Frugal Friday’s Workwear Report: Lily Linen Blend Popover Shirt
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This linen popover from Loft has a print that’s a little unusual for the office, but I’m into it. The hibiscus design feels summer-y, and the linen fabric looks delightfully breezy.
I like pairing the popover silhouette with a midi skirt, or tucking it into some wide-leg pants. Loft offers coordinating shorts if you’d like a matching set for the weekend.
The top is $42 at Loft, marked down from $69.95. It comes in sizes XXS-XXL and XXSP-XXLP.
Sales of note for 5/26:
- Nordstrom – The Half-Yearly Sale has started! See our roundup here. Good deals on Veronica Beard, Vince, Reiss (esp. coats), as well as Wit & Wisdom and NYDJ
- Ann Taylor – 25% off + 30% off sale items
- Aurate – 25% off with code (ends 5/26)
- Bare Necessities – Up to 40% off, including tons of bra-sized swimwear (also, 10 panties for $10)
- Boden – 15% off new women's wear styles with code
- Express – Mega Sale, 40% off everything!
- J.Crew – 40% off your purchase and 50% off swim
- J.Crew Factory – Extra 70% off clearance + 50-70% off everything else
- Loft – 50% off one item
- Mango – 30% off everything, and free shipping with $260+
- M.M.LaFleur – Memorial Day Sale, up to 70% off this weekend only! (Try code CORPORETTE15 for 15% off)
- M.Gemi – Memorial Day sale, prices up to 60% off
- Nordstrom Rack – Clear the Rack! Nice selection of Vince, Veronica Beard, Reiss and Rag & Bone, a ton of affordable work basics from Calvin Klein and dresses from Maggy London, Eliza J, and Donna Morgan
- Talbots – $29.50 sunny must-haves
- Theory – 25% off sitewide (see our notes here)
I saw a picture of the original Galatzine matching sets, which I love. I am OK with two-piece modern matching dressing generally. This outfit is giving big pajama energy though. Not sure where to draw the line, but summer fabrics make it harder.
Agree this gives big pajama vibes. And while the flowers are not poorly place on this particular garment, they are uncomfortably reminiscent of the print placement failures that look like period leaks.
I didn’t read the description and was sure these were pajamas. Cute pajamas, but definitely pajamas.
interesting. i actually think this looks less pajam-esque then many matching sets. think it’s because the fit is more structured and the shirt doesn’t button all the way down. this doesn’t necessarily mean i like it but it doesn’t scream pjs to me.
It’s hard to say in 2026. Everything has elastic in the waist. Fits are loose. In the summer, at the airports especially, who even knows what clothes are.
Hmm I loved matching sets and like this one but these comments are making me think it’ll read too pajama-y
I disagree with the PJs assessment, on the right person and styled well, this is very cute.
I also thought this was pajamas! I was hoping they’d have some pictures of the shirt with a different bottom to see if it looks ok without the shorts, but unfortunately all of the pictures on the Loft site include the full set.
I am waiting for matching sets to vanish–they give me the ick.
I thought it was pyjamas!
honestly every single matched set (EVERY single one) reminds me of pajamas or those terry cloth yoga pant sets people wore in the Mean Girls era (Juicy?). or prison uniforms. i want to love them because all the skinny young girls on social media can look cute in it but on me it just looks like i just rolled out of bed.
Yup. I love the idea of a matching set, but when I’ve tried some on, they legit look like my pajamas. I think I’ll be passing on this trend.
I’m pro hawaiian shirts, so I just bought it! But I’m also plus sized and not going anywhere near those shorts that look like they have no give and no lining.
I like matching sets in theory but when I try one on and look in the mirror I get big Garanimals vibes. Alas. I do own several of the Quince matching linen pajama sets. I think they are more polished than some of these that are meant to be worn out of the house, and I have worn the natural color linen pj pants as actual pants with a nice tee.
I am the poster who requested dessert recipe ideas for a birthday last week. I ended up going with partner’s favorite strawberry shortcake for his actual birthday, and I made the lemon snacking cake for a larger family dinner. Thank you for the suggestions to stick to favorites/tradition! The lemon snacking cake with coconut glaze was a huge hit too – highly recommend if you’re looking for a crowd pleaser.
Oooh, missed the post, but that lemon cake sounds amazing.
For those of you with big suitcases, do you store them empty or closed? I’ve used a duffel a lot but switched to a checked wheelie travel pro from Costco. It is great, but I can’t mush it into my tiny closet in an old house with scant closet space. I have those LLBean packing cubes but keep them in a drawer because I use them a ton for the gym and in a small overnight tote for little trips.
Closed. Because also living in an old house with tiny closets, the mice will find anything open and make a home if they’re left there long enough.
Reminding me to check my basement traps. Ugh. My next house will be a concrete bunker with no weird crawl spaces or access points.
Haha, SAME
i keep it closed because i keep it in the attic so don’t want it getting dusty. i don’t have real space constraints but if you do you could keep out of season clothes or linens or xmas ornaments in it?
I air them out open for a few hours after unpacking, then stuff all our various garment bags, extra backpacks, packing cubes, duffel bags, etc., back inside and close them for storage. So they are closed but not empty. They slide perfectly under our bed until we need them again.
same
Closed but full. I nest my carry-on inside my checked bag, and inside the carryon are things like small duffles, outlet adaptors, compression socks, and other travel gear.
This is what I do. You can also use the suitcase to store sleeping bags, out-of-season clothes, etc.
+1
Closed and full of travel items and smaller soft bags, stored on the top shelf of the closet.
I found yesterday’s food hate thread very fascinating as someone who is neurodivergent and has done a lot of work to overcome ARFID for social cohesion. I now can eat anything with a smile, but certain things I definitely just tolerate (vs love).
Do those of you who hate foods do you still eat them to be polite? If you refuse to eat foods you don’t like, do you have a lot of social capital?
I don’t find this to be a big daily issue – a simple “oh no thank you” when an appetizer tray is offered, or asking for a sauce to be on the side if you’re unsure, etc. Only if you make a big point of saying ‘oh I don’t like x’ does anyone really notice or care!
Same.
The only big food pushers were some older family members. Since having kids, I am always initially doing some child-feeding task during mealtime or prior / after and somehow that took the perceived spotlight off of me and it’s never come back. I am never leaving the little kids’ table.
Also same. I don’t hate many foods and am generally a pretty adventurous eater. However, I’m also neurodivergent and occasionally have issues with some textures. I avoid anything I really can’t bring myself to eat with a “no thank you.” I can and will eat a few bites of something I’m not wild about if I feel like it’s necessary to avoid offending or upsetting someone. I also find as I get older that people will more readily accept “sorry, X disagrees with me” over “I don’t like X.”
Yes, I eat whatever is served to me in a professional or “polite company” setting as long as it isn’t dangerous. If there is something I truly dislike to the point that I know I will gag trying to eat it, I just quietly eat around it. I would never send back a plate just because I don’t like something on it. That is an action I would reserve for an actual food safety sort of problem and not just an ingredient preference – the chicken is raw inside, for instance.
I will politely decline if something I don’t care for is just offered without actually being served (think, staff walking around offering appetizers instead of a host putting a plated meal in front of me), but not in a manner that burns social capital.
When are people just giving you a plate of food you didn’t choose? The only two scenarios I can think of are a meal in someone’s home and a plated dinner at a banquet. In either case it’s easy enough to skip the food you don’t want, by pushing it around on the plate if necessary.
Work events and conferences where the menu is fixed in advance, wedding and funeral receptions, the neighborhood backyard BBQ where the host hands you a filled plate? It’s not that unusual.
Yeah, I’ll eat my shoe to avoid being rude but will eat around certain things (cooked fennell, endives, and bland mushy foods – mashed potatoes, butternut squash if possible). My MIL made an meal of unseasoned potato, squash, and parsnip while I was pregnant and I ate it but did nearly cry.
AFRID is psychological. Being a super taster is not. There are some foods that taste like chemicals to me (I’m apparently very sensitive to solanine/chaconine), and I am not going to eat them to make other people like me.
I think you misunderstand ARFID. This is pretty dismissive to disabled folks.
ARFID is not psychological. Tons of kids with ARFID are super tasters or have other sensory differences. Others have low level nausea from GI issues.
I used to eat anything with a smile. Since I didn’t like most foods from the cuisine I was raised within, it wasn’t a big deal to me to eat something I didn’t like. I was doing that a lot at baseline anyway. I am glad I eventually found other foods that I actually like!
Now I’m on a medically restricted diet, so I eat nothing with a smile. I think this drives people absolutely insane and costs real social capital, but not more so than the symptoms I would have if I had “just a bite” to keep the peace.
I have an uncommon food aversion that seems to shock and appall most people. It’s not an allergy but depending on how strong it is, it could make me throw up or be unable to eat the dish. I would simply decline with a “no thank you,” and that’s usually fine. Alternately, I know what dishes or foods to suspect it may be in or paired with and ask for it to not be included/removed/put on the side. I would take this approach first, then eat around if possible, and only if it was absolutely unavoidable (I was dining with the c-suite or someone else extremely important) would I try to scarf it down. Not because I felt like it isn’t polite to not eat it, but because no one in such a setting benefits by being distracted by my dietary preferences.
I hate olives and it isn’t a problem to simply not eat them.
Nope, not eating to be polite. I say no thank you.
If not eating reduces my social capital that is a them problem, not mine.
+1. I actually think it makes you look like a pushover or someone lacking in confidence if you can’t say “oh no thank you” when offered something and then that person finds out later you hate what was offered.
+1 – I’d rather politely say no thank you, even if it means going hungry, than potentially be gagging at the table. Pretty sure that would reduce my social capital more!
I’m the beet hater 😂 I didn’t know that it’s like cilantro in that they really don’t taste right to some people!
I have a funny story about the origins of my dislike for beets, which I often trot out to laughs, so I’d just say no thank you and launch into the tale, and everyone agrees they wouldn’t like beets if they were me either.
Btw, it’s quirky that I dislike beets because my family historically had a beet farm, and my mom and grandfather love(d) them so much they sit down and eat them by the can!
I know way too many people whose one food they absolutely cannot stand is the family business food, haha.
I’m willing to try just about anything out of politeness, but it’s also usually pretty easy to skate by and avoid foods you dislike as an adult. (I have great sympathy for children who are “picky eaters”, as they have so little say over what food they eat and a lot of oversight on whether they eat it. You never have those same standards applied as an adult.)
I recall going on a backpacking trip as a teen, one of my friends loudly complained about how she hated Gatorade, the adults were always on her about drinking enough electrolytes. I also dislike Gatorade but I just kept my mouth shut about it and no one noticed that I wasn’t drinking the Gatorade.
Nope. I will not eat food I don’t like to be polite. The list of refusals is short for me, but I will not eat something that has olives blatantly in/on it, as an example. I will try something new with a bite and if I don’t like it, I won’t finish it. Maybe I’m just old enough (41?) to not care if someone judges my politeness on whether or not I force feed myself something I legitimately do not like. If someone will judge me based on that, that’s not a me problem.
As for social capital… I don’t think I have any that’s noteworthy? I would do this in a professional setting and personal setting, with my boss, clients, MIL or my own family.
Most of the foods I won’t eat are very regional/cultural and as an adult I get way less pressure to ‘just try a bite’. At this point I can/do eat most foods in work/large social settings and if I know I’ll have a challenging meal I’ll make it a point to eat a large snack before hand.
I really don’t often find myself in a situation where I feel pressure to eat foods I don’t like. I have low level chronic nausea so I have a lot of specific dislikes, including coffee and lot of alcoholic and carbonated drinks, which I always just decline (I have a few go tos for when I have to order something). There’s almost always some choice of what’s available, plus I’m a vegetarian, so I’m already probably not going to eat a default plate of food. I never show up anywhere hungry unless I’m sure there will be food I want to eat. If I don’t like the food on offer, I either eat a little to be polite (if it’s at least tolerable) or just say I’m not really hungry (if anyone is even paying attention, which often they aren’t).
I was today years old when I learned that I prefer light roast coffees. Any recommendations for good ones? I just got Panera brand at the local super market to try.
Do you have any local coffee roasters? Do you want to spend good money on amazing coffee?
If you are happy with Panera that’s totally fine, although Panera coffee is the quality equivalent of Olive Garden for Italian cuisine.
TJ has some reasonably priced but good coffee, incl. lighter blends.
If you want to explore a variety of coffee roasters, I recommend trying out a Trade coffee subscription. They send you beans or ground coffee on the schedule you select and you can try out lots of different brands. I’ve discovered several new coffee brands that way.
What is your budget? Coffee prices have gotten out of control, but sometimes there are sales to be had at Whole Foods.
I theoretically have a primary care doctor who I’ve met exactly once. She seems fine. Boring. She’s an MD. While she was on vacation I had an emergency and needed to see someone so I saw someone else in her office who is an APRN-CNP — we laughed a ton during the appointment and I liked that she swore. (Yes I’m 13.) I asked during the appointment if #2 was taking new patients and she said not really but she could for me.
It’s now time to schedule my appointment and in the system I can go for either one… am I wrong to go with the doc I preferred more even though she isn’t an MD? I feel like primaries are often just gatekeepers or wayfinders
I think that the wave of the future, if it’s not already here, is that advance practice nurse practitioners and PAs are who we will mainly see for primary care and they will have a doctor to discuss things with if you seem to really stump them.
There aren’t enough doctors going into primary care. No one wants to spend 4 years in med school and 3 more doing a residency just to make what a first year in BigLaw makes.
Whether or not my doctor swears during my appointment is not high on my list of qualifiers. As the daughter of an internist, I would never use an NP for anything other than very basic care (treating a UTI, for example). NPs do not have the training to even know what they may be missing. While you may see your primary physician as a gatekeeper now, as you age you may develop more complex health issues that they will help you manage with medication. And most of these issues and meds will be better managed by an MD.
My MIL is one of the nurse types with multiple advanced degrees. I trust her over my doctor every day of the week. It doesn’t help that my doctor refers me to a specialist for every advanced question I have.
I think this is tough. I know and have worked with lots of APRNs who are excellent, and I’ve worked with lots who are bad. IME, the ones who are bad have an inflated view of their qualifications, which scares me. I really think they have to be evaluated individually and while this isn’t a solution for the bigger picture issues with increasing use of midlevel providers and lack of access to quality MDs, I think most people who read here are capable of making that assessment for themselves. A medical professional you trust, who listens, who devotes time to you, who escalates where appropriate and who you see for routine matters is, in my view, better than an MD who is the opposite.
Part of the problem with NPs in particular is that there are degree programs and then there are degree programs. I also know experienced nurses who are very well read and knowledgeable, like your MIL. I know some who are plandemic truthers too.
But I think there is something to be said for not being too credentialist when making n=1 decisions, and that goes for NP vs. MD too.
My MD is useless. Her PA is the one who figured out what my real issue was and got it properly treated because he actually took the time to listen, took my quality of life concerns seriously (I didn’t think it was right that I was sick literally all the time), and exercised some critical thinking. It wasn’t even a complicated issue and should have been completely obvious to the MD but she just didn’t want to bother.
For most routine illnesses and normal aging I would take an NP or PA over an MD any day. I only want an MD for something serious or complicated, and that’s usually going to need a specialist. PCPs are the worst.
I get really tired of PCPs just referring to specialists for just about anything, so I’m completely fine with seeing my PA. I’ve noticed the same thing with my kids’ pediatrician. Like why am I seeing you?
Go with whoever you like more and trust to advocate for you. MDs are normal humans, but with a bonus god complex.
I was so sad when my PA left my PCP’s office that I changed doctors to follow her. My PCP was fine and personable, but seemed basically like a human WebMD search result. The PA really listened, took my history and symptoms into account, went to bat with my insurance company to get the pricy testing covered, and found a resolution to a long-brewing problem that the PCP had spent months tossing generic but ineffective ideas at without any progress.
I feel like a lot of NPs and PAs would have been great doctors but for money or life circumstances.
I’d love to see a more financially accessible path from NP/PA to MD. It would be a great investment for the whole healthcare system.
+1
+1 s3xism and poverty really keep a lot of wonderful women down
I am not sure about this. There is something about med school that both selects for and reinforces the personality traits and ways of thinking that make MDs inferior to NPs and PAs for many purposes.
I’m conflicted on this question because there’s no question that NPs know less, and it’s the gatekeepers and wayfinders that we need to have the widest knowledge base. It’s a downgrade in the aggregate.
But on an individual basis, it may be okay especially if she or you can loop in the MD as needed since they share a practice? Objectively MDs are better qualified to make correct diagnoses and safe, appropriate treatment plans. But it’s easy to underestimate rapport and the opportunity to build a relationship as well as the role of trust and credibility in accessing appropriate care. There is also a real limit to how much any provider can remember off the top of their head, and sometimes NPs are given more time to just look stuff up (whether they will understand it varies, but not every MD is great with this either).
So many modern meds have to be prescribed by a specialist for insurance reasons that if you have something serious, you’ll be seeing someone else for it anyway!
My experience was that I struggled with a set of serious symptoms for years before I received a rare disease diagnosis, and my current PCP NP said she’s so glad I wasn’t her patient back then. But the MDs I was seeing didn’t figure it out either; I finally paid cash to see a MD internist who spent a few hours going over my records, and almost everything he needed was already there in my test results. He said the reason he started a cash based private practice was that he did not have time in employment based or insurance based healthcare systems and was always falling behind. So he didn’t even really blame the doctors I’d seen previously for what they’d missed. It’s just how it is.
And most people don’t have the kind of condition that doctors haven’t heard of or looked up in a while; most generally healthy people are getting guidelines based care for common conditions no matter who they see.
Also, though the cash pay internist figured out the diagnosis, I still had to see a specialist for confirmatory testing and long term management for insurance reasons. Bouncing everything to specialists is expensive, and in my experience they need primary care to point them in the right direction or they just shrug and bounce you back, but this is how it seems to work these days.
My whole family uses the same APRN. We love that woman to death – she and her staff (and her office dog, Matilda!) are a highlight of the week when we have an appointment. Go with who you like.
When I was in high school, I was good at science and math, so I was told I should be a doctor. I think people for the past few years were told more about the full spectrum of healthcare jobs. Many health systems will pay for a nurse with an RN to get her BSN and then a NP degree, but not med school. It’s smart to avoid so much debt and a lot of smart younger people are taking these paths now.
If you don’t have any health issues and personality is more important than credentials to you, I don’t see why it would be a problem. You can change back or find a new doc if things change, right?
Ugh. My whole SM feed over Memorial Day weekend was just GLP-1 ads.
I am curious about one thing though. Several people in my family are considering them. Two are very large; one is just heavy. One person snores to the point where sleep apnea wouldn’t surprise me. All are in their 50s. None are diabetic, but my guess is that they are in the large % of adults their age with prediabetes.
If they start now while they are working, maybe they can find the meds for cheap and improve their QOL. But if they go on Medicare at 65, they likely won’t have these meds covered anymore, especially if their overall health improves. And yet our understanding is that these meds are for life. Is it realistic to think that Medicare will cover generally as prices come down? Or a legitimate concern once budgets tighten in retirement?
I feel like if diet and exercise would have worked, they would have worked already. Or give it one more good try now that the kids are out of the house to see if they can move the needle. I think this makes sense, because apparently you need to up your fitness and activity level on GLP1s so that you done lose so much muscle you become weak. They are just nervous to throw in the towel and take the meds and yet no doctor seems to have time to really talk them through this.
IDK if there is a good primer on this from AARP or similar for older adults not primarily concerned with vanity.
My assumption is that they will eventually be covered (in certain circumstances) by Medicare. My other thought, though, is that if your relatives take them now and have success on them, they will get the benefit of them now and for however many years until they retire, basically no matter what Medicare does in the end. It seems like 10 years without sleep apnea, then sleep apnea comes back for another 20 years, is probably better for you than 30 years with sleep apnea, you know?
The drugs might also help implement healthy lifestyle changes that will be beneficial whether or not the weight eventually comes back, and they seem to me worth trying for that reason, too.
I’d start now. There are fun questions (referencing an NYT article I saw) that an earlier start might also have long-term cognitive benefits. Even if they can’t afford it later, it’s worth having an extra decade of benefit.
Not your circus but start now and cost isn’t really an issue anymore. With a Rx, you’re talking about $100/mo. Unless your family is destitute, that’s very manageable.
Didn’t you post about this once already? And the advice to you (even though it’s not your problem) was that they should start it and figure out Medicare when the time comes. There will be many benefits of taking the meds now and losing weight now. The meds are covered under Medicare (or will be soon) so they may qualify for continued use of the meds at the time they go on Medicare.
Why are you so worried about this issue??
This board has a lot of type A people who default to thinking every problem is one they need to solve, whether or not that’s true. And some people’s families operate in a way that means they are all up in each other’s business, so a random cousin feels every right to second guess health choices of the extended family.
Because this poster is obsessed, and I do mean obsessed, with wanting “primers” on anything having to do with the elderly, Medicare, types of primary care physicians, and apparently now GLP-1s.
Not a doctor, just someone who is observant and tries to meet people where they are at:
One of the many problems with trying diet and exercise to lose a LOT of weight is that exercise can be genuinely painful and difficult for severely overweight people. It takes a lot more energy to run or walk a mile, use an elliptical, use a stair stepper, etc. Joint stress is higher. Chafing can be a real concern. It’s easy to get red-faced and sweaty, and you wonder if people are laughing at you or judging you.
It can be hard to diet if most of what you’re told about dieting is fad based or involves so may restrictions that it isn’t sustainable.
Losing 50 pounds radically reduces joint stress, how hard the heart has to work to supply blood to the entire body, chafing, joint stress, joint stress.
Bad sleep also screws up recovery from exercise.
So if someone uses these things to sleep better and be able to exercise, it might get them out of the cycle that prevents them from being able to exercise. It might help them to learn what a good amount of food is.
If they’re in their 50s, Medicare probably will cover these meds when they are 65. I wouldn’t worry about this at all. Medicare is going to prefer paying for GLP1s, especially as the prices come down, over paying for the long term complications of undertreatment.
Many commonly prescribed meds are for life. It’s not helpful to look at it as “throwing in the towel” to go on a medication that treats something that you have.
They should absolutely know whether they have sleep apnea or prediabetes though. Do they got go their annual checkups?
Dear god please get help for your anxiety. You’re worried over what may happen to someone who isn’t you in 10 years?
+1.
My SIL started taking them about six months ago. I saw her on Memorial Day, and she looked freaking amazing. Like she is a walking ad for the miracle of a GLP-1. Makes me want to get a script because my many efforts to lose the perimenopause-25 have gone absolutely nowhere. I would not have considered SIL a large person before; like many of us, her weight had slowly crept up in her 30s and she had trouble losing it.
Wondering if I’m your SIL, I have never looked or felt better in my life. Same situation, not someone anyone would call overweight but menopause and life crept on there. Every time I have dinner with a friend, they go get a GLP1 the next day.
I really want to get on a GLP-1, and everyone around me looking great increases that desire. I am by no means overweight but I want to crawl out of my skin and look how I used to.
A GLP-1 from a reputable compounding pharmacy is running about $250/month these days. That’s affordable for many interested users. (I use Polly, formerly Piper.)
It’s less than that for the real thing.
These people need therapy. These drugs aren’t “throwing in the towel.” And there are plenty of resources for people “not concerned with vanity” to access. It sounds like they’d rather stay overweight than have people lump them in with “vanity” users. That’s irrational and detrimental behavior. Why would these people deny themselves a medically indicated treatment for a decade because their insurance will change at 65, especially when these medications continue to get cheaper and more accessible? It’s a made up concern to avoid the medication because of something else.
They’re in their fifties and have weird hang ups about medication. If they could diet and exercise their way to a healthy weight they would have. They can’t. They are well within their rights to not take a glp-1 but they need to explore this strange arguments theyre having with themselves about it.
Realistically, there’s not a good primer on this because there’s not great research yet — esp. on questions like, if you’re on GLPs for ten years, then go off for financial reasons, then gain back weight, are you better or worse off than if you never had the GLPs/never lost the weight to begin with. There’s some rough idea of indicators: we know yoyo-ing is bad for you; but we also know losing weight is good for you, and losing weight in a way that facilitates exercise is VERY good for you (Ie. dropping 50 lbs on a glp that makes your knee pain better enough that you start walking and exercising more is a double win). We know that losing muscle on GLPs is a concern and can be motivated with strength training and good food.
But quantitative questions like, exactly how much strength training do I need to do over the next 10 years to be as strong at 65 as I would be if I didn’t take the GLP are more art than science questions at this point.
I don’t see why Medicare would factor into the decision since nobody is on Medicare? It seems like borrowing trouble to psych yourself (or your relatives) out of options.
how would you respond if a friend just sent me a picture of her beautiful 12 year old daughter with a new short hair cut… and she looks like kate gosselin?
So grown up! Thanks for sharing the photo!
+1 Exactly this
I’m sorry I cackled so loud at this.
IDK if you’re really asking but….”so sweet!” “miss you guys, hope you’re well!!”
Ouch. Just be nice?
“She looks so beautiful!!”
Safe to assume you all live in the middle of the country?
Would you like us to give you permission to make fun of a child?
Can someone shop for me please? Looking for a cocktail dress to wear as a wedding guest next month. Requirements: Size 18 (sometimes a 1X or 16W works, but as cusp-sized ladies know, the proportions aren’t the same), jewel-tone, knee or midi-length, and I’d love to be able to wear a normal bra. Budget is $400 or less. Everything I’m finding is either in a pastel or earth-tone that makes me look dead or is in a fabric that looks way too casual.
Thank you!!
If you are in Charlotte, she has a store at Northlake Mall. But she’s on insta and has a website and is just delightful: google juicy body goddess
It’s not just prom things, it’s all of the fancy life events for people of all ages. But people road trip here for their daughters and she does right by the whole family.
In moderation, but there is a store for you and they have a website.
I don’t know if you’ve already looked there, but try Nordstrom. I filtered on cocktail dresses and your size and did find options in your price range. But you’re right, you have to dig because there’s a lot of pastel out there right now!
Yes! I was looking at Nordstrom and bailed because of all the pastels, but if you say there’s some good stuff in there, I’ll start digging!
This dress has many jewel tone options. It’s also available in 0X, which is a nice bridge for cusp sizes
https://www.nordstrom.com/s/starry-sequin-lace-fit-flare-cocktail-dress-plus/7577531?origin=category-personalizedsort&breadcrumb=Home%2FWomen%2FClothing%2FDresses&fashioncolor=Purple&fashionsize=14W%2C+1X%2C+18%2C+XXL&color=4444448JWQ
Yes, several of the Kiyonna dresses had jewel tone options. There were several other brands with navy, if that works for you.
Sue Sartor’s dressier line would be my starting place. Forgiving and fun.
Thoughts on these?
https://www.anthropologie.com/shop/hutch-sleeveless-scoop-neck-sequin-feather-trim-midi-dress?color=066&type=PLUS&quantity=1
https://www.anthropologie.com/shop/helsi-candace-deco-dress?color=084&type=STANDARD&size=XXL&quantity=1
https://shophelsi.com/products/kaia-5?_pos=19&_fid=3af455f11&_ss=c&variant=44850534482128
https://shophelsi.com/products/florence-8?_pos=10&_fid=3af455f11&_ss=c&variant=44887032463568
No joke, try the clearance section of places like Nordstrom because that’s where you’ll find winter dresses (which are more likely to be in darker colors and heavier fabrics). Spring and summer is pastels.
I’m sure you’ve already checked Talbots online? They’re always my first stop. If you know what size you wear in Talbots, could you check Poshmark for non-pastels?
For the veteran travelers, has anyone found a good hair dryer brush or multi-styler that works well for carry-on? Travel will mostly be domestic, so dual-voltage is not needed.
I have been obsessed with the “Travel Dual Voltage Hair Dryer Brush 4-in-1 Portable Mini Hot” from Madremia I bought from the river store. I went to a wedding and a couple of the other bridesmaids used it to and then bought ones for themselves.
Would you move forward with this job opportunity?
Pros:
I was unexpectedly let go four months ago and it’s been a hardship for us. A job is a job and beggars can’t be choosers.
We’ve recently moved states and this job gets my foot in the local door. It offers good exposure to local players in my field for networking.
Cons:
Salary is half what I was making before. It is the absolute lowest I could accept and still pay my bills. Someone at my level should be getting the salary I was getting before or a bit more.
They have a 100% on-site policy. I was 100% remote at my last job for 7 years, so this requirement is just manufactured on their part.
The office is a one hour drive from my house each way. My car has 120k miles on it, and with this low salary, couldn’t be replaced. Luckily, the drive would be on country backroads with no congestion, so no sitting in traffic getting irate.
WDYT?
I would take it and get over the onsite attitude. You clearly live somewhere without a strong job market and I hate to break it to you but remote work was a pandemic fad.
It depends how low the low salary actually is.
Take it and network at lunch each day.
Take it and keep looking.
Negotiate for a higher salary with WFH flexibility, and keep searching.
I would take the job but continue job searching. It is easier to find another job when you have a job. If you find another job in 6 months or so, I think you could easily point to any of these reasons as reason why you switched jobs so quickly. However, if you do not take this job, you may be out of work completely for much longer.
Re: salary expectations: Are you sure your expectations are in line with your new market? I have noticed that a lot of the transplants in my city that moved here for a lower cost of living do not anticipate that salaries here are lower as well.
OP here. Yes, these guys are abnormally low. They’re $50k below the bottom of the market. About $150k below the top of the market.
In moderation: For the veteran travelers, has anyone found a good hair dryer brush or multi-styler that works well for carry-on? Travel will mostly be domestic, so dual-voltage is not needed.
I just take my shark plus the round brush attachment and give up the suitcase real estate. It’s too irritating to not blow out my hair the way I like it when I travel.
If I knew how much I would love my shark, I would have bought the one that collapses for travel.
As is, I sacrifice an extra pair of shoes to tetris my shark into my carryon.
So if it makes you feel better, I did buy that one for travel and it is not the same. I take the big regular one.
OP here – do you use a Shark hair dryer or multi-styler?
I think it’s called the flex style but it’s a stick that you attach brushes to.
I have been obsessed with the “Travel Dual Voltage Hair Dryer Brush 4-in-1 Portable Mini Hot” from Madremia I bought from the river store. I went to a wedding and a couple of the other bridesmaids used it to and then bought ones for themselves.
Can anyone recommend a decent hair dryer brush or multi-styler that can be thrown in a carry-on? Travel will be mostly domestic so dual-voltage is not required.
My apologies to all for the repeat comments!
Californians, who are you voting for for governor? We’ve been in the middle of an extremely tumultuous period at home and have barely been paying attention. Need to rectify that before election day…
They’re all terrible, voted for Mahan in early voting and am not sure if he’s even in the race anymore.