Weekend Open Thread: Flamingo Estate
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My favorite category for gift-giving is “everyday luxuries” — things that you probably wouldn’t buy for yourself, but are happy to own and use (and often, decide if you like ENOUGH to buy yourself). This olive oil and balsamic vinegar set from Flamingo Estate looks perfect for a gift for my MIL or brother.
The gift box addition is a bit pricy but looks like a good one that could be reused either for future gifts or just for organization or storage in the home. (Am I the only one who is constantly assessing whether something is a “good box”?)
You can get them for $105 at Flamingo Estate, Nordstrom, and Fwrd; if you don’t want the box you can get them for $87.
(Another spot we’ve gotten “fancy olive oil” from in the past for this kind of gift: Brightland. Readers, which are your favorite everyday luxuries?)
Sales of note for 11/6:
- Nordstrom – Early Black Friday sale! Up to 25% off fashion + 15% off all fragrance
- Sephora – Savings Event! 10-20% off for members, and 30% off Sephora Collection
- Ann Taylor – 25% off your purchase, and $50 off $200
- Brooklinen – Surprise weekend sale, 20% off
- Electric Picks – 25% off
- J.Crew – 2400+ markdowns
- J.Crew Factory – Extra 50% off clearance
- M.M.LaFleur – Save 20% on suiting and dresses! Try code CORPORETTE15 for 15% off on other items)
- Talbots – Enjoy 30% off your entire purchase
I’m looking for 2 particular gift things – a great apron for a plus-sized man who likes to cook but not bake (in case that matters). And a great dog collar that has reflective qualities but can be embroidered with name/number. (We got the Orvis one 2 years ago and it looks awful now.) Any suggestions? TIA!
Have you poked around etsy?
That box looks like something my 10-year old son would immediately associate with Minecraft.
Not that that’s bad, but it’s the first thing I saw, LOL.
It’s filet crochet reimagined by AI, so you’re really not too far off lol.
A relative has some accounts at Fidelity that I have a POA to manage. He used to live in State A and the relationship has been managed from there, but is in State B now. I need to go into a branch and have him do one thing in person and because he is old, am trying to make sure that’s as pre-planned as possible so as not to annoy him (which is easy to do). I am about to blow a gasket over how hard it is to actually talk to a human there, especially in my local office. I gave up and went in one day and dealt with a person last month, but I gather that she is either no longer there or doesn’t check voice mails or is on a long vacation. There is no way to transfer to an operator who isn’t far away in a call center.
1. Are there places that are better than this or are they all awful? Account is not large enough where you’d get VIP attention, just a 401K and a non-retirement account for someone who retired from an office job (vs trust fund or executive $$$).
2. I feel bad that my kids will need to do this some day because our work 401Ks are there. Ugh. Cash in a mayonaise jar isn’t looking so bad now.
A reclusive man in our neighborhood had a neighbor call for a welfare check on him. It turns out that he had died in his house. No one knows if he had any next of kin (never married; no known kids or friends). We e-mailed and texted to see if anyone actually knew him, but no one seems to have so far. I guess we don’t need to do anything (other than call if we notice any activity at a known uninhabited house). It’s all unsettling. He wasn’t that much older than me and I don’t think of myself as particularly old.
You could google his name plus “obituary” or funeral services. Sometimes it feels better to know he had a full life and it’s being recognized. But agree there’s nothing for you to do.
When there isn’t an obvious next of kin, how does one even progress to the funeral stage? The obituaries don’t write themselves. I guess if there is no next of kin, no one claims your body, and then maybe the city or county does a cremation?
I know where I used to live, an unattended death has to go to the medical examiner for an autopsy.
He was one of your immediate neighbors? How sad.
Remember when we used to know our neighbors?
About to leave for a mini family reunion this weekend and mentally preparing for some drama. There are a few different families going and last year there were some arguments about screentime and activities for the kids. As we’re getting ready to head out today, I see that the dad in one of those families (he’s my cousin) posted anti-“iPad kid” content on his Instagram just in the last month and while I know it’s not AT the other families, I think it will be seen as such. Part of me is groaning and the other part is busting out the popcorn.
Well, I don’t look forward to our family gatherings anymore. Everyone is just staring at their phones – adults as well as the “kids”. Even when I suggest staring at a bigger screen like going to a movie the kids don’t want to go out. And even if we watch a movie together, everyone is surfing their phones at the same time. Sometimes I hate this world we have created.
This year I’m doing my own activities.