Organizing Thursday: Non-Slip Velvet Scarf Organizer
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We are about to enter my favorite season: fall. One of my favorite parts of my favorite season is wearing scarves. Not scarves that are all utility, like you have to wear in the dead of winter, but fashion scarves. (OK, sometimes they can have a dual purpose of actually keeping you warm.) I can barely resist buying a great scarf, but I have a lot of problems storing them. I really dislike the scarf hangers where you have to shove the scarf through a little hole, and I don’t have great “stick-to-it-iveness” when I have to fold the scarf before putting it away. These hangers let you just drape it over the hook. I think what you trade off by not having to wrinkle it, you lose in closet space, but if you have nice scarves then it could be worth it. A pair of these scarf hangers is $6.48 at Amazon, eligible for Prime and 5% off. Non-Slip Velvet Scarf Organizer
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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+
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?
Does anyone know of any good resources on abnormal uterine blood flow and preeclampsia risk? I am 12.5 weeks with my first. I had an NT screen yesterday, and while everything looked good for the baby, I was told that my blood flow to the uterus had notching (which is apparently bad?) and it puts me at higher risk for preeclampsia. They also said taking baby aspirin could help lower the risk. The OB there (not my usual OB) couldn’t give me any information about relative risk – how much does this increase my risk, how much does the aspirin bring it back down? Internet searches are mostly coming up with journal articles with contradicting information. Am I missing some other resource? Does anyone else have experience with this? (My next OB appointment isn’t for 4 weeks, though I could probably ask to come in earlier if necessary.)
I have a tour this weekend of the hospital where I plan to deliver my first baby late November/early December. What kinds of things should I be asking?
I toured a Montessori school this morning. Thoughts? Questions I should ask at our second meeting? My initial impressions were great. There are about 20 kids ages 19 months to 6. My son would be the youngest. I grew up home-schooled with a SAHM so care for my kid during the day is a struggle.
I’m worried I may have had post-partum depression. Baby is almost 8 months now and I feel great, and so so happy being her mom. But I remember not feeling bonded at the beginning and having intrusive thoughts/anxiety. I just watched a video from when she was super tiny and she’s looking at me and sort of cooing and my face was just really impassive – not smiling or responding to her. It is actually making me tear up thinking about the video and how I should have been more responsive to her. I don’t what I”m looking for really as I feel great now, but I am a little worried because you hear about all those studies that say postpartum depression affects babies negatively. I don’t know/didn’t know what was normal hormonal changes vs. depression.
Those of you with 4ish year olds – looking for a gift for a 4 year old boy that loves cars, trucks, trains, etc. What is the COOL toy nowadays? $30ish dollar range.
Solution for people who were wondering how to get cash to a nanny/sitter for running errands: you can apparently now get cards that link up to a Venmo account.
They work like a MasterCard, but you can easily add exactly how much you need and track it from the Venmo app. Super easy, doesn’t require you to add someone onto a credit card or put out their own money.
Sleep question- my 2 year old has a two hour quiet/nap time at daycare, and on weekends her naps are 1.5 to 2 hours. We put her to bed at 7, she gets her milk at 6. Recently it’s been taking her about an hour to fall asleep, and she’s been waking up between 5-530. Time for a later bedtime? I realize between nap and 11 hours at night she’s at the high end of the recommended 9-13 hours of sleep for 2 year olds. Our ped said stay with the 7 bedtime, or even earlier, but then it seems like we are doomed for 5am wake ups forever! Or maybe we are no matter what. Thoughts? Ideas?
Holiday planning is in full swing, unfortunately, and we have lots of competing interests. Typically we host Thanksgiving for my husband’s sister+kids from OOT but we will have a 7 week old baby and I’m not loving the idea of having guests. (They stay with us.) My MIL would likely be there too, and she is happy to facilitate the entire meal, but the idea of 5 people invading my house with an almost 2mo is making me squirmy already. He was totally crestfallen when I said this last night, but he doesn’t realize the level of unshowered and unsleptness that I think I’ll be at during that point.
Christmas we typically spend w/ my family, who is local. (After doing the presents/AM stuff at our house solo, we go over for dinner and more presents.) They’re taking my siblings on a vacation for Christmas this year, so we definitely aren’t going to see them day of. They are lobbying for our time on Thanksgiving. (Again, I don’t have to cook if we go up to their house that day and then come home that evening.)
Is it fair to my husband’s side of the family not to see the new baby until Christmas? I’d be happy to host people at that time (3 month old is easier than 7 week old in my brain.) Am I over stressing about hosting them for Thanksgiving, especially if I don’t have to cook the meal?
Thank you to whoever mentioned yesterday that they read books with their kid in the morning while they wake up!
DH and I are not morning people. Kiddo (3-year-old) wakes up at the correct time to get ready for “school,” and with all the energy and enthusiasm in the world. Lately, we’ve gotten into the habit of letting him watch TV first thing in the morning because we’re too tired to say “no”–and that causes our whole morning to go off the rails because Kiddo doesn’t want to eat breakfast or get dressed or go to school because he doesn’t want to stop. This morning, I convinced Kiddo to read a book in bed with me, and afterwards, everyone rolled out of bed happy and calm. There was no fighting about breakfast or getting dressed or going to school. It was so peaceful!
I would love to see a post on different types of scarves and how to wear them. I always worry that I will look too old by wearing a scarf.
My 2.5 year old has been super clingy lately, which I know is normal, but it seems to have reached a fever pitch of sorts. Every morning from the minute she wakes up she keeps saying “i don’t want you to go to work, why are you going to work?” I don’t want her to think of work as a negative so I haven’t said things about how I have to, etc., and try to focus on the positive like “because grown ups have jobs” or “because the people I work with need my help” or whatever. But she just keeps at it. Is there something better I could be saying to explain this to her or is this just toddler repetition at its natural and most annoying?
DD’s first day of half-day preschool did not go well. She cried at drop off and kept saying she was scared and clung to me, which I expected. I’m told by her teacher that she did not engage at all with the other kids or the teachers the entire three hours. On the way home, she told me she was the “most nervous” kid and that she did not play anything because she was feeling nervous and she did not eat her snack, drink her water, nor use the bathroom with the other kids. She did not touch a single toy or activity (she told me this and the teacher confirmed it). She is 3.5 and she’s met her teacher a few times before and we’ve had playdates with her classmates. She usually warms up but one of us is usually there with her – I was hoping she would warm up after a few minutes but she did not. She’s always been at home with a nanny but gets plenty of socialization throughout the week and the weekends.
I need a gut check – is this normal?
I was thinking about yesterday’s discussion of HW in kindergarten. I agree it’s absolutely absurd but like the OP it never would occur to me to talk to just not do it. There seems to be a fine line though between determining when it’s appropriate to advocate for your child and also teaching them to listen to their teacher and follow the rules at school. For those of you that say your kids aren’t going to do the hw- how does your kid not get confused about when they have to do what the teacher says vs. when they don’t?