Accessory Tuesday: Straw Woven Box Clutch
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Summer weddings on the horizon? Here’s a cute clutch that won’t break the bank.
This structured, woven box clutch has a kiss lock closure and smooth interior lining. This polished clutch seems surprisingly roomy — it looks like it could hold a phone, wallet, and some makeup with room to spare. It has a removable silver chain strap to keep your hands free for another glass of champagne.
Olga Berg’s Cece Straw Women Box Clutch is $80 at Nordstrom and comes in black, white, natural, or blush.
Sales of note for 1/16:
(See all of the latest workwear sales at Corporette!)
- Nordstrom – Cashmere on sale; AllSaints, Free People, Nike, Tory Burch, and Vince up to 60%; beauty deals up to 25% off
- AllSaints – now up to 60% off (some of the best leather jackets!)
- Ann Taylor – Up to 40% off your full-price purchase; extra 50% off sale
- Banana Republic Factory – 50% off everything + extra 20% off
- Boden – 15% off new styles with code — readers love this blazer, these dresses, and their double-layer line of tees
- DeMellier – Sale now on, free shipping and returns — includes select options like Montreal, Vancouver, and Venice
- Eloquii – $29 and up select styles; extra 50% off all clearance, plus ELOQUII X kate spade new york collab just dropped
- Everlane – Sale of the year, up to 70% off — reader favorites include their scoop tee, Dream Pant, ReNew Transit backpack, silk blouses and oversized blazers! New markdowns just added
- Hannah Andersson – Up to 30% off all pajamas;
- J.Crew – Up to 40% off select styles; up to 50% off cashmere
- J.Crew Factory – 40-70% off everything
- L.K. Bennett – Archive sale, almost everything 70% off
- M.M.LaFleur – Tag sale for a limited time — jardigans and dresses $200, pants $150, tops $95, T-shirts $50
- Spanx – Lots of workwear on sale, some up to 70% off
- Talbots – Semi-Annual Red Door Sale – 50% off + extra 20% off, sale on sale, plus free shipping on $150+
Hosting my daughter’s baby naming in a few weeks and looking for input on the menu and activities. I’m not Jewish but my husband is, we had a Jewish wedding, and we’re raising our daughter Jewish. That said, I’ve never been to a naming and neither has my Catholic family that will be in attendance.
This will be the first time both sets of families are in the same place since our wedding, and the first time anyone’s visited us except our parents (we moved states in 2021 and bought a house last year). With that in mind, I want to be a good hostess and want things to go well. We’re expecting about 20 folks including local friends.
Menu:
Catered bagel and lox platter including some vegetables and tuna salad
Salad bowl – have a few options from Wegmans but will be gluten free
Fruit bowl
Kugel – making my MIL’s recipe, whom DD is named after
Cake or cupcakes – according to DH, you typically don’t have cake at a naming but I want some sort of fun dessert
Unsweet tea, LaCroix, hot tea, coffee, Diet Coke
We’re having lunch first then the ceremony due to the Rabbi’s schedule. Planning to have a family member on each side give a reading but leaving the rest of the program up to the Rabbi.
Thoughts?
You guys basically solved my game of musical bedrooms last week, so I’m back to ask opinions on furniture.
Short term plan is 3 year old and baby in big upstairs bedroom #1, au pair in most private upstairs bedroom #2, parents in primary bedroom, 7 year old in small downstairs bedroom/office, playroom and office in the basement.
3 year old has a good bed and dresser. She will eventually be in her own room. 7 and baby will share for at least a few years. I have cheap, stackable ikea beds and a dresser which has seen better days. Right now I’m using a bookshelf for the baby’s clothes.
Would you choose: high lofted bed/dresser/desk/storage combo for 7 and keep the baby in his crib with old dresser as long as possible then decide
Plan on 2 twin beds and end of bed dressers – buying both dressers now and using with current beds.
Low lofted bed(s) with lots of storage but possibly not a desk.
Some other option, possibly including putting one kid in a full bed.
here’s a low stakes question. when is the best time to schedule pregnancy photos? I’m normally very low key and don’t have many photos of myself- I feel like this is a regret as we didn’t get professional wedding photos and I wish I had nicer ones of myself when I was younger! I’m 35 and expecting our first (11 weeks) and wondering when to schedule the most flattering pregnancy photos with a bump before I feel really uncomfortable. I’m just getting over feeling terrible in the first trimester and am admittedly self conscious about my weight, and self conscious about weight gain (I won’t try to diet, baby’s health is most important) but being photographed that way in the future. I’m about a size 10.
Our town has a pool. I have a 2.5 year old and 6 month old. I work part time so can take them to the pool on most days after 3:30. However, I have never taken my kids to the pool alone or with my husband. Is this even feasible? I’d have to baby wear 6 month old and watch the toddler like a hawk. They have a kiddie pool but he can’t swim.
Should we wait one more year for the pool membership? Or can I take both kids without hating it?
I’m feeling very apathetic/unmotivated about a demanding job I have that I really generally love. It’s not without it’s flaws, but I do like it a whole lot. The market is really tough right now, so everyone is feeling a bit down but I’m lacking a lot of motivation at the moment. I’m also 16 weeks pregnant. It could just be the pregnancy making what’s already tough feel worse, right? I miss my old go-getter self, who seems to be on hiatus. Ugh.
Need some shopping help!
I have extended family pictures at the end of the month – my parents, my sister’s family, my family. My daughters are wearing this from Target (Girls’ Flutter Sleeve Dress Cat & Jack)
https://www.target.com/p/girls–39–flutter-sleeve-dress—cat—38–jack–8482–green-s/-/A-86730752.
I was trying to find something either dark green or a brighter pink (or even navy – my favorite). I normally wear a size 14 and I’d love to wear my normal bra with this. Photos will likely be on the beach. Links appreciated. And ideas for what my husband should wear.
I gave notice last week and am looking forward to starting my new job in a few weeks! I thought I would share a few key gems from recent conversations with my boss for posterity: “I set you up to take this role.” “We would never promote you to that high of a level.” “I am so upset. I just got you promoted and had plans to expose you to leadership.” “I am extremely disappointed in your timeframe given the significant matters that you handle.” For the record, it was the standard amount of notice. I am so done and doing my best not to actively roll my eyes in meetings with her.
I’m suuuuper on the fence about whether to try for kid #2. My kid will be 4 in August, DH and I are 35. One of my BFFs just announced her pregnancy #2 and it may be what pushes me to go for it. Not sure if I’m looking for advice, just expressing my extreme indecision!
A really wonderful update on the missing lovey from last week [I posted that I was feeling some very deep feelings of guilt/loss after we thought my daughter lost her beloved lovey at my parent’s farm – and in working through the feelings, it became clear that I was really processing through feelings related to my older son’s significant health issues]. Anyway – with help from the group, and not wanting to lose the whole holiday weekend searching for it, I officially declared it “lost” and reached out to a counselor who helped me initially after my son’s diagnosis.
Well, dang it, if we didn’t find the lovey on Friday morning, just as we were about to leave for my parent’s house. It wasn’t even at their house — it was at our house!! It was in a location that we have been in daily since it first went missing over a month ago, and that both my husband and I had searched several times over the last month. We all cried some happy tears – but the relief was no where near as acute as the grief I had been feeling — just underscoring how much it was never about the lovey :) That said, every time I saw her with it this weekend, it brought me immense happiness. Thanks to this group for a being a safe place to put my feelings.
How much would you expect to spend on a party for 40 people, including catering, venue, decorations, and a fun activity? I’m looking at 1k plus, and wondering if that’s completely spendthrift? Small town PNW, for reference.
Advice needed. I have a 4.5yo and 2.5yo, and love them completely. I need advice though about becoming more patient with them, especially when we are hanging out at the house, particularly when I also need to get things done (making their meals, laundry, etc). When I try to incorporate the kidsin the tasks, I can feel myself becoming frustrated and don’t think it is a particularly great teaching or rewarding time for them. When we are out of the house (playing outside, activities) or reading together, it is great. The kids are not quite able to play independently or together without lots of mediation from us, and often want to be attached to me (particularly the younger one) whatever we are doing in the house.
How do you go from the mentality of “must be efficient & accomplish tasks” to a more patient, kid-focused mindset? I need to change my attitude!