Family Friday: Wrapped Thread Slingback Sandals
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The shoe section at Old Navy can be very hit or miss. I usually like most of their styles, but a lot of them are pretty obviously made from crappy material. Sometimes though, you hit a sweet spot of a cute style that doesn’t require a lot of fake leather or obviously plastic soles. These sandals, I think, are a good example. They’re not overly trendy, but still current, and they easily could pass for being more expensive. My preference is for the multicolored version for a fun weekend look, but I also like that the neutral has some gold thread as an accent. For the price, why not just get both? They were $26.99 full price and are now on sale for $15–$17. Wrapped Thread Slingback Sandals
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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?
If you wanted to be a SAHM and weren’t able to, how did you cope? I had no problem returning to work with my first but now with my second I wish I could stay at home with the kids. My second just turned one and the last 9 months going back to work have been brutal emotionally. I cry a few times a week in my office and I am much more anxious and on edge than usual. I am an attorney and while work is busy it is not objectively overwhelming – my anxiety level is as high as if I made a huge mistake during an important deal but that’s not happened! The kids are currently watched by my MIL but she is older and while she loves them a lot, I think they could really benefit more from having me home. Financially we just can’t swing it, so I really need to learn to cope here. Has anyone else experienced this? I don’t think I have postpartum depression, but maybe some sort of separation anxiety? When I am with the kids after work or on the weekends, the sadness and anxiety completely dissipates. We have a vacation lined up and my son starts preschool in September (I’m hoping that will help with the feeling of thinking they would be better off if I was at home with them vs. grandma).
Anyone have summer interns in your office? We just said goodbye to this summer’s group and, while I think I was a better supervisor this year than last, I still think I have room to grow. I’d love to know: what are your tips for a successful summer internship experience? Here are mine:
– Share the love. Supervising an intern is a lot of work! I like to build in a few assignments from other people in my group who do not have interns themselves so that when I have a busy week or run out of things to give them, I can kick that week’s assignment and supervision and feedback to a colleague.
– Write it down. At least for the first assignment, I like to give the intern a memo outlining the project and the first assignment. I also schedule a check-in at the end of the day to give them a chance to clarify the assignment and ask questions. I’ve also moved away from writing assignments because it draws me into editing/ writing coaching (which takes a lot of work), and instead give them narrower questions with 3-4 sentence answers, or task them with sourcing material to support a thesis I am working on.
– Showcase. A successful event we did this summer was a roundtable of all the interns in our group to showcase what they had been working on so far. We mostly do research/ writing, so they were brief presentations outlining the research topics. My colleagues asked a few (softball) questions to give the interns a chance to respond and clarify. It was low-stakes public speaking practice, gave them a chance to hear about the other projects and interact with the other people in the office, and gave me a chance to see how well they understood the assignments and implications.
– Socialize. Our interns this year were natural socializers but my colleagues are pretty introverted at work. We organized a few outings over the course of the summer to get interns and staff to mix– a few lunches and a couple field trips gave the interns and my colleagues the chance to talk about non-work things.
And for a very targeted question I answered for myself yesterday: do you write your interns a thank you note? My office got them gifts, and I had the impulse to write them a thank you note but ultimately decided against it. If anything, they should write me one (right? I always did when I was an intern). And, I figure I will write them a letter of recommendation sometime in the future and that is better than a thank you note.
Picking up my SD from her first week of sleepaway camp today and I’m so excited! I can’t wait to hear about it. A conversation on this board reminded me how much I loved it as a kid and inspired me to find what looks like a great camp near us. She’s in middle school and having a tough time with some mean girls in her school so I’m really hopeful she made some new friends at camp. I never thought part of parenthood would be vicarious excitement like this, haha.
So we finally have a nursery start date – not because he seems any closer to settling but because I’ve convinced the director to let us just rip the bandaid off. He’s so happy there when we are there, so I’m not worried about it being a bad fit. We are all just going to have to tough it out.
The featured sandal reminded me of one I bought last year that is holding up well and bargain priced: https://smile.amazon.com/Naturalizer-Womens-Wendy-Huarache-Sandal/dp/B00N9L1BL4/
Thought I would ask the group – does anyone have any recommendations for a good prenatal massage place? Maybe a massage chain that you would recommend, or even better, if you are in the Boston area, somewhere local? I typically have massages at a small place near where we live but I don’t think they do prenatal. Would I be served well at a place that specializes in physical therapy/massage for injuries?
I just want to gripe about how exhausting it is to be working a more-than-full-time job and caring for a toddler and growing a baby all at the same time. Sometimes trying to be a superwoman majorly whomps.
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In my mid year review, just started crying out of sheer exhaustion and burnout, not because review was bad. Review was actually positive. Context – manager and I have worked together for 6 years, have very good and open and candid relationship. First half of 2017 included SIGNIFICANT personal and professional change and stress. Can’t get into everything here but please believe it was stressful and emotional for all. I had to take on another person’s responsibilities as he was on FMLA so was doing almost two jobs on top of this change. I also just got back from 5 weeks of international and domestic work travel (5 cities, 5 different time zones) so I am physically exhausted.
VP level, 17 years work ex. 2 young kids, DH in equally stressful job. I know it wasn’t great to cry during my review. It was definitely my tiredness and jet lag expressing itself. I want to write my manager an acknowledgement/apology note. What do I say?
Does anyone have any advice re: negotiating disagreements with your partner around screentime (or other issues)? The context is that my husband, a teacher, is taking care of our son during most of the summer. I know he needs a break in the summer, and I am all for us sending our son to camp at least part of the time, but my husband prefers to save the money. (He did go to day camp for a week, and another 2.5 weeks will be consumed by travel). Our son is 6. I think my husband is routinely letting him use the tablet for longer than I am comfortable with – maybe a 4-6 hours a day. On the one hand, our son is academically ahead in school, has good social skills and no behavioral problems, and does not appear to be at imminent risk of serious harm by this. He’s primarily using the PBS Kids and Nick Jr. apps, and admittedly learns a lot from these (he has an insane memory for factoids). On the other, I think they both need more exercise and that this much screen time can’t be good for him. But I’m not the one doing the labor. My husband is extremely resistant to any kind of critical feedback I give him about parenting. I’m probably doing it poorly, but he does not take direction well under any circumstances. He’s someone who feels like he should be an expert at everything, so it threatens his self esteem to admit he isn’t. While my son is using the tablet, my husband is doing projects around the house, chores, etc., not just vegging out, or at least not exclusively. Should I just let this go? Has anyone found a good way to navigate this kind of conflict?