Budget Thursday: Flawless Eyeshadow Palette
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I was in either middle school or early high school when this brand hit the shelves, and I just remember being excited I could experiment with makeup on my teenaged budget. Most of what I impulse purchased didn’t stand the test of time, but this shadow palette was and continues to be my favorite for when I want a bold, nighttime look. Since my first purchase of it, they’ve upgraded the packaging to instruct where to place each color, and I love that element. Even though the eyeshadows are (shockingly) inexpensive, the colors are intense and long-lasting. My only complaint is that the included little foam applicator sucks, but with age comes a much better brush collection. This set is $2(!) and is available on elfcosmetics.com, but I have also seen this brand at Target and Old Navy. Flawless Eyeshadow Palette
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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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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?
<3 to the other DC moms this morning who didn't have a plan in place yet for the first winter snowstorm and whose kids cried because they didn't have snow boots that fit!
First snow day of the year! Woot!
Ok, so I’ve gotten approval to bring my 6 year old into work – any suggestions for things to keep her occupied while in the office with me? There may be some screen time at the end of the day, but I can’t really give up my device to her for the full day. We have coloring and Barbies, but if anyone else has other things that they do with their kids at work, I’d love fresh suggestions!
Help with birthday party invitations, please. My kid is only 2 and I really do not want gifts at his birthday party. We are doing a super casual, morning playground and donuts thing with 8 kids. I want to put No Gifts on the evite but my husband thinks that’s more tacky – help! Thoughts on how to phrase it and if it’s ok to say no gifts? Thanks.
Need some advice. I’m looking for strategies: 1) to communicate clearly in an ongoing conflict and 2) to help someone who hates scheduling be better at scheduling.
I took a new job about six months ago. It was a long commute for me, and DH didn’t like our neighborhood, so we sold our house and moved close to my work. Now DH has a longer commute, but his job is flexible: some weeks he works 45 hours and some weeks he works 20 hours. Other than having to teach night classes occasionally, he can set his own schedule. I put our LO (20 mo) in Montessori school, and I really love it, but the hours are 8:30-4. I work a 40 hour week, so I thought it would work to have DH drop off and me go into work early so I can do pick up, but lately DH has had a bunch of stuff come up: like yesterday he went hunting and this morning he went to breakfast with his friends, so I have to do drop off AND pick up. Every time I try to have a “this isn’t working for me” convo, he throws it in my face how much help he does with the kid (like that’s not a normal part of being a parent) and implies we should put kid in 6-6 day care (which I tried when we first moved here – it was a nightmare). Full disclosure, LO has been in full time day care before so I’m not against it at all – I just really like Montessori and want to find a way to make this work for us but feel like I’m the only one putting any effort into it.
You guys, I have had a terrible cold/virus since Friday involving fever, cough, congestion, etc etc. Saturday was my birthday. My husband has been recovering from a very serious health issue since Labor Day, which means he can’t do as much around the house, and I’ve generally needed a break for weeks. This week I kept trying to push through and go into work – I might have taken off Monday but school was closed and son and husband were home all day, and work honestly seemed more restful. Yesterday after prodding from my supervisor I finally decided okay, I’m going to take a sick day Thursday. I was fantasizing about watching TV all day. ALONE. Last night husband decided to call in sick too, because he has been feeling worse and really needs to rest. Fine. Then son began vomiting around midnight and repeated hourly until 7 am. So now we are all having a sick day together. Calgon, take me away.
Hello ladies. Looking for advice on how to deal with a baby who seems to be sick (daycare standards mostly) a lot. I have burned through my PTO with 1 day left! Same with my husband. Can’t afford to take more time off to stay home with baby unless he is really sick. Two weeks ago, he had a double ear infection, he was home for 6 working days. Which is ok, because he was feeling really crummy. Then he went back to daycare on Monday, and on Tuesday he vomited. So we had to keep him home on Wednesday. All Wednesday, he was fine – no vomiting, no fever, laughing & throwing tantrums :) This morning he got some rash, and husband & I were like what do we do … I think we need some kind of back up childcare … for days when he is not too sick but still can’t go to daycare… have you been in similar situation? Any advice for how to deal with this? We still have the bulk of winter to go through!
Due to an unexpected turn of events, we’re suddenly redoing our garage entry/laundry room area. We’ve decided to reconfigure a little to make the entry and laundry room all one big mudroom. What are your best ideas and suggestions? Thanks!
Anyone else love Dear Prudence? Thoughts on today’s letter?
Prudence,
I live in a friendly, family-oriented neighborhood—or at least it used to be until “X” moved in about two years ago. He is withdrawn, is reclusive, and hates children. He leaves the lights off at Halloween and shouts at any children who knock on his door. He’s lodged several complaints about kids coming into his yard without permission and sent notes to everybody warning that he was not prepared to take on any liability for their safety on his property. He’s had particular difficulty with my 7-year-old son, who seems drawn to his home, and he’s gone from complaining to me to saying horrible things to my child. This runs the gamut from telling him that there is no Santa Claus to a detailed description of the crimes of serial killers to an explanation of how animals are butchered for meat. I’m furious, but X insists that the situation is entirely my fault and has warned that the next time my son steps onto his property he will bring charges. Do I have any recourse here? How do I persuade this angry, unpleasant man that harming a child with words is out of order? And what do I say to my son, who is now having nightmares about serial killers and afraid to cross the street?
—Neighbor Hates My Son
I know we have the Third Kid conversation here all the time. I’m more looking for help analyzing my personal feelings about whether to have a third kid, if that makes sense. I’ve always known I wanted more than one, and I thought I wanted 3 or maybe even 4 (I grew up in a large family with many siblings). Now, with a 3 year old and a 1 year old, I just love these kids so much and think I would be so happy to have a third… especially when they are a little older. I think I would really enjoy it when they are, say, 3, 5, and 7, or so. And my biggest reason for wanting a third is I know I will be glad I have three when they are grown. When I think about Thanksgivings in the future, I always imagine a bigger crowd than just the two I have now. I’ve just always wanted a bigger family.
But. Y’all. BABIES ARE SO HARD. I just don’t know if I can do it again. It is really, very hard on my marriage. I am so tired. The one year old has yet to sleep through the night (which means I have yet to sleep through the night). DH travels a lot for work, and it’s really all I can do to manage the two I have. I know the baby phase is over after a while… but by the time my first baby turned one, I was truly ready to start trying for the second child. The second child just turned one, and I CANNOT IMAGINE having another baby in the next year. It is unthinkable to me. I am borderline miserable right now. I don’t know if my marriage could survive a third, and I fear my quality of life would just plummet.
I think one option is to wait a bit longer… I’m 33 and would like to be done having babies by age 35. DH is 40, which is also a factor. So maybe I could wait another year and feel more capable. But I also don’t want to forget how stinking hard this is now and trick myself into thinking it will be easier next time; it won’t.
I both very much want to have a third and also cannot imagine why I would do that. Simultaneously. Can anyone help me unpack this?
Okay, so I had huge success with the OK to Wake clock when my twins were in cribs. Problem is, they’re now in toddler beds and still haven’t adjusted to DST. I can’t leave them in their room because my son crawls into bed with his sister and bugs her until she cries out for us to intervene. Is there anything I can do, or are we doomed to early wake ups forever?!
I’m expecting #2 when DD#1 is 24 months and I’m terrified reading the above. Ugh, #1 was already so hard and having two sounds more than twice as hard, but like you guys all say, the baby/toddler phase isn’t forever.
Looking for hard sole shoes for my not-yet-walker. She is cruising, but daycare wants shoes for her to wear when they go outside. I sent crib shoes but they aren’t holding up against the woodchips per teacher. So, where should I be looking? Is it unrealistic to hope to spend little on these? I want shoes that won’t mess up her feet with learning to walk of course.
Baby just turned 3 months. Baby was sleeping 8-10 hour stretches for the last 3 weeks culminating in over 10 hours three nights ago. Two nights ago was 8 hours followed by a bunch of wake ups, then last night was a nightmare of billions of wakeups starting at 10:30 (!!!!! Cannot even remember a wake up before 2). Needed 3 bottles vs usual 1 (would only settle for 15 min without milk). What are the odds that this is (a) a fluke, (b) a growth spurt, or (c) an early 4 month sleep regression? Baby is still swaddled (but escaped one of those times); and he has a little diaper rash. The only other thing I can think of is he just started napping (well!!) in his crib this week but we’ve still been putting him in the almost-outgrown bassinet at night.
Just had a parent-teacher meeting. Teacher again said that my preschooler has some emotion regulation issues, which I know she does, but this just reinforces it. She gets super upset if anything doesn’t go her way, if a kid gets in her space as she is working on something, if a kid bumps into her, with transitions, etc. This exists at home too, and honestly I have heard about it from teachers since kiddo was 2. Both teacher and I think this has gotten A LOT better over the last few months (we have been working on it), but continues to worry me. Teacher said kid otherwise does great, but when I asked she said that she is the only kid that acts this way.
What else can I do to support her? and I can’t help but feel guilty that it’s all our fault.
I have a 2 year old and and 3 year old (14 months apart) – and daycare pick up has just been insane for the past few months. Both want to run in different directions. Neither kids wants to listen. Once we get home, at least one of the kids will have a melt down. I’m just fried once I manage to get both in bed. I can’t figure out what I am doing wrong and how I can fix it. I’ve tried being stern (results = tears), I’ve tried giving them a little more freedom (results = both kids running in the parking lot), I’ve even hired one of the workers to help me get them to the car (results = both kids had a fit because they each wanted mommy). Nothing seems to be working. Is this just a particularly hard age combination and I need to power through it?