Finally Friday: ‘The Transport’ Leather Tote
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Have you guys tried the much-loved Transport tote? It’s swimming in good reviews and has a laid-back but put-together vibe about it. The real thing is $168 at Nordstrom, but it’s inspired several similar options at much lower price points, such as this and this. Pictured: Madewell Transport Tote
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Sales of note for 12/30:
(See all of the latest workwear sales at Corporette!)
- Nordstrom – The Half-Yearly Sale has started — up to 60% off! See our roundup here.
- AllSaints – now up to 60% off (some of the best leather jackets!)
- Ann Taylor – Up to 40% off your purchase; extra 40% off + additional 30% off sale styles
- Banana Republic Factory – The Winter Sale: 50% off everything + extra 60% off clearance
- Boden – Sale, up to 60% — readers love this blazer, these dresses, and their double-layer line of tees
- DeMellier – Sale now on, free shipping and returns — includes select options like Montreal, Vancouver, and Venice
- Eloquii – Semi-annual clearance, up to 85% off; extra 60% off clearance
- Everlane – Sale of the year, up to 70% off — reader favorites include their scoop tee, Dream Pant, ReNew Transit backpack, silk blouses and oversized blazers!
- Hannah Andersson – The Twice-a-Year Big Hanna Sale: Up to 60% off (even new arrivals on sale!)
- J.Crew – 25% off full-price styles; up to 50% off cashmere; 70% off 3+ sale styles
- J.Crew Factory – 60% off winter faves; extra 25% off $100+
- L.K. Bennett – All sale half price or less
- M.M.LaFleur – Flash sale, extra 30% off
- Spanx – Lots of workwear on sale, some up to 70% off, plus free shipping on everything (and 20% off your first order)
- Talbots – Semi-Annual Red Door Sale, extra 40% off markdowns, and daily Red Door Deals starting at $19.50
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?
So, I had an interview this morning, and I think my gut reaction is “no.” I currently work very few evenings and weekends, with little travel. This position would be a shift to regional office of a large New York firm, and the interviewer was blunt that he expects quick turnarounds and occasionally has huge deals that require all nighters, with 5-10 hours of work expected each weekend. BUT it would double my paycheck, give me benefits, and give me the name of a big law firm on my resume.
I think the interviewer was uncertain about my time capacity to handle the workload, but wanted to leave the decision to me – he suggested I think on it and follow up next week.
I had a few other concerns; I would be working with a team almost entirely via telephone, in a nearly empty office (so teleworking is an option, but I’m not good at that). I rely on my coworkers now to be a connection to the adult world and I think I would be lonely/undermotivated being left alone. And the interviewer (who would be my boss) had professional goals that are not at all in line with my own; perfection, maximizing bonus money, immediate response time. I am nervous that I would live in a constant state of anxiety with those types of pressures at work. I also don’t see much ability to parlay the position into an in-house position or even back to a regional firm, since the area of law is very specialized.
But….I’m struggling about how to turn down so much money.
The local ballet company has classes for my daughter’s age group, which is about the age that I started to dance as a young girl (3-5). I danced until 12, when I broke my arm and then moved into more team sports (soccer). I enjoyed dancing and learned a great deal, and I know many do, but I truly struggle with starting my daughter in a sport that can be so body conscious and focused on appearance. Am I overthinking this? Any thoughts?
I would love to hear some smart women’s thinking on whether I need a better/different therapist.
Long and only mildly relevant backstory: I had some pretty bad PPD/Anxiety, and went through hell trying to find a therapist who was not actively terrible. Like, taking a “tough love” approach, aggressively promoting jesus as the answer, or literally berating me for not responding assertively enough to the doctors while I was in labor (after that session, which I stormed out of, I had my first ever panic attack!)… So now I see someone who is kind and helpful, but:
I have told her that I want to stop being upset about the emergency c-section I had. Her response is that I can’t change that that’s how I feel, but I can learn to deal with those feelings. But it was a year and a half ago and I want to be able to look at a picture of my friend holding her new baby and only cry *happy* tears; I want to be able to think about having another without feeling sad and defeated and broken; I don’t want to feel like such a failure.
It probably doesn’t help that Therapist has told me that she had two c-sections (one emergency, next one planned) and so I hesitate a bit to tell her how bad I feel about it, lest she should take that personally.
It seems like the answer is that I need to advocate for myself better in therapy, but I want therapy to be a place I don’t *have* to advocate for myself.
Advice?
I’m usually an occasional commenter but wanted to seek some feedback from this great group of working moms. Apologies for the length in advance…
I’ve been practicing law now for 9 yrs and have been in-house for the last 5 yrs. I feel that I have a unicorn job currently that gives me great work life balance, interesting work and challenges and has a good group of people who i work with/report to. However, as I’ve been in my current role for 5 yrs with increasing responsibility (no managerial though) over the years, I’ve been asking about promotions and longer term growth trajectory. This question became more urgent when our department reorganized how work was divided between the attorneys and changed up some reporting lines. After several months of silence, all the junior attorneys including myself were informed earlier this week by our manager that our GC no longer wants to have 5 distinct titles/roles beneath the GC in the legal department and wants to condense it down to 3 titles/roles beneath the GC and does not have any clear metrics for promotions. This would not only mean that I would remain at my current title for longer time than initially apparent when hired but its also not clear what is required for promotion. Our GC apparently believe interim title changes are meaningless but our GC’s perspective is skewed as he has also spent his entire life at this company working up from a legal intern in our parent organization to being GC the last 15 yrs and has little grasp on the market trends in hiring. And many of the senior attys in the other higher titles/roles are lifers at this company.
I’m confused now about what would be wise longer term. I truly love my job and find both the industry and the products I work with fascinating, feel that there is a lot of scope of learning and expanding my skill set here, have an understanding working mom boss, have a good salary and guaranteed bonus and the cherry on the top is that I have fantastic work life balance (rarely work any weekends and can work from home 2x a week which is crucial with a toddler and a preschooler and a hubby with his own demanding career). Its a secure industry and the company has always done well and is on the cutting edge with their products and adapting it for this digital age. However, as I look around at other friends from law school and seeing them progress to other titles and presumably move up the ladder and make more money, I’m wondering if I’m being foolish in not starting to look ASAP or whether I should stick with what works for our life for now. I worry that if I choose to stay put now and then later in 3-5 yrs decide i want a better title/more money, recruiters and other hiring managers may think its odd that I stayed at one title w/o changes for over 8 yrs? Would love some advice esp for those who are in the later stages of their career about how best to plot and plod along.
I also tend to prefer bags with more of a closure, or else I inevitably end up spilling stuff out of my bag.
I love this look of this bag, but I really function best with something that I can wear crossbody. Straps that short and I do nothing but try to keep from dropping it.
I had a transport tote about two years ago. It didn’t hold up well at all. The straps started to separate, and the monogramming rubbed off, within about a season of daily use. I ended up giving it to a high school girl.