Finally Friday: Antonia Wedge
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Readers on Corporette were just talking about how comfortable Vionic shoes are — I haven’t taken the plunge yet, but they’ve definitely caught my eye over the past year or two. Amazon has these nice wedge heels marked anywhere from $35-$129, depending on size and color. Nice! (Nordstrom and Zappos both carry the brand as well.) Pictured: Vionic with Orthaheel Technology Antonia Wedge
Ladies, what are your favorite brands for comfortable heels and flats, either for work or beyond?
Psst: check out the Corporette Guide to Comfortable Heels!
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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?
What sunscreen do y’all like for the kiddos? My son has to wear it every day at daycare, and I want to find something that doesn’t smell. Right now, I feel like I need to bathe him every night just to get the residue and lingering smell off his skin.
Just want to whine about my lady problems. I was on the BC shot and then on implanon for about six years total before I had my kid. I loved it. No side effects other than no period. It was amazing.
So of course I got the implanon (now nexplanon, but same hormone) put back in six weeks after my kid was born. It has been a disaster. I keep waiting for it to get better since I had such a great experience with it the first time. But it is actually getting worse. I am bleeding 60%+ of the time, completely unpredictably. Spotting, then free flow, then nothing, then biblical plague. I am in a really busy time at work, but as soon as it slows down, I am taking my soggy, bloody, crampy self to the gyno for something different. UGH! End rant.
When did people turn their kids’ car seats around? Our twins are two and have Britax Boulevards. They’re below the weight limit for rear-facing and I’m thinking they’ll be too tall for the seats at all before they’re too heavy to be rear-facing (if that makes sense — the height limit is the same front or back, but the weight limit is slightly lower for back, but I think they’ll be too tall for the seats period before they’re too heavy for rear-facing). Is there any reason at all not to just keep them rear-facing until they’re too big for these seats? I just know that people do turn their kids around at 2, but I’m wondering why.
Reporting back on first day back at work being a flying day trip to another city since you were all so helpful.
The good:
-the nursing lounge at DCA. Was perfect for when I landed. A private room with a lock! And a rocking chair! And an outlet! And a mirror! All the wins.
-The TSA agent who waved me through after confirming that all I had in my cooler was milk and an icepack. Asked where the oreos were. I said EXACTLY.
-The giant office someone gave me at the Reserve Officers Association for pumping, complete with giant armchair.
The bad:
-realizing that pumping takes way longer on the road in strange locations than at home. Unpacking everything, getting it all set up, then wiping it off/down and putting it all away, etc was a good 30min.
-using my handpump in an airport bathroom stall before the flight to buy some time. Whoever said bathroom stalls were gross wasn’t joking.
-sitting on the runway on a packed airplane for TWO HOURS due to a rain delay with boobs about to explode. I did use the handpump a couple of times but still carried a bag of rocks in my bra home with me.
All in all, grateful the next trip isn’t for a few more months!
Thank you for all the kind comments about my mom guilt yesterday. Update from last night: kiddo had a scary fall at daycare while dad was picking her up, and she insisted on calling me right away. The minute her dad left my house, all she wanted was daddy. So I guess we just entered a new phase!
Also, she told me her version of the fall, which was, “[Kiddo] mad at daddy! Daddy fell and bonked [kiddo’s] head, ouch. But mad all better now. I love daddy.” I was so proud of her.
I am trying to understand how best to do cloth diapering for the first time but I am totally overwhelmed. Even with reading the “easy start” stuff on Kelly’s Closet. From what I understand trying a few types and seeing what works best is the way to go. Can people tell me what they liked best for a newborn? I obviously don’t know how big he’s going to be, but my family has a history of hefty babies so I’m thinking signs point to him being on the 8-10 pound side (barring preemie status or anything like that).
Okay, so I spent all of last weekend washing new and hand-me-down clothes, blankets, and sheets for our baby (due in a few weeks). Reading some “get ready” lists last night, I saw that I should have washed everything in a fragrance-free, baby-friendly detergent rather than our regular Tide detergent. Is this one of those things that I’m crazy to ignore? Or do I have to rewash, resort, and refold ALL of the baby stuff from last weekend. Obviously, I’m hoping the answer is “it’s fine!” but is it? Obviously, I don’t want our baby to be hurt by the detergent we use, but it’s hard to separate the “must dos” from the “good if you can dos.” Thanks in advance!
Thread-jack, sorry.
How to choose your child’s birthday, with a planned c-section?
Official due date is 2nd week of July. So planned c-section at 39 weeks would be week of July 4th, a 4-day holiday weekend this year. I’m guessing ob/gynes don’t like to schedule surgeries on holiday weekends. Do I insist on before, choose 7-7 for luck, what?
I’ve never done this before — we can barely decide on a name! Any suggestions or advice? Or people with birthdays July 2-10 that want to comment? :)
Starting a new job at the same time as beginning IVF–is there anyway to not come off as flakey and unreliable without telling my boss exactly what I’m doing? I’m not concerned about the monitoring appointments since those can happen before work, but both the egg retrieval and the embryo transfer are days or half-days off work that have unpredictable timing. If I had exact dates it would be easy to just say they were pre-scheduled medical treatments, but what have you all done for things like this where you don’t know the exact day ahead of time (and don’t have much/any leave accrued)?