Everyone Thursday: Felicia Flat
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If you’re on the hunt for a good basic flat for the office or beyond, the Felicia flat is a great bet — it is beloved by many, affordable, and comes in a zillion colors and sizes. Over at Nordstrom it has more than 1,000 positive ratings, is available in 19 colors, sizes 4-13, medium and wide widths. I like this dark suede gray — it’s a great neutral. It’s $99, available at Nordstrom, Amazon, and Zappos (and it also comes in kids’ sizes!). ‘Felicia’ Flat
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Sales of note for 3/15/25
(See all of the latest workwear sales at Corporette!)
- Nordstrom – Spring sale, up to 50% off
- Ann Taylor – 40% off everything + free shipping
- Banana Republic Factory – 40% off everything + 20% off
- Eloquii – 50% off select styles + extra 50% off sale
- J.Crew – Extra 30% off women’s styles + spring break styles on sale
- J.Crew Factory – 40% off everything + extra 20% off 3 styles + 50% off clearance
- M.M.LaFleur – Friends and family sale, 20% off with code; use code CORPORETTE15 for 15% off
- Spanx – Lots of workwear on sale, some up to 70% off
- Talbots – 40% off 1 item + 30% off everything else (includes markdowns, already 25% off)
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?
A distraction from the election – can anyone help me pick something for my daughter to wear for holiday pictures? She’s 15 months and generally wears a 12-18 month size. I would like a fun dress, but nothing too traditional-dressy-Christmas-plaid bc we aren’t that traditional of a family. On the other hand, I don’t want to be too casual, either.
TIA!
Can I make a confession? I am really, really struggling with the election results. And I’m personalizing the results in a way that isn’t helpful or productive. I have several male clients who became very pushy and demanded a million “urgent” (read: not really urgent) new projects starting on Monday, and some of them have been calling me every couple hours to check on my “progress.” And the work progress exists (it’s not up to my usual response time), but every e-mail or voicemail from each of my male clients feels like a dagger between the eyes.
This will too pass, right?
Curious about how much emotion you show in front of kids, especially small ones. I’ve cried a couple times in front of our 2-year old, and it seems to really upset him – he says “mama sad” and gives lots of hugs, which I tell him thank you for. But he seems very concerned, to the point where hours later he’ll ask “mama sad”? And I tell him I’m ok. On the one hand, I want to teach him it’s Ok to have emotions / feel sad sometimes, but I also don’t want him to think mama is always sad or that he’s responsible for keeping mama happy.
TL/DR: Do you try to always keep your “happy face” on for little kids? Suggestions for helping them learn to express / feel their emotions in a healthy way?
Anyone know of a more budget-friendly shoe that would be comparable to the one above?
If you are the one doing the cooking, planning, and shopping – you get to decide. If he wants input on what is for dinner then he needs to be more involved. My H does the vast majority of those three things as we have the opposite schedule, he has the much shorter commute and gets home earlier therefore he (usually) gets dinner started. If he is searching for ideas he might ask me (and has asked a whole lot more since I am pregnant – cravings / ridiculous aversions are a real thing) but I would never be upset if I was unhappy with what he cooked and, unless I just cannot at the moment (see pregnancy aversions) I eat what he cooked.
If I was the one doing all the work and making dinner I would be p*ss*d that my spouse didn’t appreciate it and expected me to make what they wanted.
Short version – you plan, shop, and cook – you get to choose what’s for dinner. If you have those things done for you – be grateful and eat what you are given.
I do 100% of the meal planning, 95% of the cooking, and at least 75% of the grocery shopping in my household. Some of this is because my husband is not good at planning and some of it is because I arrive home first so it is logistically impossible for him to cook dinner. Then the shopping also falls in my lap since I’m the one planning and cooking. Anyway, I’m ok with this division of labor however, how much input should husband get about meal selection? My efforts to engage him at the planning stage are not successful and he never complains outright when he gets home and he isn’t thrilled with what is for dinner, but he will sometimes heat himself up something from the freezer or make a comment about how he wasn’t expecting X type of dish tonight. I get hurt over these comments since I have put so much effort into it. I work the same hours as him but my schedule is shifted earlier so I get home earlier then I cook dinner while caring for all 3 children. I recently started emailing him the week’s meal plan ahead of time so that he can comment beforehand and that does work, but its a lot of work. Some weeks I dont’ have the 45 minutes or so it takes me to put together a meal plan ahead of time in order to shop and I’m scrambling last minute for dinner. For example last night I pulled out some frozen chicken and made a stir fry last minute since nothing was planned. When he wasn’t in the mood for the stir fry so he had a frozen pizza. So, am I being unreasonable by being hurt by this? Is there any other way to approach the meal planning where he gets input without me having to chase him down? I honestly think he doesn’t understand how much work goes into this since he doesn’t every do it.