Weekend Open Thread
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Due to my quest to lower my power bills and do my small part to help the Earth, the house can feel a bit chilly in winter, even with a sweater. A snuggly electric blanket like this one uses a lot less electricity than cranking up the heat, while keeping me warm and comfortable.
This popular electric blanket has an auto shutoff function, 12 levels of heat settings, and can be machine washed/dried. There’s even dual-one control for each side of the bed. It comes in twin, full, queen, and king sizes, and four go-with-anything colors so you can get one for each bedroom.
Sunbeam’s Royal Ultra Fleece Heated Electric Blanket is available on Amazon for under $75.
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Sales of note for 6/18/25
(See all of the latest workwear sales at Corporette!)
- Nordstrom – Designer clearance up to 60% off
- Ann Taylor – $99 dresses + 40% off summer must-haves + extra 40% off sale
- Banana Republic Factory – 40-60% off everything + extra 20% off
- Eloquii – $19 & up select styles + up to 40% off everything else
- J.Crew – Up to 50% off almost everything (ends 6/23) + extra 50% off sale styles
- J.Crew Factory – Extra 60% off clearance + extra 20% off $100+ and extra 25% off $125
- M.M.LaFleur – Try code CORPORETTE15 for 15% off
- Spanx – Free shipping on everything
- Talbots – $29+ summer shirts + $29.99 all markdown sweaters + extra 30% off other markdowns
I just gave birth (first baby) on Tuesday and baby was diagnosed with a critical congenital heart defect on Wednesday, went through open heart surgery on Thursday and in recovery in the pediatric ICU starting yesterday. It has been a total shock and rollercoaster being postpartum and trying to deal with the shock of it all. My in-laws and mom decided to fly in without telling us which for me is not a welcome surprise, because it feels like all they bring with them is pressure and questions that I can’t answer both about the baby’s medical status and what caused this. I don’t think they are trying to be blame-y but it feels like they are asking me what I did to cause my baby to have this defect. I am so emotionally at capacity I don’t even want to see them, but I know that risks damaging the relationship with them long term. I also am trying to balance healing myself and going in to see baby as much as possible in the PICU. I don’t know what I am asking here, just to vent to some extent and to see if anyone has advice for this situation. My husband is amazing but I know he is stretched to the limit too. thank you