Splurge or Save Thursday: Trono Water-Repellent Trapeze Hooded Raincoat
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Raincoats are a necessity for spring. This one from Marina Rinaldi proves that they don’t have to look utilitarian to keep you dry.
This water-repellent coat has a hidden zipper front, slash front pockets, and a drawstring hood. So far, so good. But you’ll need to spin around to see what makes this coat special — a beautiful series of pleats fan out along the back, accentuating the trapeze silhouette.
The Trono Raincoat is $755 and is available in sizes 14W–22W. Currently, both Nordstrom and Saks have some limited sizes available.
P.S. Happy Passover to those who celebrate!
Sales of note for 12.10
(See all of the latest workwear sales at Corporette!)
- Nordstrom – Beauty deals on skincare (ends 12/14) including La Mer, Kate Somerville, Dior, Sunday Riley, Dyson, and gift sets — the deals include reader favorite lip balms Dior Addict, NARS Afterglow, and Clinique’s Black Honey, as well as Too Faced mascara and Sunday Riley’s Good Genes.
- Ann Taylor – 40% off your purchase, up to 50% off outerwear
- Banana Republic Factory – 50-70% off everything + extra 20% off
- Eloquii – Extra 50% off all sale + extra 25% off 2+ items
- J.Crew – Up to 60% off everything, with 40% off their newest styles
- J.Crew Factory – 50% off everything + extra 25% off when you buy 3+ styles
- Macy’s – 15% off beauty, including Tarte, Clinique, Dior and gift sets
- Spanx – Lots of workwear on sale, some up to 70% off, plus free shipping on everything (and 20% off your first order)
- Talbots – 50% off everything + extra 25% off when you buy 3+ styles
Thoughts about egg hunts with a little toddler? LB is a small 13 mo; he walks okay but still plops down and flops a lot. Granny thinks egg hunts always end in tears and just encourage grabby-grabbing. But I think it would be nice to have an outdoor outing for the family. Any advice on how to streamline, or how to choose which (of at least 5 local) egg hunt to attend?
Has anyone been to phoenix, AZ and is it worth visiting with kids (end of April)? I was invited to give a talk there so could go there for free for a weekend, but wasn’t sure if it was worth the hassle! Talk would last an hour or so and could explore for several days the rest of the time!
Primary is hitting me up with ads for “legging ts.” Does anyone have experience with these? What makes them legging t’s? Length? They don’t look much longer.
2.5-year-old has been coming home from daycare completely overwhelmed lately. There have been some changes in her classroom – new floaters and more kids (well within state ratios) plus one of her besties is not adjusting well to a new sibling. One of the new kids is quite a bit younger but has a very dominant personality, and I think my kid doesn’t know how to handle it. The (former?) bestie has started pushing the other kids – the teachers and the kid’s parents are working on this. My kid is definitely on the sensitive side and has never handled transitions well, and I think she’s having trouble finding a way to have some quiet time during the day. The lead teacher is trying to help (pointing out the quiet corner with books, etc.), but the loud kid is just always up in everyone’s business (tbh, the loud kid stresses me out, too). We’re going to make more of an effort to pick kiddo up early once in awhile or have her spend a day with her grandparents, but I’m not sure what to do for her on a daily basis. It’s been constant meltdowns in the evening for the last week and a half. I know she needs time to decompress before dinner when she gets home, but if she starts playing for too long, she’ll get to a point where she a) doesn’t want to sit down for dinner, and b) has a meltdown because we’re eating without her.
My kid will move up to a new room by the end of the summer at the latest without the loud kid (and with kids she does get along well with on the playground), and the bestie will be leaving the daycare in a month or two because one of her parents will be staying at home, so this problem should resolve itself relatively soon. But, of course, she’s going to be encountering obnoxious people throughout life, so she will need to figure out coping skills.
(For several reasons – cost/logistics/availability – a nanny is not an option right now.)
Does anyone have recommendations for a good stroller? I’m due this summer, live in DC, and anticipate using it on the uneven sidewalks in my area and taking it on the metro some. We don’t have a ton of space in our place, so something that doesn’t take up much space when folded up would be ideal, and nothing too heavy cause we will have to carry it up half a flight of stairs.
For those of you in NYC or NYC burbs (or similar HCOL areas), what do you pay for a nanny for two kids (infant and toddler)?
Just a vent. It’s extremely unpleasant to get my twins up, only for them to immediately start crying that everything isn’t going their way. I can’t physically carry both of them anymore (they each weigh 30 lbs), so one of them always cries about being picked up. I’m trying to just hide in my office in the mornings, but ofc one of them is home sick today so I’m having to do medicine and other stuff DH won’t “remember” to do. Ugh. Holiday weekend should be fun.
My young toddler started a new thing where she happily puts food in her mouth, chews a few times, and then spits it out. It started with oranges so we thought maybe she just liked the juice from them, but now she’s doing it with everything, even food she’s always enjoyed eating. It has been going on for a week. Is this a phase or should I be concerned? It was tough watching her chew and spit out 90% of her breakfast this morning.