!!

      Hey, I wonder if there’s any way that we could collect and collage baby/kid pictures of regulars around here – like, maybe Kat could collect a bunch and post them (either anonymously or with just user names). That would be super-cute!

    • AEK says

      Congratulations! And welcome baby! Now that you’re a seasoned mama, any tips for keeping them alive during the first week? (9 weeks left until my due date . . . )

    • Spirograph says

      Congratulations! And you even had time to get online and tell us about it — one more accomplishment.

    • MomAnon4This says

      Haha! That’s great! Did the doctors remember to give you the instruction manual? :) YAY!

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