Accessory Tuesday: Robinson Saffiano Leather Tote
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I was on Team Tote for years until my achy shoulders convinced me to switch to Team Backpack. I still prefer the look of a tote for work, though, and Tory Burch’s Robinson is as classic as you can get.
This spacious tote is made from durable Saffiano leather so it’ll resist the wear and tear of your daily commute. Inside the open top, there are multiple interior pockets, including ones for your phone and tablet or laptop. The handles are the perfect length — long enough to carry on your shoulder, but also short enough to carry in your hand. The two colors, black and “Cardamom” (a light tan), are as work-appropriate as you can get.
The Robinson is $348 at Nordstrom. Like the look, but need something smaller? Well, you’re in luck! The Robinson also comes in a smaller size for $298 in the same colors, plus “Gray Heron.”
Sales of note for 9.10.24
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- Boden – 15% off new styles
- Eloquii – $29 and up select styles; up to 50% off everything else
- J.Crew – Up to 50% off wear-to-work styles; extra 30% off sale styles
- J.Crew Factory – 40-60% off everything; extra 60% off clearance
- Lands’ End – 30% off full-price styles
- Loft – Extra 40% off sale styles
- Talbots – BOGO 50% everything, includes markdowns
- Target – Car-seat trade-in event through 9/28 — bring in an old car seat to get a 20% discount on other baby/toddler stuff.
- 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
- Carter’s – Birthday sale, 40-50% off & extra 20% off select styles
- Hanna Andersson – Up to 50% off all baby; up to 40% off all Halloween
- J.Crew Crewcuts – Extra 30% off sale styles
- Old Navy – 40% off everything
- Target – BOGO 25% off select haircare, up to 25% off floor care items; up to 30% off indoor furniture up to 20% off TVs
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This is cute. I’m somehow very rough on work bags. My Lo and Sons and my LODIS both only lasted a year before the handles were fraying. Lo and Sons replaced my bag when the first one happened but the second time I figured it was on me.
Any tips for how to get a big smear of ointment off sheets? While I was in the shower at 5AM, my toddler woke up, found the Neosporin and got it all over.
Of course she did this in my bed. Where else would you sit to squeeze an entire tube of Neosporin on to your hands and then smear it all over your legs? Dawn? Do I go with Dawn?
My favorite fashion blogger did a Unmask the Children post last night. Ugh. She is repeating a refrain I hear from many other moms I know – Covid is not dangerous for kids. Everything I’m reading says that children should continue to mask indoors until they can get a vaccine. Anecdotally, I have several friends and family who are in health care, and they agree. I know this is obtuse – but where are these people reading that it’s not dangerous? I am searching the internet, and nothing says that. Are they getting from wonky FB posts and things like that?
Moved to Philly and looking for a good place for Botox (or the equivalent) in Philly. Center City preferred but willing to drive for a great place.
I was getting injections in my previous city which worked really well but at the clinic I tried here somehow the injections didn’t work and cost twice as much!
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We live in the SEUS and my toddler seems to be getting heat rash on his chest and back this summer. Other than loose clothing, what can I do to prevent and treat this? I don’t really want to rub hydrocortisone all over his body but I feel bad that he’s so itchy. We do a very quick nightly bath that is usually pretty necessary–he gets pretty icky after a day of play in the summer, so I don’t really want to give that up.
Our air conditioning is broken, and I haven’t been able to schedule a technician to come out yet. We’ve got some ceiling fans and I ordered a room fan, but how do I know if my toddler is too hot? It was 78 degrees in his room last night, which I don’t think was too bad, but it will probably be hotter tonight. He slept fine, if a little sweaty.
Anyone want to help me find a new city to live in? We currently live in a very hot red state in a MCOL with two small children. DH and I plan to move within the next few years, and the DMV (ideally, MoCo) is high on my list, but DH would prefer a place that isn’t quite so expensive. Here’s our criteria:
– blue state
– 4 seasons (but preferably no bitterly cold winters)
– diverse
– decent public schools
– east coast
– good job markets for in-house legal and tech
Any ideas?
What do you look for in a children’s dentist? We recently changed insurances and our old practice does not accept our new insurance. There are dozens of small practices in-network in my area (which is great!) but I can’t really differentiate between them by their websites… We have a couple personal recommendations, which is where I will start, but– how do you differentiate between practices? Are there technical differences (e.g., should I be making sure they use digital xrays rather than traditional, or other things like that)? Or is it more about “fit?”
Tips for flying with a 1 year old? I flew alone with her three months ago (she was 9 months) and it was doable – she had her own seat, slept at take off in her car seat, and then we alternated between snacks and activities for the rest of the 3.5 hour flight. That was our first flight to meet her grandparents. We are now flying later this month to see my parents again and this time will be a 2.5 hour flight but she has become so much more active and I am NERVOUS. My husband is coming too and she won’t have her own seat because the flight prices were absolutely ridiculous. I have some puffy kling stickers, dimpl toy and busy book that will be new to her that I am hoping will help but any other tips? She is new to throwing crying fits when she doesn’t get her way and I haven’t really dealt with it in public yet, much less in a small enclosed space with others.
Would you travel internationally with kids right now? My husband has a work trip to Europe this month that was supposed to be a family trip, then we assumed kid and I couldn’t go, then today the country announced that fully vaccinated Americans and their minor children are permitted to go for tourism, so now the option is back on the table. We have lots of domestic airplane travel planned for this summer (so long as they don’t lift the airplane mask mandate) and on this flight virtually all the adult passengers would be vaccinated, so it’s probably actually safer than a domestic plane flight, but for some reason it makes me more nervous. The infection rates are higher and vaccination rates lower there than here, so even being cautious and doing stuff outdoors I’m not sure it’s a risk we should be taking right now. We also have to get Covid tests to come home and I’ve never tested my preschooler and am anxious about how that would go (although who knows when this requirement will be lifted and we’re not going to abstain from travel forever, so we’ll likely face this issue at some point). It’s in like 2 weeks so we have to figure it out ASAP.
I have a comment in m 0 d but would you travel internationally with kids now? DH is going to the EU in a couple weeks for work, and it was originally supposed to be a family trip. We assumed kid and I wouldn’t be able to go but the country he’s going to just announced we’re allowed in so I’m trying to figure out if I want to go.
Work has been so busy the past month with a final push this week. Of course my son has a bad reaction to teething last night needing lots of snuggles and wakeups when I just want to sleep.
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Question for you, or I guess I want your opinion and resources, if you have any. My mom, who I’ll admit is quite old school, thinks swaddles are torture devices. I have informed her that one of our twins (four months old) simply wouldn’t sleep without a swaddle. We didn’t know to swaddle our first, and spent a couple of weeks trying to figure out why he’d go to sleep peacefully but then wake up every hour. I guess I view them as a necessary evil? I can’t be up all night holding a baby, which is what my mom has implied I should be doing. I have informed her she is welcome to come over and hold him all night. I’m not trying to start a controversy but is there an alternative to swaddling?
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We’re going on a looong road trip soon and I was packing activities to make things interesting for my kids. On a whim, I purchased a small Bluetooth photo printer, photo paper with sticky backs, and a notebook for each so they can take and print pictures on the trip. I hate things that require apps and a lot of setup but I just tested it and it was super easy to set up and the sticky photos are so fun! I got the Canon IVY mobile mini printer. The quality is pretty good, the color isn’t 100% on target but good enough for what we’ll be using it for! Anyway, it’s cute and fun and thought I’d recommend.
For those who have kids in weekday after school activities- what are your dinner solutions? My daughter has joined a summer swim team that practices 5p-6p four days a week, and Husband takes her. Younger kids either go with or stay home with grandma. I don’t get home til 6:30p. When there are no activities and I was at home we would aim to eat at 6p. I know that isn’t going to happen with swim practice, but I also don’t want to be having dinner at 7pm because of bedtime. Sometimes if I have time I make dinner in the morning before work (InstantPot or pasta salad or something make ahead)
Would love to hear how other families deal with this and/or meal suggestions or recipes!