Accessory Tuesday: Modern Screw Cuff
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This bracelet from Miansai has been on my wish list for a long time. I love that it looks like a weighty piece, but also minimalist at the same time. The way it screws onto your wrist reminds me a little bit of the Cartier Love bracelet, though MUCH more affordable. The screw also looks like something fun to play with while talking on the phone or calling into a conference call — a fashionable version of a fidget spinner. Haha. The design and cuff style would work with any type of outfit. I see it “toughening up” something on the girly side, and complimenting a tailored outfit. This cuff is $200 and available at Shopbop. Modern Screw Cuff
For more affordable options, these two sellers on Etsy have similar bracelets that are under $50.
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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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- What are your tips to having a good weekend with kids, especially with little kids? Do you have a set routine or plan?
I think this item is a “no” for those of us whose work involves criminal courts.
I find I just can’t do bracelets because I’m at a computer all day. Too much jingling while typing and I always take them off. Too bad.
How early is too soon to start training my maternity leave replacement? Due end of year, and I’ll be taking 3 months. My company will be using a temp (part time secondment from law firm). I chose the person, but I have only worked with him on a couple of matters. This is my third baby and for the two prior, we used an attorney from another office of the same firm, but she left that firm. The biggest learning curve for her wasn’t the law, it was learning our company policies and procedures which are many. Also, I don’t recall when we started training her, but I delivered 3 weeks early and all I remember was that there wasn’t much of a transition and my lean team of 3 was struggling, my husband was in job transition, so I ended up coming back a month early on a work from home arrangement.
Any ideas on how to get preschooler to go on walks or bike? I solo parent most of the time, and baby and I love walks, but 5 year old whines anytime we go (it’s too hot, too cold, her legs hurt, etc). I would love to make it part of our routine to go outside for a bit of time in the evening or morning!
I know bribing would work (you can watch a show when you get home), but I hate hate going that route, and try to avoid it as much as possible! Having a fun destination works too, but sadly we don’t have any fun destinations walking distance from our house.
Make it a scavenger hunt! Come up with a list of things for her to look for on your walks. If she finds 5/10/all of them, maybe there will be a small prize (like extra 30 minutes before bedtime or a new book?).
Random – but when you make play dates with a child with a nanny, i.e., kid will be with nanny at the time of the play date, do you communicate with the mom, the nanny, or both? I work from home a few days a week and we have a neighbor child who stays home with a nanny. Nanny and I see each other at the playground and will sometimes make a tentative play date for the future. This is with mom’s blessing, obviously. But then if I want to confirm the time or cancel, do I text them both? Just nanny? Just mom? TIA!
I know this has been posted about before, but a little too overwhelmed to search. My mom just had to have surgery and I am going to be flying home to visit her, but I am currently pumping – what do I need to know about bringing breastmilk on the plane? Are there certain types of ice packs you can fly with? Do I need extra time to go through security? Any specific things that I need to have with me? Thanks!
Question for moms with two kids close in age:
I’m attending a joint bday party for a 3 year old girl and her 2 year old brother. Would you recommend that I get them a joint gift like a play doh set, or individual gifts?
This is probably stupid question, but how do you wash bottles and pump parts in a hotel? At home we use a dishwasher and we’ve visited friends w/o one and just boiled everything in a big pot at the end of the day but neither of those will work in a hotel. Just wash with soap and water? Do you bring your own soap? Hotels usually give you bar soap that doesn’t foam very well.
If your little one is older than a newborn, I would just bring a little bit of dish soap and bottle brush and wash them in the bathroom sink. Dry them upside down on a towel. I brought the dish soap inside a spare 6 ounce bottle that had a cap. Hotel water from the faucet gets very hot.
Has anyone used either of these and what did you think? I love the handsfree idea, especially the Willow which doesn’t have external tubes, but $$$. Do you think the ability to fit the whole pump inside your bra and move around while pumping is useful enough that it’s worth it?
Moms of kids with higher-than-average behavioral/social concerns … what do you do for after-school care? Son with ADHD is really struggling in his YMCA program, which is housed at his school. I would’ve pulled him out weeks ago, except I don’t know where to send him instead! I’ve called around to several programs in our city, and none sound like a very good fit for him. DH is stubbornly digging in his heels and hoping to make the current program work for our son, but frankly, I think it’s a fool’s errand. There are too many kids, and DS is struggling hard with following the rules. The lack of consistency between the staff members doesn’t help matters. Also, they don’t tell us when stuff isn’t going well — they wait until son has some big, huge problem and then say, oh, he’s been having trouble all week. WTF, people. I’m not so sure they aren’t building a case to kick him out, honestly.
What do I do? Kid isn’t a bad kid, but this setting is making his impulse-control issues worse. I’ve thought about asking for an alternative work schedule so I can be home after school, but I also am realistic enough to realize that it may not be sustainable. And as someone in a leadership position, I’m concerned about how it’ll look.
Basically, I’m sucking at my job right now because I’m preoccupied with getting my kid help. And I’m sucking at parenting, because I’m continuing to send my kid to an after-care program that is so obviously the wrong fit because I don’t have many other options.
I’m so freaking overwhelmed, and frankly angry at the whole situation. If you don’t have the perfect angel child, WHTA DO YOU DO, realistically, when you have to work?
Posted late yesterday and got some helpful responses, so re-posting again for more eyeballs:
Do any of you have an au pair without having a separate, private suite for them? Trying to decide if having the au pair in our guest room on the first floor (where s/he would be using the only bathroom on that floor) would give everyone involved enough space and privacy. We are introverts, but trying to decide if we can get over it, given all the pros of having an au pair in our situation. Tell me your success stories and/or tips!
The dishsoap thing got me thinking…what do you use for your liquids when you travel? I’ve used lots of things from the expensive Toobs you get at Container Store to the cheap bottles from Target. At one time or another, they’ve all leaked. What do you use?
Somebody is playing a banjo in the office right now. This place is officially insane.