Make My Life Easier Thursday: Mulberry Silk Pillowcase
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I’ve slept with a silk pillowcase like this one for years, and I swear my hair looks better in the morning than without it.
This mulberry silk pillowcase from Brooklinen similarly protects your hair and skin from friction while you slumber. Silk is cool to the touch but is also breathable and insulating — perfect for year-round use. It’s also easy to care for — this luxurious pillowcase is machine washable.
This silk pillowcase is on sale for $50.15 for a standard size and $58.65 for a king. It currently comes in four essential colors as well as five limited edition ones.
Sales of note for 1/16:
(See all of the latest workwear sales at Corporette!)
- Nordstrom – Cashmere on sale; AllSaints, Free People, Nike, Tory Burch, and Vince up to 60%; beauty deals up to 25% off
- AllSaints – now up to 60% off (some of the best leather jackets!)
- Ann Taylor – Up to 40% off your full-price purchase; extra 50% off sale
- Banana Republic Factory – 50% off everything + extra 20% off
- Boden – 15% off new styles with code — 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 – $29 and up select styles; extra 50% off all clearance, plus ELOQUII X kate spade new york collab just dropped
- 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! New markdowns just added
- Hannah Andersson – Up to 30% off all pajamas;
- J.Crew – Up to 40% off select styles; up to 50% off cashmere
- J.Crew Factory – 40-70% off everything
- L.K. Bennett – Archive sale, almost everything 70% off
- M.M.LaFleur – Tag sale for a limited time — jardigans and dresses $200, pants $150, tops $95, T-shirts $50
- Spanx – Lots of workwear on sale, some up to 70% off
- Talbots – Semi-Annual Red Door Sale – 50% off + extra 20% off, sale on sale, plus free shipping on $150+
I need to bring baked goods to an event at my kid’s school. I enjoy baking and am good at it, but I’m absolutely slammed at work right now. Any favorite recipes that are quick but still really tasty?
For those of you out-of-state from immediate family or vice-versa, pros/cons of having the out-of-stater fly home the weekend before the holiday (for us, Christmas)? It sounds good in theory to have my sibling come in to town early, but still close enough to do Christmas-y fun activities. Part of the issue of coming just for a few days around Christmas is A) flights are way more expensive/worse times, etc., and B) we have family obligations with my two sets of in-laws (DH’s parents divorced, so one does Christmas eve, one does Christmas morning) which would limit the time spent with my sibling if they are only in town for four days. (Sigh, strangely missing the covid silver lining last year when they came in for weeks and WFH at my house….). Kids are 2 and 4.
Help! We’re throwing a character-themed birthday party for my 4 year old and we’re doing it at our house (well, our large, finished basement). I’m anticipating around 15 kids, ages 1.5-4.5.
I’m having trouble figuring out how many and what activities to have for the kids. Party starts at 10, and we’ll serve pizza and cake at 12. I’m thinking of having a table full of character-themed coloring pages and crayons – is that lame or will kids like it? (my kid loves to color but not sure if it’s a good activity for a party). Any other ideas you have that are relatively mess-free would be much appreciated (happy for them to use glue for crafts, but no paint or anything really wet).
I’m trying to hire someone to dress as the character and come sing/dance with the kids, but that may not pan out, so really looking for something to keep the kids entertained. Will definitely have a great kids playlist going.
TIA!
Does anyone have any of the Learning Resources coding critters? considering them for a holiday gift.
Please reassure me we won’t be sick forever??? In all of September and October I’ve only worked 17 days, and some of those I had some kind of medical appointment. LB just went back to daycare and I’m taking one more day at home to shake off RSV. Thank God my boss is amazingly understanding, but seriously, when does it end?
Ladies! A parenting win!
My husband likes anime. I’ve never been remotely interested. he has a lot of interests and hobbies I can get into but not this one.
He has gotten all 3 of our kids (5-11) into it. They are going to a double feature anime something or other on Sunday. I will have 12pm-6pm completely to myself!!!!!!
On balance, I’m taking all 3 kids skiing over the weekend while DH stays home and I couldn’t be happier to have 3 ski bums to drag along. They might whine about the cold but they are a perfect excuse for a waffle. (DH skis too but he has to work).
My oldest has had 2 incidents in the last two weeks at school. Being disruptive in class and just a general turd. I acknowledge that there’s something going on he’s upset about but also…
I am so frustrated. My parents were very strict and I would have been hit and punished severely for something like this. I know that it’s not the best way to help my kid grow but… It is absolutely triggering for me to feel like a failure as a parent when my child misbehaves. I’ve done a lot of work on this in therapy, but man… I can hear my mother telling me it’s because I’m on my phone or work too much or indulge my kids.
My 6 month old has been blowing out up the back with every #2 lately. He’s been wearing Pampers Pure but clearly they are not working for him. Sizing up didn’t help. (It’s not necessarily a volume thing – it just seems to travel straight up even if there’s not a lot of it!) Would love some advice/experience on the following:
1. I’m going to try Target brand – we used them a bit when he was tiny and they worked ok and have back elastic. (Pampers don’t.) I got sizes 4 and 5 to try (he’s in size 3-4 pampers and target seemed to run small) – the 4s have back elastic but the 5s don’t? Did I get a dud of a pack or do all target size 5s not have the back elastic? The 4s will work for awhile but if the 5s and up don’t have back elastic I don’t think target will work long term.
2. Suggestions on other brands to try? I feel like I’ve already tried most of the recommended ones. Wirecutter recommends Target and Walmart house brands and Pampers. (Haven’t tried Walmart yet.) Baby Bargains likes Pampers. Babygearlab likes babyganics and seventh generation. We tried babyganics early on and it seemed to irritate his skin a little. We used and were happy with seventh generation for quite awhile with my older kid, until they changed the formula and they started leaking the polymer absorbent stuff not infrequently. That was in 2020 – maybe it was a temporary supply chain issue? Anyone used seventh generation more recently? We haven’t tried huggies, but everything I read seems to say most other brands have better absorbency, leak protection, etc.
This got long. If you read this far, please help me help kiddo’s daycare teachers not have to deal with up the back blowouts every single day!
Ideas for a 7 year old girl who has everything? $50-$75 range, but flexible for something great. Plays with Barbies sometimes (has a dollhouse) but not otherwise into dolls. Likes reading, Bluey, My Little Pony, and pretending to be a cat.
Someone please assure me the Zombies 3 soundtrack will eventually leave my brain. Please.