Accessory Tuesday: Leather Wrap Bracelet
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Leather and fall always go together for me. This unique wrap leather bracelet would be the perfect accessory to top off my fall wardrobe.
It’s perfect for those who want to add something more subdued to their jewelry box — the bracelet wraps around your wrist and is secured with gold hardware. It comes in two very fall colors. (“smoked garnet,” a rich, dark red, is my choice.)
I’d pair it with a short-sleeve or bracelet-sleeve sweater in a complementary color like gold for an early fall business casual look.
The bracelet is $39.50 at Ann Taylor (but be on the lookout for frequent sales).
Sales of note for 9.10.24
(See all of the latest workwear sales at Corporette!)
- 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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My 3 year old has been incredibly painful since starting preschool a month ago. He whines in the car, tantrums all evening and weekend long. Every transition and task is an absolute nightmare. It’s wearing both me and my husband out. I also solo parent a lot in the evenings (husband doesn’t get home til 7:30 or so), and it is just incredibly exhausting. I am usually really good at remaining calm at him and older daughter, but a month into this and it’s getting harder to keep it together, which makes it way worse and I feel guilty. I feel like I am crying over his behavior every few days. My husband is at his wits end too.
Is anyone else whose kid started preschool still going through this? Any advice on how to remain calm with him when hearing hours of tantrums during the day? Or to keep him happier? For background, he was a great kid before starting preschool and I was even telling my husband in the summer that we were finally starting the easier times with the younger being 3. For what it’s worth, he loves his preschool and is incredibly happy and well behaved there, but he is there up to 8 hours a day (he naps for 2 of those) which I know is a long day since he has always had a nanny before.
Here’s another risk analysis scenario, although I know I need to ultimately decide for myself. Would you travel to Florida for a girls trip in a few weeks? Plan is to stay in a condo and not go out to dinner or anything like that. Unvaccinated kids would stay at home, but the biggest risk I’m weighing is getting them sick/causing them to be quarantined and home from daycare.
I am on meetings from 9-4 today with only 30 minutes free from 11:30-noon. I have to actively participate in all of them too, but only 1 is video. Today is going to be so painful
Eeks, it’s almost October. What are your kids thinking for Halloween? I think we’ll all be in work city that weekend, so hopefully we can find something fun to do. Kiddo wants to be a wolf, mostly because he likes to howl? I ordered a hat off Etsy with a long-lead time, and if he changes his mind, it can just be his winter hat.
Mealtime, especially dinnertime, with my 3.5 year old is terrible. She won’t stay in her seat/at the table, she plays with her food, she uses the wrong end of utensils (when she definitely knows better) and makes a mess, etc. I feel like I’m correcting her table behavior every ten seconds during our meals, which both of us hate. Yesterday she even told me she hates eating with me because I’m “always yelling” at her (note: definitely not actually yelling but I do feel like I’m constantly nagging her and hate it). Any advice? I dread family dinner like other people dread root canals and I feel very guilty about it…
Question on meal-kit thingies. What ones have you tried, and have any been successful with kiddos? Also, as we approach year end, my work gets very busy, so the least amount of cooking the better (although, let me know if there are good ones that do require more cooking as that could be for next year!) Looking for mostly vegetarian (or ones where I can sub in beans/lentils easily for meat and let the rest of the fam eat the meat.
DH told me his childhood best friend’s wife asked for a divorce on Sunday. It’s 100% not about me, but I’m floored. They got married in their early 20’s, have 2 awesome kids, and both live in a college town with very 9-5 jobs. I always envied how “easy” it seemed for them. The husband is like all-star INVOLVED Dad that does all the sports coaching, etc. The wife told him “there’s no spark anymore” and didn’t want to talk anymore about it, or consider any other options.
I’ve posted before but DH and I went THROUGH IT last year and only since April or so feeling good and more like a team, with romance popping up every now and then…I figured this other couple would never have to go through anything rough like that.
Just a lesson that things aren’t always what they seem…
I am truly struggling with my relationship with my mom. We live close by, and I am her only local family. She is getting older but remains physically active and active in her community and volunteering (though less so throughout the pandemic). We were closer in the past than we are now. A few years ago, I left an abusive marriage, and I have done a ton of work to move past that part of my life and be the best parent I can to my two kids. Through all of this work, I have come to understand that the dynamics in my family growing up weren’t great – lots of guilt, manipulation and fear. My mom remains close with my ex.
I am now a single parent to two kids, one of whom has underlying health issues that require regular specialist appointments and very careful attention to diet. That same kiddo is also autistic and needs predictability and lots of executive function assistance. I work full time, take care of our home, and do all the things. (Their dad is not reliable, is not into being a parent and sees the kids every other Saturday and Sunday.) I used to ask my mom for more childcare help, but I’ve backed way off after she tantrumed that she does anything I ask and never asks anything of me (I declined to have my kids and I around her this spring when she was sick).
About two weeks ago, my mom texted my sister and I on a Monday afternoon to ask about our fall plans. We hadn’t responded by Tuesday and my mom let loose a diatribe on how disrespectful we are, we don’t love her, her time is not as important as ours. (My sister works 14-16 hour days and had received an ASD diagnosis for her son that day.) My mom then gave my sister and I the silent treatment/cold shoulder, including while my mom went on a pre-planned visit to my sister for a few days. Upon her return, I talked with my mom. She said that she feels she is not a priority for my sister or me. She is upset that I don’t make time for her. (I spent a Saturday afternoon with her right before the text, but she said that didn’t count because I had my kids with me.) I don’t ask her out to coffee or over for dinner. She wants to be there for me, but I don’t talk to her. (This is a woman who does not “do” feelings.) She was also a single parent while I was growing up.
Those of you who live near your parents, what is your cadence of interactions like? How often do you see each other? Do they “get” what it’s like to be a working parent during Covid?
I just found out I’m ~ 5 weeks pregnant with #2. I am so excited but DH “doesn’t know” if he’s excited, even though he was on board with #2, getting my IUD removed, gardening on a specific date, etc. At first I panicked and cried and asked him if he would leave us and looked at me like I was crazy. He said he’s surprised it happened so soon and needs time to process. In my heart of hearts, I think he will come around. I am trying to give him space and just not talk about it, but also I AM SO EXCITED! I want to talk about it! I think he probably doesn’t want to tell anyone until after our dating ultrasound around 8 weeks, like we did with DD, but I want to talk to someone! So I’m thinking of telling him I would like to tell my sister ONLY. No real question, just wanted to share with people who have maybe been there and would also be excited for me.
Following up on some comments yesterday, I would never send my kiddo to a play date sick, unless the other parents were ok with it. But what about just going to the playground on your own? My kids both have a very runny nose from the usual preschool cold and I took them to our local playground. It was pretty late in the day, but we weren’t the only ones there so I made them wear masks the whole time. Was I a jerk?
Due to an online ordering misunderstanding, we have a gallon of vanilla ice cream (with about two scoops eaten) and a gallon of chocolate ice cream. There are four of us. We don’t each much ice cream and two of us are under 6. Any ideas for how I can get rid of this ice cream?!
A few weeks ago someone on the board recommended SonicareKids toothbrush and app. Thank you! My 4.5 yo is now asking to brush his teeth for the first time in his life. So just in case anyone else is struggling, this has been a help.