Accessory Tuesday: Isabel Loafer
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I haven’t bought any shoes that would be considered office-appropriate lately, but these updated loafers from Coach are calling my name.
These smooth leather loafers feature a low, walkable heel and pointed toe. However, it’s not all looks — the rubber sole ensures traction and the memory foam provides all-day comfort for coffee and copier runs.
I could see pairing these with a pair of tailored, wide-leg trousers, or even a pleated A-line skirt for a modern, office-friendly look.
The Isabel Loafer is $150 and available at Nordstrom (black only) and Coach (black, “Bright Watermelon,” or my favorite, the pictured “Ice Blue”). It comes in whole and half sizes 5–11.
Sales of note for 9.10.24
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- 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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I love the color of these shoes, but I think only a chunky sole feels current on a loafer, especially with the wider pants that are now in style.
A friend just gifted my daughter thousands of dollars worth of American Girl doll stuff from the 80s and 90s. Like, the entire catalog of dolls + accoutrements for Molly, Kirsten, Samantha, and Addie. Which is so generous and kind! Except– my daughter doesn’t play with dolls (she’s 7, so if she’s not playing with dolls yet, I doubt she is going to get into them in the future) and the boxes and boxes of stuff are giving me extreme anxiety. There are like 15 boxes and totes– the dolls, all their furniture, the clothing (so much clothing!), dish ware, and lots of little things like canoe paddles and bird cages and tiny little cakes. IT’S SO MUCH STUFF.
I never had an American Girl doll or the books, so I don’t know what is what/ whose is whose, and am frankly not nostalgic for these things in any way that would compel me to encourage my daughter to get into something she’s not into. What should I do? My husband wants to give it all away on FB or Freecycle, but I feel bad that it’s such a valuable gift (and what if she wants it back at some point? we are 40 and she has no kids or nieces/nephews) . I am leaning toward putting them away in the attic and then giving them back in a few years, but that seems a little silly? My husband says if we do that, it just delays the mass giveaway to a few years down the road as our friend is not likely to want them back and we might as well do the cleanout once instead of twice. I am admittedly too polite about gift giving, but he is admittedly too unsentimental about it. Thoughts?
We have a big Disney trip planned for the end of October. It will be me, my husband, our 2.5 year old, my husband’s parents, and his brother and sister-in-law (all adults are vaxxed). I am nervous about Delta and am wondering when we should make the decision on whether to cancel. We knew going in that there was a possibility we would need to cancel, especially if we couldn’t get our son vaccinated (I think latest estimates are Winter for vaccinating you children?). I’m not too worried about the air travel, as my son is really good at wearing his mask and it’s a short flight for us. But I’m worried about being at Disney for 4 days, when we won’t be able to guarantee that everyone else is masked and we’ll have to eat some meals indoors. Thoughts? We still have a few weeks, but I’m not sure how to make the decision other than going with my gut.
Our preschool for the fall just announced that they are going to not require masks for kids over age 2. (They did last year). For those that had kids in programs last year without masks- were you just shut all the time? I am picturing the first week of school going fine and then all the germs getting spread and then it being constantly shut. Has anyone seen any data about how many days schools were shut last year that were supposed to be open?
We may have to move to Nassau county but know little about it. A cursory exploration on Zillow tells me it is wildly expensive and the houses look terrible. Any advice on affordable towns with good schools? Things to avoid? FWIW we are coming from Westchester, would like to maintain a reasonable “commute” to the city on the LIRR, and we have two kids under 5 (and yes, I never thought I’d be saying that there is a place more unaffordable than Westchester).
I am pregnant with a girl and my husband and I are trying to decide on a name. Our son is named after my father. Husband wants to name our daughter after his beloved late grandmother. He really has his heart set on it and he feels like it is a compromise since we named our son after my dad. Also, his brother, with whom he has a competitive, love-hate relationship with, named his son after their grandfather, and I think this factors into my husband’s feelings about it too.
I actually love the name he is proposing, but the problem is that it’s very, very similar to my own name. For example, think if my name was Emily and the name husband loves is Emilia. Daughter would probably go by a nickname, for example, Mia. I feel like it’s weird to name her this because of the similarity to my name, even if we call her the nickname. What if she decides when she gets older that she wants to go by Emilia and not Mia? I have many other names that I’d like us to consider, but husband gets frustrated every time I bring them up. What would you do?
If you worked as a litigator and then switched to either a non legal job or a legal job that wasn’t litigation…let me know? I’m fairly senior in my career but realizing that the antagonistic aspects of litigation, which are pretty much unavoidable, are just not for me. Trying to figure out if there’s something else I can do.
I just found out this morning that my LO is switching to a mat at daycare today. Recommendations for a good daycare nap blanket I can pick up on my lunch break today?
My husband has a man cold. (got tested, not covid). Son and I also have said cold and are managing to sneeze/sniffle/blow our noses without being heard from outside and around the corner. I am currently holed up in my office with headphones on and white noise playing and sleeping in the guest room to preserve some sanity. I may still lose it if I have to listen to another 2 days of LOUD throat-clearing and explosive sneezing.
Send me all your tricks for not losing it please….
We are going to be staying at an airbnb for the next 10 days (half of it on vacation, half in our town) as we get our floors redone. Any advice on easy meals I can cook at the airbnb that require few ingredients? Or any already pre-made favorite meals from stores (e.g., whole foods, costco?) that may be good to grab?
DH and I are pregnant w our first, and divided on choosing a last name. I grew up with a double last name (eg. Smith Johnson) and happily dropped one to have a hypenated married name (eg. Smith-Williams). DH toyed with the idea of hyphenating, but finally decided it was an important family thing to stay just “Williams”.
Now he’s announced he wants to name baby Smith and not Williams. I would probably pick a hyphenated or double name, and I have always known it would be shortened to Williams most of the time.
He is a prosecutor in our small town, and has pissed a few people off. Chances are good he will stay in the same job for the foreseeable future. Part of me thinks it’s a huge over-reaction to choose a name based on a people’s opinions about a parent’s job, because people will know anyway. But on the other hand, it would be pretty terrible to see kiddo get constantly fouled in sports because of the name on their short, or something.
Suggestions? Advice?
I have a gap in knowledge. I don’t know how to clean upholstery. My entire adult life (15+ years), we’ve had easy clean microfiber furniture. It doesn’t stain, and you just wipe things off with water. We’re working on upgrading our furniture, and we have a 5 year old. She’s not allowed to have much other than water and pre-approved dry snacks on the new furniture, but it really is time for me to learn how to clean a spill on furniture just in case. Please help. Thanks!
Would you go to a friend’s wedding in TX this October? If I go, I’ll have to fly. And if I somehow got a breakthrough delta case, we would all need to quarantine without child care for two weeks.
I just want to go and have a good time! Also the bride is under the impression that I’m attending, even though I have not formally RSVP’d. But I’m not sure the risks to my unvaxx’d kids (or to my sanity, if we have to quarantine) are worth it.
We desperately need new living room furniture. Couple of questions – what’s the best option with little kids; leather? Also, any idea where I can buy furniture these days that won’t take 10 years to be delivered?
Anyone have tips to make it over the last potty training hurdle? 3yo daughter has been using toilet fairly regularly for about 9 months, but has only once made it a full day without an accident. We got her a watch about 6 weeks ago and now she’s down to about 1 accident per day, usually because she feels the watch buzz and decides not to go, then realizes she needs to go too late. She’s supposed to be fully trained before preschool which starts in a few weeks. Any tips/ tricks/ ideas? Thanks!