Accessory Tuesday: Wellibob Short Rain Boot
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I like to thumb my nose at dreary and gray fall weather with something bright and cheery, like these rainboots from Joules.
This new-to-me British company specializes in bright, fun clothing and rainboots. These rainboots come in 20 (!) fun and whimsical patterns ranging from bright florals to cute puppies.
These pull-on Chelsea-style rainboots feature a rubber upper, walkable one-inch heel, and faux fur removable insole. They’re perfect for the cool, rainy days ahead.
Joules’ Wellibob Short Rain Boot is $69.95 at Nordstrom and comes in whole sizes 5–11 (several patterns sold out).
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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DC/DVM area folks, any intel on where to get a booster vaccine? I’m pregnant and would like to get it, but my OB’s office doesn’t have them available (and isn’t recommending or not at this point, maybe waiting on ACOG?), and my primary care doctor at One Medical doesn’t have them. Do you just pop into a CVS?
How many pairs of shoes do your preschoolers have? DS has one pair of sneakers, one pair of rain boots and one pair of sandals. He’ll get new snow boots in winter. I noticed that the other kids at pre-K have multiple pairs of everyday sneakers. Does my kid need another pair?
Just venting for a minute to those of you who can commiserate. My kids were off school yesterday and today, but I could only wrangle half days off due to work craziness. Because I didn’t have to do school drop off this morning, I joined my old early morning run group with friends I haven’t seen since school started back. When I got home, my son asked why I always have to work and why I can’t stay with them the whole day. I’m resisting the guilt, but, dang, sometimes it just feels like you can’t win.
My son wants to be an astronaut for Halloween and wants me to dress up as his rocket. Is there a way for me to do that without wearing a box?
I’m having a miscarriage right now. It’s early yet but second in a row. I’ve been in IVF for kid #2 for approaching two years. I’m an absolute wreck, to say the least. We’re out of embryos, so we need to do another retrieval and then more transfers.
My question isn’t about the fertility stuff per se, however. About a month and a half ago I raised my hand to make a lateral-to-elevated move in my company. I’m not in law, but best parallel I can think of is I am a mid-level partner in one practice area that overlaps a second practice area, and the head of the second practice area just left and I’ve raised my hand for consideration to take over head of the second practice area. I am not the obvious choice but I also make a lot of sense in other ways and have some preliminary backing from senior people – basically the response was “this is interesting, it’s not a no but you need to do some work to convince us” more or less, which is fair. I need to map out a thorough business plan, which is what I’m supposed to be doing right now, and continue to have some important conversations internally. This is a one-time shot to fill this role. It would be a major career move with some meaningful long term potential, but it would be all consuming before hitting a stride. I’m up for it (under normal circumstances).
Under the best of personal circumstances, this is an uphill fight to prove I can do this. These are possibly the worst of personal circumstances. A big part of me wants just say “F This” and retreat to my current role, which is plenty lucrative, a touch boring/unfulfilling and I’ve been in this same role for 10 years. In many ways, I’m ready for a change and my next challenge.
How do I weigh personal vs professional? The fight within me that got me to the level that I’m currently in is telling me to keep pushing, and that I could never have a second child so why miss an opportunity like this. The very exhausted, very broken, emotionally and physically drained part of me says stand down; this opportunity is a one-time thing but there will be others. I know the fertility battle has a time horizon (not sure when we’d just stop trying, but we’re not there yet) and this career move could be decades long. But the absolute hardest part of the new gig would 100% overlap with continued fertility BS.
FWIW the major decision maker on this front who has given me a very early “definitely maybe” response knows about the IVF but isn’t getting cycle by cycle updates by any means. She’s a working mom and was a close friend before she was elevated to her current role. She had her own fertility issues and at least has some perspective related to what I’m going through. The remaining decision makers are men and don’t know a thing about all this, and I’d prefer to keep it that way no matter what I choose.
TLDR – when/how do you weigh personal circumstances against professional decisions, specifically related to career advancement and taking on more?
for those of you who live in areas with state governments who are handling covid irresponsibly – how do you handle it? i’ve posted before and for the record – i like living in Houston and just wish our city government had some control – and moving is not an option. I am extremely jealous of my friends in NY or California who have measures like vaccine mandates, masks, etc. I feel like covid is never going to end here and the risk calculus is going to be completely different because schools here will never require the covid vaccine.
Took my toddler with a cold to the doctor this morning. Felt like a Herculean effort getting him to wear a mask and physically restraining him for the covid test, to look in his ears, etc. Just got a call from the doctor’s office that the test came back invalid, so now we have to go back. What a day.
I was reading the regular Corporette and someone had a question about a pool at the in-laws’ house. In my case, it’s at our house, and it’s not a pool, it’s a (koi) pond, but probably similar in size to a swimming pool. It’s about 100 feet from the house. We also have two sets of french doors leading to the backyard. What are the recommendations for keeping it safe? The kid is only about 5 months, so we have time to plan, but what would you all suggest?
Our in-home daycare is having a small halloween party on the 29th. Last year the other parents brought little goody bags, and we totally missed the memo. I’m planning them for this year and staring at our Costco candy bag trying to decide which type of chocolate is the least chokeable for a toddler. Options are the usual chocolate: regular M&Ms, kit kat, snickers, twix. Kit Kats seem the safest if mom/dad break them up. Are M&Ms too risky?
I’m not sending a ton of candy and junk. Just some halloween-themed stickers and 1 or 2 fun size pieces of candy. 3 of the 4 kids are between 1 and 2.5. The other is an infant.
That “aha” moment is very helpful. I will think of it when my clingy 1st grader complains and whines about me going out for walks or to play tennis. My standard retort (delivered testily sometimes, I confess) is that sometimes parents need/choose to do things that are fun/good for themselves and not just fun for the kids. But thinking of the fact that in the future she won’t appreciate the sacrifice she’s asking me to make now somehow makes me feel better than just saying a kinder version of ‘it’s not always all about you kid.’
Extremely low-stakes question – cutest Halloween costume for a crawling baby? I’m thinking some kind of animal. Need to order online. Thanks!
Looking for some reassurance because G oo gle is scary…my baby had shots yesterday and seemed to have sore legs during the night so I gave him some Tylenol. In my sleep deprived state I gave him a second dose 3 hours later, rather than 4 hours. I called poison control and they said he’s fine, but I can’t shake the feeling that maybe I remembered the timing or the dose wrong and that it’s not fine. He’s really cranky and sleepy today but…it’s probably from the shots, right (he had 4 + an oral)? Anyone else ever have a small Tylenol mishap? (This feels ridiculous when typed out but I can’t get it out of my head)