Splurge or Save Thursday: Papaw Ointment
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At my house we call Lucas Papaw Ointment “Ms. Jerry’s cream.” When I was visiting my grandmother overseas, my daughter got a small scratch. Ms. Jerry, who cares for my grandmother, rushed over with a little red tube of cream I had never seen before. She insisted we keep the tube so we could apply it until the scratch healed. Within a few days, the scratch had completely disappeared.
Since then, I’ve used this ointment for small scratches and scrapes, cracked and dry skin, and ragged cuticles. Online commenters have found countless other topical uses.
Perhaps it’s my imagination, but it seems to work better than other creams for minor scratches and scrapes. My daughter recently face-planted on the playground and immediately asked if we could apply Ms. Jerry’s cream to her scratched-up nose and lips.
The ointment is available in various sizes and at several retailers. A 25-gram tube is $8.25 at Walmart and $7.90 at Amazon. Papaw Ointment
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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Any tips to get going?
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I know it’s just how it goes and we are all tired and overwhelmed but I hate that I can’t feel more grateful because I am in the 0.1% in every way and all I feel is like my mind is foggy and dark and I feel sorry for myself a lot. It doesn’t help that on the days I go into the office, my female colleagues with children (all of which only have 1 kid around age 1 or less) seem rested and do not seem overwhelmed at all. I felt overwhelmed with just my daughter because she slept horribly for so long. It’s just lonely and I feel like the noise and anxiety of having the children around all the time is so grating.
Then I have older parents telling me oh its all hard and the idea that my children will never get more manageable makes me so so so sad,like I’ll never be as happy as I was before my kids even though I love them so much and wanted both more than anything in the world.
I love this community, because it’s the only place where people are honest it feels like.
Y’all I’m in a terrible pattern of working late after bedtime, then being so exhausted the next day that I have trouble working so I have to work late after bedtime … repeat.
Pre-kids I got the most done in the late afternoons and evenings before leaving work, but now that that’s not an option anymore, I’m struggling. I don’t know why I get so much more done at night, I just do.
I know the answer is get your ish together already. Maybe I need more caffeine, like an IV of caffeine. Or someone to stand over me and yell “Focus!!!!” all day long.
Does anyone else do this?
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For those who have/have had a nanny, how much do you increase pay each year? Please indicate if you pay on or off books when you respond. We are hiring our first nanny (on books due to jobs) and want to know what to expect for subsequent years.
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