Accessory Tuesday: Medium Roseau Croc Print Leather Tote
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I have an extensive handbag collection, so when I’m browsing for a new one, it has to be pretty special to make the cut.
This roomy leather tote from Longchamp checks all of my boxes. The warm hazelnut color goes with everything, while the crocodile texture adds a unique touch. It also includes snap gussets so you can adjust the size, and the top carry handle is the perfect length for slinging over your shoulder or carrying it by hand. It even comes with a removable crossbody strap.
This seemingly special bag is actually made for everyday use.
The tote is $680 at Nordstrom.
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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- 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?
Gorgeous bag! Could I get some name help? Baby’s first name will be Isaac: I need help with middle names. That’s basically all the parameters I have. Last name has two syllables, emPHAsis is on the first sylLAbble. TIA!
Any recommendations for books that introduce the concept of racism at a kindergarten level? My daughter was asking about BLM and I did a terrible job of explaining it. I don’t know if I was trying to do too much (how do you explain systemic racism to a 6 yo?). Also complicated by the fact that she’s mixed (I’m latina, dad is white). We have lots of books with POC, and we talk a lot about latina/o culture. We’ve read about Ruby Bridges and she’s learned about Black accomplishments and figures in school, but we don’t have anything that addresses racism head on.
Has anyone done Lauren Ohayon’s Restore Your Core program to fix diastasis recti? Did it work? And did the results last once you were done with the program? The thing I don’t get about core programs is it seems like you have to do it consistently for the rest of your life if you want to eliminate the mom pooch permanently. Which feels very overwhelming to me. Anyway, just trying to decide if its worth the $200.
A question for parents with two or more pregnancies… how long can you hide the second one? I got to nearly six months with my first, but everyone says your body reacts different with your second. Trying to be strategic about work…
Ugh, anyone have any good tips for the work from home Monday (Tuesday?) blues? I’m a consultant who works alone, and we have a big, busy family. I always find it SO hard to buckle down and focus on Monday mornings. I feel like our weekends are jam packed with sports or hiking or hanging outside with neighbors, and I should love the quiet of Monday, but I always feel a big letdown. I feel like the answer should be to get out of the house and work from a coffee shop, but part of my struggle is that I really can’t motivate myself to do anything. I just feel stuck most of the morning, then have to scramble to get my work done in the afternoon. When I worked in an office, I’d cure the Monday blahs by catching up with a coworker. Now I don’t even have a colleague I can call!! Help!
Suggestions and/or bottle recommendations for an EBF baby who isn’t coming around to bottle feeds? Baby is now ten weeks, and we’ve introduced small bottles regularly since she was three weeks. She’ll take about an ounce before she gets frustrated and even that ounce takes a looooooong time. We currently use the glass Dr. Brown’s bottles (and I would prefer to stick with glass if possible). So far, my husband, my mom, and my MIL have all tried to bottle feed her when I’m not around. She starts daycare in a month.
We ran into this with my daughter. We supplemented with bottles lots in her early weeks while we were getting nursing on track. We stopped bottles once we both had figured things out on the nursing front, and when we tried to reintroduce them in the weeks leading up to daycare, she refused to take a bottle. It was stressful but 100%–it ended up OK. Daycare teachers have seen it all and are pros at getting kids to take bottles. We still couldn’t get her to take it before starting daycare. While it was a much more stressful start back to work than I would have hoped, after a few days of not drinking much, she gave in and started taking them fine. Even if you can’t get her to take much before she starts, she will get it in time once she starts!
We tried so many bottles, and what worked for us were the super cheap Gerber First Essentials clear bottles with the brown silicon n*pple.
Does anyone watch Euphoria and feel terrified for the future with teenagers? Ugh I don’t know why I do this to myself. I know not a lot of people here have older kids, but if you do, do you think it’s an accurate portrayal (besides the fact that the actors are like mid-20s…)
Looking for ideas for prepackaged after-school snacks that are at least semi-healthy. Yes, in an ideal world, I’d have loads of fresh things all cut up that my middle schooler would happily devour, but that is not reality. I am looking for grab-and-go solutions.
Does anyone have a 4000 SF home with the master bedroom downstairs? My kids are 5 and 3 and the 3 year old is still in a crib and I’m worried I won’t be able to hear them. At the same time, I’m such a light sleeper I dont want two baby monitors on all night to hear every peep and their sound machines. They sleep through the night 95% of the time and the 5 year old is in a bed and could walk downstairs if she needs anything.
Thoughts? TIA!
Ugh. County summer camp registration opened this morning at 8:30am. I kind of feel like 8:30am the day after a holiday weekend is a terrible time for camp registration to open. I’m in the middle of getting kids to school and getting myself out the door- who has time to sit and sift and click? Also I feel very privileged that my mom actually walked the kids to school this morning so I could manage this.
So thought exercise- how would you make camp registration better?
For me:
-open registration at 9:30pm on a Friday. Kids are asleep, but I still have enough brain space to go through the system, get out my credit card and pay.
– allow me to register all my kids at once, rather than each individually and risk camp filling up between kids.
– keep some spaces reserved for people who don’t have internet/childcare/etc and need to register at a different time. Or make it like early admission… one round now and open up more slots in a month.
– link to registration directly from online catalogue. None of this copy that camp code down and enter it on a different website BS.
There’s got to be a way to make this easier, right?
Any recs for surviving isolation with an 18-mo-old and two busy jobs, aside from all the food delivery? Our last quarantine was in a slower period so it was rough but mostly manageable. Kiddo doesn’t have any symptoms (tested on day 3 after last exposure to make sure we wouldn’t be caught by surprise with a PCR on day 6). Are any of those water pens/magic paper good for that age? She loves art at school, but I cannot handle a toddler painting and lawyering at the same time. We don’t have room for any large toys inside, and the weather is supposed to be terrible all week.