Splurge or Save Thursday: Hooded Trench Coat
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A fall trench that rings in at under $200?
This classic, single-breasted trench is fully lined and even has a removable hood for unexpected showers. Available in four colors, including classic tan and black, this wardrobe workhorse is a great choice if you’re on a budget.
Kimi & Kai’s Adel Hooded Trench Coat is $188, but some colors are on sale! It’s available in sizes X-Small to X-Large. Here’s another waterproof option in sizes 1X to 3X that’s also under $200.
Sales of note for 8/6/25
(See all of the latest workwear sales at Corporette!)
- Ann Taylor – Semi-annual sale, 8/6 ONLY: Extra 60% off sale and style steals starting at $25
- Banana Republic Factory – Up to 50% off everything + extra 20% off
- Eloquii – Extra 45% off all sale
- J.Crew – 30% off wear-now styles & up to 60% off all sale styles
- J.Crew Factory – Up to 60% off everything and extra 60% off clearance
- M.M.LaFleur – 25% off all previous flash sale items! Try code CORPORETTE15 for 15% off.
- Nordstrom – 9,800+ new women’s markdowns
- Spanx – Free shipping on everything
- Talbots – $15 & up all markdown tops & 50% off all other markdowns
I was able to keep my son in a crib until he turned 4 (he was very happy in there, but was getting too tall and expressed an interest in a big boy bed). Now that he’s in a real bed, he comes into my bed every.single.night. He already has a nightlight in his room, but he gets scared and wants to be near me. I have been choosing the path of least resistance just letting him crawl into my bed as we both can go back to sleep pretty quickly that way, but I’m uncomfortable as he wants to sleep almost on top of me, leading me to balance on the edge of the bed. My back is starting to hurt after a few nights like this. I know the recommendation is to keep walking him back to his bed, but we’ll be up all night doing that, and I need my sleep for my stressful job! I’m a solo parent and the child is with me 95% of the time, so we need to set up a good habit. Any tips?
My husband is likely going to be working evenings for the next few months. I have a toddler that won’t play alone on command. Are my only options for dinner buying a prepared meal, meal prepping on the weekends, or putting on the TV fencing of the kitchen and praying he’ll stay occupied? Is there some sort of hack that I’m missing? I have a bad habit if just skipping meals if they’re too much work so I’m trying to get ahead of the game.
Yet another book question—my 4.5 year old is loving the Princess in Black series (which several of you mentioned yesterday). Any recommendations for other chapter book series?
I just want to make an IVF vent.
I had an IVF transfer on Tuesday, and I forgot how hard the ten day wait is. This will hopefully be my second baby — I have a two year old from IVF. She was born after one failed transfer, so I know there is a decent chance this one doesn’t take. But every time my body feels off, I’m like maybe the embryo is implanting. It’s so hard waiting!
I posted sometime last year about being on a conference call with a group of working mothers (one of the few I work with – my office tilts towards older and childfree). Last year, there was an icebreaker “what are your favorite hobbies?” and everyone had variations of “I don’t have hobbies because I’m a mom, LOL!” and “my hobby is chasing my kids!” and “my hobby is cleaning up toys!” I met with this same group yesterday for the first time in months and lo and behold, the small talk about someone running a marathon turns into “I’d like to run a marathon but it’s not possible with kids” (of note, the person who ran the marathon has two kids). Nods of agreement all around.
This is a group of some of the smartest, most professionally accomplished women in my field (a few of them are nationally recognizable). Why is this the go-to narrative? The woman who made the marathon comment does, in fact, run – so why is the tone always so negative as if doing anything for yourself is impossible? If it’s like this in one of the most successful groups I work with, what’s it like for everyone else…
I posted a few weeks ago about wanting to learn to ride a bike as an adult but feeling nervous and embarrassed, and got such supportive comments and advice, so I thought I would post an update. I ended up going to a bike store and getting both a beginner-friendly bike and a very kind lesson out back from the manager. And I’m enjoying it so much! It’s somehow magical to be doing something totally new to me as a 40-something adult, and I feel like it’s opening up new fun family activity possibilities for us in the long run, too.
I know a few people here have traveled in Portugal with kids. We’re going soon, and it occurred to me – am I going to have any trouble with cab drivers there if we are using our RideSafer vest on my 5-year old instead of a regular car seat? I’m not sure how familiar it is in different places.
On the topic of reading, did anyone see the recent stat that just 41% of parents read to their children? (And read to their sons much less frequently than their daughters). Parents find it “too boring.”
Add this to the pile of super depressing current events. We are going to heck in a handbasket and the president is only one reason.
How do you handle optional homework in elementary school? Our 2nd grade teacher assigns a lot (reading, spelling, two types of math and writing) every day, but it’s all optional. Basically you get a star for each assignment completed each day, and the class earns rewards based on their collective stars. If it were up to my kid, she’d do none of it. I have tiger parent friends who are making their kids do 100% of it. I think I fall somewhere in the middle but I’m curious what others would do.
FWIW it’s not busywork (in my opinion). The reading is just reading a book of choice, the spelling is studying their weekly list they’re tested on, the writing is writing a paragraph on a topic of choice from a variety of funny/interesting prompts, and the math is interactive games. No worksheets.
Good morning! We are gearing up for a move, and my elementary age kids are having mixed reactions- one excited, one sad. They’re both good at making friends (and we’re not moving far, so they should be able to maintain some friendships) but I understand the feelings and would love to hear some anecdotes of people that made similar moves and how the kids did, what helped them adjust, what didn’t. Would also love tips on moving in general! It’s been a long time and we have SO MUCH more stuff now. Thank you!!