Splurge or Save Thursday: Italian Leather Cap-Toe Ballet Flat
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These shoes give designer vibes without the designer price.
Made from supple Italian leather, these comfortable cap-toe flats have OrthoLite insoles so you can move seamlessly from your commute to the office. Wear these classic ballet flats after hours with your favorite jeans and a cropped leather jacket.
Quince’s ballet flats are $79.90 and come in black/bone, cashew/black, and bone/black. They’re available in whole sizes 5-10.
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+
Late in the day so maybe I’ll try again tomorrow. I know this has been discussed a bunch, basically I’m just second guessing myself. I have a late August b-day that makes the cutoff for my town, so I was going to send him to K. Older brother is also an August b-day and we sent him and while he has his own challenges, he is crazy advanced for his age in many subjects so I couldn’t imagine having kept him back – I would think he’d just be bored and act out even more. My younger one as far as I can tell is not the literal genius his brother is, I’d say he’s totally average, if anything his emotional challenges are LESS than his brother’s were at this age. So I’m not a monster by sending him like two days after he turns 5 to K, right? I think he’ll be fine, but another kid in his preK has the same birthday and the mom is holding him back so now I’m spiraling.
help me think through the next set of car seats/boosters for my 6 year old twins who are in first grade. currently in DH’s car they are in a forward facing car seat with a harness that can convert to a high back booster. they also ride in our nanny’s car daily, but for short trips, and we still have them in convertible car seats in her car and in my car, which they are getting too big for. we either need to switch them to option 1: forward facing seats with a harness that can convert to a high back booster, or option 2: just switch to high back boosters with just a seatbelt. One twin is larger than the other and can probably handle the high back booster with seatbelt, but the other is more petit and notorious for falling asleep in the car. they are technically tall enough/weigh enough to be in backless boosters, but definitely not safe for longer trips (we tried once when traveling and it was not good). thoughts?
Has anyone tried shoes from Quince?
Wow, you all really showed up for me yesterday… thank you. That really helped. You said things I needed to hear!
Just a vent: my in-laws constantly talk about how our kid is a picky eater and we should do things like withhold dessert, clean plate club, etc. Meanwhile they have their own food preferences- nothing even remotely spicy, no dairy, no squash, no seafood, nothing that has nuts in it or dusted with powdered sugar (those last two are a texture thing I am told.) And that’s just my MIL!
Our three year old is hitting a lot – us and siblings. We always remove her but as soon as we let her go, she is running right back into the fray (she has three older siblings). I feel like different strategies have worked differently for all my kids. But she’s my first real hitter! I know time outs aren’t the best. other ideas? She’s generally worked up and tantruming and hitting us in anger. We hold her to try to calm her down but it’s like holding an angry little werewolf. She’s pretty awesome, but definitely feistier and more physical than her siblings!
I’m thinking about getting a wagon for my two kids. They will be 3 and 1 this summer, and I’m thinking it would be helpful when we go to the beach. Have people found wagons useful? If so, any ones you loved?
TLDR: looking for advice on how to combat early stages of people pleasing / anxiety / perfectionism in toddler
More details – sorry in advance for the novel: DH and I are both classic anxious overachievers. We are hoping to raise more laid-back kids, and specifically to combat perfectionism and seeking approval from others. Both of us had healthy childhoods with very supportive and great parenting but do feel that these traits impede our desired mental health, so it is pretty important to us. We are starting to see early signs of perfectionism in our almost-3-year-old. Specifically, if we say something as benign as “we don’t use that word” or “please don’t climb on your brother’s high chair” in a neutral tone, she sometimes (but not always) sort of physically cowers a little and starts to quiver her lips like she’s going to cry. We immediately say that we’re not angry at her and we love her and offer her a hug – which she always takes. But we’re not sure where this initial reaction comes from. In general we are firm but gentle parents, no yelling or spanking, infrequent but as needed time outs in line with the 1-2-3 magic process. We compliment both effort and outcomes but definitely don’t exert high standards on her for anything (she’s 2!). This has happened to both DH and I and sometimes with the other person present and we both agree that there’s nothing harsh in our tone or body language and its exactly the same type of comment than the other 90% of the time is interpreted totally neutrally by her.
Does anyone have advice on how we could adjust our approach and / or help her? I also welcome book suggestions that may be helpful now or in the future.