Budget Thursday: Soft-Brushed Button-Front Coat
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I saw this coat/jacket/sweatshirt in person at Old Navy the other day and was drawn to it. I love the bright “tamarind” color, but the other colors were also nice. The reason I can’t really pin down the exact description is that it really was a cross between all of those things. It’s unlined and super soft inside like a sweatshirt, but maybe a little heavier than a sweatshirt. It is shaped like a coat, but not heavy enough (maybe if you are in a warm-climate winter, it can pass). It was comfy, I like the notched collar, and the quality looked nice in person. I think if you order it expecting a coat, though, it’s not really that. It is $49.99 and is available in regular, petite, tall, and plus sizes. Soft-Brushed Button-Front Coat
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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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I just found out I’m pregnant with my first and am trying to take in all of the information on this site (even though I’ve been reading it for years). My birthday is coming up and DH usually gets me a nice gift. Is there anything somewhat splurge-worthy or indulgent that you loved when you were pregnant but wouldn’t necessary buy for yourself? Probably < $500 (and really closer to $200-300 would be better) so not something totally over the top. Normally I'd love a spa gift card, but I'm learning quickly that it isn't a good option for a while.
Do I pay a temporary nanny for sick days? I hired a nanny on a trial basis to cover the period between when our parental leaves ended and my baby gets a spot in daycare. My older daughter is at the daycare and the idea was that if we found a nanny we liked we would hire her ideally long term to be home with both kids. The nanny we are using now is fine but not great for a number of reasons and really reaffirmed for us that we like daycare. Unfortunately we can’t get a spot for baby until June. We told nanny we would figure out set terms re vacation days, overtime, etc and start paying her on the books if it becomes a long term thing but we didn’t specify exactly when we would make that decision. We’ve basically made the decision ourselves but haven’t shared that with her yet and are planning to give her at least 30 days notice. Today she called off sick for the second time since starting to work for us in January. (January and Feb she was just 2 days a week but starting this week she is 4). She said today she has flu like symptoms and a fever so I took off today and arranged for back up care tomorrow assuming if she has a fever and the flu she can’t come and even if she said she could i probably wouldn’t want her around the baby anyways. Do I need to pay her for these two days? I feel like I don’t have to but I don’t want to be a jerk.
I posted last week about getting “borderline” cell free DNA results. Updating in the hopes of helping anyone else this happens to. Apparently the standard of care is to treat a borderline result like a positive, and recommend further testing. So we are having an amnio in ten days. The real rub is that the borderline result is relatively rare, so much so that there are no reliable stats on outcomes. “Call it 50/50,” the doctor said, “but in reality, we really don’t know.”
So now we wait to see if this baby is viable. I’ll be 17 weeks before we have answers. Considering I’m already noticeably showing at 15, the odds of keeping this on the dl at my biglaw firm seem slim. I am counting on my majority-male colleagues to be oblivious, but you never know.
First time poster, long time reader, and I love this site! I would love to get thoughts or experiences on the following:
I have a 24 month old and a 6 month old. I work 7 days on / 7 days off for 12 hr shifts (hospitalist), so I work every other weekend (sat and sun from 7a-7p). My husband works the typical M-F work week (engineer), is home every weekend, but is overwhelmed with caring for both kids alone on the weekends that I work. We are looking for a part-time nanny to help on the weekends that I work (we use daycare for both kids during the week). My husband would be home during that time and can take one of the kids if the day gets to be too much for the nanny. We live in suburbs of Pittsburgh if that matters.
1) recommendations on where to start looking for a nanny (any website better than others? have people had better results with online searches than through word of mouth?)
2) how do you determine if a nanny is a good fit and what’s important to look for in a hire (background / experience / anything else?)
3) hours would be 9a to 7p, every other weekend, for the next 6 months (then probably re-evaluate to see if contract should be renewed) – is this a reasonable work schedule and what is a reasonable cost / hr? (20$/hr is what we’ve previously paid babysitters when we had just the toddler)
4) anything else I’m not asking with the above questions and should?
Thanks in advance!
Opinions requested – I’m so done with winter that I’m just moving ahead with spring! Advice needed – we have an adult sized patio table on our deck where we eat a lot during the summer. We “entertain” quite a bit in the summer (i.e. have neighbors over for hot dogs and beers while our kids run around like crazy people). My kids are 4 and 6. We have a paver stone area where I was thinking about putting a table where kids could eat and hang out to create extra seating. Would you get a kids sized table to go there or just get like a regular picnic table or cheap adult sized patio table? Or do some Adirondacks and a “coffee” table? I’m not up for buying something totally expensive but I’d like to have another place to sit and eat. Thanks for all your warm weather imaginations!
Talk to me about doing an Alaskan disney cruise with a 4 year old and 2 year old. We’re not huge cruise people, but I’d like to see a destination not in the continental US and it seems easier to do a cruise. Disney seems overpriced but everything seems perfectly kid friendly. We’d take my parents along too so that we have some adult time.
Is it worth the price tag or are there other “easy” but not continental US destinations you’d recommend for kids in this age range?
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