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Gift Idea: Next-to-Naked Bodysuit

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A friend was just saying how happy she was with this purchase, and I thought I'd mention it in case you've got a reluctant but aspiring yogi on your gift list. My friend was saying that she never liked the way her workout duds would roll up or roll down as she went about her workout, and once she was doing it at home with her kiddo (yay remote school) she HATED it because her kiddo kept commenting (yay kiddos).

SO, she got a unitard like this one — and not only does she wear it when she can't get 100% alone to do her workout, but she's actually looking forward to going to public yoga classes when things open up again.

The pictured bodysuit is available in three colors at Universal Standard in sizes 00-40 for $95 — there's also a version in shorts.

Everlane has a similar option for $88, sizes XXS-XXL.

Psst: I'm still really happy with my new(ish) yoga mat also if you're in a yoga-gift frame of mind!

Update: these are some of our favorite workout pants — they're opaque, available in a ton of sizes, and often have pockets!

Pictured above: black / purple / black

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131 Comments

  1. Hmmm. My initial reaction to this was “No way.” But now I am reconsidering. I don’t do yoga, but I really fret about how obscene my clothing is going to be on days when I have to do burpees or bear crawls. I would wear a long tee over this, personally, but the lack of rolling up or down is appealing.

    1. I’m tall and can get away with separates, but a one piece like this made for someone at least 4” shorter than me would give me the wedgie to end all wedgies.

      2. Yes. That is my one remaining concern. I think this fabric is going to lend itself to that regardless of height.

    2. Yes. That is my one remaining concern. I think this fabric is going to lend itself to that regardless of height.

    3. Honestly I think this “second skin” unitard is going to be more obscene than just wearing a shirt and pants that fit you. Plus in person these look kind of ridiculous whenever I’ve seen someone wearing one at a yoga studio.

    4. I had a few ladies in my yoga class wearing unitards. Mostly in black and they looked very comfortable. No wedgies, but also, nobody has time checking you as we all focus on our postures. I would love one for my at-home yoga or spinning.

    5. This would make me less likely to do yoga. I’d be way more conscious of every bump and bulge. Right now, I can hang a tank outside my yoga pants and hence conceal my stomach.

  2. Recs for places to buy everyday jewellery? Like just sterling silver, but that doesn’t immediately fall apart like something from Target (and our Amazon overlord just has way too mixed of results). Nice enough to give as gift for Mom, but not more than $50-60. TIA!

      1. +1 for Macy’s. My local jewelers have things like this too. Lots of them are branching out into higher-quality fashion jewelry like Ania Haie.

    2. I used to buy this at Lord & Taylor (RIP) with a 40% off coupon. I’d suggest Macy’s or Kohl’s, as either one will refund a broken item within a reasonable time frame.

    6. Blue Hour Designs on Etsy has sterling in that range (only a couple necklaces, more options in earrings and bracelets). Virginia Wynne, also on Etsy, has sterling stud earrings as low as $10 – I’ve been wearing a couple pairs from her almost nonstop for the last month.

      1. Thanks for sharing – I’m drooling over Virginia Wynne’s items they are gorg!

    7. Nordstrom allows you to search by material and has a number of items in this price range. I also like buying from Etsy, you just have to use search filters effectively.

    8. I don’t know what they have in your price range, but I’ve bought several sterling silver gifts for friends from Blue Nile and they always look nice and are packaged well for a gift.

    9. Etsy! Millions of things. You can get way more unique and artsy than Target in that price range (if you want to). I have always preferred unique statement sterling silver pieces and collected them from travels and counties where I lived, It’s great to have access to that richness online now.

      1. Just to add – for quality that lasts, look for 925 sterling silver. It occasionally gets a patina that looks lovely in my opinion bit os very easy to remove if that’s not your thing. If you insist on super shiny, look for rodium-played. Fine silver is too soft and less durable.

  3. That is a great suggestion. You could even wear a sweatshirt or something over it but it would still ensure no gaps.

  4. Kudos to Universal Standard for selling sizes 00-40. That’s how it’s done.

    1. They also have an awesome “click to see it in your size” with a full range of models in different sizes! Love it!

    2. They are awesome! I buy from them whenever I can to support what they do. And EVERYTHING is in all the sizes, which is revolutionary.

  5. Reposting from morning thread because I am really worried about being a Covidiot and don’t want to do anything irresponsible but truly thought this trip would be okay until reading the discussion this morning! Here’s my comment on this morning’s thread:

    Forgive me if I’ve missed something, but what’s wrong with going on a hiking trip to somewhere remote if there are no travel restrictions associated with the trip? I’m asking seriously because I’m planning a solo hiking (snowshoeing) trip to the mountains in January 2021 and after reading this post am wondering if that’s wrong? I live in the city but am an outdoors person by nature, and pre-pandemic would go on a mountain trip at least once every 3 months to get outside in a landscape that I love and for mental health reasons. I had to cancel my dream (and 30th birthday) hiking trip this summer due to COVID. This year has been especially hard because I haven’t been able to go to the mountains since January, and my mental health is really suffering being caged up in the city for this long – it doesn’t have anything to do with instagram or the other reasons raised above. The trip will be a solo one to a remote cabin where I will cook my own food and spend the days hiking and the nights reading and writing. I’m in Canada and the trip will be domestic – just to another province. Why is this wrong?

      1. Sounds fine to me. Snowshoeing is not a high risk of “hospital-inducing injury” and you can’t transmit Covid to a community if you’re not infected yourself. Can you get a test before you go just to be sure?

        1. It’s actually more dangerous than you think, especially if you’re in avalanche country. It depends on the terrain, the conditions, and the individual’s skill level. It’s definitely not a truly safe activity unless you’re doing it in like, a well-groomed park within sight of the nearest road during amazing weather.

    2. Some of the concerns around hiking/skiing/etc in remote areas is that if you get hurt, you further burden small local hospitals that are already overwhelmed with COVID. So,, don’t get hurt I guess.

    3. The risk is that when out-of-towners come into remote towns for their recreation, they potentially bring COVID with them and/or get injured and put strain on local hospitals. This is a big issue for ski towns in particular since injuries (like torn ACLs) are quite common, but the towns are often served by tiny critical access hospitals that are absolutely bombarded with COVID. We are hearing from hospitals (since I work with them in my field) that they are “swamped,” “in dire straits,” “unable to come up for air,” and so on. They really don’t need you to bring COVID and/or an injury to their doorstep. It’s a better choice to recreate close to home. However, I have no idea what the Canadian COVID numbers are like. Maybe it’s not as bad a choice there as here.

      1. I used to work in a Critical Access Hospital, and I am now at an academic medical center/health system. The problems we are facing today are almost identical, despite the size difference.

        We don’t have enough people to care for patients. I work In informatics, supporting the revenue cycle (registration, billing). Many of our users have some clinical background. We are being prepped to backfill in physician clinics and swab clinics so that the nursing assistants can be moved to direct patient care. They will be replacing registered nurses who will be moved to direct care of patients in ICU.

        We have that option. Small hospitals don’t. They don’t have the well to go to for additional staff. All they can do is ask nurses already stretched past the breaking point to do more.

        If you want your favorite small town to have health care staff a year from now when you go hiking or skiing post-pandemic, please don’t risk adding to the burden now.

    4. Why did you cancel in summer? Same reasons probably apply plus the number of sick people and overwhelmed medical facilities is much higher than it was then.

      1. OP here – I actually cancelled in the summer for different reasons than apply here. The trails are exponentially busier in the summer and I knew the likelihood of being around groups of people was much, much higher, there were travel bans and restrictions which only allowed residents of the province to reserve campsites, short-term rentals were cancelled and that trip was with friends so social distancing was going to be impossible. But I of course acknowledge that the number of sick people and overwhelmed medical facilities is higher now. I’m an experienced winter hiker so don’t expect to get injured (I know that no one does) and snowshoeing is fairly low risk for that, I have proper gear etc. I would also get a test immediately before leaving to ensure I’m not bringing COVID into an overburdened area. But I have not yet booked the trip and am reading all of these comments with great interest – trying to be considerate and respectful while also taking care of myself and doing the things that I need to do to maintain my sanity. It’s a difficult balance for a city-dweller who has gone to the mountains for that purpose for years and suddenly can’t do that anymore. Acknowledge that there privilege inherent in this problem as I have been very fortunate to have hopped on a plane to mountains in times of mental distress in the past. So much so that my psychiatrist will often suggest I go off into the mountains when I come to her in a similar state, because she knows that it works for me. The commenter below who spoke of the reason that this trip is specifically to mountains and not just for the sake of “travel” is spot on. Thanks for all the thoughtful responses, I have a lot to chew on!

        1. You’re not alone in loving mountains and finding solace in them, but it’s time to find coping mechanisms at home too. It’s really hard, no one’s denying that, but it needs to be done.

        2. I’m glad you recognize that believing you’re special and won’t get hurt is foolish. You need to take this a step further though and be able to say, “If I get hurt I won’t have access to medical treatment and I’m okay with that,” and really mean it. And beyond that you have to be able to be lying on a mountainside with a broken ankle suffering from frostbite with no help coming and still mean it. And if you have long-term adverse health effects, you have to be fine with the decision you made to value a single vacation at the peak of the pandemic over your health (and the health of others).

        3. I assume you are driving, and you can bring food in the car, and pee in the woods rather than use rest rooms. And buy gas wearing gloves, and carry on. Just go! This is safe for you, and be careful and conservative so you don’t end up in the hospital.

        4. If you – God forbid – were unemployed for a while or broke a leg or had some other personal disaster, your mental health would likely also be suffering and going to the mountains would not ben an option then either. It sucks, but this is probably a good time to try and learn some alternate methods. And to look forward to a wonderful return to the mountains in the future.

    5. I assume you’re driving there. Will you be stopping along the way for pit stops? Seems pretty unavoidable.

      It sounds like you’re making good decisions as a whole, but I have to push back on the idea that trips are an absolute necessity for mental health reasons. They really, truly aren’t. They are nice-to-haves during a pandemic, not a must-have. You do not need to take an entire vacation to get a nature break, even if you live in the city.

      1. Agree with this. They are definitely nice to have, but you can get a nature break locally in most places. I say this as an enthusiastic outdoorsy person who has had to cancel trips too.

        1. Disagree. Mental health is not a “one size fits all” matter. Different environments and landscapes affect people differently based on their individual needs. You can’t climb a mountain unless you go to a mountain, and it’s an extremely different experience than going on a local hike if you don’t live near any mountains. For me (and I imagine for OP), mountains are therapeutic in their challenge – it’s not easy to hike, climb or snowshoe up one. There is a unique experience that occurs when one faces the elements and succeeds that can’t really be matched in or near a non-mountain city. And it’s an experience that has truly saved me in some of my darkest times, because it allows you to feel strong and capable.

          1. Yes, I’m a mountain lover too. I hike, ski, backpack, and swim in alpine lakes. I LOVE those things and I agree, they make me feel strong and capable. I’ve had to adapt and stay home and it’s hard, but I’ve also found new wells of resilience.

          2. Sure, but humans throughout history (including now) have spent their entire lives in one type of landscape without travel for their mental health. I live in the Chicago area without the benefit of any interesting geography outside of Lake Michigan in my area. We’ll be just fine. I think we need to stop framing travel as a solution to mental health issues, as it’s completely out of reach for a number of people even in non Covid-times, and there are alternative things you can do to help your mental health. We can hunker down a few more months or a year without traveling. It’s not fun, but I don’t think we should act like it’s really a Hard Thing. Travel is a privilege.

          3. It’s not “travel” that’s being framed as a solution to mental health issues. It’s a particular form of therapy that OP has relied on, that happens to involve her travelling. Once you find a type of therapy that works for you, it’s even harder to have it taken away than to have never tried it.

          4. Aunt Jamesina, you touched on something that I have thought about for awhile. I love traveling and have traveled across the U.S. and around the world. I miss traveling and look forward to resuming it. But I don’t seem to have the same view as some of my friends, who look at traveling as something they HAVE to do or they go crazy. While I don’t love living in lockdown, I’m at peace with it. I have, and have developed, other outlets. I saw a meme on LinkedIn one time that said “the key to happiness isn’t more vacations; it’s building a life you don’t constantly need to escape from.” That really resonated with me. If people feel like they literally cannot cope without traveling, I think there’s some examination that’s needed of their life, in general, to see why travel is the only thing that relaxes them or makes them feel whole or helps them detach/disconnect from work.

          5. Aunt Jamesina has a good point. Traveling anywhere for recreation is kind of a privileged thing.

            I used to work in an office in San Francisco and we had a group of teens from a lower income area of the East Bay come in to shadow us for a day. The kid I was mentoring, about 17 years old, said he’d never been to the city nor on BART before. He told me that now that he knew how to do it, he was going to try to get his mom to come into the city with him. She had also never been in her entire life. They lived 12 miles away.

          6. Ok? Find some alternative coping mechanisms, like many of us have been doing since March. This is hard, and I’m not discounting that, but this is the time to strengthen our resilience.

          7. Why don’t you come up with another fitness challenge then if that is the specific need that is being met?

    6. This is wrong because you can possibly transfer Covid to a remote often poor community or use up their limited healthcare resources. Just look at the state of the territories right now, one person brought Covid and whole communities are hurled into chaos. Not only that but most provinces DO have travel restrictions between them, people are just ignoring them. Please don’t be the person who wipes out a rural town. I get it, I do, I’m an urban living Canadian who is patiently waiting out Covid even though I want to badly to go to Tremblant so badly. But I see the people at health Canada working 80 hour and I don’t want to make this even worse.

    7. You also have some replies on the earlier thread — just to remind you to check back.

      I’m hearing a lot of I’m unhappy so therefore it’s okay for me to do x … we’re all unhappy. If you’re unhappy and restless and really want to go somewhere — congratulations on being human just like the rest of us. If your mental health is truly suffering, run your proposed solution by your psychiatrist. A travel vacation will almost certainly not be the real answer. Go to parks within driving distance or find a walkable area in your neighborhood, yes. Travel, no. Going because you want to … how is that materially different from going for Instagram? You’re reasons aren’t any better than anyone else’s reasons … probably there are others more deserving of taking trips than you — it’s just not really possible for any of us right now.

      2. Agree. Your reasons are not any better than anyone else’s. A pandemic is hard to live through. Travel is great, but not really a sustainable mental health solution.

      3. This really minimizes mental health issues in a pretty flippant way. She never said her reasons were any better than anyone else’s reasons or that she was going because she “wants to”.

        1. I don’t think it’s minimizing mental health issues, it’s simply acknowledging that we need to look to solutions other than travel to cope right now. Some people never (or almost never) travel and manage to find other ways to deal with mental health issues. Traveling for hobbies or leisure is a privilege, not a necessity.

        2. Believe me, I’m sympathetic to mental health issues. She’s not alone in having them. But — we ALL are having to adapt our coping mechanisms right now for the greater good. For her, it’s not having access to the mountains. For others, it may look completely different.

        3. Actually, it’s the opposite of flippant. If you have a mental health problem then get actual mental health treatment. All this “my mental health is suffering so obviously I HAVE to travel or attend indoor gatherings” really minimizes the struggles of people who have actual mental health diagnosis and makes them all sound like a bunch of entitled, selfish, and destructive people who are living in denial.

          If your mental health is suffering, go to a doctor. If your reply to this suggestion is “Oh, it’s not that bad/not that bad yet” … then it’s not bad enough that you need to self-medicate by going to a party. Having a mental health problem requires actual mental health treatment. It’s really pathetic that people are using “mental health” as an excuse to engage in self-destructive behaviors that hurt everyone around them. That’s the literal opposite of what we advise anyone with an actual mental health diagnosis to do — no one recommends drinking your way out of bipolar disorder or having lots of unsafe sex to cure your anxiety, but by all means if your problem is that you’re “vaguely suffering” then by all means obviously you must indulge your every whim.

    8. I think it’s fine, as long as you take Covid precautions like wearing your mask when around other people. I traveled for a hiking trip this fall to a state park next to a tiny, rural town in the US. We stopped at a few gas stations/truck stops for gas and restrooms. We also picked up firewood at the grocery store in the small town because the state park was out. Nobody in the small, rural town wore masks. Nobody in the crowded areas of the state park, like the playground, wore masks. There was at least one large birthday party at the playground, and a group of motorcyclists from clearly unrelated households arrived while we were there (to look at the nearby scenic bridge, which shared a parking lot with the playground). Many people at the gas stations/truck stops did not wear masks, or did not wear them correctly.

      I have no doubt that tourists are spreading Covid to small, rural towns in the US. But I think there’s a difference between people who recklessly disregard the Covid restrictions, and people who follow precautions. Outdoors, socially distanced, and wearing a mask when you cannot socially distance–you should be fine, others should be fine. As long as you don’t get hurt.

      1. Isn’t the fact that people aren’t wearing masks is a red flag that it’s not safe to be there or that an outbreak will spread rapidly if one person inadvertently brings it in?

      2. It is not fine! The US and Canada have very different cultures regarding social responsibility. What’s okay in the US is frowned upon in Canada

      3. How is that fine? Your example is a prime case of why you—as a traveler—then up likelihood of spreading back to your own community.

    9. I am cancelling a trip I had planned for December. Low risk of me bringing covid along, but car travel has a risk of injury and ERs are filling up. I was in a random car accident on a trip pre-pandemic, and had to go to the ER in a place where I knew nothing about the hospitals. Then I had to get back home while injured and unable to drive. I would not want to replicate that experience during a pandemic.

      1. There are many possibilities of things that could go wrong and leave you unsafe or at least more miserable than before. For example:

        I live on a city street. During the first shut down all short-term rentals were suddenly closed. I watched business travelers come back from work to their hotel — and they were locked out (and this is a major chain hotel). There were so many baffled people pulling on the doors wondering what the heck to do as they didn’t have a place to stay that night, a plan to travel home, or even access to collect their suitcase/travel documents. I still don’t know what happened to them!

        Hopefully, that wouldn’t happen again but if your plan depends on having a private place to stay that is a rental … what if you snowshoed all day then came back to your rental to find out that it was closing and you had to leave right then? Would you be too exhausted to drive?

    10. The problem is that EVERYONE is doing outdoorsy things now (see: poster last week who said they hike because there is nothing else to do), so there are just too many people at locations that normally wouldn’t have anyone. While you will be solo and you say it’s remote, I would bet it’s not so remote anymore and then you definitely wouldn’t be solo.

    11. As long as you can completely isolate before your trip, this is totally fine. Tbh I feel like a lot of the prevention measures are overblown because people refuse to take simple, less invasive precautions. If you can wfh it’s truly not hard to avoid other people.

    12. This totally depends on where you are going and what you are doing. Like Alberta is prepping field hospitals with the Red Cross. Do. Not. Go. There. Even spraining your ankle and having to go to the ER is putting additional strain on a system at the max. Going from Ottawa two hours to Amy Tremblant? If the covid situation improves? Shrug.

    13. I have literally not read anywhere else but here this idea that we should stay inside or wrap ourselves in bubble wrap because if we sprain our ankles we’re straining the healthcare system too much. Anybody have any citations for this?

      1. Read the news, any news? You don’t need to be a genius to understand that if a hospital system is buckling under the strain and begging people to take the pandemic seriously that it’s not a good time to get injured on their doorstep. Why is that hard to understand? Is the risk of a sprained ankle 100%? No. But right now, it’s time to pull together, stay home, and get this pandemic under control. You’re not special, your reasons for ignoring rules aren’t more valid than other people’s, and you need to show respect for health care workers.

      2. The CDC issued a statement yesterday that holiday travel should be avoided.

        1. I don’t think their reason was that you may need medical care and overwhelm hospitals though. The recommendation is due to potential exposure or spread unless I’m missing something

          1. You are missing something. The whole point of trying to limit potential exposure / spread of Covid isn’t just because of deaths — it is precisely because Covid cases, impacting as they do the respiratory system, tax the hospital / health care system, thus “crowding out” other health care needs. That means that, especially in rural areas, if a school bus overturns and there are a dozen children who need hospital beds, they may not be there. Or the person who needs a pacemaker has to wait to get one. Indeed, this is part of what distinguishes Covid from the flu — people either recover from the flu at home, or they die (if old/frail), whereas Covid has a relatively high “requires hospitalization to manage, but will live” factor.

      3. Are you serious? The strain on hospitals is reported in literally every major newspaper across the country.

      4. I know people who have not been able to go to the hospital because it’s full. Please start paying attention!

      5. It’s not that you need to bubble wrap yourself so you don’t sprain your ankle — because after all, anyone can sprain an ankle in a freak accident (good morning, President-Elect Biden!). It’s that — as you undoubtedly are aware — the health care system is stretched very thin right now. You’re certainly aware that doctors / hospitals have cancelled non-essential and/or non-emergency surgeries — and in doing so, that means that people are suffering with ailments that, while not threatening, impact quality of life heavily or have the potential to get worse if not treated. So, yeah, part of the goal right now is to try to not utilize the health care system unnecessarily. This isn’t the time to have, say, a nose job or breast augmentation surgery, right?

  6. Thanks to everyone who answered my puppy poops on both sides of the sidewalk Q from yesterday. I had been tying one poop bag on my leash, but now realize that I need at least two, all “unfurled,” before going out to walk.

    I do worry about rewarding the poop is that maybe that makes him poop even more times (if one time gets a treat, let’s poop 7 times per walk!), but have praised him a lot using the word poop today.

    My freezing hands thank you!

    1. When I had a dog, I stopped buying poop bags and just used old produce bags. Less waste, they’re already open so you don’t have to struggle to open them with cold hands, and they don’t cost anything extra. I kept them in an old kleenex box and then would stuff a few in my pockets before each walk.

      1. Same, or grocery bags. My dad used to save the McDonald’s fry containers!

    2. Maybe reward him only for the first poop, not the others, so that he gets the message. But I have zero experience with dogs and my cat miraculously understood the purpose of his litter box instantly.

    3. I say continue to reward EVERY time – you want to reinforce the good behaviour of going outside. If Dr. Ian Dunbar says this I think it might be right. You could give two treats if he poops when you are saying a key word at the same time and maybe one for just random extras. He’s not controlling his poops to get treats I would say (no professional dog training experience), and he’s likely to go less frequently as he gets older. Puppies learn that praise is praise because it’s associated with treats, if I understand the theory correctly. So treat away, I say!

      It’s so much fun having a dog and totally worth the extra work they take, I think!

    4. Flip top mittens are your friend. I raised my puppy in Boston. Eddie Bauer used to have really good ones. Old navy has less technical ones. That was just part of going out–my coat, dog coat, dog pawz if salty, mittens, hat, leash, dog. You get used to it. My dog is a double-pooper some days. I have told myself this is an auspicious sign–gonna be a lucky day if I get a double poop. Treat at the end of the walk, not for each “business” he does. GL!

  7. As a short person when I buy a jumpsuit
    it always has this weird flap of extra cloth for the super long torso I do not possess.

    I could see this jumpsuit being great for people who want coverage though. I personally love jumpsuits despite being short.

  8. Little zoom makeup trick I have noticed…lining upper water line makes my eyes/eyelashes stand out more. That’s not something I would usually do daily or in person, but I tried it today and it helped.

    1. I just did the same. I applied my usual single eye color (a slightly shimmery peach), then my usual Stila liner in Alloy, which is a charcoal gray. Then mascara.

      I felt like I couldn’t see my eyes well on zoom so I added a black regular eye pencil under the lashes – I try to aim for the base of the lashes because I don’t want it too close to my eyeballs.

      It made a big difference.

      I still think the #1 factor on zoom is a little color on the lips, though.

    2. This is part of my “no makeup” look – waterline, mascara and tinted lip balm.

  9. started watching Virgin River on Netflix after someone mentioned it on here yesterday. Is it the same doctor as Hart of Dixie? Also, this show should come with a major trigger warning and if you want something that is on the much lighter side, watch Hart of Dixie instead

    1. I didn’t watch Hart of Dixie, but the doc is Tim Matheson. He’s been in lots of stuff. I think of him as kind of a made-for-TV Kevin Kostner (also see: Mark Harmon.)

      Sorry about the trigger. Some of the things depicted have happened to me personally, and I usually get kind of pissy when a show uses them as a device to make things dramatic, but with this kind of watching it’s so nakedly soap-opera-y I didn’t even register it.

      1. Yep, Tim Matheson is also in Hart of Dixie. He plays doctors a lot. And politicians.

    2. Yep, it is basically the slightly darker version of Hart of Dixie complete with the same actor. I watched the first season during maternity leave and needed that trigger warning too.

  10. Has anyone gone for a dyed white streak à la Stacey London? Pondering what to do as my hair gets grayer and grayer. I don’t want hardly any upkeep but it feels like the dyed white streak might be low maintenance and kind of edgy?

    1. I tried it because my grey is all right in the front and didn’t seem to hold the dye at all.

      It was a little bigger than Stacey’s (more Alexandra from Josie and the Pussycats). I actually liked it by my mother carried on so much about how much she hated it that i stopped….

    2. Stacey London’s hair was not dyed and the result of a medical condition. So I’m not sure dying it would have the same effect/reasonable upkeep … and you might want to emulate her embracing her natural hair if anything.

    3. Read this as dyed white “steak” and got confused. Gave me Bunnicula flashbacks :P

  11. Has anyone bought this? I’ve considered buying this, but it would be for lounging and running errands.

      1. With a large sweater when it’s cold and a drapey shawl/wrap when it’s warm. I wear those things with leggings often, but a jumpsuit would be more comfortable. (Saggy mom stomach skin makes leggings uncomfortable unless they are extremely high waisted.)

        1. You may want to consider the practicality of having to remove the sweater in order to use the restroom, especially on a cold day. Hard pass for this mom. I am also not a fan of leggings, so my running errands pants are joggers or old stretchy jeans.

    2. I have! I love these and have four (!!) pair. They are great for working out in, super comfy, don’t bunch in the crotch (I’m 5’4), have decent-ish bust support, machine washable, and are sweat wicking. I’m obsessed. They work well with layering a sweater or sweatshirt over top (looks like a sweater with leggings) and I haven’t had any issues getting it down to use the bathroom. I have jumpsuits that are a PITA to go to the bathroom in–however, these aren’t a problem for me. I would highly recommend them–they’ve been great for me going from zoom calls direct to workouts. I also wear them out for errands and pretty much live in them these days.

  12. I’m looking to buy a pre-made knitting kit for a baby blanket: something that comes with the yarn + circular bamboo needles. (I just don’t want to deal with the mental load of figuring this out on my own). Any suggestions for where to buy one? Search results are just all over the place.

    1. knitpicks and jimmybeans are reputable outlets. If you see one you’re not sure about, respond here and I’ll let you know whether I’m familiar with it, as will other knitters, most likely. WEBS has also been around forever but I don’t know about kits.

    3. If you have a local yarn store, call them and tell them what you want. They would love to put together a kit for you! You’ll at least need to have a pattern in mind or yarn weight, but they will be able to work with you.

    4. If you have a local yarn store, they would probably be thrilled to make you a kit. But Knitpicks has a few on their site, and even though they say their shipping is delayed, I’ve had some packages ship really quickly. Purl Soho has a few kits as well. Webs (yarn.com) is worth a look.

      1. I totally agree with using your local yarn shop if possible, and I think OP should try that before other methods. But in my experience my local yarn shop ladies (and they’re all ladies) have been so absolutely frosty to me in the past that I’ve stopped going there altogether. I always wonder why that is. What is there to be snobby about in knitting and yarn?

    5. I like Herrschners for knit/crochet kits. I do more crocheting so can’t help you with a specific pattern, but the crochet afghan kits I’ve ordered from there have been great. They don’t come with hooks/needles but if you use the Chat feature on the website, they will tell you exactly what kind/size you’ll need for the kit and give you a link to add it to your order.

    8. I don’t knit, but I do needlepoint on occasion, and I know our needlepoint store, which was shut down for a while during initial lockdown, would have been more than happy to put together a kit for someone and do a drive-up/contactless sale. If you want to needlepoint a pretty picture for the baby, that’s an option as well. I’m not a knitter but I have to believe knitting places would do the same.

  13. Would love recommendations for a 2021 planner. I prefer cute over elaborate– I’m not going to bullet journal or put in hour-by-hour details. I’d like space for a couple action items each day. This is the type of thing I usually love browsing independent bookstores or cute gift shops for, and that’s not happening this year.

    3. I just got one from Papier, and it’s really pretty! It has a space at the beginning for monthly planning and then is broken out by week.

    4. I used a Plum Paper Planner for 2020, and it might fit what you’re looking for. It has a weekly layout with room to write a few things each day. The paper is nice and the designs are cute.

      For 2021 I’ve ordered an Erin Condren Daily Duo because I wanted enough space to write daily to do lists and do some more detailed planning hourly. I couldn’t find something comparable for Plum Paper is the only reason I’m switching.

    5. I love getting paper products from Daiso, the Japanese dollar store. Maybe you have one of those locally? I bought a bunch of notepads to give to friends for Xmas. They are too cute and the quality is nice.

      They also have the best $2 makeup brush cleanser. I stock up becuase it is so good. Also, oil blotting sheets, cotton pads, pens, makeup and pencil bags, adorable erasers, cute kitchenware, laundry bags, snacks, wrapping paper and bags, reusable shopping bags, hair ties… I can go on.

    6. I love the Sierra Club ones. I’m all about the pictures each week, but there is enough space for a couple of things each day.

    7. I just got one from 1Canoe2. Anthro sells them but I think there are more choices if you order from 1Canoe2 directly. They have nice designs and different sizes. I chose the big one because I have lots and lots of plans. I love it. I had one for 2020 too but you know how it goes, I wanted to make plans for January and ran out of pages…

    8. Late to the party but I’m a die-hard for Day Designers. Given your needs, I’d go with a weekly, although I use their daily version.

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