Weekend & Family Friday: Straight Regular Jeans

Where do y’all shop for non-work clothes? I’m in such a bad mood when it comes to the clothes that have been in style for the last several years– high rise light was jeans, anything in that tannish light pink color, ruffles, cut outs, cold shoulders, etc. I hate all those things. I just want to look cute and not dumpy. But then I keep shopping at Talbots. Which has some stuff that is cute, but not like, trendy cute, more like “classic and solid”. Meh.

I like the look of some J Crew stuff, but the proportions do not work for me. Same with most of Old Navy.

Is the answer Loft?

When do the constant illnesses for a day care kid end? My daughter has been in day care since she was 4 months old. She is now almost 18 months old and since then she is sick probably every 3-4 weeks. I’m talking about “qualifying events” that require staying home (vomiting, fever, diarrhea) and not just a cough or a runny nose. They are typically (and thankfully) short lived and mild (I don’t know if I can attribute this to still breastfeeding or pure luck) but they do require time off from work. I was anticipating the pace of illnesses to slow after her first 12 months in day care but so far no luck.

When, if ever, should I expect her to get sick less often? For what it’s worth, she is at a big center day care so there are lots of kids and their germs.

I sort of lucked into this, but I have a jeans recommendation for those with muscular thighs: Old Navy’s Curvy Skinny. I even found two pairs in store with long inseams, woo hoo! They were separate from all the Rockstar jeans at the front of the store. (Rockstars are generally too skinny through the leg for me.) Anyway, I was super impressed. They are regular jeans with just the right amount of stretch, not jeggings. The rise hit just below the belly button — not a true high rise, but high enough to keep the pouch contained.

Amtrak with a young toddler? Thinking about doing some upcoming travel on the east coast by train (aka “choo choo!!”). It would be about a 6-hour ride each way. We’d probably need to check a bag (is this a thing on trains even? we’d be starting at a major station but not sure if the other end has that red cap service, or maybe that has nothing to do with checking bags?). 2 adults, so we’d have 2 seats for the 3 of us. Advice?

Other ways to travel would be driving — we haven’t done that many straight hours in the car with her, though, she is ok in the carseat but a little restless. Or we could fly, which is how we’ve done this trip previously, although I’m less enthusiastic about that & the locations of various airports are not super convenient.