Splurge or Save Thursday: Kobi Halperin’s Pippa Leather Jacket
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For me, fall = leather. For those who already have leather jackets in more traditional silhouettes, here’s a unique, splurge-worthy jacket to consider adding to your collection.
This relaxed, cropped leather jacket pairs a traditional notched collar with loose dolman sleeves. (At first glance, I thought it was a cape!) The grayish slate-blue color works well with autumn hues like rich copper or traditional navy. Keep the rest of your outfit simple so this jacket can really shine.
Kobi Halperin’s Pippa Leather Jacket is $998 at Neiman Marcus. It’s available in sizes XS-XXL.
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i’ve had a few friends share pics of their daughters for first day of school wearing white dresses (no uniform or dress code reason). is this some new trend? don’t the kids get filthy?
Agree- I have two of the J Crew Sophie sweaters. I think they’re called something else now in the store but they are all over Poshmark. They run big so size down. But they are incredibly comfortable, have pockets, and look like a blazer on zoom.
I am tired. I’m tired of working full time, tired of being my own household coordinator, tired of vetting nannies who don’t show up, tired of solo parenting, and tired of generally feeling like I’m failing at adulting. That is all.
OK this is a ridiculous question but we’re finally going to sell one of our (very old) family cars and my 5 year old is having a very hard time with it. She has shed tears multiple times about this. You would think our family dog died the way she’s carrying on. I suggested taking some pictures with it and hanging them up in her room, which she said she wants to do, but that doesn’t seem to have solved the problem. Any brilliant ideas?
My husband is wrapped around our daughter’s finger and floated the idea that we could just store the car until she’s old enough to drive (we have the space) but it’ll be 30+ years old by then and we likely we have already replaced our second-oldest car so there will be a newer one for her to drive. Plus although the car is not worth that much, we can probably get a couple thousand dollars for it and that’s not nothing. But of course that makes me the Mean Mommy selling the car so all her upset about this is directed at me, which is not fun.
Anyone want to suggest some “office sweaters” to keep at my desk? Any neutral color would likely work. I’d like something that is cozy but still looks presentable. Office is officially smart casual but we still have plenty of folks in full suits and a just a step below that in the office everyday.
Can anyone share experiences with young night owl kids? My 6yo often can’t fall asleep until 10pm. On a really good night it is 9:30pm. We wake him every morning at 7am at the latest (bus comes at 8am) and he doesn’t seem tired or cranky during the day. (I wouldn’t say he is brimming with energy, though.) We start bedtime at about 8pm and try to be out of rooms at 8:30ish. He will ask us to come up multiple times which we are trying to nix. The later we let him sleep, the later he will stay up.
A part of me thinks this is just his body clock. The hard part is that DH and I get almost no down time and our bedtimes are getting pushed later than we’d like. I am a morning exerciser and not getting enough sleep. I am hesitant to do melatonin if this really is just his natural rhythm.
Any advice? Or anyone on the other side of this who can tell me it really will be ok?
Like many 90’s babies, my mom had somewhat of an authoritarian style of discipline. Spanking, lots of “do this or else”, “I’m going to count to 3 and if you’re not X you’re in big trouble!”. We have a close relationship now, but a lot of my childhood memories involve her yelling at me or us arguing. She’s very affectionate and gentle with her grand kids and nothing like I described above, and she babysits them a lot. We were watching my toddler niece together last weekend, and my niece was doing typical toddler stuff, which included hiding in a room and refusing to come out when it’s time to leave. I heard my mom say (not yell) “you better come out here or else…I’m going to count to 3 and if you don’t come out I’m going to be mad at you”. This triggered me and I can’t stop thinking about it. It really bothered me. I don’t want her to talk to my kid like that, even if it’s gentle. Would you intervene and what would you say? Am I being over sensitive? I don’t have a toddler yet so maybe I’m less familiar with how to direct them. Thanks.
How do you balance your kids/partner needs vs your own? A lot of what is good for kids can be so hard! What I mean are things like leaning out of your job so that you have more time for kids/partner, letting them do a lot of activities despite time/expense, staying at home on weekends because it is peaceful instead of taking kids to fun places, letting them have friends over constantly or sleepovers even though they are loud/can get annoying, things like gym day care so you can work out or aftercare. It’s such a constant balance and often it feels like parents sanity is inversely correlated with kids happiness
As of this week, I’m going to be spending three hours a week waiting on kids during activities (one hour on two weeknights and one hour on Saturdays, for scouts and gymnastics.) I have to be in the building for all activities, but not hands on with kids. I suppose I could walk the school track during Scouts when it is not 1000 degrees, and I usually read a book during gymnastics and chat with parents during Scouts, but I’ve been wondering what life admin tasks I could handle. Any suggestions?
Has anyone here taken semaglutides and stopped in order to get pregnant? What was your experience?
the discussion on yesterday’s week in the life post reminded me as to why as someone who needs sleep i cannot have a big job, be a pinterest mom, have hobbies and a social life all at once. as a kid, that was basically the vision of success i was sold and somehow in high school i could manage on 6 hours of sleep a night, but now i need a minimum of 7, but ideally 8+. also- if you’re going to get offended when people mix up your kids names, don’t name them something as similar as Max and Mac, it’s confusing!
How should my first grader handwriting look? she goes to a well regarded public school but I’m not sure how much they are practicing writing and her Montessori did not prepare her well for writing. she can write everything but her letters are often different sizes, the spacing is uneven. and she doesn’t alternate consistently between upper and lower cade. do I need to work on this or how can I tell if her writing I’d age appropriate?