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The Romy pointy-toe pump from Jimmy Choo has been around for years and years, and I think if you're looking to splurge on a classic investment shoe, you'd be hard-pressed to find anything better than this one. It has a 4″ heel and a classic pointy toe, and it's got a bunch of rave reviews. It comes in several colors, too — in leather, patent leather, and suede. The Romy is $595–$650 at Nordstrom and also available at Neiman Marcus and Saks. Romy Pointy-Toe Pump
A great option that's more affordable is from Sam Edelman — the Hazel pump, which is currently on sale at Nordstrom.
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Sales of note for 11.5.24
- Nordstrom – Fall sale, up to 50% off!
- Ann Taylor – 11/5 only – 60% off sale
- Banana Republic Factory – 50% off everything + extra 25% off with your GAP Inc. credit card
- Bloomingdales is offering gift cards ($20-$1200) when you spend between $100-$4000+. The promotion ends 11/10, and the gift cards expire 12/24.
- Boden – 10% off new styles with code; free shipping over $75
- Eloquii – Fall clearance event, up to 85% off
- J.Crew – 40% off fall favorites; prices as marked
- J.Crew Factory – Up to 60% off everything + 60% off clearance
- Lo & Sons – Fall Sale, up to 35% off
- M.M.LaFleur – Save 25% sitewide
- Neiman Marcus – Up to 30% off on new arrivals
- Spanx – Lots of workwear on sale, some up to 70% off
- Talbots – Buy one, get one – 50% off everything!
- White House Black Market – Holiday style event, take 25% off your entire purchase
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Anon
Am I stupid to be applying for jobs right now? Background – my current job ends in November, but I am at-will, so I can leave anytime. I am having major foot surgery on February that will leave me off of work for a month, and no driving for 2 months. I don’t want to wait until I’m fully back and recovered to look for jobs, because I’m worried I’ll pass up a good opportunity. On the other hand, I don’t really want to give my current job notice while I’m on medical leave. On a third (?) hand, I’m worried about dealing with interviews while I’m unable to walk and drive. Sorry for the rambling post – I’m just unsure what the right thing to do is.
Anon
If you were unemployed, I could see the value of applying now; the process can take many weeks at best, and you could simply negotiate for a flexible start date or work from home.
But you’re not unemployed, so it seems like the desire to rush headlong into job searching 10 months before your job ends, and while you’re on medical leave and unable to interview, seems… misguided at best.
Apply in late February or early March.
OP
Other factors to consider – I truly hate my current job. Also, there are only about 2 or 3 weeks that I “can’t” interview. I appreciate your insights!
Ellen
I would apply now; early and often, Dad says. You won’t get a new job until you start applying, so start now. He is adameant that we women can’t just sit around and wait for a guy to marry you. You need to assert yourself and be independent, and do not subordinate your interest (or your libido) to men, he says. My dad is VERY smart, and at a MENSA level for many years, he keeps reminding me! YAY Dad!
Anon
I think this depends on your profession and the type of jobs you are applying for. If you were an attorney applying for federal or in-house jobs, I would stay to go ahead and apply now cause I’ve never known them to schedule interviews within a month of submitting an application package. If your in tech, the advice may be different since my understanding is that the hiring process is faster.
Anon
Is healthcare coverage a factor for you (are you in a country with socialized medicine or have a spouse that has you on their insurance)? If so, keep interviewing. It can only help you practice your interviewing skills. That said – will you be able to get to in person interviews in the next couple months? Will you be able to start a job within 2 weeks of accepting an offer? If not, why bother?
Honestly, just ride out the medical leave and start applying two weeks before our leave is up.
anon
If you’re having surgery, will you really be at your best for interviews and such? I would probably wait unless the absolute perfect thing comes along.
Anonymous
FWIW I have no idea what you are having done, but I’ve had 3 friends have various flavors of major foot surgery and ALL of them took way longer to recover fully than expected.
Anonymous
I understand the reluctance. However, if you were called about an interview at not an ideal time, maybe you could see if the company would delay until you had better mobility or is willing to do the first interview by telephone? If you were still on certain painkillers, I could see wanting to delay an interview. If it is an issue of getting to an interview, I know I would help out a friend in that situation.
anon
Is a dark suit with slim, ankle-length pants acceptable in federal court? Not cropped — long enough to hit right at or below the ankle. Three years I would have said no, but now I can’t imagine wearing standard wide-leg pants anymore…
Anon
Absolutely yes (and I have). I can’t imagine wearing another type of pant.
Anonymous
yes, I exclusively practice in federal court and that is totally fine. as long as they aren’t legging-tight (and it doesn’t like sound like it), many women wear suits like that.
BR Curvy Sloanes
Has anyone tried these? BR Sloanes didn’t work for me, but BR Logans are my go-to (ditto the Julie pants at Loft). Do they work on pears? How does the sizing run on you?
In many cuts of pants, I look awfully thick, which isn’t a look I go for at work (or ever, but especially work).
Anon
+1 I have the same question as a thick-legged pear. Sadly, BRF Ryan (slim straight) doesn’t fit me. I’d love more options than Logans and Julies…
Equestrian Attorney
I also like the Logan and hated the Sloan curvy – the fabric bunched up in strange ways and the leg wasn’t that slim on me. Bummer, I really wanted to love them.
Belle Boyd
I just got a call for an interview from a company I interviewed with many (about 25) years ago. It was listed as company confidential or I never would have applied. The company is a large, family-owned specialty foods distributor. When I interviewed before, I spoke with two of the men from the family that owned the business. It was as close to s**ual harassment as I’ve ever come. Both were very inappropriate and I was completely uncomfortable. They also left out some very important details — such as, when they are shorthanded in the warehouse, the office staff (which was mostly women) were required to help load trucks. I imagine the truck-loading requirement is no longer, but the whole first issue of inappropriateness has stayed with me all this time. I don’t know if I should go on the interview or decline. I imagine things have changed and these two men have since retired, but I have no idea if the environment has changed. What would you do?
Anon
The risk would not be worth it for me. Even if those two men retired, I think it’s unlikely that the entire company culture that supported that is gone. It’s possible that things have changed, but barring some concrete evidence of that change, I wouldn’t even bother.
Anon
I’d ask who owns the company, how much it has expanded, and if it’s been acquired. A daughter or wife taking over, a huge expansion to make the business more corporatey or an acquisition with new management can really change things. It’s likely most of the people working 25 yrs ago have since retired.
Anonymous
25 years is a long time and a lot can change. I’d at least go on the interview. You can always turn down the job if it seems like things haven’t changed that much (or walk out if it’s really bad).
Anon
Twenty-five years ago is eons. (Think about even, say, the jokes on Friends that haven’t aged well.) If you’re otherwise interested in the job, go for it. Can’t hurt.
Ellen
Agreed. Those old farts have certainly left by now, and even if you come across other leches, they will likely be looking and thinking young, and not interested in people like us after 25 years, since we by definition, are not the way we were when we were 20-25. If you get the job, you will then have a decision to make; otherwise, don’t sweat the details, interview, smell them out and you have nothing to loose!
BeenThatGuy
Corporate culture rarely changes, regardless of senior management changes. That has been my experience and I’ve been with the same company 21 years. (Nothing harassing or inappropriate going on at my place of business though)
Erin
I think it could be same, worse, or better – but what I will say is that when I hear stories about my own office 25+ years ago, it’s amazing how much has changed! So it’s definitely worth feeling out if the job is otherwise appealing.
Anon
I’d honestly interview out of curiosity. In 25 years isn’t it possible that it isn’t a family owned co. anymore — was it bought out by a larger/more corporate concern? Or even if it’s family owned, they aren’t running it? If any of those things have happened, culture can change in a hurry. And if you get there and it turns out it hasn’t changed, they call you sweetie, and office staff is still loading trucks — well then you waste what 1 hr of your time total for the first round?
nuqotw
Not quite what you asked, but I always wonder why the job ad says “company confidential.” It makes it seem as though they know the company is not a desirable place to work. It’s not like you’re going to start work and not know the company name or even go to the interview and not know the company name. That the company would be cagey about its name in a job ad always strikes me as odd and slightly concerning, doubly so in this case.
Alena
If the job ad says “company confidential” there probably is a person on the job now, and they want to find a replacement before letting that person go.
Can you find people working there today through your network? You can ask them what culture is like.
Anonymous
Does anyone have any meatless slow cooker recipes they love? Thank you!
Anon
If you look at pinch of yum freezer meals (just google that) her recipes can mostly be cooked in the instant pot or slow cooker, and many of them are meatless, centered around beans, cauliflower, nuts etc
Coach Laura
Yes, I love Pinch of Yum’s freezer meatless meals (well, all her recipes actually) but the freezer wild rice soup, the golden soup, the detox lental butternut squash soup, sweet potato stew, Moraccan chickpea stew all are fabulous and my definitely non-vegan husband loved them all.
When you go into her site on the recipes tab, you can choose “vegan” and “slow cooker” to sort.
Erin
We have some favorites from the cookbook Slow Cooker Revolution (by America’s Test Kitchen). As with all their recipes, we up the amount and varieties of vegetables, but the recipes are a solid base.
Vicky Austin
I thought I was crazy…but come on, one rib of celery in a stew that serves 6 people?! Glad I’m not the only one!
Jules
This one is very good (I maybe got it here years ago), it can cook all day while you’re at work and it makes a large amount.
https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/36922/mushroom-lentil-barley-stew/
I add a pound of baby carrots, sliced medium-thick, for color and more nutritional bang, and use fresh onion. Also note, the pepper amount is seriously off. Start with 1/2 tsp.
Jules
Also, FWIW I use black lentils, which I think are tastier and maybe higher protein than regular green lentils, but that’s just me.
Anon
Here are three that I make constantly (at least once a month).
https://pinchofyum.com/crockpot-sweet-potato-lentils
https://www.chowhound.com/recipes/slow-cooker-root-vegetable-stew-29347
https://www.kitchentreaty.com/slow-cooker-quinoa-sweet-potato-black-bean-vegetarian-chili/
…guess I really love sweet potatoes!
Cat
Has anyone tried Sarah Flint shoes? The influencer world is selling them HARD and I see some of their styles are marked down today. Are the insoles really that amazing?
The original Scarlett
I’m easily influenced but they are indeed really comfortable. I have the sandals and pumps and love them. They have a steel heel so they feel much more solid than that style usually does.
Ellen
I love the look of these pumps, but they are soooooooooo expensive, Kat! Dad will NOT let me spend this much on pumps! FOOEY!
RR
CapHillStyle has a review on them today. Her conclusion was comfy for what they are, but she would love them more at a lower price point. I’m still lusting after them though.
Marshmallow
I went on a major hunt a few months ago for The Perfect Black Pump, so I tried a few of their shoes. They did not work for me. I have small feet but sort of a wide toe-box, so even though the arch support was great, my toes were squeezed in my true size. A half size up was more comfortable in the toe box, but then I was walking out of the shoe.
I actually found that Tamara Mellon was far and away more comfortable even though there’s much less padding. Everybody’s feet are different, but at least for me, I felt like the TMs cupped my heel in a secure way and I don’t walk out of them.
Anonymous
I bought my first pair of Romy 100s recently (on Gilt for $375) and they are amazing. The only 4″ heel I’ve been able to wear standing up/walking for any length of time without being uncomfortable. I’ve been truly amazed at how comfortable they are. If they’re in your budget, I highly recommend!!