Splurge or Save Thursday: SkinActive Facial Mist Spray
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When I need a little pick-me-up post-workout (or after a P.M. nap), I always reach for this facial mist from Garnier.
A few spritzes and your skin feels instantly hydrated and refreshed. This facial mist spray can even be used before or after makeup. It works for all skin types, even sensitive skin. And given the price, it’s an indulgence I can partake in multiple times a day.
Garnier’s SkinActive Facial Mist Spray with Rose Water is $6.23 at Amazon; Ulta has the travel size for $3.99.
Psst: Today’s Deal of the Day at Amazon includes “Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls” books are on sale for $12-$15, featuring “100 Real Life Tales of Black Girl Magic“!
Sales of note for 9.10.24
(See all of the latest workwear sales at Corporette!)
- Ann Taylor – 30% off your purchase
- Banana Republic Factory – Up to 50% off everything + extra 20% off
- 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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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?
Have any of you used a 529 to pay for elementary school, middle school, or high school while your kids are in school? Our kids are enrolled in an eligible school and if I put yearly tuition in the 529, I would have about a $300 tax deduction every year. We know our kids will be in the eligible private school through 8th grade, 6-8 more years. After that, either a private high school or public school. I’ve thought about washing the tuition through a 529 each year. We already have a college savings/life after school fund, so it is not a must have to keep the money in the 529 for college. Our accountant’s take was that if it is worth the bookkeeping for you to get a $300 deduction, go for it, but there’s no other real financial advantage. Has anyone else made deposits into a 529 to use them in the immediate or near future, and if so, was it worth the effort?
How quickly do kids’ sleep needs change? Six months ago my then 3.5 year old was sleeping 12 hours at night consistently. Occasionally a ~2 hour weekend nap as well (she hasn’t napped at school in years), which would cut nighttime sleep down by an hour or so. She recently turned 4 and is sleeping much less than she was just a few months ago. She now averages around 9-10 hours at night, but fairly frequently sleeps as little as 8 hours, with no naps. She might still nap on weekends if we suggested it but we no longer do because it pushes her bedtime insanely late (the last two times she napped, she went to sleep at midnight and 1 am). I know kids need less sleep as they get older, but this seems sudden – did anyone experience something like this?
And any advice for getting more sleep yourself in this situation? I’m high sleep needs myself (really need 8.5-9 hours to feel rested) and generally can’t fall asleep for a least an hour after she goes to bed (need to unwind, and make sure she’s actually staying down) so this has been really exhausting. She does book time solo for at least an hour before bed, but isn’t particularly quiet and often asks for us when she needs something. We are going to try introducing an OK to Wake Clock, but the problem is late bedtimes more than early waking.
Cross-posting here in hopes of getting input from moms of younger kids… Please skip over if you aren’t interested in discussion of weight.
Can I hear your success (or non-success) stories of losing weight 1+ year postpartum?
My second kid will be 1 in April. I’m currently 6 lbs up from my pre-baby #2 pregnancy weight, but closer to 15 lbs up from my weight pre-baby #1. I am also (technically, according to BMI) now slightly overweight. The weight is really concentrated in my belly, but I’m definitely just larger overall. I went from a size 4/6 pre-kids, to a size 6/8 post kid #1, to a solid size 10 now.
I just don’t recognize myself at this weight, but I haven’t lost any real weight for the last 3-4 months and I’m wondering if this is just “it” forever? I am not willing/able to make *drastic* lifestyle changes at this point, but also struggling to accept my new weight. I hate how much space it takes up in my head.
Just looking to hear others’ stories, good or bad. TIA!
For me it had to be a lifestyle change. I had some other health issues crop up 2-3 years postpartum that benefitted from some pretty drastic lifestyle changes, but I also lost weight from them. Cutting back sugar and going gluten-free did wonders for me. I also took one of those at home food sensitivity tests and that helped me learn some foods that I should eat only sparingly. I needed to drastically cut inflammation when my immune system went out of control.
What has worked for you to form new habits in the past? I would lean in on those techniques if you can to add more exercise or shift to healthier eating. Can you add in a 10 or 20 minute walk a day? Can you get a sauna at home or add in sessions at a gym? On eating, can you do at least a 12 hour fast (so if dinner finishes at 7pm, don’t eat breakfast until 7am)? Are there ways you can cut back on sugar and replace with protein or fresh vegetables?
If you are still b-feeding, don’t do sauna as it will dump crap out in all your body excretions that you definitely don’t want baby eating.
Talk to me about your laundry system. What kind of hampers do you have in the bedrooms, what do you use to carry to laundry room, and how do you bring clothes back from the laundry room while it waits to be folded? Moving into a big house from a townhome
What’s the name of the website that helps you figure out which pump insurance will pay for?
Also, I am wondering what I am doing bringing a second pandemic baby into this world. Ugh.
I’m curious if any of you have dealt with this: I’ve been working from home since March 2020, which meant that there is/was less pressure to get myself up and out the door as the same time as my kids. As a result, I started sleeping a bit later in the morning. When I had to be in the office, I was up by 6:00 or 6:30. Now that I work from home, I have slept in just a bit later until 7:00 or 7:15 most mornings. My son wakes up at 6:00 every single day. I am a light sleeper, so I hear him get up, get his breakfast, talk to his cat, etc. Earlier this week, I managed to get up at 6:30 again for a few days, and I actually felt better the whole day each time. I think that the “extra” hour of half-sleep where I can hear other stuff going on in the house is actually more tiring than restful. Have any of you dealt with this or come to a similar realization? If so, I can see it intellectually, but how do I actually drag myself out of bed earlier when it is so tempting to just drift in and out of sleep for an extra hour?
How do those of you with kids who have frequent medical appointments make it work? My preschooler has started weekly OT appointments. Between the driving to and from daycare (in the opposite direction), picking her up/dropping her off, driving to OT, and the appointment itself, it usually takes almost 4 hours. I check and respond to emails at the OT appointment, but can’t do any focused work. I’m fortunate that I have very generous sick leave and can cover this with paid time off, but being out for half a day every week is really killing my productivity and people are getting very frustrated and annoyed with me. I’m sure it doesn’t help that I started this burned out from almost 2 years of pandemic parenting and in particular taking a ton of days off in the last couple of months to cover Covid- and snow-related daycare closures, so I don’t have a great reputation to fall back on. I like working and although my salary isn’t “necessary” for our family, it affords us a lot of luxuries I really enjoy. But I feel like this might be my breaking point that makes me leave the workforce. Part time is not a thing at my employer. My husband does more than his share of parenting and housework, but his job makes it impossible for him to take regular time off like this so unfortunately these appointments are all on me.
Thanks to the poster who suggested post its as something to entertain my 18-month-old while she’s isolating for Covid. That got us two solid 30-min chunks of time yesterday, plus she was running all over the house looking for new places to stick them, so she was nice and worn out for naptime! :)
Other things we’ve found that work are a pile of strips of construction paper, the B. Toys pull back cars from Target, watching Cocomelon in her pop-up tent (the tent adds a novelty factor that keeps her interested longer), and giving her a fork and spoon at all meals so she plays with/works on using those for awhile and doesn’t just shovel everything in in 5 min because she wants to get back to playing. Now we just need to work on making her requests for a fork sound less like she’s yelling a four-letter word, lol!
Has anyone actually negotiated additional maternity leave at a job? I just got a job offer and they give 6 weeks of paid leave versus the job I’m leaving gives 3 months paid leave. I’m not pregnant but will likely start trying within the next year. I’m just nervous that it will give the wrong impression.