Splurge or Save Thursday: Star Lip Balm
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There’s nothing more satisfying than the first swipe of a brand new lip balm.
These cute lip balms come in lots of fun flavors like mango and starfruit. Ingredients like shea butter, cocoa butter, and coconut oil deliver rich moisture keeping lips soft and smooth.
When you run out, reuse or recycle the container — it looks like the perfect size for pills or even a pair of earrings.
Starface Star Lip Balms are $6.99 at Target.
Sales of note for 5/27/25
(See all of the latest workwear sales at Corporette!)
- Nordstrom – Lots of markdowns on AGL (50%!), Weitzman, Tumi, Frank & Eileen, Zella, Natori, Cole Haan, Boss, Theory, Reiss (coats), Vince, Eileen Fisher, Spanx, and Frame (denim and silk blouses)
- Ann Taylor – 25% off tops & sweaters + extra 30% off sale
- Banana Republic Factory – Memorial Day Event: 50-70% off everything + extra 25% off
- Eloquii – $25+ select styles + extra 60% off all sale
- J.Crew – Summer kickoff event, up to 50% off 1000s of styles+ extra 50% off sale styles
- J.Crew Factory – Up to 70% off everything + extra 70% off clearance
- M.M.LaFleur – Memorial Day Sale: extra 20% off with code + try code CORPORETTE15 for 15% off.
- Spanx – Free shipping on everything
- Talbots – $29.50+ must haves + extra 50% off all sale styles
Are there books you loved as a kid that were disappointing on re-read as an adult? We came upon the first Little House on the Prairie book at the library recently and I was so excited to read it to my daughter, because I loved that series as a kid. I knew there was some racial stuff that has not held up well and was prepared to discuss that, but I was not prepared for the amount of gruesome animal death in the first couple of chapters, especially the pig who is basically a pet before he’s killed. I basically couldn’t read it. Fortunately my daughter is just starting to take to independent reading so she read them mostly to herself, asking me to help with a word every couple of sentences. But now I’m wondering how on earth I liked these books so much as a kid!? I was a very sensitive kid who LOVED animals and could barely handle the (natural) death in Charlotte’s Web. I’m now wondering if my mom censored LHOtP while reading aloud??
On the other hand, I have absolutely loved re-reading Harry Potter with my daughter and it’s brought me right back to the magic of being 10/11/12 and waiting for the midnight book releases.
Lots of tween ansty posts today, so I thought I’d add my non-angsty one! It’s cold and rainy here, and my 12 year old got in the car to drive to school today with a VERY heavy and sad soul about how cold it is, etc.
A random song that was popular when she was in Kindergarten came on, and we BOTH proceeded to rock out for the entire drive in. Full, open mouthed singing and dancing. She got out of the car with a huge smile, and it honestly gave me the best start to my day. She, generally, isn’t very angsty, but this was an especially sweet and happy morning.
Help me work through this niggling thought. A few months ago (Feb), my kid’s speech therapist mentioned kid graduating from therapy soon, and that we’d re-group in 3 months. Well, 3 months have come and gone, and no follow-up on this. She’s really communicative and on top of things. I figure it’s due to the end of the school year, re-jiggering schedules, etc. for the therapist.
Kid has made great progress per what we see and her weekly update notes, and the 1x/week pull-out isn’t hurting him, and I don’t have concerns about spending the money – would you stay the course and wait on the therapist or follow-up? Would appreciate insights on folks who have experience with similar scenarios.
this morning at drop off, DD and her friend “Jane” were talking about their playdate for this weekend and asked if I could take them to the pool we belong to, which is at the JCC. Jane’s mom was also standing right there and I said sure, as last summer we took Jane to the pool with us multiple times and I figured Jane’s mom would be ok with it. Jane’s mom then said to the girls what if they play at our house instead, which I could tell the mom preferred, so I tried to hype that up, but as kids are kids, they kept insisting that they wanted to swim together. Jane’s mom then offered to take them to the pool that they belong to instead of the one we belong to, and Jane said she’d rather go to the JCC pool . I was getting the sense that Jane’s mom wasn’t comfortable with that for whatever reason, (didnt totally make sense to me, but whatever), so I said that’s fine with me, but Jane kept going on and asked her mom why. Her mom said that she doesn’t feel comfortable with safety at the JCC anymore (there has been no incident at our pool in or out of the water), and Jane asked why, and then, fortunately, the bell rang and the girls had to go into school. Jane’s mom told me that she isn’t comfortable with her daughter visiting clearly Jewish places due to recent events. I was completely caught off guard and obviously respect how she feels about her own kid’s safety, but it just makes me really sad. We have been fortunate not to have anything in particular happen in our community, and the security of Jewish-related spaces where we live is run by the former FBI. I too feel a bit nervous about it sometimes, but am not going to stop going.
I have the type of kid who is going to come home and ask me one million times why Jane’s mom doesn’t feel safe about her going to the JCC pool and while I don’t really want to throw Jane’s mom under the bus, I’m not sure how to answer other than, “I’m not sure. But we want Jane’s mom to feel comfortable so let’s do X instead.” (which knowing my kid, I will need to repeat a thousand times)?
Looking for recommendations for Pediatricians in Eastside suburbs of Seattle. I see a lot of Allegro recs but looking for something a bit more personal.
Kat, I keep getting loud pop-up ads for some bank account and Palm Springs tourism on both this page and the main page.
WWYD: My 6th grader returned at 1am on Monday from a 6 day trip to Space Camp with a group from her school. She marched and played her instrument in our town’s Memorial Day parade Monday morning (9am start). I’ve tried to make this week as low key as possible, and she seems to be utterly exhausted and spent from last week. She’s gone to school and lacrosse practice this week.
Once a quarter her middle school has a “Fun Friday” where they go out and do different things (pizza and bowling, food tour of our town, baking at the school, skiing in the winter, etc.). The kids can generally sign up for different activities. The last Fun Friday of the year was supposed to be last Friday, but it was moved to tomorrow due to cold temps and rain last week. The whole group who went to Space Camp last week is scheduled to basically hang out at the school, do space trivia, and watch movies. My daughter is begging me to stay home tomorrow because she thinks she’ll be bored, is behind on some school work, and is exhausted. I think some of her wanting to stay home is that she won’t get to be with her bestie, who didn’t go to space camp, but is going on a fun adventure tomorrow. I’m so over the school year and ready to cave, but I’m worried that I’m setting a bad example. Thoughts?
Maybe a fun Friday question. What should I read by the pool this summer? Nothing too heavy. I’m currently finishing up Ina Garten’s memoir, which is lovely. I’d probably lean more towards a breezy fiction beach read after this.
the other day someone was asking about allowance, well this morning one of my 7 year olds said she wants to start doing chores to earn “computer money,” instead of “regular money.” at first i had no clue what she was talking about. i think there are some computer games or video that you can buy stuff on? but we don’t have those, so i was super confused. turns out she thinks that the money you use to order stuff online is different than money you use to buy things in-person. she recently had a bday and got some gift cards and has wanted to use them to purchase something online, which is where it was coming from. i do think it was much easier for kids to understand money in the pre-online shopping, pre-credit card days.
just a vent, i know it is very nice that my MIL wanted to get me a bday gift for my milestone bday…but asking me what i want, not waiting for me to respond, and then sending me a necklace with my children’s initials and a little red stone (why red i dont know, doesnt correspond with anyone’s bday, anniversary, etc.) is essentially like throwing money in the garbage. don’t buy people personalized items unless you know they want them. ive been a parent for 7+ years, presumably if i actually wanted jewelry with my children’s initials i’d have acquired it by now
Last week someone posted a recommendation for routine charts, but I think it was too late in the day for responses. Does anyone have any reccos? I’m also looking at options for chore charts and kids’ calendars. Trying to slowly institute some organization strategies for this summer’s hectic schedules, and hopefully we’ll have routines and chores established by the time school starts in the fall.
Posting this because I know we talk about our own phone usage fairly often on here. In mid-February, I started paying more attention to my “phone pickups” — not my total screentime, but how often I picked up my phone. I was averaging around 125 a day. I made a conscious effort to reduce it (started with a goal of <50 per day, then when I managed that switched to <30) and IT WORKED. It's now been over three months and I average about 20 pickups per day. And I no longer feel that physical urge to pull my phone out — it's like my body was retrained. It feels VERY freeing.
Anyway, I know different solutions work for different people, but for some reason this particular approach has been super effective for me — I think because every time I'm tempted to pull out my phone, I think "do I really want to waste a pickup on this?" I still use and love my phone — spending 15 minutes scrolling Instagram after the kids go to bed is one of my great joys — but I'm no longer tied to it in the same way, and I'm much happier.
What’s a good savory recipe to make for a bake sale? Has to be individual servings (there are no plates/forks/knives). I was thinking some kind of cheese roll? Do those exist? Really, open to anything.
My nearly 5yo started summer camp at his preschool this week and has come home every day completely exhausted. He’s even fallen asleep on the couch while I cooked dinner, and still went to bed around 8 . Last night, we forced him to stay awake and then put him to bed at 7, but he was grouchy all evening. He still naps most of the time on weekends.
I’m sure it will be less of an issue as the summer goes on and they don’t nap at his kindergarten in the fall.
Should I let him take his little power nap or keep trying to make him stay awake?
I have a 6th grade girl who is into All The Skincare and a 3rd grade girl who still plays with dolls. My younger one is invited to a 9th birthday party for a girl I don’t know super well. What are some good general birthday ideas for a 9 y/o girl these days? The suggestions my daughter gave seem really young to me and I can’t tell if that’s because I’m used to the older girls or because she’s a little immature for her age.
Budget is ~$30. I suggested a $20 Starbucks or ice cream GC and a touchland hand sanitizer.