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Happy Wednesday, ladies! The Limited has a great sale on today, offering $30 off every $50 you spend — it's like getting a 60% discount in some cases! (This deal is also good on clearance items, including some great sweaters and dresses there.) Some pics from the great sale:
Pictured at top: I'm a big fan of their Madison blazers in general ($119.95 full price), but I love the way the herringbone blazer is belted in the picture. Pictured: Blazer, belt ($39.95 full price), dress ($99.95 full price).
Pictured below, all available in sizes 0-18:
- Plaid pencil skirt – $69.95 – love the wintry vibe!
- Velvet jacket – $119.95 – a must for this season! These velvet skinny pants are also nice.
- Ponte sheath dress (also in some great prints) – $79.95 – Love the structured look to this dress, and the fact that it comes in regular, petite and tall sizes.
- Sequin sheath dress – $199.95 – great if you have some holiday parties coming up (I also like this fringe hem tank or this fringe skirt if you need something to change into to go from desk to dinner)
Pictured: red skirt / velvet blazer / red dress / sequin dress
Thank you so much to The Limited for sponsoring this post! Ladies, do you have any favorite pieces you've gotten at The Limited lately?
Anon
Calling all Denver ladies… I’ll be in Denver with SO and an infant next week. Any ideas for things to do?
Is Aspen a good idea?
Is asking about family friendly activity suggestions on the main site a bad idea?
Laura
I actually like the Limited’s pants a lot, and I own several suiting dresses and blouses from them. However, the way they have jacked up their original prices in order to discount them so much through sales is insane – that blazer is not worth anything close to $120!
Ellen
I like the Limited, but only for causal stuff that I do NOT have to wear to work. When I was in college I had a great blouse, but got a big marinara stain on it when we went to a pizza place in Georgetown. FOOEY b/c I realy liked that blouse!
higher-rise booties
Any good recommendation for booties that go up maybe 2-3″ above my ankle (and I have tiny ankles, so stretchy or trim fitting would work best)?
2.5″ heel max; block or wedge is OK but I ruin skinnier heels in 1-2 wears.
I’m looking for something that I could wear with black tights to work (biz-casual biglaw office) all winter that may keep my feet a bit warmer.
TorontoNewbie
http://www.lacanadienneshoes.com/boots/lala-74906.html
(I love lacanadienne boots)
TorontoNewbie
oh, sorry, heel height on those ones is too high. Maybe: http://www.lacanadienneshoes.com/boots/jillian-74879.html
http://www.lacanadienneshoes.com/boots/brye-74883.html
BigLaw flameouts
Do you remember the flight attendant who popped the emergency exit shoot? I am surprised that no one has done the equivalent in BigLaw (or maybe someone has but I didn’t catch it). I feel like I am heading down the road of quitting, but in a big IDGAF way.
[Like quitting forever and opening up a llama farm or something. I’ve been living frugally for 15+ years, paid off loans. Walden Pond beckons . . .]
Tell me stories, ladies. My only deal with myself right now is that I can’t quit on a bad day. But working until midnight most nights means that I’m missing out on most of the things that make life worth living to me (and squirreling away $ isn’t one of them).
I say to myself that NFL guys live like me: brutal, but wanting just one more year before the inevitable leaving it all behind for something else since their finances *should* be OK even after the lowest rung (say 4 years at NLF league minimum of 400K; I’ve not made that, but I’ve worked for longer and live really modestly in a MCOL city).
TorontoNewbie
Why not build an exit plan? Do you want to give up on this whole law thing altogether or do you want to move to something different? You can make a lateral move – into academia, into government, into not-for-profit law. Or you can go open a llama farm! What’s stopping you? I know you said money isn’t the driver, but if you were working towards something (paying for that farm, for example), would you be willing to stick it all out for another year or two?
For stories… my sister quit her professional job, bought a small farm, sells at the local farmers market and couldn’t be happier.
Coach Laura
What do you want to do? Not work at all, work for yourself, start a business, teach school, work for a nonprofit?
Start by reading articles about leaving the law, changing careers, talking to lawyers you know who have left. Look at LinkedIn to find alumni of your law school and see if any of them have nontraditional jobs.
I know lawyers (or Ex lawyers) who are bankers, real estate developers, nonprofit directors, teachers, professors. If you want help there are career or life coaches who can help you ask the right questions. But you could just quit and figure it out later, assuming that you have savings for 2-3 years.
BigLaw flameouts
I actually really like what I do and my team, but the volume is just crushing. And forget vacations.
BigLaw doesn’t do medium — it is very off/on. And I want to toggle the switch off because I can’t dial back any meaningful percent.
I took a month off in between jobs and flipped my fixer, so even if I didn’t do that, I’m industrious enough to do something. But I also don’t work myself to death.
Coach Laura
Well that’s the question: Do you want to jump with or without a parachute, to continue the flight attendant analogy? Do you want to quit and then figure out where you’re going or quit only when you have a plan? (Sorry for typos -on phone.)
Anonymous BigLaw Associate
Do you have an option to go on a reduced hours/part time schedule?
CMT
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/03/your-money/a-big-life-change-is-more-planning-than-magic.html
TorontoNewbie
I read an article in the HBR about whether you’d still be doing the work you do if you weren’t getting paid. https://hbr.org/2016/06/avoid-burnout-by-asking-this-question. I thought it was an interesting take — if money wasn’t an issue, what would you be doing with your day?