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- Spanx – Lots of workwear on sale, some up to 70% off
- Talbots – Flash sale ending soon – markdowns starting from $15, extra 70% off all other markdowns (final sale)
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Interesting money discussion this morning. To what extent is your identity tied to salary and if you had to take a job that was a step down financially, does that “bother” you? I know it’s esp common in fields like IB or biglaw where if you don’t move up the ladder or just don’t want to work 24-7, you move on to another job but usually those jobs pay less. I’m personally not a big money person – single so don’t have daycare/nanny costs; like to live nicely but am not into expensive shoes or bags or clothes though I do like nice hotels for the 1-2x year I get away. I took one of these jobs and 2 years in, I’m much more bothered about the $ than I though I’d be. Like I’m seeing my job as unimportant and seeing myself as “unsuccessful” etc bc it doesn’t pay $$$ like the last one. Yet I WANTED to make this move. Anyone else feel this? You never hear it from women, though I’ve heard men allude to it.
I feel it in that my husband and I used to make the same amount but I went to a nonprofit and now I make much less. I’m happy I made the move, but it felt like it shifted my identity in my marriage (if not the world) a bit. I contribute to the household, but he makes 6x more than me at this point…
So yeah, I feel less successful, but it was still the right decision!
I don’t care what I make in comparison to my husband, and we’ve switched back and forth over the years on who has been the higher earner. But, I would deeply care about a financial step down of my salary. I’ve had a few situations in my career where I’ve had to take a lateral salary move, which to me is changing jobs for less than a $5k raise, and even that has really bothered me. I have a salary figure in mind (either family figure or my own salary) that would allow me to relax a little more, but I/we haven’t hit it yet. But, we’re very close, so I wonder if my mindset will change when I do actually hit the target.
I personally have to make 100% of the money in my family b/c I am not married, and frankly, don’t see any worthy prospects. So even though I personally do NOT care about money, my dad wants me to be financially savvy and self suffiecient once he is gone. I do NOT even want to think about that b/c he handels everyting for me other than the legal billing, which I do myself. But if I could get a guy to marry me, I would not even work. I am expanding my view of eligible men to any man, professionally employed, between the ages of 30 and 65. I know I am moving out the old guy limit, but figure that they may want to pump out 1 or 2 more kids while they still can (kind of like Tony Randal did). He had a young wife and did that, tho he did pass away. His wife was well taken care of. I do not think this is ideal, but for the right guy, I would not mind him trying to have kid’s with me, though not more then 1x per day. FOOEY on guys that just want to have me take my clotheing off, and then fail to perform.
Salary is important to me, both as a standard measurement of “success” and because I like expensive things (travel, purses and not having to really think to hard about money). I also have a son with special needs which costs money both now and for his future. Above all, I worked hard to be where I am and my job, and moving forward in it, is a core aspect of my identity. I would never take a lifestyle job – it is not who I am at all.
There is nothing to be ashamed of in wanting more money, more prestige or a combination of both. You can always go back, OP.
“Above all, I worked hard to be where I am and my job, and moving forward in it, is a core aspect of my identity. I would never take a lifestyle job – it is not who I am at all.”
SO MUCH THIS.
I like having enough money that I don’t need to worry that I can’t make a payment or can’t afford to send money to family or buy groceries without checking my bank account. I make twice what my husband does, and i like my job twice as much, too.
It’s okay to decide that this isn’t working for you and look for something higher-compensated.
Well, as a counterpoint I feel the same way and I make $45k/year. It’s the most I’ve ever made, since I’m not in a highly-remunerated field. I knew that going in and would rather make the money I make now, doing a job I love and care deeply about, than make six figures pushing papers for The Man.
I have various metrics (many based on privilege) that make $45k abundant for me: no loan debt, no health problems, no kids (one laughably expensive dog, but YOLO), partnered up. I don’t live in a HCOL area but that’s by choice. But I think there’s a lot to be said for structuring one’s life and mindset such that $45k feels abundant, rather than pathetic. Not judging anyone with different priorities obviously, just want to provide a counterpoint.
I’ve been all over the place and taken several jobs which were steps down in salary. I’m back up to just under where I was when working in a law firm out of school, but much much happier. I took some of the pay cuts because it was worth it to me for my mental and physical help, and others because I had backed myself into a corner and just needed a job. I used to care about fancy things a lot more than I do now, but I don’t plan to take a pay cut again. However, my push against taking another pay cut is more because I have experienced being paid less as a woman for doing the same job (with more experience) as a man. (I know I can live on less if I need to as a single person.) It’s infuriating and I will now and forever fight to be paid in line with the benefit I bring to the organization and especially equal to or greater than men who do the same job with the same experience.
Yes, definitely. I went into biglaw specifically for the experience and credentials to get me in-house. I figured I would do it as long as I could handle it and after a lot of hits to my health and sanity, finally landed an in-house position where I am now. I was thrilled about the change but man oh man the dip in pay really bugged me. We are more than ok financially – I could stop working if I wanted to – but after being Miss-Straight-A-Student my whole life, involved in everything, going to the top schools and always achieving the ‘best’ (whether grades, schools, internships, jobs, sports, extracurriculars, etc.) it felt like my salary had come to replace the grades and I felt like I was worth less because well, my salary was worth less. In school, if there were As being given out, I figured there was no reason why I couldn’t get them. So I did. Same went for anything else competitive, if they were there, I got them. That has translated into the thought that if there are higher salaries out there for lawyers, why not get them? I did for a time and got that ceiling salary, but you come to realize that you’re no longer a student and life isn’t just about achieving the next whatever but actually building it to look how you want it to.
I look at it this way: I make way more per hour actually worked than I did when I was in private practice.
I had a pair of yellow wedges that I adored for summer and wore into the ground. They weren’t super bright, probably close to the color of a legal pad. My biggest issues was that once the leather got stained no amount of polish could fix them And yellow shoe polish wasn’t easy to find. I’d love find a replacement for them.
Tarrago shoe polish. Amazon. Pass it on. ;)
I tried that! Sadly, didn’t work. Not sure if it was the type of leather or the shoes were just too far gone.
Hive I just found out I got my first independent research position! Am super super excited to start building better models of breast cancer!
That’s great! Congratulations!
that’s fantastic! I am super envious, in a good way!
Congratulations!!!
Ladies, I think I need a reality check. I’ve been with my SO for 15 years/married for most of that and we are in the same industry. A few weeks ago, we were at an industry-related event. He was staying at a hotel overnight because he had to be there for multiple days, but I was just there for the evening and then going home. I left around 11pm when he was headed to the hotel bar with several other industry people. I later found out that he went to the hotel bar for a little bit, but then left with two young women and went to another bar until 3am. Honestly, I don’t even know why these young women were at this event in the first place other than they know my SO. They are friends of his and I am not insinuating that anything inappropriate happened. However, I’m finding myself annoyed at this situation because I think it LOOKS inappropriate. Many people that know both of us would have seen him drinking at the bar alone with them and then leaving together. He’s about a decade older than both of them. Am I being crazy? I really don’t want to be Mike Pence and I hate that I feel this way, but sometimes you can’t help how you feel. I told my husband that it kind of bothered me because I think it looks bad and he got mad because he thought I was insinuating that something in appropriate happened. I’m also pretty sure they were in his hotel room for a little bit too.
WHAT? How does he know these women? Did he tell you they were there/that he was going to hang out with them? That is the issue that really matters. The fact that industry people may have noticed is icing on the cake. And no married person should be bringing people back to their hotel room – no matter how much younger/older than them they are.
What? HE got mad? Girl, I’m with you. It’s odd. It looks wrong and more importantly it feels wrong to you. I wouldnt appreciate having my feelings dismissed no matter what.
+1. He should’t make you feel like your feelings and opinions aren’t valid. Sounds defensive to me.
Not crazy. I trust my husband, but if he had coworkers in his room, i’d be mad. Not bc i’d be worried anything happened, but because People.Be.Gossips. Absent “I walked Cheryl to her room and sat w/her for a while bc she got news of xyz personal tragedy and I didn’t want her to be alone”, it’s just not a good idea.
It looks bad because it is bad. And that’s why you are mad. No one else will notice or care. It’s not about looks.
I would not be ok with my husband entertaining female coworkers alone in his hotel room or leaving a bar with them at 3 am. Of course he has meals and drinks outside of work hours with women he works with and I’m fine with that, but the situation you described is just asking for trouble/gossip.
You’re not being crazy. If I were in your shoes, I would be upset that not only does it show poor judgment at a work event but also it makes me feel stupid/foolish that my colleagues/professional contacts watched my husband go out with two other women after I left.
Thinking about my own husband, he would definitely react defensively if I chastised him for showing poor professional judgment – he would say, “If you trust me, why do you care what my colleagues think about me?” but making the point that I care what MY colleagues think about ME would probably be a clearer way to get the point across and not turn into an argument about whether or not I trust him.
I totally disagree with everyone else. While you maybe cannot control having feelings, you can certainly control what you do with them. If you trust your husband, then getting upset because “people might gossip” comes across as a bit controlling and paranoid.
Picture the reverse situation, how would you feel if he came at you with this?
Honestly if my husband was upset at me for having men in my hotel room at a conference, I would deserve it. I am in a male-dominated field and have dinner with men all the time for work reasons, but we don’t hang out until 3am and go to each other’s rooms.
I’m sorry…what?? Your husband was out until drinking until 3 am with two women, and then they were in his hotel room?
Yeah, I’d be plenty upset. Something inappropriate DID happen, in my books. A man was out drinking at 3 am with two women he wasn’t married to and then invited them back to his hotel room. Or took them back when they invited themselves. Or whatever happened. At the minimum it’s immature and foolish in the extreme, on all of their parts.
Are you serious with this – he was out drinking with two women to whom he was not married?
Is that you, Mother Pence?
That’s really out of line. I would be really upset if my husband was out drinking until 3 am with a woman/women UNLESS they were his relatives, very close friends I knew (in that case, I would probably be with them anyway), or clients he needed to entertain and for whatever reason it went late. This situation is none of those. That doesn’t make me “Mother Pence.”
She said “out drinking at 3 am with two women who wasn’t married to.” Drinking at that hour is pretty different than happy hour after work. My husband works in a female-dominated industry and socializes with women a lot, but I see a big distinction between dinner or after work drinks on the one hand and bar-hopping until the wee hours of the night on the other hand. I wouldn’t be psyched about the latter regardless of the sex of the people involved because it seems sort of fratty and immature to me, but I think a big group of both men and women makes it more appropriate. I wouldn’t be comfortable with my husband alone at a bar with a couple women at 3 am.
Til 3am and brought them back to his room. You don’t have to be mike pence to think that’s off.
Mike Pence won’t ever be alone with a woman who’s not his wife, even in a WORK setting. That’s a far cry from thinking that a man shouldn’t be drinking at 3 am with two young women and then inviting them back to his hotel room. My husband works with and mentors lots of younger women and socializes with them regularly as a result. I’m fine with that. I would not be fine with him drinking with two women at 3 am and then inviting them to his hotel room. (Especially the hotel room part – IMO, there is never a need to have a coworker of any gender in your own hotel room. If you want to socialize, do it publicly. If you need to work, hotels have conference rooms).
“IMO, there is never a need to have a coworker of any gender in your own hotel room. If you want to socialize, do it publicly. If you need to work, hotels have conference rooms.”
I will push back on this always and forever. I am a trial attorney. It’s simply not realistic to suggest that I never visit a colleague’s hotel room to discuss matters. We’re not going to hole up in a hotel conference room at 3 am, with all of our stuff. It’s just not realistic. I despise blanket statements like this. What am I supposed to do when Boss Partner calls me to ask me to come chat about cross exam at 1 am- “No Boss, please bring the banker’s boxes full of case files and your laptop down to the lobby, so we can talk there. See you in 5!” Come on. Give people some credit for being adults.
anon@6:40 – I agree with you, but isn’t that something you’d at least mention to your SO ahead of time? I’m not necessarily envisioning a big sit down about it, more just, conversation? about what you’re going to be doing for the next X weeks when you’re in trial. And assuming that’s the case – and your spouse knows that sometimes coworkers are in each others hotel rooms for work – then there’s no issue.
In my mind, any blanket statement like this always (here’s my blanket statement) comes with the understood – unless your spouse is cool with it. If you’re going to have coworkers in your room and you’ve already mentioned that to your spouse, great. If you’re going to have surprise visitors drunkenly hanging out at 3 a.m. and your spouse doesn’t know, not great.
Ok, it seems like a lot of people here emphasize the hotel room thing and the 3 am thing, so I ask this in all seriousness – do none of you have firm/work retreats where this kind of thing goes on? And if so, how do you handle it? And at what point does it become unacceptable to stay out with your colleagues – is there an actual time that it becomes unacceptable?
More significantly, how do you handle it if you have to go back to your room because it has become past the point of acceptable in your eyes? Because forcing yourself to leave a good time with your friends because of what amounts to “married person curfew” is kind of Pence-adjacent.
Trying to think this through, I think my rough calculus is that if any 2 of these 4 conditions are met, it’s time to go home:
1. I’ve had more than 4 drinks
2. It’s after midnight
3. The group has dwindled to fewer than 4 people
4. We’re not in a public place
This would probably be my approximate rule for work events whether married, in a relationship, or single. I like having fun but I don’t want colleagues gossiping about me.
No? People go out drinking together, but usually in large mixed groups, not just one man and two women, and nobody ever goes to anybody else’s hotel room. It would never occur to me to invite a co-worker, male or female, back to my hotel room. Why would you need to do that? You can drink in bars.
No. I’m professional. I don’t drink with coworkers until 3am. I never let them in my hotel room. It doesn’t crimp my style at all.
I go out drinking with a male colleague when we travel for work all. the. time. His wife and I are pretty good friends. I’ve actually heard at least one person mutter about me + colleague because we hang out together after the official (boring, filled with not-our-demographic people) events end. But y’know what, it’s the person doing the muttering who is doing something wrong, not me.
What’s weird to me about the OP’s situation is the unexplained, very late night hotel room thing (like, is this conference a party or work? because if it’s “i need a hotel room so i can be here in the AM” type of event, how does drinking after the bars close make sense?) and the husband getting *mad* when she brings it up … that seems off.
Yep, I go to work events including conferences where there is drinking and have occasionally gone for drinks with specific male friends. My partner has no concerns.
I’ve never once had a male friend accompany me to my hotel room. (Walk me to my hotel, and then sometimes sit in a public area and talk for a while, sure.) I have met friends, plural, in someone’s room as the starting point for an evening, and people had a drink there but it was 5-6 people and it really was a “want to have one as we all wait for X and Y to get here” situation. It was not 3am.
When people *do* engage in really serious drinking that goes into the wee hours, or if it seems like there’s some shifting around of behavior from professional to friend to who knows what, that’s a sign that it’s not for me.
OP’s husband’s friends weren’t even part of the event, either, if I’m reading that correctly. So he set up a night of drinking with his female friends on a night when he had a hotel room … ? That’s a big red flag for me.
Sometimes when a thing looks off it’s because it’s super off.
6:55 Anon touched on what I came to say because no one else had mentioned it. These women were only there because they were friends of OP’s husband. For me that adds a whole other level of sketch.
Yeah this is what is weirding me out too.
Yes, being at a work thing that is at a hotel where everyone has rooms and having cocktails then the group working in someone’s room happens all the time.
These women were not coworkers. They were apparently only there because husband knows them. He goes out drinking at another venue with only them, the non-coworkers. He brings only them, the non-coworkers, back to his hotel room. At 3am. Then gets mad when asked about it.
RED FLAGS ABOUND.
This is totally different than even being in a hotel
room with a coworker while working on a project
Our firm has these retreats. We socialize till all hours but you don’t go back to someone’s room unless you are expecting something to happen. I was told I was old fashion we last talked about this on the side about a month ago that
The hotel room bit would bother me. If you’re not staying in the hotel room then there’s no reason for you to go back there after a night out. I’d think that was weird even if the friend in question wasn’t of a gender that my SO was interested in. What, are you reliving your college days? Need to party in your dorm room after the bars close? You’re an adult drink some water and go to bed. The fact that it was two women definitely crosses the appearance-of-impropriety line for me. You’re a married man, you don’t invite a woman who isn’t a family member up to your hotel room unless you’ve discussed it with your wife ahead of time.
I think you’re overreacting about him leaving the bar with two women though. There’s nothing inappropriate about going out for a drink with two friends regardless of gender — assuming they weren’t being flirty, hanging off of each other, etc. If your industry contacts say something negative about that, invite them to join the rest of us in the 21st century.
Can’t you ask him if they were in his hotel room?
Ah F no! That is not ok appearance-wise, and would definitely not be ok marriage-wise in my relationship.
The fact that your husband is defensive and upset about you getting upset means he knows it wasn’t ok and is digging in.
Methinks the husband doth protest too much.
Or maybe he is defensive because this is an irrational overreaction from someone who says that she trusts him but is not acting like it?
For real, would everyone here be ok if their partner was so accusatory about a night out with colleagues? Or maybe I just way more chill than everyone else.
Staying out til 3am and bringing collleagues back to your hotel room would be totes fine? Yup. You’re more chill than me. And than most.
Yes, you’re “way more chill” than most and that does not give you the moral high ground.
I did not suggest it gives me anything, but I do think that her husband has a right to be defensive here. Saying “I trust you” but using “people will talk” to modify and shame his for his behaviour is really passive-aggressive and that kind of thing most people here would be up in arms about if we were talking about a husband saying it to his wife.
If my husband said to me, “I trust you but I also feel embarrassed about what people might say when you have two male colleagues in your hotel room at 3 AM,” I would say, “Fair point, my dear. Fair point.”
No never more shoes the rest of us wouldn’t.
Never too many shoes, she’s not “shaming” his behavior. And even if she is, sorry, but his behavior is inappropriate and unprofessional and deserves some shame.
Off Anony…
If my husband said to me, “I trust you but I also feel embarrassed about what people might say when you have two male colleagues in your hotel room at 3 AM,” I would probably say, “Well, f*ck em, right? People are trashy and gossipy, and you know they were in my room because [reason that makes sense, because i would not be being sketchy and angry about it if there was nothing weird going on].”
I don’t think it’s an irrational overreaction to say, “Hey, you did something that looks inappropriate, and you did it at an event where we have mutual colleagues/contacts, so in some ways, it reflects on both of us… I’m irritated about that and wish you hadn’t done that!”
It doesn’t sound like OP is being particularly accusatory, more that she’s just saying that she thinks her partner showed poor judgment and that’s upsetting to her. And her partner is being dismissive, saying that she doesn’t have any right to feel upset because nothing inappropriate actually happened – which is either missing or deliberately overlooking the point of why she’s upset.
Yeah, don’t hurt your arm patting yourself on the back there. You can win the chill title if you like, but most of us have boundaries in our relationships that stop somewhere short of having young women come to our SO’s hotel room at 3AM.
Bears repeating here – they weren’t colleagues. They’re just his friends. He left a work event – which presumably his company is paying for him to attend – left the valuable networking that comes along with conferences, to go party with his friends until 3 am. Regardless of the gender of the friends, that’s immature and unprofessional.
It’s the hotel room thing that crosses the inappropriate-because-of-gender line. Personally, I wouldn’t care if my SO was out with friends til 3 am if it didn’t interfere with work. I’d care if he brought women back to his hotel room though.
The fact that there were two young women and not just one makes me think it was more innocent. Unless you all are thinking dude had a threesome.
because that never happens, particularly when people are drunk.
People can do a lot of good in their lives by not behaving as if they might be sleazes.
I think that part of the responsibilities in a relationship are not to give someone (reasonable) reason to distrust you. My SO and I are currently long-distance, and I voluntarily curtail some of my activities because he doesn’t need to wonder. Part of the reason he trusts me so much is because I dial it back. Our relationship is more important to me than a night out on the town.
Anyone have recommendations for a new PCP near Capitol Hill (DC)?
One Medical has an office near Union Station.
One Medical has a Union Station location, so not too far, especially from the Senate side. I found One Medical to be a great option for a busy young person – appointments were online, same day in many cases, and their personnel seemed to be quite competent for ordinary issues. However, they’re no longer in-network for CareFirst.
Maybe I’m the only one but I’m not a fan of One Medical. Beautiful offices and convenient scheduling except it’s rare to get to see an actual MD and have them be more than 1 yr out of residency. Usually you’re stuck with very nice but inexperienced PAs and NPs working under the authority of said inexperienced MD. It’s fine for the simplest of things – flu shots etc. Beyond that they have no clue what they’re doing.
Is there a term for the style of jacket/coat that has an asymmetric closure, where one side crosses over the other and is buttoned or invisibly zipped near the neck? (Hard to describe — I’ll put some links to examples in a separate comment.)
I really like the look, and would like to be able to search for it online!
https://www.hobbs.com/en/Blue-Alyssa-Coat-Coats-Outlet-Coats-and-Jackets/wgzar/?productid=0215-3337-3893L00
https://www.hobbs.com/en/Blue-Soraya-Coat-Coats-Coats-and-Jackets/2re65/?productID=0216-3455-3893L00
https://www.frenchconnection.com/product/woman-collections/75ibj/platform-felt-long-sleeved-crossover-jacket.htm
Moto jacket?
moto jacket?
The style I’m thinking of is shaped kind of like a moto jacket, but with no visible zippers — buttons or no visible closure. It looks like my links are stuck in mod, but search for “Hobbs Alyssa Coat” or “French Connection Platform Crossover Jacket” for an idea.
Single breasted trench style?
Single breasted funnel neck?
I don’t think it’s such a common style that it has a specific terminology – it’s kind of cross between a car coat and a buttoned up trenchcoat
Funnel neck
Thanks, this is on the right track!
Asymmetric funnel neck?
Idk what it’s called but Aritzia has one that’s similar. https://www.aritzia.com/us/en/product/cristobal-coat/57360.html?dwvar_57360_color=3248
It’s pretty!
I’m so disappointed! The oft-recommended Sketch for tea in London is booked when I’ll be there (next week), as is the Savoy. Any other great options?
Also, I’d love suggestions for Edinburgh. We’re two adults and a teenager and have two nights and 2.5 days.
Fortnum and Mason for quality of food, the Shangri La hotel for the views, or the Berkeley for instaworthy delicacies. The Orangerie if cost is a factor but since you wanted sketch I’m betting it’s not.
For high tea? Claridge’s.
No for afternoon tea :) high tea is working class dinner
I guess that’s just what we call it in the Colonies ;)
Fortnum & Mason, The Wolseley
Browns hotel for tea (come hungry!)
Nopi for dinner (get the savory cheesecake!)
Oh a previous visit, I loved tea at the Dorchester. It’s more old-school, fancy high tea v. Sketch’s modern take, but it was lovely.
I also have this article saved in my travel folder in case it’s helpful: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/destinations/europe/united-kingdom/england/london/articles/Londons-ten-best-afternoon-teas/
Claridge’s is pretty chic and delish. Recommend.
Also, highly recommend my favorite two museums there — Cabinet War Rooms and Sir John Soane’s museum.
Random London: Shoreditch street art walking tour! (Thanks to PuddleJumper for the rec).
If you post your email I can share with you my London doc of recs!
thanks! It is svihrette @ the mail of g
Sent you a London General Recs and a London Food Recs email!
OMG what an ugly shoe! The heel and pointy toe are fine, but that high rise V vamp is awful.
I can’t get on board with the V vamps I’ve been seeing. They remind me too much of the 80s. But this morning’s dress was really, really beautiful.
I like it! Not a fan of the color, but I think the V vamp is flattering. I really hate a low vamp and toe cleavage.
I have a hard time keeping shoes without a strap on my feet so I like this type of vamp. I first saw the style quite a while ago on some very beautiful and expensive french shoes, so I actually tend to think of the style as elegant and high end.
I have a pleasant money situation that I’d love to have some input on. I received a windfall of about $30k (post tax). The money was just deposited into my checking account and I’m trying to figure out what to do with it now. (I know that this is a lucky situation to be in.)
Here are my details:
– I’m single/no kids in my mid-30s.
– No debt and a stable job. I left BigLaw several years ago and took a paycut so that I now make just under $200k a year, though in a very HCOL city.
– I rent. I’m considering buying but because of HCOL and my own pickiness about location, that is probably at least 6 months and more like a year-plus out, if it happens at all. I would have to liquidate some investments to get to a 20% down payment, but I would not have to touch my 401(k) to do so.
– No car or anything else that needs to be upgraded/repaired/replaced.
– I max out my 401(k) and get a decent match through work. I have a weekly contribution to two Vanguard index funds. My investment/retirement strategy is definitely of the set it and forget it model and I am in decent-shape for retirement. I have no interest in playing the market or buying individual stocks or anything like that. Unsurprisingly, my investments have done well over the last few years.
– I have an emergency fund with an amount that I’m comfortable with in an online savings account.
I am indecisive about what to do with this money because I don’t want it to sit in a checking/savings account and make very little interest. (If I were going to buy an apartment for sure or sooner, I would be okay with this.) My instinct is to assume you can’t time the market and then drop it in to one or both of the index funds I’m already invested in or to see if there is another Vanguard fund I’d be interested in investing in (happy to hear suggestions on this). However, I’m used to dollar cost averaging investing, so I’m nervous about putting all of this into the market at once. But maybe (probably) I’m being illogical?
I appreciate any advice or thoughts.
All of my financial advisor-y friends have said that if you want access to money in the short term (defined as <3 years), it's best to just keep it in cash. So your year+ time horizon may seem really long to you, but it's not. So I'd personally keep it in a high interest savings account.
I think it sounds like you do want to buy an apartment and should keep it in savings until you do.
+1. A year isn’t much in terms of investing money. If you think you’ll use it to buy in a year just keep it in savings.
Yep. That $30,000 will come in super handy when you’re ready to buy, which will be here before you know it.
Look into no penalty CDs.
Any recommendations on a cosmetic dermatologist in DC/Friendship Heights? Looking to remove some milia on my face and also considering IPL to remove some brown sun spots. I’m a person of color. Thanks!
Following! I’m in DC and need to see someone to eliminate sun spots as well.
I can’t recommend a DC derm, but I am on my sixth or seventh IPL treatment and am very, very happy with the results. I had some sun spots, mostly on my forehead, and a flat iron burn on my cheek (embarrassing, yes, I know). The sun spots are gone and the flat iron burn is faded a lot. My skin is looking even and fresh. I don’t think I will stop doing this even when the burn mark is gone.
I am told that the sun spots will return if I am not super careful with sunscreen.
I had IPL about 10 years ago and it was sooooo painful! Is it still the case? It did wonders for age spots on my chest.
I’ve had good experiences with Integrated Dermatology
I also see Dr. Agnes Chang at Integrated Dermatology. There are two offices downtown; I go to the one on K and 21st. So, not in your desired location, but easy enough to get to via the metro. The office just expanded its hours to make it easier for us working gals to see someone before and after work.
I see Dr. Craig, but also +1 for Integrated Dermatology.
Dr. Melda Isaac in the West End. I had some pigmentation on my face that she did a fantastic job clearing up.
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Dogcatcher
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Side comment: Didn’t somebody ask about easy-listening podcasts to unwind or something? I found out this weekend that the BBC4 Gardener’s Question time (literal gardening!) is available as podcast. If you’re the kind of person to enjoy listening to British people talk about how to deal with the peonies that are unfortunately in a spot of dry soil in Lancastershire, this is the ultimate unwinding.
In all seriousness, thank you for this. It’s exactly what I need to lull me to sleep.
Thank you! Originally from the UK, now in the US, and this I missed!
the pop culture figure that wears yellow shoes like the ones featured is Minnie Mouse
Hah, that’s what I was thinking too. Maybe not quite the most professional style icon, though I don’t think the shoes are bad.
Minnie Mouse