Family Friday: Oh My Gosh A-Line Dress

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A woman wearing a Oh My Gosh A-Line DressNo… you probably don’t want to wear this to work (unless you work with kids). But if you’re a mom who wears a lot of dresses, your kids might be amused by this cute bat dress from ModCloth. (They also have dinosaurs, bats, and other cute options!) It’s $59, and available in sizes S-4X — but note that some colors are more sold out than others. Boo. Oh My Gosh A-Line Dress in Bats

Ladies, what are you doing to prepare for Halloween? Do you have any seasonal decor up yet — are you stocked for Halloween night? What will your kiddos be this year for Halloween — and will you or your partner dress up? (I’m just super stoked that I found the “spooky pumpkin” shirt that J loved last year — it still fits, yay!)

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I agree you get a pass on TY notes if it’s stressful, but I think you’ll be doing yourself a favor in the long run if you reach out by email to each person. I’m a private person, too, but if you keep everything to yourself, you will really shrink your long term social circle. Of course this advice doesn’t apply if the shower attendees were all friends of your mom’s or something — then let your mom apologize to them on your behalf and wash your hands clean of it — but assuming these are people you want to stay in touch with, then let them into your life a little bit. Not because you have to, but because you want to.

It’s been a crazy week and I am just catching up but if you’re around, I wanted to suggest asking to do a rotation of business units within your org and/or get out in the field. At my large non profit we love when our partner teams ask to learn more about the program side and/or tag along on site visits. You could spend a week shadowing people from a bunch of different business units. Then they’ll think of you when they need help on something or quick advice. Even if you’re ultimately not the right person to handle it, you’ll build great relationships.

Can anyone give me their thoughts/experiences on glider bikes vs. small bikes with training wheels? How old was your kid when s/he started riding any type up bike or tricycle?

I’m experiencing what I hope can be ascribed to hormones. I have my period, and I have the copper IUD. I weaned at about 13 months a month ago, I don’t know if that is involved. For the last few days I have just been filled with RAGE. I have been avoiding my coworker, who is usually at BEC level for me anyway, because I felt like I would say something extremely cruel to him. Last night I avoided my husband because he was driving me crazy by having a stuffy nose and sounding disgusting (I completely understand this is my issue, not his issue). I couldn’t fall asleep last night despite being exhausted after a few extremely long work days and one night of working until midnight plus I’ve been lightly sick for two weeks. I was up until after 1. We just moved and there are still contractors and painters around our house and I’m fed up with it. Last night I found out an earring was lost in our room as things got moved around, and it’s partially because I should have put them somewhere better, partially because the contractor put them somewhere else, partially because my husband then moved them though he doesn’t remember it, and now one is missing – not valuable, but they were a gift for a my 16th birthday. I was so angry about this – at myself, my husband, that I couldn’t relax last night and all I could think about was that if I wasn’t married, I could turn the GD light on and look for this earring so I could go to sleep.

I have experienced brief bouts of this kind of extreme anger/rage around my period before, and it’s a big reason I first got off the pill – it used to happen one day a month for a few hours. But this is the first time I can remember it happening over multiple days. I hate myself like this and it’s not fair to my family. I thought about help for anxiety or something like that but I don’t think there’s some sort of rage pill you can take or presumably all the angry white men would be taking it.

Am I going crazy? My husband is a saint for giving me my space. I can’t even talk to him about it because I feel like I’ll just be mean about it when it really has nothing to do with him and I know that.

Thanks for everyone’s washer and dryer suggestions yesterday! Lots of factors I never would have thought of. We’re leaning towards a top loader now given everyone’s advice (we have lots of room, luckily — they’re both going in the basement). Probably Maytag or Whirlpool but open to others depending what’s on sale.

We go all out for Halloween and have tons of decorations for our house. We also host an annual party. It started as a trick or treat party, but now we’ve moved it to a pumpkin carving party which is super fun. Everyone brings a pumpkin to carve and a dish to share. We provide a main course and a bunch of carving accessories and set up stations outside to contain the mess.

For those of you that have duvets on twin beds for your kids, where do you get the comforter?

Hair help! My 4 year old daughter inherited wispy baby fine hair from me…lucky her. It is currently cut into a bob with bangs/pageboy, but hair still hangs in her face during the day. Has anyone found any barrettes that will actually stay in fine hair? I should also mention that my husband is the morning person at our house and has major troubles even putting in small ponytails.

I am a mom who wears a lot of dresses, but I will not be wearing this one. It looks like something one would make in a junior high school home ec class.

Halloween is my favorite holiday! We will start decorating inside the house this weekend but will wait till October to decorate outside. My son’s birthday is the week before Halloween, so the grandparents will come visit then. Husband and I have a big adult-only Halloween party too. I have a black and white ghost-print scarf that I will wear a lot next month. Son will dress as Darth Vader, I will be an 80’s chick, and husband will be Bruce Springsteen.

This is embarrassing, but I need advice. I never sent out all the thank you notes from my baby shower. It’s a long story – kid was 6 weeks early, long NICU stay, and then she’s been in and out of the hospital for long and scary stays ever since she was born. It’s been an extremely scary 8 months. We’re fairly private so while some family members (who attended the shower) know how sick she’s been they don’t quite know the full story and diagnosis. So I guess my question is, is it ok if I just forget about them? When I think about writing them, I get so much anxiety, thinking about the last year and the hospital (I tried to write some in the hospital a few times, never got them done of course). At the same, I generally pride myself on stupid social niceties like this but I just feel so exhausted. Thoughts?

Recommendations for jeans that are actual denim (not looking for leggings disguised as jeans) that are comfortable for getting up/down/on/off the floor with kids? I’m lucky enough to be able to wear jeans to work, but I still want to look stylish while being able to immediately be “on” and not have to change when I pick up the kid at 6.

I am sick of negotiating holidays and visits with our various families every year. I want a system! Like we alternate holidays each year and rotate locations. Anyone do something like this and can recommend their system? I want to see my family and my husband’s family but want to take the effort out of it.