Accessory Tuesday: Moshy Knot Leather Wrap Belt
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Do I need another wide belt? Nope, but I sure want this one.
Wide belts are a wardrobe workhorse — they completely transform dresses, high-waisted trousers, and even outerwear. This sculptural belt from Isabel Marant is three inches wide and features a distinctive loop. It comes in black, chalk, and rust (the perfect fall color).
This belt is $585 at Nordstrom. It comes in sizes 70 (28 inches) to 95 (38 inches).
Sales of note for 5/14/25
(See all of the latest workwear sales at Corporette!)
- Nordstrom – Beauty Deals up to 25% off (ends 5/17)
- Ann Taylor – Suit Yourself! 30% off suiting (ends 5/16) + 25% off your full price purchase (ends 5/18) + extra 60% off sale (ends 5/14)
- Banana Republic Factory – Up to 50% off everything + extra 25% off
- Eloquii – Up to 60% off everything + extra 60% off sale + $1 shipping on all orders
- J.Crew – Up to 50% off long-weekend styles + 50% off select swim and coverups
- J.Crew Factory – Extra 50% off clearance + extra 15% off $100+ + extra 20% off $125+
- M.M.LaFleur – Lots of twill suiting on sale! Try code CORPORETTE15 for 15% off
- Spanx – Lots of workwear on sale, some up to 70% off
- Talbots – 40% off all markdowns (ends 5/18) + 30% off dresses, skirts, accessories, and shoes
New parenting milestone: the first time you let your teenager ride with a teen driver. This is even scarier than the first time she got behind the wheel with her newly minted learner’s permit. They are only going 2 miles on very easy roads so why am I so nervous? And I only met this kid’s parents once for two minutes when they were 10.
When I was a teenager I thought my mother was overly cautious. Now I see that she was actually quite brave about some things she let me do.
Where do you keep your myriad stuffed animals? They have to be put “up” so my dog doesn’t mistake them for his, but half of them are my twins’ and they can’t just go in their cribs. Do I go 90s and get the little corner hammock?
Wondering the exact same thing because that is where we are at too! Leaning toward needing to do better with cleanup, but not putting myself up to a standard of perfection. FWIW a lot of the moms in my neighborhood are SAHMs or have grandparents that live in to help or have house cleaners. None of which we have and it makes me feel like I probably have the messy house, which I’m trying to avoid. But all the reasons I have for that have probably more to do with me than them.
And yes our Midwest neighborhood is magical for sure. It’s not even typical in our town….we just really lucked out on our block. The kids just play together all the time!
Due to pandemic and general shyness, our second grader (older child) has just started playing with our neighborhood kids and everyone is now allowing indoor play. Real question: do you keep your house straightened up in case random neighborhood kids drop by? Our house is clean but most of the time messy both because we don’t usually prioritize straightening over exercise, family time etc and probably our standards have relaxed over time when we never had anyone inside our house. For those who aren’t super tidy people naturally- do the neighborhood kids just see the mess? Did you change our ways? Things like kid gets dressed for school on the living room in a big rush so pajamas are on the floor, breakfast dishes may be on the table (good at clearing other meals but mornings are rushed), laundry baskets in the hall, matchbox cars everywhere.
bday gifts for 5 year old boys? like for a classmate?
Potty Training Survey — when was your child(ren) consistently able to get #2 in the toilet? Ideally, the age that they actually would consistently get it in the toilet, with or without prompting, and how long after being trained with #1 did that happen?
I ask because I am currently potty training my third child, and I can’t tell if I’m just really, really bad at potty training, or if people just don’t talk about how hard it is get trained with #2. All the books/online resources seem to think both come around the same time. But with all three of my kids – who have very different personalities – they were consistently trained with #1 after like a week, but it took another 6+ months to get #2 trained. I have had a kid who became horrifically constipated for like a year until they felt comfortable using the toilet, then a kid who just went in their pants for like 6 months, and now I’m back to another kid who is horrifically constipated after three weeks of training. Am I just really, really bad at this? Or is this normal? All three kids were 2.5 to 3 years old at time of training. I’m feeling a little defeated at dealing with another six months of dealing with #2 accidents/constipation issues.
What would you do: I got to the office and realized you can see a bit of my bra peeking over the neckline of my shirt. Options are (1) ignore, (2) wear blazer tightly wrapped so you can’t see it, or (3) run to Uniqlo (only clothing store nearby) at lunch time and get a new shirt.
Grandparents are starting to ask about our Christmas list, and I like to shop early too. Budget will likely be 50-100$ with maybe one or two bigger splurges. My mom’s a whizz at optimizing the best value or best fit for our life style, so the shopping research is often part of her gift.
What were the fun and practical things you enjoyed from 9 months old to 17 month old? I’m thinking a water table for next summer? Maybe some play food?
Our just turned one year old pulls on her hair as a soothing mechanism while she sucks the finger on her other hand – and she’s getting a bald area on half her head! Did anyone else go through this – any tricks? It was maybe even cute until we realized she was pulling out all her head. Pediatrician said we could make that hair oily or greasy so she liked it less? Ugh.
I am almost 8 weeks pregnant and the constant nausea is killing me. I am sucking on ginger candy, wearing seabands, and just started the B6 and Unisom regimen. Nothing seems to make even a tiny bit of different. How do people do this? I can’t see how I can make it another 4-6 weeks until this allegedly magically disappears.
How much do you contribute to your kid(s) 529 plan? And how much would you contribute if you could (max amount)?
My daughter is good at drawing and can tie her shoes. I thought her fine motor skills were OK but with other things (trying to do a basic ponytail), she is really just unable to do that. Also with doing buttons on the back the neck of shirts / dresses. I thought fine motor skills were sort of all or nothing and that we were fine based on her drawing well and tying her shoes. But I feel like maybe there are some lurking issues (like she cannot do her hair at all — just brushing). She is in 5th grade now and now that schools are open, I don’t have time to be doing hair daily or helping with dressing. She’s never had the big giant barbie head to practice on and now I kind of want to get one (or something . . . advice? If it is sort of a life skill problem, I actually want to get her the right help.]
I posted last week asking about my daughter’s social issues and then broken collar bones, colds, and life intervened so I couldn’t follow the comments and respond same day. Thank you so much everyone for your responses. It was very helpful especially to hear from the people whose children also have IEPs for social skills, the guidance counselor seemed very dismissive. She does see good modeling (we socialize with the neighbors, have people over, she sees us talking and socializing in public). She is in gymnastics, ballet, church/Sunday School and goes to a reading tutor (that she originally needed, now she’s advanced-but she loves it and it’s a good social activity as there is the tutor as well as three other children). She enjoys all the activities and specifically asked to do them but she never talks to the other children there. I’ve arranged private testing with a provider who offers social skills groups and am pushing the school to do testing also.
Gosh, I love this. I had a gold obi-style belt that I bought from The Limited circa 2011-ish. I wore with a burgundy dress and felt like a million bucks. Kicking myself now for not hanging on to the belt.