Budget Thursday: Scalloped-Edge Blouse
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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?
Just settled (favorably!) a very stressful case I expected to have to try all day today and took my assistant out for steak and a glass of wine to celebrate! How’s your Thursday?
P.S. Do I still have to work this afternoon?
Does anyone have advice for why 4 month old baby will only nurse for 5 mins on one side then refuses but will down a 6 oz pumped bottle? There’s no way hes getting 6 oz in 5 mins. He then wants to snack all day and night long.
Any tips or advice on how to find a backup baby sitter for when our nanny is unavailable? I work an 80% schedule, so our amazing nanny works with us 32 hours a week and has a second job a few evenings a week. It’s usually not an issue, but every so often, something comes up where I need our nanny to stay late because of my job and she can’t because it conflicts with Job 2. We have no family nearby and my husband travels a lot, so he’s rarely available to step in. We’re expecting our second and I’d love to build out a small group of backup caregivers, but I’m not sure how to do that? My toddler also has massive stranger danger at the moment, so I’d prefer to use the same few people versus a random sitter from an agency.
Thank you to the poster who mentioned Esme & Roy! I had heard of the show but never watched it. I watched it with my 5 year old the other day and she loves it! She has learned so many calming techniques and ways to help with her little sibling. Great show!
I need hair help that will make our mornings less of an epic disaster every day. My stylist is recommending a Brazilian blowout – has anyone done this? Apparently the salon (which I like generally) offers it rather than keratin treatments. I remember a few years back everyone was getting these but it seems like they went away and I thought it had something to do with health concerns?
Does anyone have any suggestions for dealing with burnout that have really made a difference? A big part of me is tired to my core. I have always been an achiever, but right now I’m just so tired. Not necessarily physically tired (though a bit), but emotionally and mentally spent. I have taken vacations, and they are good, but aren’t really restorative. I still have to care for my 3 and 6 yo, and then I still come back to a mountain household to dos and an even more overflowing email box. Vacations almost aren’t worth it. I feel like I’m doing the things I’m supposed to do for self care, but they really just turn into more to dos on my list. Nothing in particular has triggered this exhaustion, other than the repetitiveness of middle age: wake, work, kids, work, sleep, repeat. What has worked for you?
For the mom looking for kids play tables who had her eye on the C&B nesting set – it is 20% off today. Still pricey. But on sale!
Any experience with Bright Horizons Backup Care? My firm offers this as a benefit. It sounds like you can get your kiddo placed in a BH center for a day, or possibly get in-home care, presumably for a kid too sick for a center. Experiences good or bad?
And… we have our first 2 hr delay of the year. Thankfully, this is a day I work from home, so I can just roll with it. Also, this is the first storm that I’ve prepped for at my new home and did all the prep by myself (with a little help from the kids).
Grandparent gift ideas? My MIL is an amazing grandmother and I would like to treat her to a really nice birthday gift. I like experience gifts that she can do with the kids, but we are in DC and lots of that stuff is free (zoo, museums). We have done tickets to plays and the ballet where she goes with a kid. If we go with a physical gift, she loves to travel (and has three international trips coming up), garden (actual garden), and cook.
I am all out of ideas.
So it’s kindergarten admissions time in NYC if you have a 4 year old and part of the option is gifted and talented testing. Curious how others approached this. For those who opted for testing (in NYC or otherwise), what made you do it? Did you do prep? What is the actual test? Other thoughts?
I have a smart happy kid but I have no idea if she’s “smarter” than the average kid and whether this is something she actually needs (putting aside the issue of whether anyone needs it in K vs when they’re a bit older). In NYC, it’s also all insane and hyper competitive (as is everything) and there are so many prep centers that I feel like she has no shot since we have done absolutely nothing to prepare for it. I also don’t really want to do anything much because I don’t want to put needless pressure on her. But i don’t want to deprive of an opportunity if this might be the right thing for her. I’m thinking we take the test but I don’t tell her much other than “here’s a fun thing we’re doing.” Just curious if I am missing anything in this analysis.