Weekend Open Thread
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Even though these cozy socks are called “bed socks,” I probably could wear them all day long.
These cuddly ankle socks feature a ribbed texture and are made from a soft cashmere/wool blend. They come in four match-with-anything colors that are perfect for work-from-home days, weekends, and even the office. While it’d be a bit indulgent, I could wear these all day and night.
Falke’s Cashmere Blend Rib Bed Socks are $35 a pair at Zappos. They come in black, brick, off-white, and silver (really just gray) and are available in sizes 5–7.5 and 8–10.5.
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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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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?
I have a second grade girl who is very strong, and very interested in math. What are some ways to nurture/enrich this interest?
Her teacher thought she might like chess club, but it’s virtual so she pooh-Pooh’d it. She learned to play chess and will play at school sometimes.
Her teacher also gave us some websites with math puzzles and games and she loves those, but I don’t love all the screen time.
Her teacher told us that she and one other kid are well into 3rd grade math and she’s just continuing to feed them work.
When I say she likes math, I mean she lights up when she talks about it and asks DH and me to give her math equations in her spare time. She wanted “a math birthday party” and can’t wait for the higher grades when “math is going to get super fun.”
I think part of it is that she likes being really good at something. She must have gotten this from her dad’s side of the family because she sure didn’t get it from me ;).
Separately, she plays a million sports, and does theater and dance stuff. She’s athletic but she’s much better at math than lacrosse!
Posting this late, but what are your favorite sweatpants for very thin kids who are of average/tall height.
Vent: My daughter takes lactulose, which is a lot like Miralax (an osmotic, non-stimulant laxative) except it’s only available with a prescription. We’ve tried a lot of different constipation remedies including Miralax and nothing works for her except this. Everything I’ve found online says it’s perfectly safe to be on long term, although effectiveness may diminish over time. But my pediatrician is treating it like it’s oxycodone! She won’t give us more than 5 days worth at at time. It’s the biggest PITA. Every 5 days I have to call her doctor, beg the nurse to refill the prescription, then go to the pharmacy and pick it up. I’ve asked over and over again if they can give us a bigger quantity and they just keep saying “no, this is what the doctor is comfortable prescribing.” We’re going out of the country next week so we need more than a 5 day supply, and of course my doctor is on vacation (side vent: My kid’s doctor is always on vacation! I don’t know how it’s possible but I swear literally a third of the time I call the office she’s on vacation). I finally convinced the pharmacist to give us the refill in advance if we pay out of pocket but I felt like an addict begging for supply. It should not be this hard to get such an innocuous medication.
I am now experiencing the disappearing comments issue on the main page, not just here. I was reading through comments and refreshed the page. Suddenly a whole bunch more comments with replies to those comments appeared. The presence of the replies tells me that other people were able to read those comments before I could.