Organizing Thursday: Slim Velvet Hangers
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My hanger evolution has gone from dry cleaner freebies to white plastic ones to now these.
These velvet covered hangers are universally beloved by organizers and decorators alike. The velvet surface prevents your clothes from ending up in a pile on the floor, and the slim profile maximizes your closet space. There are even notched shoulders for your tank-style tops and dresses.
This sturdy hanger can hold up to 10 pounds. (I hang a suit jacket and matching pants on a single hanger.)
A 50-pack of hangers is $27.29 on Amazon. In addition to basic black/silver, there are a few more neutral color combinations as well.
Sales of note for 4/24/25
(See all of the latest workwear sales at Corporette!)
- Nordstrom – 7,710 new markdowns for women!
- Ann Taylor – Friends of Ann Event: 30% off your entire purchase, including 100s of new arrivals
- Banana Republic Factory – Up to 50% off everything + extra 25% off
- Eloquii – Spring Clearance: Up to 75% off + extra 50-60% off sale
- J.Crew – Mid-Season Sale: Up to 60% off sale styles + up to 50% off summer-ready styles
- J.Crew Factory – Extra 50% off clearance + extra 15% off $100 + extra 20% off $125
- M.M.LaFleur – 3 pieces for $198. Try code CORPORETTE15 for 15% off
- Spanx – Lots of workwear on sale, some up to 70% off
- Talbots – Friends & Family Event: 30% off entire purchase, includes markdowns
Sales of note for 4/24/25
(See all of the latest workwear sales at Corporette!)
- Nordstrom – 7,710 new markdowns for women!
- Ann Taylor – Friends of Ann Event: 30% off your entire purchase, including 100s of new arrivals
- Banana Republic Factory – Up to 50% off everything + extra 25% off
- Eloquii – Spring Clearance: Up to 75% off + extra 50-60% off sale
- J.Crew – Mid-Season Sale: Up to 60% off sale styles + up to 50% off summer-ready styles
- J.Crew Factory – Extra 50% off clearance + extra 15% off $100 + extra 20% off $125
- M.M.LaFleur – 3 pieces for $198. Try code CORPORETTE15 for 15% off
- Spanx – Lots of workwear on sale, some up to 70% off
- Talbots – Friends & Family Event: 30% off entire purchase, includes markdowns
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 lot of boys get referred for gifted program testing because they act out in the classroom. Yet with girls, the first response is “hold her back a year.” Hmmm.
Looking for feedback on bonnets for sleeping. One of my daughters has curly hair that tangles very easily. We’re white and my friend, who is Black, recommended a bonnet to help while she’s sleeping. This is new for me, but I’m game to try it to avoid the morning tangles and battles. Any recommendations for child size bonnets? Any issues with your kids wearing a bonnet to sleep? Thanks!
a follow up from yesterday – was initially planning a trip to baha mar but since sept is not a good time…what would be a good laid back trip with a 3 yo in September or October from NYC?
Someone mentioned a museum sleepover here recently. We have our first one coming up in a couple of weeks, if you’ve done one, can you please share what it was like? I just looked at the schedule and it’s insane! Lights out is at 10:45pm! And the morning wake up time is at 6:30am for breakfast and an imax movie! My kiddo has a soccer game that morning but I’m guessing we’re going to need to skip it.
what kind of sandals do you wear in the summer to chase around kids? i do prefer to wear sneakers but i live in Houston and it is a million degrees outside. ideally ones that also work with dresses.
There’s been lots of talk about milestone birthday celebrations so I thought I’d crowdsource thoughts. My 40th was during covid, so I’d like to have a ‘makeup’ celebration for my 41st. My mom friends are in different life stages from those with newborns to tweens, so I was thinking of hosting a lunch and then a ‘spa day’ (fully paid for by me) for 3-4 hours of services for each person (I’d do a buy out or book at a larger spa in Boston). Ppl are located both in the city/out in the burbs so you’d need to drive in on a Saturday, say 12-5 for activities (lunch could definitely be optional, spa would be from 1-4ish, and then people could change and go or linger and chat). I’d totally get if ppl aren’t comfortable going due to covid. But, would you be annoyed/put out with giving up a half day of your weekend? I know an invitation is not a summons but I want this to be a fun ‘bachelorette party-lite’ experience and not an ‘ugh, can you believe the ridiculous party Anne is hosting, why does she think I want to spend 5 hours celebrating her?’
I need advice before approaching my boss for maternity leave. I started a new job on Jan 3rd, and got pregnant two weeks later (which caught us off guard after a year of infertility). I’m in Canada so I have the right to 50 weeks of parental leave, although it’s significant pay cut (not top-off from my employer). I’m in-house and was hired because my team was short-staffed, so I’m feeling some guilt about leaving them so soon and for so long. I’m not sure if they could replace me – it’s hard to find a qualified lawyer willing to work on a 12 month contract.
I’m pondering taking a shorter leave (6 months). Pros: less financial hit, hopefully better for my boss and team. Cons: because most people here take their full leave, daycares tend not to take infants so I would need a nanny, so financially it may end up not that great. It’s my first so I don’t know if I’ll go insane for 10 months at home or love the time with my baby. Part of me does feel like I’ve been paying into this system via taxes for a long time, so I deserve to take my leave? But I like this job and don’t want to tank my career. My husband makes enough that we would be ok financially either way, although I’m used to contributing to our HHI significantly so this would be an adjustment. What would you do?
Can anyone whose kid has gone through a Picky About Clothes phase offer strategies to cope or assurance that the phase will pass? Over the past two months my newly 4yo has developed Extremely Strong Preferences about clothes. He will only wear dresses, when he comes home he wants to change into a specific pair of pajamas, etc etc. We’ve had some success with instituting a firm rule that “only items in your dresser are available” (ie we will not do laundry on demand), which has somewhat reduced the arguments but his preferences are just SO intense and often result in crying when what he wants isn’t clean. I’m sure some of this is related to the fact that he became a big brother two months ago and it’s a way he can exert control, but it has been exhausting to deal with.
I got an email from my K daughter’s teacher about a recent increase in negative attention seeking behaviors.
She’s young for her grade and all year we’ve known she tends to seek attention from her teachers, but it just came up as an FYI during conferences, never a note home type situation.
She’s straight up not listening- when her behavior is flagged for correction (running in the call, not sitting down when supposed to, that sort of thing) she straight up ignores it. Yesterday she was cutting with scissors and cut holes in her pants until the teacher had to physically take away the scissors (asked her twice to stop first).
Ugh. She does stuff like this at home sometimes and we have techniques that work, but what do we do at school? FWIW I have two other kids and we’ve known since this one was young that shes….strong willed? Spirited? A very adorable and bright PITA? Similar behavior was flagged in PK and we asked if it was something requiring intervention but they told us it was likely pandemic + being young/immature for her grade. She’s a July birthday in a sea of kids that are already 6 in a district with a 9/1 cutoff.
Also, other than acknowledging receipt of the message and mentioning we will speak to her and to please keep up posted, what else if anything do we say to the teacher? I’ve never had a “note home” like this before.
Can you help me think through childcare options, please? FTM. Very lucky to have enough leave between the two parents to make it to nearly 11 months without needing care. We just found out our lovely neighborhood daycare is now taking children only ages 14 months and up. So what do I do for those three months/potentially longer if we like the arrangement?
-nanny share (I know the pros, but do not want to be an employer; I have a small old/creaky home; and I WFH a substantial portion of the week in that small home – having multiple kids around will be fairly disruptive, I think? I salute all the pandemic parents BTW.)
-in-home daycare? Haven’t toured any as this is still such a long way off, but could be ok. What is the ideal infant-caretaker ratio in your experience?
-ask family to help cover the gap? (same cons as nanny share, and would having several different (though loving) caretakers mess with the baby?)
-au pair? (I love this idea in theory, but my partner prefers to live a quiet and private life and would probably not like the addition of essentially another relative in the house on such a long term basis)
Sorry for the brain dump. I have no nesting instincts, but I spend all my pregnant free time thinking about logistics like these! Help!
Are there any Feds here (or others) who work a schedule of 9 9-hr days and one day off per pay period? I can’t decide whether it’s worth it or not. I have been doing it for a few months now, and I feel like my day off is always either co-opted by extra work, or I’m doing household chores all day. How do you all plan for your off day?