Accessory Tuesday: Mary Jane Flat
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I want to give props to whomever does the shoe buying for the Free People website. Their selection is really unique and edgy. I think that some of the shoes are straight-up hideous, but at least there’s a point of view that seems consistent with the brand. These flats are cute but also have a little bit of a twist. I like that even though they’re flat, they still have a tiny block heel. I also think that the amount of foot that they show balances the fact that they have an ankle strap. Sometimes I think an ankle strap can make a person’s legs look shorter, but I think because the strap comes forward on the foot a bit more, it doesn’t have that effect. These also come in yellow, and they’re adorable, but they skew a bit more casual in the brighter color. They’re $90 and come in sizes 6–10. Mary Jane Flat
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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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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?
Baby shower help please! I’ve been invited to a friends baby shower (twins – she has a toddler, too). I’ve purchased something nice off her registry. Should I bring something additional to the baby shower? The shower is hosted by another friend at her home- do I bring her anything? Thank you.
If you are a working mom who travels, you absolutely must see The Incredibles 2. It captures the reality perfectly. I am on a trip this week and feel exactly like Elastigirl. I am having fun doing exciting things, but when I call home in the evenings I feel as if I should fly home immediately to straighten everything out. Sigh.
We’re taking our 16 mo to the Redwoods (our annual family trip) this year! Send me all your camping/packing/travel tips! Since we live in Texas, he has very little cool weather gear. Most of his current wardrobe is hand me downs, Walmart, or Carter’s. Is there anywhere you recommend for fleece, sweatpants, etc or should I just stick with Walmart?
Any miscellaneous travel tips? We are heading out to England soon. The bulk of our trip is dedicated to doing the pilgrimage to Canterbury but we have a day in London when we arrive. The kiddo (12) wants to go on the London Eye, so we’ll do that before Evensong at Westminster. Sunday we’ll go to a Eucharist at Southwark Cathedral and get our pilgrim’s passes, then head to our starting point.
We are set with clothes, converters, hiking boots and rain gear, as well as clothes to wear when we are not walking. We will probably bring some of our favorite snacks (kate’s bars!). What am I missing?
And any suggestions for fun fiction? All the books I have loaded on my Kindle so far are nonfiction. I am especially looking forward to reading Endure and a new biography of Thoreau.
So I’m 8 weeks postpartum and suffering from post partum depression/anxiety. I’m getting help. My question is when I return to work in four weeks and people ask me how it’s going, no one wants to hear that/I don’t feel like it’s necessarily appropriate to share that with my colleagues, but at the same time how do we end the stigma and encourage others to seek help. This is something that I think about more generally in regards to mental health issues. Do i just go back to work and tell everyone how wonderful it is to be a mom and how much i love my kid?
Can you check thredup for stuff like this? I don’t know that Walmart will have much this time of year. You may also have good luck with a local outdoor store. FYI – kids fleeces/true outdoor gear rarely goes on sale because if you need it, you need it. That said, they don’t use it much and outgrow it SO quickly so ebay or thred up could be a gold mine.
In terms of brands, LLbean, Patagonia, Boden, and Lands end all have great raincoats/boots. Hot chilis is $$ but makes FANTASTIC base layers for kids.
Good for you for getting help. With that help, I hope you’ll be feeling better by the time you’re back. When I returned to work and people asked me how it was going I mostly said, it’s hard or exhausting or some variation of the sleep deprived mom routine (which is how I felt at the time).
Good for you for getting help and I hope you’re doing better soon!
I am all for ending the stigma and encouraging others to seek help but would argue that the workplace, generally, is not where to do it…if you have close friends at work and want to share openly with them that’s one thing, but getting back to work will be tough enough, and you’ll be feeling unsure enough about yourself, that you don’t want to add the extra burden of having people around the office be concerned about your mental health.
Family travel recs….my FIL lives in British Columbia and we’re due to make a visit from the UK March or April next year. My family lives in California, so we were thinking 5-6 days with them and another 10 days or so with my parents. I haven’t spent much time in the Pacific Northwest and thought we could do a bit more exploring. But alternatively, hanging out in my hometown would likely be more relaxing.
Recs for the PNW?
Kiddo will be 20 months and I suspect the time with the in-laws will be pretty full-on – they are pretty set in their ways and I think they’ll find having a toddler around a strain.
Anyone need a diversion and feel like just please telling me what to do with my bathroom?
We’re getting a new tub installed in our master bathroom this week. Our master is nothing exciting: tub, toilet, small vanity. My husband will replace the toilet and the top of the vanity at some point. We have no storage. Right now, we have an awful shelving system above the toilet leftover from the previous owners. It’s wicker and awful. The floor is neutral, grayish tile. Fixtures will all be just dark. The vanity top will be a plain, sleek white.
Our style is simple, I like the farmhouse/modern look. Our new tub is white.
Would anyone like to find me, please:
1. Paint. The only requirement is that it’s Sherwin Williams
2. A new shower curtain
3. Towels
4. A medicine cabinet or something to replace the aforementioned awful wicker shelves above the toilet
Thank you!
My third grader has outgrown his Pottery Barn Kids lunchbox, which he’s been carting around since kindergarten. What’s the logical next step up? Something from Lands End or LLBean? His biggest objection is the superhero pattern, not the size, but I can see that changing soon. I’d like to buy something that can last the rest of elementary school. Would prefer something with a bit of structure — they throw all lunchboxes into this giant bin that is carted into the cafeteria, so it gets knocked around a lot.
Pro Tip, y’all: I cut my 18 month old’s hair yesterday while he peacefully, quietly, and mostly stilly pulled all the dental floss out of the dispenser. Dental floss FTW!!!* He is too little for screens (in that he is not absorbed by them– they are not effective) and I’ve struggled to find something that will keep his attention. So to all y’all needing a tiny toddler to sit still for a few minutes (in the car, on a plane, while you take a phone call, or cut his hair) I commend to you the humble dental floss. *use under supervision, obviously.
Any other minds that feel like your are never going to “have it together” again? Forget having it all, i feel like I’m struggling to just keep things t together!!
With a very verbal and opinionated toddler, daycare drop off and making it to work leaves me exhausted enough to nap. And my commute is 20 minutes by transit :/
And making it to work is ALWAYS walking into a standing meeting (thank you, timezones) that cannot be moved to a later time.
The evening is a repeat of rushing home just in time to relieve the sitter and rushing to get dinner to the table. While DH is an active parent and we trade off on the pickups, drop offs and staying home on daycare holidays, i still always feel overwhelmed and like everything is one logistical miss from everything falling apart.
Advice? Comminseration? What do you do to stay on top of things
Thanks for all the suggestions and commiseration :)
@lsw -Lists and calendaring help. And sometimes lead to full-blown panic- the last year has been beyond crazy life-wise (quitting job, international move, finding childcare in the new non-English speaking European country, finding new doctors, finding a new job, husband’s role expanding, my role expanding, family visiting and work and vacation travel) and there are a million things to do
@CPA lady- mine is a little under 3, and so I’m hoping he calms down some and I get it together in a year.
How do you deal with not drinking? I never really drank much, but between Europe and overwhelm, am always down for beer or wine and end up with a ~2-3 glasses a week. Has meditation been logistically hard with a toddler?
@NewMomAnon- Love the idea of commute –> “me” time. I’ve always worked on the train but something fun sounds much better!