Accessory Tuesday: Gianna Mary Jane Mule
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I tend to go back and forth on mules — they’re very in right now — but I think this particular shoe looks sleek and modern while also being very wearable and comfortable. These are pretty much the closest thing to a slipper that’s still appropriate for the office. They would be particularly great for days that you’re commuting in rain boots or something similar; particularly since they are suede, they are perfect for keeping at the office. They’re $215, so not exactly a budget buy, but they look like a lot of fun for work and beyond. They come in pink, black, and red in sizes 5–11. Gianna Mary Jane Mule
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Sales of note for 11.25.24 (Great Black Friday Sales!!)
(See all of the latest workwear sales at Corporette!)
- Nordstrom – Early Black Friday, up to 60% off — great deals on Natori, Vince, Theory, Boss, Cole Haan, Tory Burch, Rothy’s, and Weitzman, as well as gift ideas like Barefoot Dreams and Parachute — Dyson isn’t marked down at all but you do get 3x points on beauty purchases.
- Ann Taylor – 40% off your purchase, plus extra 15% off full price styles
- Anine Bing – Shop more, save more (spend $200-$300, get an extra 15-25% off)
- A.P.C. – Shop 40% off
- ba&sh – Up to 40% off Fall/Winter styles, including select colors of reader favorite Gaspard & Guspa cardigans (also included in Tuckernuck’s sale)
- Banana Republic Factory – 60% off everything + extra 20% off (or extra 30% off with your Gap Inc credit card) ends 11/26
- Bloomingdales – Take $25 off every $100 you spend on items labeled BLACK FRIDAY; ends 11/24
- Boden – 30% off on 1000s of styles, including reader favorites like this blazer and these dresses
- Cuyana – Free shipping over $95 (and 10% off your first order over $150)
- Demellier – 20% off with code, free worldwide shipping & returns
- Design Within Reach – 25% off sitewide (including reader-favorite office chairs Herman Miller Aeron and Sayl!)
- The Fold – Black Friday, up to 30% off everything
- Eloquii – 50% off everything + extra 10% off $125 or more
- Everlane – Up to 50% off everything
- Furla – Up to 50% off select styles
- J.Crew – Up to 50% off almost everything – LOTS of winter coats 40% off, down to $204-$230
- J.Crew Factory – 50% off everything, plus extra 25% off orders $125+
- Kule – 30% off sitewide
- Kohl’s – Earn $10 Kohl’s Cash for every $50 Spent – includes Travelpro luggage!
- LaLigne – 30% off in their ONLY sale of the year
- Lo & Sons – Up to 70% off – reader favorite laptop tote is under $200
- Macy’s – 20-50% off beauty brands like Clinique and Armani, 50% off designer handbags, 50-75% off sparkly jewelry, and 40-50% off women’s boots
- Mansur Gavriel – Winter sale, up to 60% off
- M.M.LaFleur – “20% off everything” (but exclusions apply)
- Ministry of Supply – 30% off sitewide
- Mulberry – Up to 40% off, including Bayswater, Islington, and more
- Neiman Marcus – Earn a $50-$1250 gift card, including on beauty and fragrance purchases
- Rothy’s – Everything up to 30% off (some also on sale at Nordstrom)
- Shopbop – 25% off storewide with code, including great blazers from Rag & Bone, IRO, Smythe, and select L’Agence (also lots of nice Black Halo dresses)
- Soma – Early Black Friday $29 bra event (up to 50% off)
- Spanx – Lots of workwear on sale, some up to 70% off, plus free shipping on everything (and 20% off your first order)
- Sue Sartor – Week of Joy sale, 30% off sitewide
- Steelcase – 25% off sitewide, including reader-favorite office chairs Leap and Gesture
- Strathberry – Pre-black Friday, enjoy up to 30% off select styles!
- Stuart Weitzman – Extra 25% off full-price and sale styles
- Talbots – 40% off your entire purchase + daily deals
- Theory – 25% off sitewide + up to 40% off select outerwear
- Tory Burch – 30% off $250+
- Tuckernuck – 20% off sitewide
- Universal Standard – At least 30% off sitewide, up to 70% off all styles
- Victoria’s Secret – 30% off everything, and 7/$35 panties
- White House Black Market – 60% off clearance, 30% off sitewide for WHBM members
- 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
- BabyJogger – 30% off sitewide
- BestBuy – Lots of deals on gaming consoles, including PS5, XBox Series X, and more
- Carter’s – 50-60% off entire site and store
- ErgoBaby – 25% off bouncers
- Graco – Up to 30% off sitewide
- Hanna Andersson – 50% off sitewide
- J.Crew Crewcuts – 50% off almost everything, prices marked
- Nordstrom – Lots of deals on Stokke, Maxi-Cosi, BabyJoger, Posh Baby, Silver Cross, and more
- Old Navy – Everything on sale
- SNOO / Happiest Baby – 30% off Snoo, up to 50% off sitewide
And — here are some of our latest threadjacks of interest – working mom questions asked by the commenters!
- The concept of “backup care” is so stupid…
- I need tips on managing employees in BigLaw who have to leave for daycare pickup…
- I’m thinking of leaning out to spend more time with my family – how can I find the perfect job for that?
- I’m now a SAHM and my husband needs to step up…
- How can I change my thinking to better recognize some of my husband’s contributions as important, like organizing the shed?
- What are your tips to having a good weekend with kids, especially with little kids? Do you have a set routine or plan?
I did just this recently. It was even worse than a closing dinner: flew across country to negotiate big deal with senior execs, deal fell apart temporarily, everyone on my team was disenheartened and basically barhopped for 8 hours to kill time. I was 11 weeks and it was important to DH that I not drink even a little. Nobody suspected except the partner who already had reasons to suspect. I spent 30 minutes fending off “why aren’t you drinking” questions from the exec team and bankers, to the point that one of my clients snapped at his coworkers to lay off of me. I showed up to the closing dinner 7 months later and everyone — everyone– was absolutely shocked that I was pregnant! Despite the fact that the main in house lead guy is married to an OB, the team knew I already had a toddler, etc. Unbelievable.
At a closing dinner, I would just use the excuse that you have to drive and or work later that evening.
I have a dinner tonight for work. Very nice steakhouse to celebrate a recent deal closing. 8 people, all men but me. I work with two, and extremely closely with one of the two – a quasi partner, we have self-selected into doing lots of deals together. Wine will be flowing. At 10 weeks pregnant, do I just fess up and tell the one very close to me that I’m pregnant? It will be so insanely obvious to him – I think he already suspects it to be honest.
He’s has a 1 year old himself, and he ‘called it’ when another coworker was pregnant but not yet telling us. But for this dinner, I probably wouldn’t tell him for another 3-4 weeks, mostly because I’m in denial (thanks, infertility PTSD).
My MC risk is less than 3% per my doc since we’ve seen the heartbeat twice (fertility issues = I’ve been subject to multiple early screenings). So, the only argument against just being forthright with him is ‘what if he stops bringing me in on deals because he figures I’ll be gone in 7 months for leave’? I think that’s a scenario I’ve dreamed up in my head… This also might help explain why my effort has been 60% at best the last few weeks. I can trust him to keep it to himself. Can anyone advise one way or the other?
I’d like to know what the hive mind would have handled this situation. Sorry for the novel!
We were at the park and my 3 year old really wanted to go on the occupied swings. I told her as soon as one was free, she could get on, so we stood near the swings while I chatted with another parent.
A swing opened up, so we went for it, but right when my kid was standing next to the swing and was waiting for me to help her up, the other girl (about 5? a little older than my kid, but not that much older) who had just gotten off the swing, called to her mom, who was still standing there, to hold the swing for her. Other mom did so and the other girl hopped on. Cue a meltdown from my 3 year old, who clearly wanted me to do something. Mom and other girl appeared to be oblivious to the hysterics, but I scooped up my daughter, walked away and tried to calm her down. The other swing opened up a few minutes later, we went over, and she swung quiet happily for a few minutes and was fine.
I was completely flummoxed as to what to do. I try to be fairly hands-off at the part and usually redirect her to something else if she and another kid don’t resolve it themselves.
Grand scheme of things, this isn’t a big deal. Could be the other mom was oblivious — although someone pointed it out to her a few minutes later and my kid was screaming pretty loudly. I know in a few years my kid will be the bigger kid at the playground, so I’m trying not to be an outraged first time mom of a little one. But I was pretty annoyed and felt like I failed to stick up for my kid.
Any tips on teaching him how to blow? We are definitely using the boogie wipes.
And we should definitely use a humidifier, I can’t believe I didn’t think of that. Thanks, everyone!
My little guy is outgrowing his Moses basket which we use as a napper in the sitting room and bath (when I’m showering). What kind of baby containment device / sleeper comes next? He’s only 7 weeks and has good head control but is a long way from sitting up. He still fits in his bedside sleeper (bednest) and should have a few more months before he moves to his mini cot so just need a daytime solution.
Also, he started smiling back when we smile at him and it is the best.
Food question – based on recommendations here I found Dr. Praeger’s Fishies as a good option for my 17 month old. He loved them! I noticed this summer that Whole Foods stopped carrying them, so I bought other Dr. Praeger’s fish options (which aren’t as much of a hit with my son but they were ok). Now I am having trouble finding those – anybody else have this problem? Any other recommendations? The Dr. Praeger’s webpage is blocked at work for me…..
My 15 month old has started daycare and, of course, has his first cold. He seems to mainly be in good spirits, just more tired than usual, but the snot is really out of control. It’s been running constantly for over a week, just turned thicker and green. We’re wiping as much as we can, but should we be doing saline or NoseFrida or anything else? It’s not crusted boogers, just constantly running. Well, when he wakes up in the morning it’s crusted everywhere all over his face, but not in his nose because I think it’s just wet all the time.
Has anyone done yoga videos with their 3 year old? My daughter has learned some yoga at daycare and likes it, and I’d like to find a video to do with her. If anyone has recommendations, they would be greatly appreciated.
Favorite brand for toddler rain boots? Thanks!
So, I have fretted here from time to time about my letting my kid have a pacifier for a very long time. Well, she turned 3 recently, and we decided to have the pacifier fairy come, and wanted to report back on the experience.
We talked it up for about two months. We read the “Pacifiers Are Not Forever” book and watched the Elmo “Bye Bye Binkie” episode. (I cried). The night before her birthday, we had her gather her pacifiers in her Easter basket and leave it outside her room. I spent an extra long time doing bedtime, snuggles, and read her an extra story. In the morning the fairy had left her several presents and treats, which she loved. It went as smoothly as it could have. She slept and is sleeping fine. She has only asked for it a couple times, but completely accepts “remember, the pacifier fairy came and took them to new babies?” without crying or fussing.
Miracles do happen.
Anyone have good strategies/ advice for calming kid-related anxiety? I posted recently about having been referred to the neurologist for gross motor delays in my 9-month old. The appointment went well and the Neuro said he wasn’t terribly concerned but would see us again in 3 months. Meanwhile, I am obsessing over signs of a certain serious disorder. Like, I can’t stop thinking about all the things my baby does and doesn’t do that map on to a mayo clinic list of infant signs of the disorder. It’s distracting me from work and keeping me awake at night. Also, I’ve had at least one bust-out-crying episode at home when I saw him do one of the signs. This is all really new– the neuro appointment was just last week– so probably I will calm down soon. In the meantime, I need some new strategies for calming my anxieties. Any thoughts?
Forgive me if this is a dumb question, but this is my first kid, and first illness. My son (who is 7 months) started daycare a month ago and is running through all the illnesses back to back. So he had an ear infection, which we treated with 10 days of antibiotics that finished about 5 days ago. Every once in a while though, I will see him hold his hand up to his ear, kind of like cupping it? My husband thinks it’s just a tick or gesture that he makes, but I’m concerned his ear is still hurting him. Thoughts? If we did the full course of antibiotics, it should be better, right? He is otherwise fine, not fussing or acting sick. Pedi copay is $40, which I am of couuuuurse happy to pay if he is sick and needs it, but I don’t want to be running there on a suspicion so thought I’d come here and see if anyone else had a kid with an earache even after doing antibiotics? Thanks so much!!