Splurge or Save Thursday: Vinton Mother of Pearl Chip Bracelet Watch
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Large watches have been trendy for a while, but I have a tiny wrist so I’m always on the hunt for smaller ones.
I love this pretty mother of pearl chip bracelet watch from Shinola. It has a petite 32 mm case, and a 14 mm adjustable, stainless steel bracelet band. I particularly like the date window since I’m always asking for the date. The numbers on the dial are easy to read and the classic look goes with any outfit.
Although a bit of a splurge, I wear a watch every day so I can see it as a save over time.
This watch from Shinola is $675 and available at Nordstrom.
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?
I posted awhile ago about looking for places next summer with my 5 and 3 year old to do four weeks. They’d do half day camp while we work remotely (I work PT).
The Monterey CA looks beautiful but wanting to see if it’s kid Friendly. There seem to be many easy hikes, aquarium, playground, beaches. Weather is gorgeous in July.
Out other option is NYC. Trying to find a place on the UES, but we used to live there and love the idea of the city, but maybe it’s silly with a 5 and 3 year old. There are many many more kid attractions than I ever recognized when I started looking into it though and maybe 4 weeks isn’t too bad to do NYC?? My kids are suburban so I don’t know if they’d consider the city overwhelming or a blast.
After a difficult last year with almost no childcare for our 3-year-old and split shifts plus evening work seven days a week, I am just exhausted (as is my husband, we split our duties 50:50). Work never stops on tenure track, so I am already very anxious about what Delta will mean for this fall and winter until we have a vaccination for children, hopefully. I am looking for advice on how to restore energy levels so I can push through the next six months and keep up my productivity. What tricks do you have? I am thinking of little things, such as plenty of hydration, etc. because I have little control over my work load and the COVID circumstances. Grateful for any ideas.
Are there some easy things that you do for the health of you and your family that you feel make a difference? Looking for ideas.
A few things I do: keep an eye on my partner’s moles (he has a lot), try to get eight hours of sleep a night, and pack a vitamin gummy with omegas in my kid’s lunch.
Thanks!
Fun question: as your family’s circumstances have changed over the years, what kinds of lifestyle creep have you noticed, kid-related or otherwise? One of mine is that I’m now paying more money for news/ entertainment media subscriptions. (We pay for the NYT, the Boston Globe, and the Economist, as well as a couple of video streaming platforms, though I am still sharing a WSJ subscription with some colleagues!)
Dogs – I posted yesterday and got some great feedback and am back with a slightly different question. We want dogs – my son needs a dog and I believe a dog would bring a lot to our lives and we would be great dog owners. I am genuinely willing to do all of the hard work and training. And now seems like the right time – we will have a full-ish time nanny for the next 3-4 years (puppy/higher maintenance years of the dog’s life) which would help with daytime dog needs and with the pandemic, I’ll be working from home 3 days per week for the next 1-3 years. BUT, as a working mom, am I really committing to a dog walker from year 4 till year 16 of the dogs life? Is that what people do? Doggy daycare isn’t a legit option for us. We’ll have an afterschool nanny, but that still means there’s a 7 hour gap if I leave for work at 8:30 and middle school kids get home at 4:30? I’m guessing a dog walker costs $20ish a day? Thats roughly $5k a year plus the cost of the nice boarder when we go on vacation (and that doesn’t include the other costs because I’m already comfortable with them). We have a great yard and moderate weather where we live. My husband grew up with lots of dogs…but had a SAHM so this level of thinking hasn’t occurred to him yet. Someone said having two dogs (we wouldn’t get at the same time) might make this more feasible so the dog isn’t lonely, but the idea of going from 0 to 2 is daunting right now lol. I looked into older dogs yesterday after some suggestions, but I’ve had bad experiences with animal shelters (traumatized animals who need more specialized care than we are able to provide) and our local one is oddly empty. Someone mentioned trying to find an older dog, and I’m definitely looking into it, but for the purpose of yalls feedback, let’s assume that’s not an option. I wonder if I need to pay a dog trainer a consultation fee to help me think through this. We’ve got a great dog yard/house and good weather (with exception of 2-3 months) and I wonder if we could do some kind of doggy door setup that would make a dog happy while we are at work. Any wisdom would be appreciated! How do yall do this? Is everyone paying $5k a year for dog walkers?!
I know this has been asked before, but — kids’ leggings that don’t get holes in them? Looking for size 5/6 if it matters.
I have and love this watch. It’s classic and polished(which I care about) and still gets points for being from a “cool” brand(which care less about).
Does anyone have a Honda Pilot and love it? We are finding that the minivan is not camping friendly for the last few miles of many trips due to gravel roads and winter / mud. Minivan is 12, so we are looking for a big car with a giant second row, storage, and available third row. I don’t want a Tahoe / Suburban and I’ve heard that the Pilot is basically an Odyssey dressed up like a truck with a bit more clearance and AWD.
My 6 year old daughter is not super athletic and several times through the year came home and had me try to teach her a cartwheel or a headstand. Because the other girls at school were all into this I think. One of her best friends is doing a “tumbling and trampoline” class in the fall so I thought that would be perfect. She’s hesitant now.
So my question is, at what age do the kids stop showing off their cartwheels at school? Is gymnastics a useful thing to do for a short while? I think I want to avoid the class but I also want her to feel confident with her peers and I know the kids in her class are always showing off for one another! Is this something that has come up for anyone else? First world problems for sure, but she’s my anxious kid so I’m more sensitive to it.
Quick gut check- I have a very responsible, rule-following 8 year old girl. Due to COVID, she’s gotten very comfortable fending for herself all day while mom and dad work. My office is in the attic, DH is in the basement. She literally has gone 4 hours without seeing either of us on some days. Right now, I haven’t seen her since 9am but I know she’s made herself breakfast, watched a show and is now doing a lego kit until her friend comes over later.
Recently, we’ve started leaving her home alone for short periods of time. Usually it’s 10-20 minutes at a time, longest ever would be 45 minutes (if I ran to the grocery down the street and there was a line). She is not allowed to cook and we don’t have her snack while we are gone yet, either because it’s so short. These are all local errands where we could be home in under 10 minutes (drop sibling at activity, pick toddler up at daycare, etc). We have a land line that office-phone style where she can push a single button and get 911, Mom, Dad, Grandma (who lives in town), or Grandpa on speed dial. She also has an iPad from which she can call us (and has practiced), and we have Alexa dots around the house that will dial my cell if she says “alexa, call mom!” (which she has practiced). We live in a very safe town on a large lot with security cameras. She can walk to our neighbors if she needs anything- one is a lovely 70 year old woman and the other is a couple that has grown children and both are semi-retired and WFH.
When I told my mom kiddo would be home by herself for 15 minutes today between when I had to leave for a hair appt and when DH got back from the dentist (both within a 5 min drive from our hosue), she looked at me like I was abusing my kid. I told her that back in the day, she left me home at a similar age (I may have been a grade older, but I was the same age- 9 at the absolute oldest), AND WITH MY SIBLINGS. I grew up in a much less safe area (think: we had a security system that was often tripped!), with no cell phones.
I thought I’d get a quick gut check here since while I know 8 is on the young end, and I would not leave her home for hours at a time or with siblings or let her cook, I thought it was within the range of, well, not child endangerment.
Thoughts?
I could totally pack up kiddo, drive her to my moms, then have DH pick her up on his way home but it’s an extra ton of driving when she’s perfectly capable of watching TV for 15 minutes. If this were my 5 year old, it would obviously be a non-starter (and frankly, my 5 year old probably won’t be able to stay home alone until she is 16!).
For those of you that used a night nanny, what hours did they come and did you do several days in a row or spaced out? Any best practices? Oh and how many weeks did you do?
Planning to breastfeed. This is our third and we haven’t gone this route before but I want to have energy to parent the other kids this time around and I think it could help. TIA!
Random question: I really like Dove’s moisturizing hand sanitizer, but the smell is just awful. Are there any fragrance free alternatives with a similar consistency? I see that the baby version is fragrance free but can’t seem to find it for sale anywhere, even online.
Unexpected equal labor win of the day: my husband got today’s call from daycare about the toddler’s minor but reportable head injury. Not even a missed call on my phone. Hooray for daycare!