Accessory Tuesday: Tortoise Hibiscus Claw Clip
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Claw clips are the ubiquitous summer accessory. While hunting for a new one, this floral version caught my eye.
This oversized hair clip is large enough to secure your hair in the updo of your choice. The hibiscus silhouette rendered in classic tortoiseshell keeps the look from veering too precious. It also comes in a refreshing mother of pearl.
Lele Sadoughi’s Hibiscus Claw Clip is $49.
Sales of note for 5/8:
(See all of the latest workwear sales at Corporette!)
- Ann Taylor – Mother’s Day Event: 40% off your purchase. Readers love this popover blouse, and their suiting is also in the sale.
- Banana Republic Factory – Up to 50% off everything + extra 20% off
- Brooks Brothers – Dress & sport shirts, 2 for $149
- Express – $39+ summer styles + 25% off everything else
- J.Crew Factory – Up to 60% off everything + extra 70% off clearance + 40%-50% off the Weekend Shop
- Lo & Sons – Mother’s Day Sale: Up to 40% off — reader favorites include this laptop tote, this backpack, and this crossbody
- M.M.LaFleur – Try code CORPORETTE15 for 15% off
- Nordstrom – Up to 25% off
- Talbots – 50% off wear-now styles and all markdowns + 30% off tops, pants, jeans, and shorts
Talk to me about sleep away camp. Is 6 too young? I’d like to send my twins together but I’m not sure if they’d keep them together. Is there such a thing as family sleep away camp? This is not something my family had access to growing up so I’m pretty clueless.
We have about ~6 weeks of summer left until my kid starts K.
There are places I think he needs some nudging. He still has pretty big feelings for his age – like yesterday when kicking an indoor soccer ball around with his brother when it didn’t go his way, he like threw himself on the couch.
Ideas on what I can do/keep doing at home to help prepare him? Thinking about making him get dressed by himself/with minimal help when time permits, helping him think through the big feelings, going to the bathroom at home by himself (he can but always wants company), etc.
He’s fine or ahead academically, but I feel like this other stuff is really the most important for K.
I am about to get laid off from my incredibly specialized job in a field that has been decimated by federal funding cuts. I have been applying for jobs with the same function in other subject matter areas and can’t even get an interview even with personal referrals. I just received a very nice personalized rejection letter from the position that was my best shot. I am seriously looking into making a transition into a new field where if I am lucky I will have a full-time job a year from now that pays 1/3 of what my current job pays, but hopefully with a better lifestyle.
I am so demoralized. I feel like I played the game my whole life and then the overlords of the economy changed the rules. We were finally on the brink of getting to a place financially where we would have security and nice things after spending so many years pouring every last dollar into student loans and child care and college savings and retirement savings, and now the rug is being yanked out from underneath us. We will be able to scrape by, but if my husband gets laid off before retirement we are screwed. We will also be screwed when (not if) the stock market crashes.
I posted two or three weeks ago that I’d seen texts between my husband and another woman where he was calling her “love.” Well, it got worse and it turns out they’ve met up several times while he was at work, and they were physical.
I confronted him about it and although he claimed to devote himself to us and recommit to me and the family, the last two weeks have not demonstrated that at all. We had an argument this morning in front of the kids and I think that it will be better for them to have separate, happier households than one household with tension.
I’ve scheduled several consultations with divorce attorneys. We have three young children and I’m very sad.
Have any of your high sleep needs kids had a successful experience at summer camp or even just regular camping? My 10yo is an even-keeled, chill kid — except when she gets <10.5 hours of sleep. Then she feels both physically and emotionally awful. It's like she's hung over. And if it's multiple days in a row, she's a DISASTER. I was kind of hoping she'd outgrow it, but we recently had some heavy travel days that required less sleep than usual for multiple days. My 4yo and 8yo were a little grumpy but mostly fine, but the 10yo was really struggling. We've been considering sending her to sleepaway camp for a week next summer, but I worry about how she'd do there given the semi-late-nights. And we've had the same issue when camping in the summer — the light means that often kids don't get to sleep until 9:30 and then are up at 6, and she just can't handle that.
Hit me with your Chicago recs for a family of 3 (6yo boy) for a weekend. Passing through town for a family wedding and we will have 2 1/2 days there. Staying in the Lincoln park area so the zoo is on the list. Want to do a river tour if you have specific recommendations as well. Also eat all the traditional chicago food so open to recommendations on beef, hot dogs, and pizza.
What board / card games are your families enjoying this summer? We’ve been playing Odin’s Ravens and Dixit, and are heading to my parents’ soon where we’ll play endless rounds of Sorry and Uno.