Accessory Tuesday: Lisa Pointed-Toe Pump
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I want to update my wardrobe basics, and this pointed-toe pump is what I’m looking for.
This versatile, classic pump has a tapered 2.75-inch heel. The heel matches the rest of the shoe for a sleek look. It comes in three colors: black, sand, and peach (for those looking for a not-so-basic color). Wear these with your favorite trousers Monday through Friday.
Veronica Beard’s Lisa Pointed-Toe Pump is $395 at Nordstrom and comes in whole and half sizes 5–13.
Sales of note for 3/26/25
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- Nordstrom – 15% off beauty (ends 3/30) + Nordy Club members earn 3X the points!
- Ann Taylor – Extra 50% off sale + additional 20% off + 30% off your purchase
- Banana Republic Factory – Friends & Family Event: 50% off purchase + extra 20% off
- Eloquii – 50% off select styles + extra 50% off all sale
- J.Crew – 30% off tops, tees, dresses, accessories, sale styles + warm-weather styles
- J.Crew Factory – Shorts under $30 + extra 60% off clearance + up to 60% off everything
- M.M.LaFleur – 25% off travel favorites + use code CORPORETTE15 for 15% off
- Spanx – Lots of workwear on sale, some up to 70% off
- Talbots – $64.50 spring cardigans + BOGO 50% off everything else
Funeral attire help – I’m going to be at a close family members visitation and funeral this weekend and will be in the receiving line. While I have plenty of dark colored dresses I can wear I’m realizing I don’t have many comfortable dark shoes that I can wear with tights (it’ll be chilly). I have plenty of dressy leather flats but I just don’t know that I can stand in them for long – any unicorn shoes that are dark, aren’t totally hideous and I can get quickly via Zappos?
My best friend and I went through IVF and had our sons at roughly the same time. After a year and a half I tried for a second but was not successful. I went through grief, then acceptance, and now gratitude for our little family of three. Best friend is now pregnant with her second. Though I now think having one child is the best situation for my family, I can’t help feeling envious. Best friend messages me on occasion about random funny things and we chat for a bit, but I can’t bring myself to ask her how she is doing or acknowledge the pregnancy in any way. How do I get over this so I can show up for my friend?
cooperative games for 4/5 year olds. my twins love games, but in the evening cannot handle managing the fighting over who gets to use the zingo board with the cake and rainbow, who wins etc.
Oh, interesting – I don’t remember the exact details of your post, but I was going to say I’d let this pass this one time as a result of the increased pressure if it wasn’t already a pattern. Sounds like it *is* a pattern though? In which case I’d be more ready to say something. “I’m ready for the challenge, but I’m not going to be a punching bag” is a great phrasing.
(Sorry if this double-posts – I can never get my name/email to save over here.)
There is a lot going on at work, and my boss wants me to “step it up” while she has additional pressures and responsibilities – fine, I’m ready for the challenge. What I’m not ready to be is a punching bag.
This morning, I got a snarky email from her saying that I missed a bunch of things on a document that someone more junior on our team sent to the group (it was not explicitly assigned to anyone to review – maybe my mistake in not assuming it should have been me?). I made the mistake of quickly scanning it last night vs. doing a solid review and sending junior person my very minimal feedback, and then when junior person went to boss for their scheduled review, boss was irate that I didn’t catch what she did and sent a “non-value add” email with feedback.
I know I made a judgement error here, but I don’t know if I deserve the ire.
just a vent as we move from toddler clothing sizes to kid sizes, why do so many of the girls dresses have cut outs or thin straps or other style elements that are annoying for sunscreen and unnecessary for a kid in early elementary school. i honestly think the toddler styles are more appropriate, or retailers should design one set for babies, one set for toddlers, one set for younger kids and one for older kids, or just make the toddler clothes in larger sizes
I’ve been living in Lululemon and Vuori pants since I had a baby last year. I need to buy new non-athleisure pants (or at least something I can wear with a nice top), but for various reasons I need pants that are not too tight around the waist. Jeans are tricky unless maybe they have a lot of stretch. Does anyone have recommendations on where to shop? I’m about a size 12. I tried some things from Old Navy but struck out.
The answers above about the big renovation were fun to read! I’m curious for thoughts in a slightly different situation – a few years ago, we moved into a big, old house that is dated and a bit of a jigsaw puzzle. Then, a year later, we had a surprised third child. We technically have enough “space,” but all the rooms in this house are disjointed (half the bedrooms are upstairs and half are downstairs, the living room is smaller than one of the bedrooms).
We can either do a massive renovation where we basically gut the inside of the house and get all the trappings of a new, modern house (mud room, nice offices for H and me, big living room, modern kitchen, etc.) with a very logical floorplan. It would entail moving out for six months, and we’d have to take out a HELOC to pay for about half the reno over a two-year period.
Or, we can do a targeted renovation and shuffle people around – update a bathroom and closet space on the first floor, plus upgrade some furniture, and we’d have a house that works, but isn’t perfect. Our family room would always be really small for our whole family of 5 to enjoy (especially once the kids are bigger), two kids would always have to share a bedroom – two kids would be upstairs, one would be downstairs/parents would be downstairs, but we could knock out the bathroom/closet with savings and not change our lifestyle at all.
This is definitely our forever house. Kids are 10, 8, and 3. We still have a full-time nanny in the house, but in 2 years, we will move to a part-time nanny b/c all kids will be in school full time. WWYD? I guess I am leaning towards doing the big reno in 2 years when we no longer have a nanny/preschooler at the house every day, but I’m worried I will regret not doing the big renovation now before my oldest is in the high school crush of life.
I’m both whining and looking for solutions, LOL.
DH and I have a milestone anniversary this summer. We have not traveled alone, as a couple, for the past 10 years. We both would LOVE to, but we do not have grandparents who are willing or able to watch our kids, who are 9 and 12. I’d rather not go into the reasons why, but the short version is that although my kids have grandparents who will hang out for short periods of time, the grandparents are not interested in hosting sleepovers or staying overnight at our house. This is something I’ve had to accept, though it makes me sad. I have awesome memories of spending a week at my grandparents’ house every summer, but my parents are totally uninterested in that.
My sister would probably watch our kids, but it would be a huge ask. She has three kids of her own, all of whom attend daycare in the summer, plus she and her DH both have full-time jobs. I know that getting our kids to their various activities and day camps would be a logistical nightmare for them. She would do it, but it’s hard for me to ask, knowing how much it would inconvenience her.
The friends I am closest to have super busy lives of their own with older kids who are heavily involved in summer sports. So I hate to ask, because it would be a huge imposition to have two extra kids hanging around.
Unfortunately, the pandemic wiped out our already shallow pool of babysitters. On the rare occasion that we get a sitter, it’s the teenage kid of one of the aforementioned friends.
I just want a few nights alone with my husband. I guess an alternative to an actual vacation would be to see if my sister could watch the kids for a weekend, when there’s less going on, and do a short getaway within driving distance. For some reason, the idea doesn’t excite me. We don’t exactly live in a mecca of couples destinations. I miss traveling with my husband. Someday …
I just found out I’m pregnant and I’m already feeling nauseous. I had the world’s easiest pregnancy with my first but this one is already causing nausea and fatigue! There’s roughly a 50/50 chance of twins, so that could be contributing (double embryo transfer). I WFH but am in a sales-adjacent role so basically the harder I work, the more money I make. I don’t really want to slack off but oof the constant nausea isn’t helping. What remedies would you all recommend?
We have been getting quotes and talking about putting on a pretty big addition – we are hoping for a 3rd, and this addition would allow us to still have all kids in their own rooms + each parent gets an office + space for guests/au pair if needed down the line. Plus, we would finally have a master bath, walk-in closets and room in our garage to actually load/unload the kids.
We can afford it, though it would be a sizeable addition to our monthly payments. We might have to scale back on vacations or just be more budget conscious for a few years, but it’s totally doable (meaning continuing to fully fund all our retirement, 529s, etc). But part of me still feels like it’s… overkill? I go back and forth. I grew up in like, 1700 sq ft. Lots of people make do with MUCH less space than we have today. With this we’d be somewhere around 3300sq ft and I think part of me feels icky about the “excess”? But, at the same time, we’re both successful mid-career managers, well compensated and yet we have to take turns brushing our teeth because our family of four shares one sink. I have to store my workout clothes in an ottoman at the end of my bed and dig around for them every morning. My husband refers to his basement office as “the dungeon”.
Has anyone grappled with something similar?
These shoes are gorgeous. Whyyyyy don’t expensive shoes like this come in narrow and wide sizes?
Does anyone have a helmet rec they like? We have the GIRO MIPs helmet for my big-headed 5-year-old, but the straps never seem to stay tight. I like the quality (MIPS essential) and the crash replacement scheme, but I worry that it’s not properly fitted as the straps loosen up as he carries it around throughout the day (to and from wraparound/class). The school bike racks tend to be used as part of the playground so I worry if he left it on the bike all day, it would wander off/get damaged.