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Coffee Break: Wide Wrap Waist Belt

model wears navy dress with black wide wrap waist belt

Full disclosure: this belt (like most accessories/shoes right now at Boden) is NOT on sale. But it's really cute — I always like the wide belt trend of the late aughts, so I'm happy to see we're going back to it. (I feel like the current belts are more borne of the corset trend — what are your thoughts?)

The belt is $95 at Boden; it's available in black and brown in sizes S-XXL.

That said — there are *so* many great sales going on right now for Boden clothes that I thought I'd do a little sale roundup – tons of dresses for $50, some shirts as low as $15 — stay tuned for the full roundup. (Update: see below! Give it a second to load.) Some of my favorites include this pink textured blazer, all their broderie stuff, these pull-on pants, and this cardigan with fun details on the sleeves. If you like linen, they have so many cute prints and pieces right now. Boring but good basics: this cashmere sweater and select colors of their double-layer tops and cotton sweaters. Watch out for the final sale stuff; from what I can see it isn't marked well on the product page.

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110 Comments

  1. Oh no no no. This is like those belts that Kelly Clarkson is wearing on those awful Wayfair commercials and just no to that whooollle universe for me.

      1. I had a belt almost identical to this in 2008. I’m pretty sure I sent it to Goodwill in an early pandemic purge. Clearly I should have just waited.

    3. I actually love wide elastic belts, but I do have a long torso.
      They are perfect for strapping down long floaty dresses and cardigans to give me a nicer shape.

      1. Kelly Clarkson is such a great influence for me. She has a great personality, and she also has a great voice. She is also very accommodating to persons less fortunate than her. We should ask Kelly to do a guest post on the fashions she most enjoys, as there are a lot of people who follow her and who would buy clotheing she recommends. YAY!!!

  2. Has anyone watched The Split on Hulu? It’s soapy fun and the clothes are amazing.

  3. To the posted from this morning: please consider a rabies test and contacting the county’s health department. You don’t know what the dog’s vaccination status is and biting is concerning because you have had mouth contact and broken skin. Rabies is no joke. And if you can’t determine the dog’s status, you will need shots. Dying of rabies is a horrible way to die.

    1. Yes you need rabies shots if you were bitten by a dog and don’t know it’s vaccination status. My dad was bitten by a dog recently, fortunately the owner was there and was able to email him confirmation of the dog’s shots, but the ER doctor said if they didn’t have that proof of vaccination they would have recommended he start rabies shots immediately.

    2. That poster absolutely needs to involve the owners of the dog and the health department. This ought not to be thought of as an optional step for any dog bite.

      1. My skin is broken but my shirt wasn’t. My husband is pretty sure that it was a bite but it’s on my elbow and hard to see.

        1. With rabies, I think saliva on any broken skin (even an imperceptible pre-existing scratch) could be a contagion risk.

      2. I thought she wasn’t sure why the skin was broken. Why on earth would you chance it though? At least find out the dog’s status.

    4. Thanks. You’ve freaked me out enough for my husband to go over there tonight. I told him to bring a stick. Hopefully these idiots don’t think rabies vaccines are doggie mind control or something.

      1. Call the health department also. They enforce the rabies rules. This is bigger than you. They can make them give you the dog’s rabies status or deal with license issues. This is a pretty big deal and they have a job to do here (vs the police).

      2. But not enough to call the police or animal control? Which is clearly the correct option?

        Beginining to think you’re making this all up.

        1. Don’t be a bully. Nothing more gross than accusing someone on this board of making things up.

      3. I don’t know why you’re not involving the police. “A dog from that house bit me and I’d like it tested for rabies”

    5. Isn’t it the dog that gets tested for rabies, not the person who was bitten?

      1. If she’s bitten, she’d possibly be infected, which I assume is something they can test for.

        1. it isn’t. They either confirm the animal’s status or default to treating the human, which is intense and unpleasant.

          1. It’s not intense and is not more unpleasant than getting several flu shots – it’s not a particularly painful series. Inconvenient, absolutely, but that’s about it.

        2. That would be amazing, but no, it’s not possible to test someone to see if they were exposed to rabies from an animal bite with any reliability and in time to treat. They have to test the animal (post mortem).

          1. (Or rather, they have to kill and test the animal if its vaccination status is unknown or if it was definitely unvaccinated/a species that cannot be effectively vaccinated. I don’t know if they accept vaccination titers for animals that are vaccinated but overdue for a booster, but it’s always been a source of anxiety for me since a friend’s exotic pet was euthanized to test for rabies!)

        4. I posted about having an aggressive dog (that was euthanized, but not before it bit someone).

          1) it is very VERY obvious when you are bitten by a dog, particularly a large one like in this case. OP should take all the precautions she needs to but bits are nearly always puncture wounds and not scratches that are mistaken for scrapes.

          2) OP should go to urgent care where they will log the dog bite, treat her, and administer a rabies shot

          3) OP or OP’s husband should contact animal control. Animal control will work to locate the owner and confirm rabies status. If the dog has been vaccinated, OP will not need a rabies shot. Animal control, who is part of the police force, will let OP know what her options are in terms of filing reports. Depending on the outcomes OP wants, she should do so.

          If OP is planning to sue for damages, wants the dog destroyed, etc then reporting the attack ti animal control is critical. If OP is fearful of the owners, there is no earthly reason to go over there.

          Fwiw, my dog lunged out of the blue while on a walk and bit a high school girl runner. She kept running and I didn’t want to follow her home with my dog who just attacked. I went home, secured my dog in the basement, called animal control immediately and self-reported and let them know our dog was vaccinated for rabies. I got a call a day later from AC letting me know the girls family called to ask about rabies status, AC let them know I had already reported it in. They were very grateful and told us they would not press charges (they could have, it was a bite requiring stitches).

      2. It’s the animal that’s tested, and unfortunately it has to be euthanized for the test. In animals that are more likely to be vaccinated, sometimes a quarantine/observation period is acceptable. There’s not a test for humans that works prior to the start of symptoms, at which point it’s too late to treat.
        Source: https://www.cdc.gov/rabies/index.html

        1. I think it is if there is a current rabies vax certificate for the dog, all is fine all around. If there isn’t, you get shots. IDK re the dog but my concern is for the bitten person.

          My experience is more re bats, where contact seems to be enough for transmission. Our guidance is that you need precautions if you are in contact with a bat even if you don’t think you were bitten. Unlike dogs, bats don’t get shots.

          1. Bats are an outlier because they can bite you without you realizing it. They have tiny little fangs.

  4. Is it worth it to spend a lot of money on a blender that I’ll only use once and a while? I’d estimate about once every other week for smoothies, and for soup in the winter. Wirecutter’s budget pick (Kitchen Aid) is just over $100 and a Vitamix is like $400. Will the KA just break or be useless in a year or two?

    2. I have a glass jar hamilton beach that has lasted me for over a decade. For soup, get an immersion blender. Amazing!

    3. Our last KitchenAid blender lasted over a decade with sporadic use. We replaced it with another KitchenAid a couple years ago, that one is getting more use and is still going strong. It was more than $100 though.

    4. I don’t think every other week is once in a while, it is pretty much regular. I think it’s worth spending mid price money on a blender that will last you a while and can give you multiple products/uses. I have had my ninja for five years and it’s going strong. It has various attachments as well that make it super useful.

    5. A basic one should last ages. Alternatively, consider buying one second-hand – better for the environment!

    7. There’s a reason the vitamix is the gold standard for blending. The results are so great that I use it more than I had anticipated.

      1. This. I bought a vitamix thinking it would just be for margaritas, and I use it all the time. I’ve picked up a smoothie habit, made soups, tahini, etc. I just don’t get frustrated using it like I have other blenders, so I don’t shy away from recipes that use it.

    8. No you can just get a Ninja. My sister loves hers and probably uses it everyday. Plus she bring a it on local vacations when we stay in a lake house.

    9. I had the Wirecutter Kitchenaid pick and it broke after two years of less usage than you plan. Assuming it was just a fluke, I bought another Kitchenaid and the same thing happened around the same time. I finally caved and bought a Vitamix on a pre-Prime Day sale. If you can wait, I’d hang on for a Black Friday sale on a Vitamix.

    10. Several years ago my ancient and very basic blender finally gave out. I got some kind of combination Ninja – a food processor, blender and smoothie-type cup – for about $100 on a Black Friday sale. I love it.

    11. Just don’t get the Russell Hobbs 3-in-1. Mine only lasted a year before all the pieces started grinding while mixing.

    12. I got a great Nutribullet set on sale from Walmart. All in one package, but there’s 3 different sized containers to attach to the blender piece, which I love because I noticed with my old blender that after I used it for something savory, my smoothies tasted off. So now the biggest one is designated for savory and the smallest for my breakfast smoothie.

    13. I have a cheopo blender that I got from Target for like $30. I basically only use it to make vegan banana milkshakes 2 or 3 times a month. No problems.

      I think expensive blenders are worth it if you use them often and for multiple purposes.

      1. *cheapo. That’s not some weird brand name. I don’t even know what brand my blender is.

  5. Anyone have opinions on Spanx pants? I’m curious about the perfect pant slim straight and the on the go slim straight. I’m petite and narrow in the hips, but mid-40s and had two kids.

    1. I LOVE THEM. I am more pear, but have several friends who wear them who aren’t. They are stretchy and soft and still look good at the end of the day — no baggy knees or seat to be found. I wash and dry mine and have had some for several seasons and they look as good as the new ones.

      I am an 8/10 (more 10 than 8) and can do the medium in the knit or twill pants, but do a large in the jeans.

  6. I absolutely love the Kate Spade Pizza my Heart hoops but only wear silver tone jewelry. (No rose, no yellow!) I am a partner in a law firm but fully transactional and solid client base so willing to mix up my jewelry without fear of repercussions. I wear the same watch and ring every day, hate necklaces, so really just focused on earrings. Probably not brave enough to do anything bigger than 2” – maybe next year I’ll do some shoulder dusting styles, ha! Any suggestions for “fun” but “nice” earrings?

    1. For every day I like pearl earrings from Kojima. For a business look my go-to earrings are Yurman from years ago. Small hoops, wide-ish, mostly silver with a little bit of gold down the center. They’ve paid for themselves many times over given the amount of use I’ve gotten out of them.

    3. I am a big earring person. Check out Virginia Wynne and Blue Hour Designs on Etsy – I have items from both and they’re great. Museum stores are also great places to find fun earrings.

    4. These are definitely not for everyone, but if it fits your look, they’re great and definitely unique looking–GoGo Jewelry. I have several, including the rattlesnake jawbone ones from my mother because she “thought a lawyer should have them.” :-/

  8. Another college comment: one thing to keep in mind with SLACs is that if a bright kid comes in with a lot of AP courses, they may burn through the school’s courses fast. At a university (even a mediocre State U) you can start taking grad classes whenever you exhaust the undergrad course offerings, but that isn’t an option at even the most prestigious SLACs unless you happen to be located right near a big university. My mom went to Swarthmore and loved it, but was pretty much taking all her coursework in her major at Penn by junior year. I can see this being a real issue at a SLAC like Grinnell that isn’t near a big university. Although maybe with the pandemic and so much being offered online, this is less of an issue.

      1. No its not her “being weird.” She finished all the courses and was ready for grad classes. This is incredibly common for academically advanced students who come in with 1-2 years of college credit. It’s also easier to get into PhD programs if you’ve already taken grad classes. Not that OP’s daughter necessarily wants to get a PhD but something to keep on mind if she does.

      2. I transferred from Swarthmore to Penn for exactly this reason (Swat for freshman year, Penn sophomore to senior). I was in classes with all seniors by second semester of my freshman year. If I was going to take all my classes at Penn anyway, I wanted the ivy degree on my resume. Had a friend at Oberlin with a similar experience — she went abroad twice because there was no point in her being on campus and being bored. I had a number of my Swat friends show up in my Penn classes over the years.

    2. At my SLAC, this just meant more independent studies and really interesting electives. But you’re right that it’s nice when a school is part of a consortium. And I was jealous of some of my friends at universities taking actual graduate classes.

      1. For sure, but I know people my generation and younger who ran into the same issue. Was just using my mom as an example.

      1. Yep those things can be possible solutions, but not everyone wants to study abroad or do a second major. I’m not saying don’t go to a SLAC, I think they’re great for a lot of people. I just think this is an important consideration for people like OP’s daughter who graduate from high school with a lot of college credit.

    5. What?! This is not a thing at competitive SLACs. Or swarthmore, where I went.

      Perhaps back in the 70s this was the case but as of 2002 it was not.

      1. And there’s only one AP Psych class. Not sure how AP classes could get you that many major credits.

      2. +1. Very confused. I attended a similar college to Swarthmore in the mid-2000s. You’re not going to run out of classes. You could choose to graduate a year early if you have a bunch of AP/IB credits, but that’s a separate issue. In general, SLAC’s offer a variety of classes that are entirely dissimilar from high school AP credits. “Gen Ed” classes/reqs., are not really a thing, except for perhaps in some hard science majors. That said, I agree with the commenter above that going to a college within a consortium is a great benefit because it broadens your experience (academic and otherwise).

    6. “At a university (even a mediocre State U) you can start taking grad classes whenever you exhaust the undergrad course offerings”

      I just want to say I doubt this is true.

  9. Ugh. A kid is + for COVID. Let me go re-arrange my week and cancel after-school-driver-helper we FINALLY got . . . [It has to be school exposure because this was the week they FINALLY get to restart activities and after 2?3? years of no activities, it was so, so, so looked forward to.]

    1. So sorry you’re going through this! I’m afraid this is our new normal, and it’s rough! I remember last year when my kid’s after school program reopened for one whole week for the first time since the shutdowns…and then promptly shut down for 2 more weeks because of a covid + kid. So frustrating. Good luck with your schedule rearranging!

    2. Each time you’re frustrated about “inconveniences”, please keep in mind all of immunocompromised individuals like me who literally face DEATH FROM THE ONGOING WORLDWIDE PANDEMIC.

      1. Gentle reminder that this isn’t the suffering olympics. People are allowed to complain about the inconveniences Covid brings into their lives, even if it doesn’t rise to the level of risk and harm others face.

        1. +1 – it’s a weird take to come in here and be like BUT WHAT ABOUT ME, even though OP doesn’t know you and wasn’t annoyed about her circumstances AT you.

        2. Did you know other people actually HAVE fatal diseases, and are not just at risk for getting them? Did you know that there’s a bunch of people in Ukraine being slaughtered?

      2. Omg do you want people to actively choose not to care about you? These rants are working if so.

      3. Agreed. A dear friend has been in hospital for a few months and her future is uncertain. Another can’t speak properly after her tracheotomy and, while she’s doing well, she won’t be well enough to go back to work next year.
        I’m terrified because my doctor warned me that I must do everything to avoid it.

        1. I’m so sorry.

          Where I live, it’s never been harder to avoid between high case rates, highly transmissible variants, under-vaccination and under-boosting, and minimal masking (or any effort to reduce transmission really).

      5. I think you meant to write, “I very much appreciate you doing the right thing. Hugs!”

  10. reposting from the mid day lag zone in case any other recommendations….

    hive recommenation please – I need a wireless bra with books in size 40c or d. the woman wearing has limited mobility so ease of hooks is critical. thanks in advance!

    1. LEADING LADY Women’s Cotton Front-Closure Leisure Bra https://a.co/d/5x72mgh

      I got this when I injured my shoulder and couldn’t get reach behind to hook my bra. My shoulder is fine now but, uhhh, yeah. I wear this every day now. I have multiples. Machine wash and dry too.

      The cups are generous. I’m a 38GG Uk sizes and the 40 f/g fits me fine.

  11. Any recommendations for towns within ~90 minutes of Boston if you wanted a couple acres on a budget of $1.25M?

    (I might post again in the morning since it’s late and quiet today.)

    1. It seems like 100% of my posts go to mod for hours, but I’ll give it a try: I’d bet metrowest or north (Groveland, Middleton, Cape Ann (but not right on the coast because $$)). 495 is generally the ring around the city you’ll want to look at. I mean, Worcester is only 57 driving mins from downtown Boston according to GMaps right now (approaching rush hour), so you’ve got a lot of runway to play with.

    4. I live in concord. You can’t get a few acres for $1.25.

      Acton, Harvard, maybe Carlisle, Sudbury or Wayland (maybe- my friend just bought in sudbury and spent $1.5 on a 1 acre 1980s colonial!). Hopkinton?

  12. a few friends’ dads have died recently, which makes me think i should have a convo with my parents about their wishes. i realized this morning if my husband were to die i wouldn’t even know whether/where he’d want to be buried or what charity in lieu of flowers. so i’m thinking maybe he, i, my parents and my aunt can all sit down some friday night with a checklist and go through end of life wishes. can anyone point me to a sample checklist (or have tips on getting this conversation started)? thank you

    1. I really, really wish my parent and I had known the realities of end of life care when we were discussing things. It’s well worth getting a book on dying by a doctor and having a conversation about what end of life care looks like with a doctor. Television shows, the news, etc. do not do a good job of teaching people what it’s really like.

      We didn’t know that 1) DNRs cover a broad range of care and the hospital would offer each item when filling out a DNR; 2) doctors (at least in the states in which I’m now familiar) feel that they can’t decline to provide, for example, CPR even if they think CPR is likely to be really painful without likely benefit. In some countries, doctors can use their best judgment, but that’s not true where my parent was in the US; 3) where my parent was, the doctor felt that they couldn’t order the most effective pain relief for an excruciating terminal illness unless there was a DNR and a plan to discharge to hospice.

        1. It depends on jurisdiction. The idea that doctors are obligated to do everything to delay death a death that is inevitably coming soon even if the measures are horrifically painful unless there’s a is a DNR is common in the US, but isn’t universal.

          In many countries, doctors can use their judgment and decline to provide CPR where it doesn’t make sense, such as for a terminally ill patient who is near the end.

    2. I would definitely set an agenda in advance so people can consider this.

      My husband wants a Viking funeral. I told him we’d do our best within the confines of the law, which is probably cremation and setting small boats on fire with his ashes inside.

      I want whatever my kids need for closure. They may need a tombstone. Absent any preference on their part, I want my family to use my life insurance to go on a big international trip and scatter my ashes while on it. Forced family fun :)

      1. I like the way your husband thinks! Ideally my body would just be dumped in the woods somewhere, but I don’t think that’s legal anywhere. I expect my loved ones would have preferences, but I know that I absolutely do not care what happens to my body when I’m done living in it.

    3. In my area, the Attorney General’s office and the state bar association both have free advanced health care directives that individuals can fill out themselves and get notarized. It was a really useful tool because my relatives (and me!) had to think about each option before checking each box. It also kicked off the general end-of-life care conversation.

      My mother is doing great, but I like the peace of mind knowing exactly what she wants so I can execute her wishes and focus on grieving, rather than trying to figure out what to do when I’m devastated.

    4. a site called get your sh. it together, which was free because someone had to go through terrible experience of not having any idea also.

      good luck. you’ll sleep.so. much better

    5. Consider getting the Five Wishes document and having each complete it. It may not be binding in each relevant jurisdiction, so you can’t necessarily count on it to be the legal document, but it asks leading questions that you might find helpful. And if they fill it out with you, you can then ask more specific questions if their response leaves you needing more clarification.

    6. Your friendly neighborhood corporette palliative care doc here. I pop up every once in a while when questions like this arise. Two resources that I’d highly recommend: The Conversation Project and Five Wishes.
      – The Conversation Project is a DIY workbook that can use to guide the conversation about medical wishes. It’s free, easily found online if you search for The Conversation Project. It’s excellent, and I think this is exactly what you’re looking for.
      – Five Wishes is a legal document that can help you capture the content of the conversation. In most states in the US, it is valid as both your power-of-attorney-for-healthcare (also known as your healthcare proxy) and your advance directive.

      My basic pointers for the conversation are that you want to talk through a few questions. First: who do you want to make decisions for your if you can’t speak for yourself. Second: what would you want that person to say? Third: what does quality of life mean to you (get really specific here…in order for life to be worth living, what do you need to be able to do? walk? talk? recognize loved ones? breathe on your own? live independently?)? And fourth: what kinds of treatments are you willing to go through for a chance at meaningful life?

      Don’t try to tackle all the questions at once. And while there’s a lot of emphasis on creating a living will, the actual conversation is much more useful than the document.

      Feel free to post again tomorrow if you’d like me to elaborate on any of this. There’s a lot of outdated, confusing, misleading information out there about DNRs, hospice, living wills, and so on. And I’d caution about making medical decisions without understanding the risks and benefits of various interventions like CPR, artificial nutrition (usually referred to as feeding tubes), ventilators, DNR orders. It’s much more useful to know what quality of life you’re aiming for, then talk with your doctor about which interventions are (or are not) likely to achieve that QOL for you.

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