Splurge or Save Thursday: Puzzle Leather Hobo Bag
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If I’m going to splurge, it’ll be on a gorgeous handbag I can use forever.
This sculptural handbag from Loewe is crafted from pieces of calfskin leather that fit together like, well, a puzzle. But, this bag isn’t all looks — it has a hidden zip closure, exterior and interior pockets, and a cotton-twill lining. Although it tucks neatly under your arm, the structured shape will easily hold your essentials and more.
Loewe’s Puzzle Leather Hobo Bag is $2,350 at Nordstrom and comes in eight colors, ranging from black to bright purple.
A more affordable option comes from ATP Atelier: This asymmetrical shoulder bag for $362 at Farfetch.
Sales of note for 11.25.24 (Great Black Friday Sales!!)
(See all of the latest workwear sales at Corporette!)
- Nordstrom – Early Black Friday, up to 60% off — great deals on Natori, Vince, Theory, Boss, Cole Haan, Tory Burch, Rothy’s, and Weitzman, as well as gift ideas like Barefoot Dreams and Parachute — Dyson isn’t marked down at all but you do get 3x points on beauty purchases.
- Ann Taylor – 40% off your purchase, plus extra 15% off full price styles
- Anine Bing – Shop more, save more (spend $200-$300, get an extra 15-25% off)
- A.P.C. – Shop 40% off
- ba&sh – Up to 40% off Fall/Winter styles, including select colors of reader favorite Gaspard & Guspa cardigans (also included in Tuckernuck’s sale)
- Banana Republic Factory – 60% off everything + extra 20% off (or extra 30% off with your Gap Inc credit card) ends 11/26
- Bloomingdales – Take $25 off every $100 you spend on items labeled BLACK FRIDAY; ends 11/24
- Boden – 30% off on 1000s of styles, including reader favorites like this blazer and these dresses
- Cuyana – Free shipping over $95 (and 10% off your first order over $150)
- Demellier – 20% off with code, free worldwide shipping & returns
- Design Within Reach – 25% off sitewide (including reader-favorite office chairs Herman Miller Aeron and Sayl!)
- The Fold – Black Friday, up to 30% off everything
- Eloquii – 50% off everything + extra 10% off $125 or more
- Everlane – Up to 50% off everything
- Furla – Up to 50% off select styles
- J.Crew – Up to 50% off almost everything – LOTS of winter coats 40% off, down to $204-$230
- J.Crew Factory – 50% off everything, plus extra 25% off orders $125+
- Kule – 30% off sitewide
- Kohl’s – Earn $10 Kohl’s Cash for every $50 Spent – includes Travelpro luggage!
- LaLigne – 30% off in their ONLY sale of the year
- Lo & Sons – Up to 70% off – reader favorite laptop tote is under $200
- Macy’s – 20-50% off beauty brands like Clinique and Armani, 50% off designer handbags, 50-75% off sparkly jewelry, and 40-50% off women’s boots
- Mansur Gavriel – Winter sale, up to 60% off
- M.M.LaFleur – “20% off everything” (but exclusions apply)
- Ministry of Supply – 30% off sitewide
- Mulberry – Up to 40% off, including Bayswater, Islington, and more
- Neiman Marcus – Earn a $50-$1250 gift card, including on beauty and fragrance purchases
- Rothy’s – Everything up to 30% off (some also on sale at Nordstrom)
- Shopbop – 25% off storewide with code, including great blazers from Rag & Bone, IRO, Smythe, and select L’Agence (also lots of nice Black Halo dresses)
- Soma – Early Black Friday $29 bra event (up to 50% off)
- Spanx – Lots of workwear on sale, some up to 70% off, plus free shipping on everything (and 20% off your first order)
- Sue Sartor – Week of Joy sale, 30% off sitewide
- Steelcase – 25% off sitewide, including reader-favorite office chairs Leap and Gesture
- Strathberry – Pre-black Friday, enjoy up to 30% off select styles!
- Stuart Weitzman – Extra 25% off full-price and sale styles
- Talbots – 40% off your entire purchase + daily deals
- Theory – 25% off sitewide + up to 40% off select outerwear
- Tory Burch – 30% off $250+
- Tuckernuck – 20% off sitewide
- Universal Standard – At least 30% off sitewide, up to 70% off all styles
- Victoria’s Secret – 30% off everything, and 7/$35 panties
- White House Black Market – 60% off clearance, 30% off sitewide for WHBM members
- 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
- BabyJogger – 30% off sitewide
- BestBuy – Lots of deals on gaming consoles, including PS5, XBox Series X, and more
- Carter’s – 50-60% off entire site and store
- ErgoBaby – 25% off bouncers
- Graco – Up to 30% off sitewide
- Hanna Andersson – 50% off sitewide
- J.Crew Crewcuts – 50% off almost everything, prices marked
- Nordstrom – Lots of deals on Stokke, Maxi-Cosi, BabyJoger, Posh Baby, Silver Cross, and more
- Old Navy – Everything on sale
- SNOO / Happiest Baby – 30% off Snoo, up to 50% off sitewide
Has anyone had covid while pregnant and are you willing to share your experience? I realize everyone’s is different but I’m curious how others have done with it.
Question re: PPD. I am 35 weeks pregnant and have a long history of depression. My depression is actually the best it’s ever been right now, thanks to meds, a slew of major life changes, and a few months of CBT towards the end of 2021. I am aware I’m high risk for developing PPD and want to do what I can to mitigate that risk. I read the #1 thing to reduce the risk is doing CBT during pregnancy and after birth. I made an appointment with my therapist but I’m wondering if that makes sense since I currently have no symptoms of depression? Did anyone find this helpful? What other things would you recommend?
I’m being encouraged to apply for a big promotion at work. I currently supervise 10; the promotion would have me supervising a department of around ~150 people. It’s be a ~25% pay increase, and have the background and skills to be successful in the job.
But after white-knuckling it through Covid with two young kids constantly in and out of school, and going to bed in tears some nights because of … you know, everything … I just can’t seem to talk myself into applying. It’s such a weird feeling. A big part of my identity is (was?) holding my own as a bada*s Lady Boss in my male dominated field, and this new opportunity would amplify opportunities to do that, to be a great role model, blah blah blah – but the thought of *more* work and responsibility – I don’t know. Sheryl Sandberg would be very disappointed in me. I’m torn between applying and trying to recapture some of the ambition that seems to have died during Covid vs. just continuing in my often boring, still important, kinda-big job that I have now, with tons of flexibility to lean out when I need to. WWYD?
Following up on the late talking thing from yesterday, how common is it for an almost 2-year-old (23 months) to have only a small handful of words (mama, dada, and 2-3 others)? That’s my nephew and he also does not point or wave or clap. His parents have had him evaluated, but we were talking a few days ago about how they’ll get another evaluation because his language has barely progressed in months. He’s walking/running and started babbling around 18 months or so and he does make eye contact and bids for attention. You hear those stories about kids not saying a word until they’re 3 and then exploding into speech, but how common is that?
People with nannies-what are your policies around Covid positive (stay home until testing negative and pay nanny for those days)? What about after a Covid exposure, either at an event or of a household member? The share is two babies, one of whom is vaccinated and one of whom is not yet vaccinated but will be a few months after starting the share.
Earlier this week there was a post re polio and how it’s not something to worry about b/c it’s in an insular Jewish community outside of NYC that has low vaccination rates. In this morning’s paper, there is an article how in London, kids are being authorized for polio boosters b/c it’s in wastewater sampling there. Ugh. I feel like we were whack-a-mole with COVID, then routine other bugs, then monkeypox (still not concerned re that as we are officially hermits now), and now polio. I just cannot with 2022. [OTOH, this is reminding me to take my middle-schooler in for her HPV shots, which the doctor is all “no rush on this” and now I’m “get all of the shots as soon as you can” mode.]
our first bout with pink eye and awaiting the results of a covid test, which I really hope is negative because my kids missed the last day of school and would be pretty sad to miss the first day. the pediatrician also said that with the new variant the at home tests are producing lots of false negatives. she also tried to tell me that if positive my kids should stay home for 10 days, and i explained that our school policy is 5 days and 5 days with a mask and she was like, unless they have a separate area for your kids to eat because most people are still contagious at 5 days and do i want to be responsible for infecting others….i mean honestly that was my question when the CDC updated their policy back in the spring and on the one hand of course i do not want to infect anyone, but it’s not like anyone else is going to stay home for ten days and normally i’m like what other people do shouldn’t matter, of course we should do the right thing, but it is so hard
How long is reasonable for a daycare to deal with an infant who is seeming to have trouble adjusting? My almost 4 month old started daycare 5 weeks ago, when he was 12 weeks old. He’s my 2nd kid, and it’s the same daycare we have used for my 1st since she was 12 weeks. Apparently baby cries a lot during the day and they’re having trouble soothing him. He does not do this at home. The first time we were told that this was on ongoing problem (and not just a few isolated days of fussiness) was last week. Yesterday we got an email from the daycare director basically saying if we don’t fix it soon they’re kicking him out. We have no local family, and a nanny would be a huge financial stress for us. We’re really at a loss, because he doesn’t do this at home, and it feels like we’re not getting all the info we need to troubleshoot this. We’re going to set up a meeting with the daycare director, but in the meantime, I’m wondering, 1. Did our daycare go nuclear overly fast, or would most daycares do this? and 2. Anyone else have experience with this and what did the problem end up being? My guesses so far are a) he wants to nurse (though he is taking his bottles ok) b) maybe the bottles are giving him gas or something? c) he’s tired – he isn’t a great napper and isn’t napping well there, though he is sleeping through the night most nights! (Like I said, at home he’s delightful!) d) hungry – he’s getting 12-16 oz while there, maybe he needs a little more?
Thank you for reading my novel. I just feel really blindsided and at a loss here.