Weekend Open Thread: Theory
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Ooh: there are some great coats in Theory's sale — and I'm not seing the prices anywhere else. (For example, this $848 coat at Nordstrom is down to lucky sizes but it's $358-$453-at Theory.) The lowest priced items are final sale, but I like that they're allowing you to exchange it for a better size, subject to availability.
This pictured trench is NOT on final sale, though, at least in black — and it's still a great deal. It was $635, but is now down to $476 with all sizes left P-XXL. (The white version is on final sale but is $285.) I like that it's in their drapey Japanese Admiral Crepe.
You can shop the full sale here.
(Disclosure: I'll be receiving a small flat fee through ShopMy in addition to commissions for promoting the sale, and will be receiving some product samples — but I'm under no obligation to do anything more than link 3x, and honestly wouldn't make it the WOT if it weren't a great sale.)
Sales of note for 5/15:
- Nordstrom – 3800+ items in “new markdowns” — I kind of wonder if they've started marking down stuff for their Half-Yearly sale that usually starts the week before Memorial Day. Good deals on Veronica Beard, Vince, Reiss (esp. coats), as well as Wit & Wisdom and NYDJ
- Alexis Bittar – Vault sale! 100s of re-issued archival styles up to 70% off, plus 25% off all full-price styles too
- Ann Taylor – Extra 40% off sale
- Boden – Up to 50% off with new styles added
- J.Crew – 40% off your purchase and 50% off dresses
- J.Crew Factory – Extra 50% off clearance + extra 20% off orders over $125
- Lands' End – Up to 60% off sitewide + extra 60% off sale and clearance
- Loft – 50% off your purchase, and 5/15 only: take 60% off the LOFT Versa collection
- Mango – Weekend exclusive, 30% off everything, and free shipping with $260+
- M.M.LaFleur – Try code CORPORETTE15 for 15% off
- Supergoop – 20% off sitewide + free Glow Stick (also, free shipping with $50+)
- Talbots – Extra 40% +15% off all markdowns, plus Summer Fridays One Day Sale (5/15), $19.50 pocket tees and $29.50 relaxed chino shorts.
- Theory – 25% off sitewide
- TOCCIN – 30% off select items with code! (You can't stack codes, but on full price items try code CORPORETTE15 for 15% off!)
- Vivrelle – Looking to own less stuff but still try trends? Use code CORPORETTE for a free month, and borrow high-end designer clothes and bags!
On a crowded grocery store aisle, would you ask an elderly woman to move out of the freezer case she’s actively looking at to get something for yourself? Or would you wait for her to finish?
I can’t decide if the nasty glare I gave the guy when he asked my mother to move was justified or not.
If she’s actively making her selection, no, of course not. If she’s been considering her choice long enough for me to go past her, down the next aisle or two, circle back, and she’s still there? Yes, I will kindly excuse myself while I reached over or around her and have learned that it is best to ask forgiveness, because she is too self-absorbed to offer permission.
But my grocery is next to a 65+ community and camping in the store for hours is a popular hobby. I actually do need to get home before my refrigerated food goes bad.
If he knew what he wanted and just grabbed it and left, while your mom was clearly reviewing options, still deciding, etc., I don’t think he deserved the glare. I always feel awkward hovering when someone else is still making their choice while I just want to dip in and out, and I don’t mind at all (in fact I prefer it) when I’m the thinker and a quick-picker excuses themself to step by me and grab what they want. If he wanted to step in front of her to undertake his own lengthy decision process, it’s a different story.
I agree with this. As long as someone says excuse me and does not physically shove me out of the way, I have no problem with them reaching around me if I’m looking at something.
I would wait, but if she’s taking more than a few seconds to stare while someone is hovering behind her, that’s different (and I would argue she should step back and let others grab while she decides).
(No disrespect-I can take several minutes to compare the stupidest details. But I try to make sure I’m not blocking someone else while I do it, and it’s annoying when others are oblivious to the fact that they’re not the only person trying to get something from the shelf.)
Neither, I just say excuse me, grab what I need, and move on. Nobody owns grocery aisle space, if you want to stand and look at things you need to let people move in and grab things as needed, but you also can’t force someone else to move on until they’re ready. He was rude, but it may (or may not) have been prompted by obliviousness on her part, no way to know without us being there.
Right. You can choose to just stand there, but you need to accept that people are going to handle their business around you. Everyone has to play a little bit nice in crowded spaces.
I would wait for at least a moment. If I were on a time crunch, I would ask to get something out and be apologetic: “I’m so sorry but I’m in a terrible rush. May I get in there? Thank you.”
Depends. If they’re in the middle of something I give them a minute to choose. If they go more than 15-30 seconds and I know exactly what I need, I would say excuse me do you mind if I grab something real quick. And then do that and say thanks and move on.
I do exactly this, and I’m never offended if someone else does so when I’m the one reading labels for too long.
Actively looking? Would ask her to move and do. Actively getting something? I wait.
Not justified.
FWIW, I don’t ask people to move; I ask if I can just get in to grab something, but like “Excuse me, I just need to grab this thing,” so I’m not even really asking.
Telling someone to move, absent an emergency, is at worst, a tone error. But shooting a glare is intentional.
My mom had varicose veins that bothered her for hears. She never had them “done” because she thought they might be needed if she needed a heart bypass. IDK if that ever was accurate.
I don’t have varicose veins (yet), but a ton of what I think are called “spider” veins or broken capillaries. I cross my legs a lot out of habit and maybe also being cold. The outer leg below the knee on one leg gets tingly, not quite angry or painful, a lot since the beginning of the year. It’s like a 3/10 annoyance, but if it might be the sign of trouble, I’d like to get this fixed (and it would be a cosmetic improvement, but similar areas don’t do this).
Do I go to a cosmetic surgeon or dermatologist or med spa for this sort of thing? It’s worse on a standing day (waiting in lines at an airport, going to a party, etc.). I slapped some Aspercreme on it the other day and it made me just want to be done with how the new normal is shaping up. I bought some support socks but it’s too warm for that now.
My hands and fingers started getting tingly when I had to give up red meat due to my alpha gal diagnosis. Once I started supplements it went away.
I think you go to your primary care doc first to get a real diagnosis.
I also wondered if you already talked to primary care (you don’t want to miss an underlying condition here). You may need different compression if the support socks you bought are too warm (like the very thin stockings designed to wear under pants).
OP here and I am thinking I should. I don’t see her unless it’s for an annual physical or have an active problem (and I wasn’t sure if this on its own warranted a visit).
attending a college graduation for work (i work at said college). will be babysitting board members. there is nowhere to leave a pocketbook. how bad is it to wear a small lululemon fanny pack cross body bag over a suit?
Do you have a clear bag policy? I have just been using a ziplock (quart or gallon). Would love to have a cute clear bag with trim in school colors.
I hate fanny packs, and also the look of a fanny pack-type bag worn on the front of the chest (but maybe that’s just because my 38GG self doesn’t need more bulk in that area). If it looks more cross-body than fanny pack, though, I think you’re fine.
Can you pare down to vitals that will fit in your suit pockets? If not, I would opt for something like a SPI belt that you can wear under your clothing rather than a fanny pack worn cross body.
a leather crossbody bag would look a heck of a lot better.
kinda sad – my kid FAFO’d and he’s about to find out. (delayed submitting his application for summer school until literally 12 hours before the deadline and surprise all the classes are waitlist only)
thank you for letting him learn that lesson.
I have mad respect for you as a parent right now for not saving him from himself.
Same!
I’m sure this is hard for you to watch, but good on you for not rescuing him!
Well done on the parenting front. Letting your kid fail now is a gift to the person he becomes in the future. Even as it’s hard to let him.