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Happy Columbus Day, ladies! We've done a bit of hunting to find the best deals that have already started — we'll do our best to update the list throughout the weekend as needed. (Kat's top 12 sales are in bold!) Please check out the list of family-friendly sales over at CorporetteMoms today, and sign up for the CorporettePlus newsletter if you'd like info later today on plus-size sales (you can also see individual product suggestions at our Plus Size Workwear page). Sunday, Oct. 11, updates are in red. Monday, Oct. 12 updates are in green.
- 6pm.com – Up to 50% off Cole Haan, up to 85% off Frye, up to 70% off “sophisticated coats,” up to 60% off BCBG Max Azria, boots up to 70% off. 50% or more off Adrianna Papell, Jessica Simpson, Jones New York, Karen Kane, Laundry by Shelli Segal, Nic + Zoe, Pendleton, Tahari by ASL, and more. Up to 65% off selected sweaters. Big Columbus Day sales on boots, outerwear, sneakers, sweaters and jeans — prices as much as 84% off.
- Alexis Bittar – Up to 40% off all pre-fall styles.
- Amazon – Up to 60% off select styles: BCBG Max Azria, Calvin Klein, Sam Edelman, Stuart Weitzman, Fossil, Kate Spade, and more. Take an extra 30% off already-reduced Invicta watches.
- Anthropologie – 20% off dresses with code DRESSCODE.
- Ann Taylor – 40% off full-price styles with code SHOPFALL (through 10/12). Extra 60% off sale.
- ASOS – Up to 50% off.
- Bare Necessities – Buy 1 bra get 1 50% off: Warner's, Bali, and more. Select panties 2 for $30, 2 for $32, 3 for $35, 2 for $35, 3 for $39, etc.
- Barney's Warehouse – Extra 40% off all clearance; up to an extra 40% off women's clothing and shoes, select styles (through 10/14). Additional 30% off women's accessories, clothing, handbags, lingerie, jewelry, swimwear, and shoes. Additional 20% off beauty items.
- BCBG – 30% off select regularly-priced styles.
- Bergdorf Goodman – BG Gift Card Event: $100 gift card with $500 purchase, $200 gift card with $750 purchase, $300 gift card with $1,000 purchase with code OCTGC
(online only through 10/10).(extended through 10/11) - Bloomingdale's – Take extra 20-50% off almost all permanently-reduced items for a savings of 25-70%.
- Bluefly – Up to 75% off: boots, cashmere, Stuart Weitzman, Chloe bags, Prada boots, Rebecca Minkoff. Vintage: extra 20% off with code VINTAGE20. Up to an extra 40% off handbags, up to 75% off dresses.
- Boden – Extra 15% off with code XTRA.
- Brooks Brothers – 40% off on select styles. Women's shirts 2 for $129.
- Club Monaco – Extra 40% off sale and clearance with code 4040SALE.
- Cole Haan – New sale prices up to 60% off.
- CUSP – The Denim Event! 1 pair, $25 off. 2 pairs, $75 off. 3 pairs, $125 off. Save up to 60% when you take an extra 20% off select sale items — online through Tuesday only!
- DVF.com – Additional 25% off sale items with code ENJOY25 (through 10/12).
- eBags – Fall travel sale: save up to 70%. Extra 15% off your entire purchase with code FAMILY.
- Eloquii – $29-$79 dresses, 50% off coats, jackets, and skirts, and $39 pants and jeans. 40% off all original ticket tops and sweaters with code STOCKUP. 60% off 200 styles.
- eShakti –
30% off sitewide (through 10/11).Buy 2, get 1 free (ends 10/14). - Express – Clearance! Take an additional 40% off already reduced clearance for up to 70% off. PLUS: take $25 off every $100 you spend with promo code 1323. All outerwear, sweaters, and jeans 40% off.
- Figure 8 Maternity – Fantastic fall sale – extra 25% off fall sale collection, and extra 30% off clearance. (See the full list of baby and kids sales at CorporetteMoms!)
- French Connection – Columbus Day Sale! Take 30% off everything with code FC30CD.
- J.Crew – 30% off full price styles, plus an extra 40% off final sale styles with code WEEKEND. 10/12 only: free shipping on all orders.
- J.Crew Factory – 50% off women's and men's styles, 40% off girls' and boys' styles. Plus free shipping with code YAYFALL.
- Kate Spade New York – Enjoy an extra 25% off sale items with code SWEET.
- Karen Millen – Midseason sale — prices up to 50% off.
- Lands' End –
$15 off $75, $25 off $100, $50 off $150 with code GETMORE and pin 9104.$15 off $75 / $25 off $100 / $50 off $150 / $100 off $250 with code HARVEST and pin 1610 (through 10/12). - Last Call by Neiman Marcus – 30% off everything plus extra 10% off everything with code GIMME10. Save up to 55% off diamonds and pearls.
- The Limited – ONLINE ONLY: extra 40% off sale items! Plus 50% off select full-price items. 60% off select styles, 50% off full-price items.
- Loft – Extra 50% off all sale styles and “fall's finest.”
- Lord & Taylor – Free shipping on every order — up to 60% off fall sportswear, $39.99 jeans & sweaters, 50% off men's suit separates, and 60% off L&T sterling silver. 20% off regular and sale items with code COLUMBUS, 50% off all women's coats (through 10/12).
- Macy's – Free shipping at $75 plus an extra 20% off with code FALL or $10 off $25 or more with code FALL25. Extra 25% off clearance. 2 for $30, select bras, 50% off denim. Great suit sale – 30% off when you buy 3 suits plus extra savings with code FALL.
- Madewell – 30% off the season's essentials with code HIGHFALL. Free shipping on all orders.
- ModCloth – 100s of new items added to sale.
- Neiman Marcus – Dresses up to 65% off. Denim event: 1 pair $25 off, 2 pairs $75 off, 3+ $125 off with code DENIM. Extra 20% off sale prices.
- Nine West – Buy one get one 50% off!
- Nordstrom – Even more items to clearance — check out my roundup from a week or two ago of workwear and accessories in the sale.
- The Outnet – New products from Balmain, Helmut Lang, Iris & Ink, Stella McCartney, Isabel Marant, and Issa, all up to 65% off. Extra 25% off after-dark essentials: cocktail dresses, heels, and more.
- Ralph Lauren – Columbus Day Sale — new styles added, additional 30% taken, for up to 50% off.
- Saks Off 5TH – Weekend of Deals. $50-$99 styles, take $15 off. $100-$250 styles, take $25 off. $250+ styles, take $50 off — all with code COLUMBUS. Women's designer event: up to 80% off Donna Karan, D&G, and more.
- Talbots – Extra 30% off markdowns, plus free shipping on $175+. 30-40% off select fall styles.
- Target – Buy 2 items, save 20%. Buy 3 items, save 30%.
- White House | Black Market – Fall sale, 30% off select styles. PLUS new reductions, up to 70% off.
Batgirl
We’re moving from NYC to the DC area and are trying to decide if it’s worth it to shell out the cash to hire professional movers to do the move the entire way down. The alternative is to hire people to load and unload a Uhaul truck that we drive down ourselves (about a 5 hour drive normally). (I’m also pregnant, for what it’s worth, but I wouldn’t be lifting boxes at all.)
Hiring professional movers will cost us a little over $4K. The alternative option is about $1500. We can definitely afford the professional movers, but it’s hard for me to stomach spending so much more for something as annoying as moving. Follow-up question, how much would you tip the professional movers for the whole move if they load/unload and drive (pre-tip cost is about $3800)? Thanks in advance!
Anonymous
For us, it was very worth it. The movers packed all of our kitchen stuff (and basically nothing got broken) and I know if I had packed it myself it would have been very time-consuming and stuff probably would have gotten damaged. It really took a lot of stress out of moving. Also, keep in mind moving expenses are tax deductible, so if you’re in a 30% tax bracket, the cost is really 4000*.7 = $2800.
Look for a “do not exceed” estimate if you can – most companies gave us a fixed estimate (which I gather is standard for a small apartment) but we found one that was “do not exceed” and it came in well under their estimate (which was already one of the lower estimates we got).
I tipped the guys who packed our kitchen and loaded the truck $20 each (there were 3 of them and they did a super job). I didn’t tip the unloaders – I wasn’t super impressed with them and they didn’t do nearly as much work since they didn’t do any packing and they were unloading boxes onto the first floor of a single family home, not a second floor walk-up like the loaders.
Anonymous
I will say $4000 seems a bit high for such a short distance unless you’re moving a multi-bedroom single family home and have lots of furniture. Our cross-country move was significantly less than that (for a 1BR apartment). But I still think it’s worth it if you can afford it, especially being pregnant.
Batgirl
Well, I think we’re paying NYC prices, even though it’s just a big one bedroom apartment.
CountC
I have paid for movers the last 4 times I have moved. SOOOOO worth it. I paid around $3k for a VA to PA move (with a stop in the middle to pick up stuff), so $4k doesn’t sound unreasonable to me. I have about a 2 bedroom house worth of stuff.
KT
Have you considered doing a POD or UPackIt box instead? When we moved from PA to FL, they were a godsend. We had movers load the POD for us and unload it when we arrived, but then POD transported it for us.
The cost for the POD and the movers on either end+tip was about $1000, so way cheaper for us than full-service movers and less hassle than driving a truck.
Batgirl
Thanks, I’d never heard of this. Googling now!
Batgirl
After looking into it, I’m not sure that will work in NYC (nowhere to put the pod as we fill it). Thanks for the suggestion, though!
KT
I was in Center City, Philly–the POD just took up one parking space, and it was dropped off/picked up the same day
ChiLaw
I really wanted to do a POD type thing for a cross-country move we just did, but the City of Chicago bans parking them on the street. So you have to pay for a truck to come load your things, and then movers put them in a pod somewhere in the suburbs, then someone will drive the pod to where you’re going. Since I was super worried about stuff getting lost (some friends had some horror stories) I did not like the idea of some transfer to a pod happening out of sight.
lucy stone
My parents used a POD-type company for a move from WI to FL and were super happy with it. They loaded and unloaded the container themselves and are sending another one down this winter.
Anonymous
You might want to check if your moving expenses are deductible. If so, maybe that makes it an easy Yes to professional movers. I have no idea how a POD would work in NYC.
Jen
FWIW, I moved across the state in MA and paid for load/unload only (no packing or unpacking). Cost was about $2400 (~1200 sqft house to ~3000 sq ft house), and I shopped around–got LOTS of different quotes and that was by far the lowest.
To me, for a haul like NY to DC, $4k sounds like money well spent.
Jen
It also depends how nice your stuff is. The professionals are insured and well practiced; locals may be more of a cr@p shoot and who knows how secure things will be or how neatly / efficiently they will be packed up.
Renee
Middle aged DC resident here. If you hire DC movers to unload a UHaul, hire Bookestore Movers. They’re very good and reasonably priced.
anon
I would definitely hire a reputable professional moving company instead of hiring local people to load/unload on each end. We have done two moves with high-quality moving companies and they were relatively stress-free. All of our furniture was properly disassembled, protected, and set back up. All of the boxes found their way to the correct rooms. None of our dishes were broken. For our last move, we hired an inexpensive local moving company on an hourly basis, and they were just awful. They scuffed the walls, loaded the truck in what did not appear to be the correct manner, damaged some of our furniture, and basically just dumped everything in the general area where it was supposed to go. If you can afford it, go ahead and pay the pros. Especially if you’re pregnant–you just don’t need the hassle.
Alice the Pointy Haired
Is there still an active support group for the ladies on here with Crohn’s Disease and other such issues? I am having health problems in this veing and I need help with what questions to ask my doctor and such. If so, can someone in the group email me at Alicethepointyhaired (at) gmail (dot) com? Thank you!!
Wildkitten
Check out CCFA while you’re waiting to hear back from the r3tt3 group. They have resources online.
Anonymous Newbie
I am a new attorney. I looked for jobs at firms out of law school, but my geographic limitations were very specific and I did not find one, so I began taking appointments as a solo practitioner. I am wondering what a reasonable case load is for a solo practitioner working without a staff, from home, and having only been practicing for 5 1/2 months. With my current caseload, I can bill 35 to 40 hours a week, but I still have enough flexibility to take some time off if I want to. I currently have 55 open cases: 21 criminal General Sessions, 3 Criminal Court VOPs, 1 waiting to be indicted, and 30 dependency and neglect cases in various stages. I also have 15 additional cases that are closed in court, but I need to close out my office files and bill the state. I am feeling as though it might soon be time to start refusing appointments, but I felt the same way when I hit 30 cases, and then I quickly adjusted to it, 40 cases and then I adjusted, and so on. I am practicing in an impoverished area, so as long as I don’t refuse cases, I can expect to continue picking up 3-5 new cases per week. For attorneys here, can you tell me how many cases you consider to be a full caseload? Or if you are/were doing this type of appointed work, how many cases were you handling at one time? Thanks in advance your advice and comments.
Wildkitten
I’m not a solo practitioner but – check if your local bar has a solo practitioners group. Also, the ABA has resources and is free for your first year after bar admission.
Anonymous
Thank you for replying, Wildkitten. I have considered asking some other attorneys I know, but did not want to appear as if I was not up to the challenge of a heavy caseload if 55-70 cases is really considered child’s play which I will soon adapt to. I will consider reaching out to them anyways.