Splurge or Save Thursday: Hot Cinnamon Spice Tea
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My favorite wintertime tea is this bracing blend from Harney & Sons.
Their Hot Cinnamon Spice Tea is a blend of black teas, three types of cinnamon, orange peel, and sweet cloves. This aromatic tea is the perfect balance of heat, spice, and sweetness. (There’s actually no sugar in it!)
At 50 cents a cup (even less if you use your tea bag twice), it’s the perfect pick-me-up for a brisk winter day. No wonder it’s their best-selling flavored tea.
A reusable tin of 20 sachets is $10.
{related: the best teas: what to drink to wake you up, calm you down, and maybe even replace your wine}
Sales of note for 1/16:
(See all of the latest workwear sales at Corporette!)
- Nordstrom – Cashmere on sale; AllSaints, Free People, Nike, Tory Burch, and Vince up to 60%; beauty deals up to 25% off
- AllSaints – now up to 60% off (some of the best leather jackets!)
- Ann Taylor – Up to 40% off your full-price purchase; extra 50% off sale
- Banana Republic Factory – 50% off everything + extra 20% off
- Boden – 15% off new styles with code — readers love this blazer, these dresses, and their double-layer line of tees
- DeMellier – Sale now on, free shipping and returns — includes select options like Montreal, Vancouver, and Venice
- Eloquii – $29 and up select styles; extra 50% off all clearance, plus ELOQUII X kate spade new york collab just dropped
- Everlane – Sale of the year, up to 70% off — reader favorites include their scoop tee, Dream Pant, ReNew Transit backpack, silk blouses and oversized blazers! New markdowns just added
- Hannah Andersson – Up to 30% off all pajamas;
- J.Crew – Up to 40% off select styles; up to 50% off cashmere
- J.Crew Factory – 40-70% off everything
- L.K. Bennett – Archive sale, almost everything 70% off
- M.M.LaFleur – Tag sale for a limited time — jardigans and dresses $200, pants $150, tops $95, T-shirts $50
- Spanx – Lots of workwear on sale, some up to 70% off
- Talbots – Semi-Annual Red Door Sale – 50% off + extra 20% off, sale on sale, plus free shipping on $150+
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?
Paging away Emily! There’s a great book called 20th century children’s treasury and it has all the classic best loved books and it’s about 50 stories. Late comment to your request for these types of books a few days ago. My kids love it and I do too, so many amazing stories in there.
Our org hosts webinars as normal Zoom meetings. I set one up and over 1,000 people were invited. I turned off the option to respond to the calendar invitation, so now 1,000 people have started e-mailing me to confirm that they will attend.
Screaming into the void. Next time I will delegate the task of setting up the Zoom to someone else.
After I told DH not to dump a jar of beans and corn down the garbage disposal instead of putting it in the trash not 10 feet away and he did it anyway (because “my disposals have always been fine, that’s why it’s a “food waste disposal”, food goes down the disposal”), our sink is now no longer draining. He cannot bend over due to a back injury, so while he is willing to call the plumber to come solve the problem he caused after his doctor’s appointment today, I already know I am going to be the one who is going to have to clean up the entire contents of the under kitchen cabinet the plumber will have to empty to (presumably) disassemble the disposal, clear the blockage and reattach the pipes. DH is the least handy person I know, but even a rudimentary understanding of pipes would suggest that making bean paste with the disposal is not idea. Meanwhile, work is nuts and I am working 16 hour days right now. I am so tired and so freaking mad. And no I am not divorcing him and yes he has apologized for being a prick, but dear lord.
Any advice for daycare drop offs that are getting progressively more difficult? My daughter is 2 – her birthday was last November. I’m 95% sure she has a good daycare situation and is happy when she’s there. But drop offs are getting worse and worse. Before the holidays, she’d cry sometimes and happily saunter in other times. Then they were closed for 2.5 weeks and since then she’s been sobbing at every drop off. The last two days she’s been outright hysterical. This morning she actually didn’t calm down afterwards – according to her teacher, it was a good 30 minutes before she stopped crying and pointing towards where my car had been.
I did set up a picture calendar showing daycare days (M, W, Th) Grammy days (Tu, F), and home days, and we cross off the days. She likes it but it hasn’t helped – she’s actually started getting more anxious when she realizes we’re going in the morning and has been crying in the car sometimes. And I tried sending her with a little stuffed animal this morning. Maybe that’ll help long-term?
Oh, also, my instinct is that this week might be more difficult because we did potty training over the weekend. She had started earlier but we just switched away from diapers over the weekend. But I also don’t want to just assume she’s unsettled because of that.
Anyway sorry for the novel but would greatly appreciate any tips or maybe it’s just a phase? I basically feel like a terrible mother leaving a child who is screaming and reaching for me.
Re-posting from late in the day yesterday:
Does anyone here have a child who was diagnosed with low muscle tone in preschool? We just had an occupational therapy evaluation for my 4 year old and the OT’s immediate observation was that she has very low muscle tone, especially in her core. It was kind of a surprise, because while she walked very late and I would not describe her as a gifted athlete, she’s always seemed fairly average to me physically – she did things like running, catching, kicking balls, jumping, etc. at roughly the expected age and her current challenges are all behavioral. But the OT said her frustration with her body not doing what she wants it to could be causing her to act out, which makes some sense. We’re going to do the weekly recommended OT although due to their scheduling constraints we can’t start for six weeks, but if anyone has ideas for fun, play-based things we could do to strengthen her core at home, I would love to hear.
Any tips for switching to cows or alternative milk from br3astmilk? My kid refuses most alternative milks we’ve tried (dairy allergy) and it just occurred to me that this could be occurring even if they were able to have cows milk. I’ve been chalking it up to the alternative milks. I know people say cows or other milks are optional but my kid loves bottles of bmilk and just cutting them isn’t an option (especially if we want to have good sleep! As we’ve noticed it’s related).
the other day quite a few people seemed to mention that they are at the end of a pregnancy. just wanted to send all of you good wishes for an easy delivery and healthy babies
Good morning! My husband and I are home searching, and we’ve been seeing some homes with 2 bedrooms on the second floor and 2 bedrooms on the third floor. We have 2 young children, a toddler and a preschooler. We aren’t sure how they would do sleeping on a different floor than mom and dad. I’m curious how this has worked (or not worked…) for others, particularly while the children are still young. Thank you!
Test… why are my comments getting stuck in an internet black hole?
Any quick pick-me-ups? I’m having one of those days where I want to scream into the void, my youngest hasn’t slept well in several days (which means I’m also sleep deprived), and I cried after a work call this morning for no real reason.
My seven year old has stinky underarms! I knew this day would come, but i didn’t expect it so soon. She thinks it’s hilarious. I remind her to use soap under her arms in the shower, otherwise I’m leaving it alone for now.
I was just notified through EPIC that I tested positive for Group B Strep and am due in the next couple of weeks. My OB is making this sound like it really isn’t a big deal — is it? Any experiences to share? Thanks so much.
following up on above – at what age does travel with kids become fun? last summer we traveled with our then 3 year old twins and we definitely had some fun moments, but one basically didn’t sleep the whole time and they dropped their nap while we were on the trip, plus the tantrums, and so i came back significantly more exhausted than before i left.
So some latest reports that I’ve read seem to indicate that the FDA will approve Pfizer’s vaccine for under 5s sometime next week. Prior to the safety/efficacy data on the third dose. Poll: For those with younger kids, will you be giving your under 5s the vaccine right away? I think I probably will, after checking with my ped and if she thinks it’s fine for the 3 year old. It can’t hurt, right?
I love TWG teas but they are not easy to get in the states. I wish they had a store here!