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 9.10.24
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- Ann Taylor – 30% off your purchase
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- 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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Happy Thursday everyone! Followup to yesterday’s conversation: Yup. Definitely burnt out.
Speaking of burnout – is anyone else feeling like they’re taking an unusually high amount of vacation this year? Like, the trips we’ve put off are going to be happening and it’s going to happen this year. Anyone planning anything fun?
Husband is pushing for the Azores or Porto, Portugal.
My favourite Harney and Sons was the white earl grey. I have a tea system of black in the morning, green or white at lunch and early afternoon, and then non-caffeinated from 2pm til bedtime. I’ve been drinking a chai roibos for an afternoon warm up.
Zarabee’s nighttime cough syrup appears to be out of stock everywhere, and has been for a few months. Anyone have a good alternative? I’ve tried to give my kids just straight honey and lemon but they won’t drink it (so weird to me because I loved it when I was a kid!).
I love TWG teas but they are not easy to get in the states. I wish they had a store here!
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?
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.
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.
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.
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.
Test… why are my comments getting stuck in an internet black hole?
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!
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
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).
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 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.