Weekend Open Thread
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If you’re looking for a new pair of skinny jeans for fall, do consider velvet — not only are they soft, machine washable, and on trend, they are also acceptable for both date night, play dates, and general errands. Score. Nordstrom has a ton of options SO MANY options, almost exclusively among the higher end denim brands right now. Something about these purple J.Brand velvet pants spoke to me, though — lovely. They’re $228-$278. ‘815’ Mid Rise Velveteen Super Skinny Jeans
Corduroy pants are a good substitute if you don’t want to pay the price for velvet — I have these $60 skinnies myself.
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Sales of note for 7/15/25
(See all of the latest workwear sales at Corporette!)
- Nordstrom – The Anniversary Sale is open for everyone — here’s our roundup!
- Ann Taylor – Semiannual sale, extra 50% off sale styles
- Banana Republic Factory – 40-60% off everything + extra 50% off clearance
- Eloquii – Limited time, 100s of styles starting at $9
- J.Crew – End of season cashmere sale, take 40% off select cashmere
- J.Crew Factory – All-Star Sale, 40-70% off entire site and storewide and extra 60% off clearance
- M.M.LaFleur – Sitewide Sale, save 25% with code — 48 hours only! Try code CORPORETTE15 for 15% off
- Spanx – Free shipping on everything
- Talbots – All markdowns, buy 2 get 1 free, on TOP of an extra 40% off (ends 7/15)
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?
We sleep trained (Ferber) this past Friday. Our baby girl is almost 5 months old. She’s 67% for weight and 90% for height and our pediatrician recommended we try.
It went remarkably well in terms of crying. She cried for 15 minutes the first day, I went in at 3 minutes, 5 minutes, and she was asleep before I could go in at 10 minutes. She cried for 30 seconds the past two nights, so that piece, where she’s learning to sleep independently, is fantastic.
What has been still hard is that she’s getting up every 2 hours throughout the night (better than the 45 minutes before), but still 2 hours. Last night was every 1.5 hours. I think it’s because she’s not eating enough during the day and I feel bad letting her CIO if she’s actually hungry. She’s EBF. She only drinks about 3 oz at a time. I basically feed her on demand, which ends up being a little bit basically every hour when I’m home. She eats for <5 minutes each time night and day.
I'm not sure if my B**** just have low milk storage capacity or if I just need to really get her on an eating schedule, so she will nurse for 10-15 minutes and hopefully drink closer to 6 oz each time during the day, so she eats less at night.
I know she's too little to night wean, but I'm hoping for maybe 1-2 feedings rather than 4-5? Unrealistic? Any and all advice is appreciated!
Everywhere Babies by Susan Myers is also fairly diverse
For diverse books–ten nine eight by molly bang.
+1 for More More More! I loved it as a kid and love it now. We have Teeth are not for Biting in a version that has English and Spanish. Also, if your public library is anything like mine, they’all have a ton of books featuring diverse characters. You can browse around and then order what you like.
Favorite books with diverse characters for the 2 year old set?
I can’t get on board with velvet. It’s a lint magnet and seems like it would be … uncomfortable? Sweaty? (I’m having bad flashbacks to Ross in leather pants.) I do have a pair of plum cords from Loft that I love, though.
more cute, trendy jeans I can’t buy because they don’t offer multiple lengths…cf also most cute maternity jeans