Accessory Tuesday: Surrey Watch
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I really love this watch by Tory Burch. It looks like a cross between a watch and a bracelet. When I first saw the thumbnail, I thought it was one of those bracelets that has a watch face dangling from it like a charm, but when you actually see the photo of it on the model’s wrist, you can see how unique it is. I like the oversized clasp and the combination of the gold hardware with the tan band. It also comes in stainless steel on sale for $195, and orange leather with an orange face on sale for $149. The tan/gold combo is on sale for $165 and is available on toryburch.com. Surrey Watch
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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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- 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?
This is really pretty! I just got a fitbit that functions as a watch…if it weren’t for that (and that I work from home in sweats with no need for beautiful jewelry), I’d be tempted!
Guyssss, my four month old was up every hour between 3-7am last night. I know this is the 4 month regression, but I can’t remember what we did the last time around (for our toddler). Any tips for how to do low-key sleep training (not hysterical crying sleep training) while the baby is sleeping in your room? When we did this the last time around, we had graduated our baby into the nursery. Hoping to hold out a little longer this time around, though not opposed to moving him into the nursery just for sleep training and then moving him back.
How do you get email addresses for friends in your kid’s elementary classes?
For my DD’s birthday this year, I want to invite 5-6 of her good friends from school. I’m not allowed to send invites home with only a portion of the class. DD is bussed to another location for aftercare, and we do the drive through pickup lane in the morning, so I literally never see her teacher or the other parents. I thought about sending notes home with those kids asking for their emails, but I don’t see how that’s different than sending home a party invite. How do I get their contact info??
(I tried stalking online, but one of her good friends is literally named Maddie Smith. I can’t narrow down her parents or address at all.)
I picked up this shirt a few weeks ago and am finally wearing it for the first time today. I really like it.
https://bananarepublicfactory.gapfactory.com/browse/product.do?cid=1091680&pcid=1091674&vid=1&pid=367748021
I wore it earlier today with a suit for a networking meeting, and the ruffle laid really nice under the jacket in the middle of the shirt. I am now working from home so changed into jeans and booties. I half tucked the side with the ruffle, but left the ruffle out. Looks great that way, too. Hopefully it holds up – Banana Republic Factory isn’t the best quality ever, but at $20 that is to be expected.
Just a PSA that I bought the MilkMakers lactation cookies recommended here and I thought they were disgusting. I got the chocolate salted caramel flavor and they didn’t taste like chocolate or caramel at all. They were a bit salty, but mostly they just tasted like crumbly cardboard. :(
Talk to me about your favorite deep pocket sheets that stand up to husband funk, baby spit up, etc. I am finally fed up of putting my husband’s corner of the fitted sheet back on the mattress every single morning (I make the bed). It’s like when he rolls over and back during the night, he pulls the fitted sheet with him until it pops off. I don’t understand it and have never had this problem in my life, but whatever. It’s less of an issue with our flannel sheets, but it’s not quite winter here yet. My current proposed solution is to try a deep pocket sheet set in hopes that it will stay on the mattress better. Normally I swear by Company Store, but the color selection in their deep sheets leaves a little to be desired (although that may not stop me). We generally go with darker jewel tones for sheets (in contrast to our taupe-ish walls and white duvet with navy coverlet). Husband prefers sheets that are “not scratchy” and historically has bought in the 1000 thread count range; I find them suffocatingly thick and also not that great quality despite the thread count. I am thinking at least 400 thread count and sateen. Prefer 100% cotton.
Talk to me about meal time length. My 3yo is a good eater, but he is increasingly dragging out meal time and it is killing me. We do the Satter method for the most part (but require one bite of each item on the plate) but he just plays around and talks a mile a minute and gets distracted listening to the conversation and does not start eating his food until well past when the rest of us are done. It doesn’t matter whether he likes the food or not, it just takes him forever to get started. This morning for breakfast, he took 10 min before he even started eating his waffle, which is his favorite breakfast.
We pack lunches and I got confirmation from his teacher that he eats every bite in the 20 minutes they have for lunch, so he is certainly able to eat more quickly. He just doesn’t do it at home.
It’s important to DH and I that we eat meals as a family, so we all end up sitting there for what feels like hours while he finally decides to start eating his banana. It’s killing me. I love family time, but not trapped at a dinner table. I’d rather read a book on the couch or tell stories to each other or split up and play together, anything other than sit at the table with empty dishes in front of us.
Any ideas how to hurry him up? Can I buy a timer and just take away his plate when it’s done? (I hope after a few sessions of that he’d figure it out.) Any other ideas?
I have slight scoliosis in my lower back that I was diagnosed with in middle school. The curve was slight enough that I’ve never had to have follow up appointments, etc. If I’m thinking of TTC next year, should I visit my OB/GYN for a pre-conception appointment and ask her to refer me to get a lower back x-ray? Just thinking if I ever decide I want an epidural, I wonder how necessary having an X-ray image to show the doc would be. Any thoughts?
It sounds to me like you’re over-thinking this a bit, but it can’t hurt to mention your concern to your OB-Gyn. A pre-conception appointment is a good idea even if you don’t have any concerns, so I’d just bring it up then.
I’m curious to hear what anyone’s experiences have been with 8 week shots in terms of pain and any side effects, etc. I’m going to be taking my LO in for them this week and I have no idea what to expect.
I know we complain about husbands here a lot and I’m not immune to that, so I just wanted to share something nice my husband did recently. I’m a serious amateur photographer who takes tons of photos of my daughter and husband with a DSLR. My husband is the opposite – he doesn’t even use the camera on his phone. So I’m never in photos unless we pay for professional ones, which we do hardly ever because they’re expensive and we have so many nice photos of the baby that I take. I told my husband a couple weeks ago that I would really like him to take photos of me sometimes and he said “Yeah, uh huh, sure” and it really seemed to go in one ear and out the other. Last night, I was snuggled up with my daughter reading to her after her bath and my husband snuck in with my DSLR and took some photos of us. They’re far from technically perfect and I look like I need a shower, but I will treasure them forever, both because they captured a sweet moment with my daughter and because of the effort my husband made to listen to what I said and do it. Also a good reminder that people aren’t mindreaders and we have to tell our spouses what we want!
Totally not on any of these topics, but I’ve just come out of a totally swamped period where I wasn’t really able to read the daily emails i usually get from this site. But now that i’ve regained my 15 minutes each morning with coffee, I went back and tried to catch up on past postings via email.
My email isn’t coming in the same as in the past – there used to be a photo and more of the article included in the email. That doesn’t happen anymore, and I’m sad, as I was able to click on the posting that were most interesting, especially the news roundups.
Is it just my email system that is doing this? or is it a change here? ANyone have any ideas? I’m not always a huge fan of change in my routine, and was excited to get back into the groove with my coffee and corporette! :)
After internally (smugly) congratulating myself on keeping me and my still not yet weaned 14 month old healthy from DH’s bout of pink eye (thankfully gone now) followed by a particularly nasty head cold that has been going on for almost a week now (and taking notes on the mancold aspects), I woke up this morning stuffy with a very painful sore throat (how his started). He’s been mainlining dayquil and still miserable – I picked him up the real sudafed last night, but I am dying at work and dreading the next few days. I keep explaining to him that if he gets sick, it’s not a big deal, but mama and baby can’t take cold meds for our suffering. Here’s hoping my immune system once again proves stronger than his and keeps me and LO to a milder version of his cold, because if not, this is going to be terrible.
So, thinking about holiday travel. DS will be 13 months, and most likely 100% weaned and probably using a sippy most of the time if not exclusively (let’s see…). How to manage on flights post nursing/bottle for a super active LO? I’ve read the various tips here before – water, games, etc. – but wanted to see the latest and greatest, if they do exist.
Also, at what age do kids actually watch phone/tablet for more than a few minutes?
Full Disclosure: I have 0 problems with screen time, juice, snacks, etc. as a distraction when traveling to get through.
Need your advice/opinion. NY&Co discontinued my favorite work pants. But they have a similar kind of pants on sale for $27 each if you buy 4. NY&Co pants usually fit me. Banana Republic Factory also has a bunch of Sloan pants on sale. Do any of you know how Sloan pants fit in comparison to NY&Co? I haven’t worn Sloans in years. I’m sure the Factory cut is also slightly different than the ones I bought secondhand years ago.