Splurge or Save Thursday: Wool Blend Long Coat
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Heading into winter, a long wool coat is a must-have for any professional wardrobe. If you’re looking for a wallet-friendly option, I love this wool blend long coat from Uniqlo.
Get a premium coat without the premium price — this double-faced coat has a modern, relaxed fit (perfect for all those winter layers), removable belt, and an oversized collar begging for a bright scarf. While I personally prefer a looser look, size down if you prefer something more fitted.
This coat is $159.90 at Uniqlo and comes in gray, black, and beige. It’s available in sizes XXS–XXL.
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
Ugh I have to attend a Big Meeting wearing a sweater blazer because none of my suits fit and I was not aware until yesterday that I needed to attend the Big Meeting. I did my hair and make up nice, I’m wearing heels (!!), and I’ll act confident so hopefully it counteracts the sweater-y vibes. But ugh.
Okay wise women. We’ve narrowed the Christmas Card options down to 2.
1. Neutral with gold foil photo collage card in an envelope. Definitely classy. Free addressing of envelopes. Just need to stuff envelopes and put a stamp on – kids could help and could put in school photos, etc.
2. Green nature-style photo collage postcard. Very heartwarming with a greeting line that either says ‘Let Heaven and Nature Sing’ or ‘It’s a Wonderful Life’. Free addressing so all I need to do is pop on a stamp.
Husband slightly prefers 1 for looks. So ladies – Postcard or regular card.
I think T (5) saves up the tough convos for when I am home? He woke sobbing at 3am, declaring himself “sadder than sad” and then waited til his dad left for work this am to inform me that in his dream, daddy died and he was so sad about it/what happens when we die/who will look after him.
First Jesus (UK schools are way more religious than I had anticipated!) and now death…he declared at the park that he was going to go to Poland once I died….
Does anyone have any stories about pregnancy with a hematoma to share?
I had light bleeding at 6 weeks and a big hematoma was discovered on ultrasound. 10 days later it is still there and doctor says that she cannot really tell me what this pregnancy will lead to, which… was not nice to hear. First trimester is always anxiety inducing (at least for me) but this situation is really getting to me, so any advice would be appreciated.
just found out one kiddo was exposed to covid at preschool yesterday. fingers crossed we all stay healthy and don’t have to cancel our thanksgiving plans, our first one with extended family since 2019
Vacation advice. We are planning a spring-break trip with my mom and sister (sister out of state) for Florida to celebrate milestone birthdays. (Spring break week because of timing of the birthdays/DS has the week of school, etc etc) Now that both kids are over 2, that means 5 plane tickets. Trying to avoid a long layover or super early/late flights so as not to have incredibly cranky kids, I’m getting sticker shock over flight costs. (Like, $700 each, normally more like 3-400). Is this just the prices now? Do you just suck it up or do you change plans? I can’t tell if im being too stingy here- we don’t do a lot of “big” trips.
Has anyone hired someone to do daycare pickup drop off for a toddler? Any tips on narrowing and finding candidates? I will need one short term after I have baby2.
Did they drive their own car and have the car seat installed? Or drive your car?
Tips for having a kid in a small house/apartment? We live in a two-bedroom townhouse-style apartment (rental) and one of the bedrooms is currently used as my office. My spouse and I both WFH full-time (his desk is in the dining area). We don’t want to move unless we must because we have an amazing deal on rent in a VHCOL area and would have to pay 4 digits more to get something comparable nearby, but I’m nervous about a combo nursery/office. I could possibly move my desk into my own bedroom and keep the nursery JUST a nursery, although we’d have to get rid of the dresser to make that work and it would be very cramped. A little other context: we both work 7:30-4:00 ish, don’t work evenings or weekends unless there’s an emergency, and would be looking into full-time daycare once we have the baby. That means the nursery would be open/unused during the workweek. Thoughts on how to do this?
Somewhat related to yesterday afternoon’s post, how do you handle relatives with issues about food/body size? My SIL has extremely disordered eating (well beyond just picky) as far as how she classifies food as “clean” or not clean. She loudly goes on and on about her food choices at family gatherings because she wants approval of her choices (or to evangelize about her food choices). She also constantly complains about not being as skinny as she was when she was 20. My kid is 2 and constantly repeating what she hears from adults – sometimes weeks later. Any suggestions for how to handle SIL’s comments? She doesn’t take kindly to different opinions, so just saying “we don’t talk about food like that in our house,” isn’t going to work. How do I address it when my kid inevitably tells me her cheese stick isn’t “clean” or milk is unhealthy a week after Thanksgiving?
CW: Miscarriage
I had a D&C for missed miscarriage four weeks ago. I was about 9 weeks along and they believe the baby likely died when I was at 8 weeks. It was, suffice to say, really horrible. I do not have my period yet – if you had a D&C for first-trimester miscarriage, how long did it take for your period to return? Emotionally I will feel a lot better once I’ve had my first cycle and know that things have returned to normal from that perspective.
This op-ed in the NYT struck a chord with me. I think there is a big difference between drawing legitimate boundaries, like going no-contact with an abusive family member or staying in a hotel when you visit your parents, and demanding that all relationships exist solely to serve you and have no reciprocal obligations. The overuse of therapy-speak is harmful both because it encourages self-centeredness and because it has a “boy who cried wolf” effect on legitimate boundary-setting. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/12/opinion/mental-health-therapy-instagram.html
My 4 year old’s teacher has recommend he be evaluated for sensory issues and we’re in the midst of the process. The state requires that kiddo also undergo a psych eval and IQ test. Any suggestions for how to explain to my 4 yo why he’s meeting with the psychologist/what will happen? So far, he knows nothing. Thanks!
talk to me about hand, foot and mouth. how does it spread, what do you do to prevent spread? what do you do to treat? do you stay home if you have it?
For the last few weeks, one daycare teacher has been making a lot of comments to me and DH about how our kid isn’t doing a good job listening. We’ve had some conversations with our kid about it, talking about the importance of listening to teachers, not talking over friends and teachers and following directions. Yesterday the teacher apparently told my husband at pickup (I wasn’t there) that whatever we’re doing at home “isn’t working” and we need to be doing more to correct this beavhior. I’m not sure what else we could be doing (a punishment like time out seems too remote in time to the misbehavior at this age?). Plus I sort of feel like behavior at school is the teacher’s job to handle, unless it’s very extreme, like my child biting another child or something like that. Not listening well obviously isn’t great but seems fairly normal for a 4-5 year old. Am I way off base here? What would you do in this situation?
PSA: Double-check safety controls before you let your kid do one of those ubiquitous climbing walls https://blockclubchicago.org/2022/11/16/michigan-parents-suing-navy-pier-after-8-year-olds-horrific-accident-at-climbing-wall-we-thought-he-was-dead/