Everyone Thursday: ‘Kelsey’ Pointy Toe Pump
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I’m always a fan of a kitten heel, but my beloved Poco heels can be pricey. Trotters, on the other hand, is renowned for having comfortable, affordable shoes, but sometimes with a bit of a frump factor. So I’m psyched to see these simple kitten heels with a leg-flattering dip in the vamp, a walkable 2″ heel, and a foam-cushioned footbed. They’re available in sizes 5-12, in three widths, for $139. Trotters ‘Kelsey’ Pointy Toe Pump
Psst: The Nordstrom Anniversary Sale starts this morning for cardholders! We’ll have a roundup of our favorite work clothes over at Corporette soon, but in the meantime, here’s a quick primer on the sale: Nordstrom holds this sale once a year where they mark down NEW clothes (fall and winter clothes) early, before the season starts. Prices go back up after a certain time. Right now you need to be a Nordstrom cardholder to enter the sale; if you don’t already hold one you can sign up here.
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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+
And — here are some of our latest threadjacks of interest – working mom questions asked by the commenters!
- 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?
Not exactly mom related, but I have a co-worker who loves to micromanage me and It’s starting to really annoy me. She’s on a separate team, but we work together frequently (she does the credit aspects of the contracts I negotiate). It started with her requesting to be CCd on all my e-mails (which I hate but relented because very little effort on my part to make this high mat. person happy), now she’s reminding me of deadlines (that I already met and CCd her when I was responding) and I’m about to blow.
For reference, she’s the same person who told me I look good for still having baby weight when I recently returned from Mat. Leave and comments (“I see you are snacking again”) every time I eat a snack (i’m EBF and get low blood sugar easily so snack frequently, we work in a cube farm and don’t interact with customers at all). So she just annoys me in general.
Advice? Keep killing her with kindness/compliance while venting to you guys? Or can I do something about this madness?
We are in the early stages of contemplating a move to Chicago. Can anyone speak to the cost of living, cost of daycare, quality of life with a kiddo in tow, etc? We currently have short commutes, and would love to keep them if at all possible. At least one of us would be working in Hyde Park – what would make sense in terms of neighborhoods to look at if we wanted to keep our short commute (think 15-25 min)? I know the traffic there can be epic, so I’d like to minimize that if possible. And anything else we should know as we’re weighing pros and cons? We currently live in a medium NE city with a high cost o’ living. Thanks in advance!
Any suggestions for containers for packing toddler lunches? I’m using the Oxo Tot Blocks for her food now, but the little plastic ring inside the containers keeps falling out and it’s driving me nuts. I’m thinking some sort of durable bento box might be a good idea. Also, the toddler room at her daycare cannot heat food and suggested a thermos, so any suggestions on that front would also be appreciated. Thanks!
Someone once told me that, with kids, you can either go on a trip (with kids, visiting family or friends, or sightseeing) or a vacation (without kids or with childcare, actually restful and restorative). This has been helpful to me. We’re leaving for our (low-budget) summer vacation next week with our one-year-old and I’d love any wisdom you have about how to make a sort of hybrid trip/vacation more vacationy.
We’ve got two nights and one full day of childcare, and have planned in a lot of down time to hang with old friends who also have kids. In general I have adopted what I call the “low-stress travel attitude”, which basically means that I refuse to stress about anything like packing (buy a replacement when we get there!) or timing (we’ll get there eventually!).
For me it’s always the little things, so for you, what little things make a trip feel more like a vacation?
Any suggestions at all for things to do with two 2 year olds on Saturday that are indoors? My husband is spending all day helping out his mom with some stuff (and for various reasons the kids and I can’t tag along). It’s supposed to be about 95 degrees this weekend with typical DC humidity. I’m going to go bonkers if we just sit inside all day (and if we do I won’t be held responsible if we wind up watching an unhealthy number of Elmo videos).
Just an update: I switched the membranes on my pump this morning and it did help. Not quite back to pre-recession levels but just 20 ml. shy of the goal with minimal time/effort. I also got my period this morning, so maybe that had something to do with it.
Appreciate all the talk and tips yesterday. I hope I can stick it out with breastfeeding, but if not, I think the discussion yesterday really helped me reframe the narrative in my head. Thank you!
Any tips for discussing going to a funeral with a 3.5 year old? My grandmother, who he only met once and wouldn’t remember, passed away and we’re traveling out of state to the funeral this weekend. He’s not at the point where he really asks a lot of “why” questions or what things mean, so I think that he’s pretty accepting of the idea that we’re going to a church service called a funeral and he has to be very good and quiet. But if he gets wind that people are sad or that his Grandpop (my dad) is sad, he’ll definitely want to know what they are sad about. I’m afraid to use the word “Grandmom” or similar, because I don’t want him to get mixed up with his own grandmothers, and I’m not quite sure how to explain who she was or that she died. He’s excited about riding a plane and seeing his cousins, so I’m focusing on that, but I’m worried about the actual event. Suggested words or phrases?
Y’all tell me its okay to skip a “fun” event that my work is having for families with kids…. It’s a BBQ at the zoo thing where we have the whole zoo to ourselves and there is food. But dinner doesn’t even start until 6:30. Which is when my toddler typically goes to bed. I keep thinking I could push it and make it happen even though I regret every single time I try to do something like this. It’s going to be in the upper 90s of degrees. I’m just picturing my exhausted toddler kicking and screaming and melting down in the boiling heat in front of all my coworkers, then falling asleep in the car halfway across town. Maybe she’ll be able to stay up later next year and we can go then. I hate feeling so boring.
Good morning, ladies. I’ll start. What products work for undereye dark circles? The entire family slept last night, and I’m hydrated and got some exercise and fresh air last night — and still, I have dark bags halfway down my nose and look like death warmed over. I have zero interest in any day treatments that can’t be worn under makeup. Right now I dot some yellow concealer just below the inside of my eye but it looks terrible if I try to cover up the entire bag. I wear tinted moisturizer on the rest of my face and am not really interested in any heavier foundation.
Second — what systems do you use to allow your kids to listen to music? My 2.5 yo is really into music and I’d like to encourage her with a little sound system she can operate independently. I had a full arsenal of tapes as a preschooler that I listened to all the time. We are pretty anti-screen so while the initial answer might be to give her an old phone loaded with tunes and a cheap bluetooth speaker, I’m not super excited about that.