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Workwear sales of note for 11.28.23
Our favorites are in bold!
- Nordstrom – Black Friday deals have started! 1,800+ sale items! Shop designer, get bonus notes up to $1200. Markdowns include big deals on UGG, Natori, Barefoot Dreams, Marc Fisher LTD, Vionic and more!
- Abercrombie & Fitch – 25% off everything plus extra 15% off select styles online AND free shipping
- All Saints – 30% off everything (ends tomorrow)
- Amour Vert – 50% off sitewide with code – readers love this short-sleeved silk blouse
- Anine Bing – Sale, extra 20% off! Many blazers down around $250
- Ann Taylor – Up to 40% off your purchase
- Banana Republic – 40% off your purchase, including cashmere; up to 60% off sale styles
- Banana Republic Factory – 60% off everything & extra 20% off purchase
- ba&sh – Up to 50% off Fall/Winter styles
- Bergdorf Goodman – Extra 30% off select sale, save up to 70% off
- BeyondYoga – 30% off sitewide, up to 75% off sale
- Club Monaco – 40% off your purchase
- Cole Haan – Up to 60% off almost everything plus extra 10% off
- Design Within Reach – “Best Sale Ever”: 25% off Herman Miller, Knoll, HAY, Muuto, DWR Collection; 20% off everything else (readers love the Herman Miller Aeron and Sayl for office chairs) (ends 11/29)
- Express – 50% off everything, $19+ Cyber Monday arrivals
- Freda Salvador – 25% off sitewide
- Her Room – Up to 50% off 1000s of items
- Hugo Boss – Up to 40% off women’s & exclusives
- J.Crew – 50% off everything + free shipping
- J.Crew Factory – 60% off everything, no exclusions (ends 11/28) – readers love the schoolboy sweater blazer
- Kule – Up to 40% off, $50 off when you spend $250
- L’Agence – Up to 60% off select styles, lots of deals on the Chamberlain blazer and their blouses
- La Ligne – Mercigiving sale, 50% off select stripes and seasonal essentials; all sales final (ends tonight)
- Lands’ End – 50% off sitewide (readers love the cashmere)
- LK Bennett – 30% off everything; all bags & accessories half price (ends tonight)
- Loft – Free shipping, 60% off 2+ styles or 50% off 1
- Lululemon – Black Friday sales! Prices marked 30-60% off from my rough estimate.
- Lo & Sons – Up to 70% off; spend $100, get an extra 10% off wallets – reader favorites include this laptop tote, this backpack, and this crossbody
- Madewell – 50% off your purchase
- Ministry of Supply – 25% off sitewide with code (ends 11/29)
- M.M.LaFleur – 25% off sitewide with code (ends tonight)
- Nordstrom Rack – One day only, up to 70% off, and extra 40% off clearance for a total savings up to 75% off
- Quince – 5 days of deals! Monday deals include 50% off silk slip dresses, select underwear and cashmere loungewear, and lots of men’s items
- Rag & Bone – 30% off everything, up to 80% off (readers love this blazer)
- Reformation – 25% off everything
- Rothy’s – 30% off sitewide 11/20-11/27 — this is their first sitewide sale ever!
- Sarah Flint – 30% off sitewide plus get a $100 gift card for your next purchase on your purchase over $500 (ends 11/28)
- Shopbop – 25% off sitewide with code (ends 11/28)
- Soma – Savings on Enbliss bras, panties, and pajamas – Cyber Monday deals starting at $25
- Summersalt – 30% off everything plus extra $10 off sweaters with code; up to 60% off (this reader favorite sweater blazer is down to $75)
- Steelcase – Up to 20% off sitewide (readers love the Leap and the Gesture for office chairs)
- Stuart Weitzman – Extra 25% off full-price and sale styles with code
- Talbots – 50% off entire site + free shipping — readers love this cashmere boatneck and this cashmere cardigan, as well as their sweater blazers in general
- Theory – 25% off sitewide + extra 10% off
- Theory Outlet – up to 80% off sweaters and outerwear – readers love this t-shirt
- Tory Burch – Up to 50% off, new styles added – readers love this tote and these sneakers
- Tuckernuck – Biggest sale of the year! 20% off sitewide, 25% off $500+, 30% off $1000+
- Ulta – Up to 50% off Cyber Monday, over 400 new deals including 30% off all Clinique, 50% off gift sets, and up to 40% off tools and brushes
- Uniqlo – Limited time deals starting at $14.90 (ends 11/23)
- Universal Standard – Enjoy 30% off everything (as a minimum) Up to 50% off best selling styles; denim starts at $35
- Veronica Beard – Extra 25% off sale, and “daily drop styles up to 50% off”
- Victoria’s Secret – 40% off sitewide
- White House Black Market – Up to 60% off; 30% off entire purchase + free shipping
- Zappos – Early Black Friday sale! Save BIG on footwear, clothing, bags and more. Daily Deals 50% off, and check out these reader-favorite workwear brands on sale, and some of our favorite kid shoe brands on sale.
Furniture & Housewares
- Ashley – Up to 50% off select items
- Crate & Barrel – up to 60% off, plus free shipping 99+
- Design Within Reach – 20% off sitewide, 25% off on Herman Miller, Knoll, HAY, Muuto, DWR Collection, and more (readers love the Herman Miller Aeron and Sayl for office chairs!)
- Steelcase – 20% off sitewide, 25% off the Gesture (readers love the Leap and the Gesture for office chairs)
- West Elm – Biggest event of the year, up to 70% off
Kid- and Family-Related Sales
- Amazon – Up to 25% off car seats, strollers and more from Britax & BOB Gear
- BabyJogger – 25% off everything
- Bloomingdale’s – 20% off on select UppaBaby, Maxi-Cosi, Stokke, Bugaboo, Thule, and more
- Carter’s – 50-60% off entire site; extra 20% off cyber deals with code
- Crate & Kids – Up to 50% off everything plus free shipping sitewide; save 10% off full price items
- J.Crew Crewcuts – 50% off everything + free shipping
- Hanna Andersson – 50% off everything + extra 20% off clearance
- ErgoBaby – 40% off Omni Breeze Carrier, 25% off Evolve 3-in-1 bouncer, $100 off Metro+Stroller
- Graco – Up to 30% off car seats
- Nordstrom – Big deals on CRANE BABY, Joolz, Baby Jogger Summit, Petunia Pickle Bottom, TWELVElittle and Posh Peanut
- Old Navy – 50% off everything, ends today
- SNOO / Happiest Baby – 35% off SNOO, up to 60% sitewide (ends today)
- Target – Up to 40% off nursery furniture, plus sales on HALO Innovations, Graco, activity gyms, and Safety 1st strollers and cribs
- Pottery Barn Baby – Up to 70% off toys, gifts, plyaroom furniture and more
- Strolleria – Save 20% on select UPPABaby strollers, up to 25% off Bugaboo, up to 50% off Joolz, and additional deals on Silver Cross, Veer, Doona, Wonderfold, dadada, Clek, and Thule
- Walmart – Savings on Maxi-Cosi car seats, adventure wagons, rocker recliners, security cameras and more!
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Anonymous
Where should I start if looking for quality Botox or whatever? Dermatologist? Bougie neighborhood group?
Senior Attorney
Find the best-looking woman you know (and with whom you have the appropriate relationship) and ask where she gets hers done.
Anon
+1 If you like a practice’s aesthetic and work, the better chances you will be happy with your results. If their clients look overdone, you will be overdone too. Ask around with people who have a look that you like/
A lot of people will insist on a physican, but you really want somebody who does a lot of injections. My favorite provider so far is a nurse practitioner.
anon
Yes. Mine happens to be a plastic surgeon, but I really looked for someone who has a lot of experience. He happened to be convenient and lower on the unit price side but a nurse would have been fine too!
My favorite compliment is that no one can tell I get it done.
Anon
Yep. Each practice has it’s own aesthetic and you want to find one you like. Would second what folks say below – the most important thing is someone who does a LOT of botox. Some say they want an MD, but to that end, I’d take an NP that only does aesthetic injectables over an MD who does everything from nose jobs to botox.
anne-on
Any suggestions for the best brands of sublingual B12? I’m apparently pretty deficient and my primary care doc wants me to start taking it. I’ll try to eat more cereal/tuna/bananas as well since I’m not a vegetarian but dislike most meat/fish and don’t really want to eat more. I already take 2 high dose fish oil pills daily so I have that covered at least.
Anonymous
Herbaland makes the best B12 imo, but it’s not sublingual it’s a gummy with D to help absorption.
Anonymous
Look for stuff that’s USP-verified. Kirkland is, I think Nature’s Made often is too.
Anonymous
That is totally meaningless. USP verified means nothing.
Anonymous
What do you mean usp-verified is meaningless? Because the industry isn’t regulated those are the only ones that definitely contain what they say they contain.
anon
+1 million. Kirkland has a sublingual USP-verified B12. Flavor is quite…cherry forward, but tolerable.
Vicky Austin
No advice on the vitamin front, but the best tuna salads I’ve ever had are these two: https://www.budgetbytes.com/sesame-tuna-salad/
https://www.budgetbytes.com/sweet-and-spicy-tuna-salad/
Hopefully that helps you with your tuna intake! :)
Anonymous
Trader Joe’s sublingual B12 is highly recommended by my nutritionist and doctor.
Coach Laura
I’ve been taking TJ’s for years and I can tell when I miss it. So I think it’s effective.
Anon
Speaking from hard won experience, my symptoms didn’t turn around until I switched to B12 shots. A lot of B12 deficiency is malabsorption deficiency, which sublinguals probably don’t actually get around (I know the idea is that it just soaks in sublingually, but the research shows it’s not that different from oral supplementation). Even when the sublinguals improve levels, levels cannot tell you if it’s working or not (unfortunately). My PCP really let me down on this, and it took way too long (and an “idiopathic small fiber neuropathy” Dx that could have been avoided) to figure out.
But my favorite brands are Jarrow and Seeking Health (I gave them all to my husband since he does benefit from them). For an actual deficiency, Seeking Health may be preferable since you’d want to be getting both active forms (methyl and adenosyl) or a complete form (hydroxo or cyano), not just methylcobalamin (methyl alone is more for people who are bad at methylating B12 than for people who are straight up deficient in B12).
Anon
For those of you who have had closets done, what are the things that were the best choices and also things that seemed good at the time but didn’t pan out?
Also for those of you with lots of tall boots, how to you store them? In boxes? With those boot-hanger thingies? I am tired of having a giant stack of boxes on the floor, as if I were the worst shoe/boot store ever. They were on a shelf, but I can’t reach the top of the stack once I got a third pair of boots, so the stack lives on the floor now (and on the shelf in the summer). Le sigh.
Anonymous
Maybe not what you’re looking for, but I keep the boxes of tall boots under my bed.
Anonymous
I keep them in shoeboxes at eye level… but I only have 3 pairs of fun boots, the rest are rainboots and live in the mudroom corner.
Anon
I only have 3 pairs of tall boots in my closet so they stand on a shelf with boot trees in them to keep them upright.
AZCPA
I had mine done last winter (California Closets) and it was worth every penny.
I have a floor to ceiling shoe/boot section, so they all stand up on a large shelf (with stuffing or boot shapers from Amazon) in a row at the bottom.
My two favorite things are the closet backs (so you don’t see the closet wall – not a functional element but makes the closet look and feel super luxe – and the built in multi bag hamper.
Anon
My daughter seems to get cold easily, particularly with her feet (even in thick wool hiking socks). For an upcoming ski trip, are there any sock liners, etc. that would help better keep her feet warm? I know that there are battery-operated socks and a version of hot hands for feet, but those haven’t worked well for her. Size 10 adult feet if that helps. We live in the coastal carolinas, so we don’t have local ski stores / experts but can order from any recommended place. I don’t want to wait until we get there to try to shop for a known need.
Anonymous
There are neoprene boot cover things you can get. They have mixed reviews and probably won’t last for more than one season, but I know two people who have had good luck with them. I use the disposable heat warmer things myself, but want to try something else that is less wasteful.
Anon
Experiment in your current weather. I usually wear medium weight socks because heavier ones make my feet sweat, THEN I get cold. Could that be the case here? If so, medium weight socks, or medium plus a liner might be an answer.
Any reputable outdoor store should be able to help you…. this isn’t a skiing specific issue.
Flats Only
The not sweating is huge. Apparently that’s how Eskimos (sorry I sure there’s a better term) keep warm – never break a sweat that then chills you. Also, a fatty breakfast (bacon and eggs) gives the body fat to burn for warmth.
Anon
Yup I have sweaty hands and feet and when I ski I switch out my socks and gloves throughout the day so they stay dry
Is it Friday yet?
There’s a wide variety of heated socks – not sure what you’ve tried before, but I have a set from Lenz and while quite spendy (approx $400) they are amazing and the only thing that has worked for my also always-cold feet. The other thing is heated boot insoles, which a ski shop would carry – the Hottronic ones are supposed to be good (but my shop said to just go with the socks, cause you can use them with any boots/shoes). The disposable hot hands packs are useless and turn into cold lumps in your boots because they get no air. Also, thick socks and extra liners aren’t necessarily the best move, as you want toes to have good circulation and to be able to wiggle. I generally wear thin SmartWool or Darn Tough socks (if I’m not wearing the Lenz socks). Also make sure her boots aren’t buckled so tight it impedes circulation.
Anonymous
Do you happen to have any recommendations for less expensive heated socks? I’d like to give them a try too, but $400 is a little much for me at the moment when my spending on my outdoor gear has already hit record highs this year…
Is it Friday yet?
I don’t, sadly. I felt ridiculous buying them, but they have been such a game-changer on cold days (skiing, hiking, at the barn, outdoor dining, the time I got talked into trying fly fishing) that they are maybe the most useful bit of gear I own. I’m actually comfortable on sub-zero ski days for the first time in my life, it’s incredible.
Anonymous
I have heated boots. Also, smartwool socks.
pugsnbourbon
The trick with the hot hands is to open them 15-20 minutes before you need them so they get air and fully activate.
Two other ideas – silk sock liners or sheepskin insoles. I found a pair of UGG insoles on Am@zon for about $20.
Is it Friday yet?
Yep that works and they get hot – and then only stay hot for about five minutes once they’re in ski boots with no airflow. They probably work fine in more air-permeable shoes, and they work for mittens/gloves, but I have never had any ski boot success with them.
Anon
I have very cold extremities and used to get bad frostbite as a child on my feet from normal day to day life in New England (also size 10 feet). The issue for me is that my feet couldn’t generate heat, so it didn’t matter how thickly they were wrapped, there was no warmth there to begin with to keep in. Even in school or at home they were cold – for normal life I found that uggs + wool socks were the only thing that kept me comfortable. For anything outdoors and skiing in particular, I did need more robust solutions so I would use hot hands for feet. The caveat is that they need to get oxygen routinely, so I would typically take a break while skiing every ~90 minutes and take them fully out of the boots or open a new pair if needed. Some ski areas also have boot warmers in the lodge and I would use those during the breaks as well.
Nora
I have this issue too and for me it is important that my feet dont get cold in the first place. The heattech socks from uniqlo definitely make a difference. Also either insulated boots or a liner. I often wear heattech socks + thick wool hiking socks
Anonymous
You need layers. Not one pair of thick wool hiking socks, but two medium pairs of wool (actual wool, not woolen) socks.
She needs insulated (aluminum underside) wool felt or pelt insoles as well.
She might need bigger shoes to have room for the layers and to be able to wiggle her toes. If she can’t wiggle, it’s too tight and she’ll get even colder for not being able to move.
Windbreaker garters are also great, on the outside, if you’re doing cross-country. Don’t know if they do anything for downhill.
Anonymous
Anyone else feeling totally angry, frustrated, and powerless? SCOTUS yesterday was just the icing on the cake. I’m so exhausted.
Anonymous
Yes. Women’s rights are under near constant assault and it’s incredibly damaging to my mental health. There seems to be a concerted effort to prevent women from recognizing their power as a class – whenever you bring up an issue affecting women, there are tons of conservatives ready to oppose improvements on face and then tons of liberals ready to weaken the movement by dividing women up based on their other characteristics (race, income level, location, etc.) to convince us that there is no way women can possibly organize together. All of it serves the same purpose: to keep women down. I’m angry and frustrated too.
Anonymous
With you. SCOTUS stuff is awful.
Anon
YEAH and anyone who didn’t vote for Hillary in 2016 because she was unlikeable or wasn’t Bernie, this is on you.
Horse Crazy
+1 million. Great effing job voting for Jill Stein, idiots.
Anonymous
I’m pissed at those people too, but Hillary did win the popular vote by over 3M ballots. I reserve the majority of my ire for men who swing states who voted for Stein even when they knew their ballots counted more in our f*cked system.
Anon
Women in swing states too. Our votes still count equally for now.
Anon
Since people can mail-order drugs, including from Canada, might this be a work-around in any event?
[Also, why are BCPs still prescription? I take them continuously to manage bleeding and b/c having a period is annoying and hate “running out” because they are foolishly designed to make you bleed 1 week out of 4. There ought to be an always-on option for all BCPs, not just the “seasonal” ones. Not sure why I need to bleed 4 or 14 times a year (but sure glad I’m not bleeding randomly and anemic anymore).]
Anonymous
BCPs are prescription because they do have side effects and can be misused. But they should be so, so much easier to get.
Anonymous
Many over the counter medications such as aspirin, Tylenol, and Sudafed also have side effects and can be misused.
AnonInfinity
Sure, if you want to chance very real and scary penalties (in my red state, there will definitely be harsh penalties if Roe is overturned). Also there are emergency situations. Also there are abortions needed when the medications may no longer be effective. And speaking of birth control, I know for sure that my state and many others will attempt to outlaw certain types of birth control if Roe is overturned.
There are lots of reasons Roe shouldn’t be overturned beyond just that some women in these states will continue to have access under certain circumstances.
pugsnbourbon
+1. Access to telemedicine abortion is amazing but it’s not enough.
And you’re absolutely right – if you’re in a red state make sure you can get at least another few years out of your IUD.
Anonymous
We should never assume that abortion might get outlawed, but that contraception will remain safe. All women need to be on the alert for rollbacks in access to birth control pills, IUDs, and other highly effective forms of birth control.
AnonInfinity
Absolutely. I’m considering surgical options if the worst happens because my IUD will become illegal where I live and because I’m afraid that if I had an ectopic pregnancy due to my IUD, I wouldn’t be able to get appropriate care.
Anon
I am. Hearing Kavanaugh say with a straight face that nullifying Roe would be taking a ‘neutral’ position on abortion – my head exploded.
Seriously – letting the states determine how / whether to recognize constitutional rights for a certain group of citizens? What could possibly go wrong?
PolyD
I am not a lawyer, but I am wondering if I can convince my state to make a law that takes away the rights of men creditably accused of domestic violence to own guns. I mean, if we’re going to let states decide about rights.
And also to mandate organ donation upon death – no reason a dead person should have more bodily autonomy than a live woman, and it would be very pro-life to get more organs into circulation.
Agurk
Forget dead people, mandate kidney and bone marrow donation for live people. If I can be forced to give my uterus to another person, other people can be forced to give their kidneys to someone in need.
Anonymous
+1. I suggest we mandate it for members of Congress to start – or better yet, SCOTUS. Why not?
pugsnbourbon
I love your gun law idea – it could also get a bunch of bad cops off the force.
Anonymous
My state takes guns away from anyone with a domestic violence restraining order against them. (And upon conviction of domestic violence, of course.)
Anon
I have to pay for something important with a check tomorrow. I turned my house upside down today and the only checkbook I can find has my husband’s name on it, but I’m legally on the account as well – does anyone know if it will it be ok?
Anon
Go to your bank and you can get free printed, blank checks (my bank does 4 at a time).
Aunt Jamesina
Can you just have him sign it?
I have an old pack of checks with just my name on it (because I seem to only write 2-3 checks per year) despite the fact that my husband has been on the account for years, so I’m the one who signs them. I’ve never had a problem.
Anon
He can’t be there unfortunately – has to be home with the kids. Could he sign it advance?
Senior Attorney
And yes, of course he can sign it in advance.
Anon
I doubt it.
Anon
My mother added me onto her account after my father passed away. My name is not on the checks. The bank employee who added me to the account specifically told me I am able to use the checks, even though my name isn’t printed on them.
Cat
Im still writing checks from a book that has my maiden name and student address on it – from 15 years ago – and nothing has seemed to happen…
Anon
Yeah my own checkbook that I can’t find has my maiden name and a very old address and I’ve used it with no problems. But I do feel like using a different person’s checks is a little bit different.
Senior Attorney
It’s fine. We do this all the time.