Weekend Open Thread: Theory
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Ooh: there are some great coats in Theory's sale — and I'm not seing the prices anywhere else. (For example, this $848 coat at Nordstrom is down to lucky sizes but it's $358-$453-at Theory.) The lowest priced items are final sale, but I like that they're allowing you to exchange it for a better size, subject to availability.
This pictured trench is NOT on final sale, though, at least in black — and it's still a great deal. It was $635, but is now down to $476 with all sizes left P-XXL. (The white version is on final sale but is $285.) I like that it's in their drapey Japanese Admiral Crepe.
You can shop the full sale here.
(Disclosure: I'll be receiving a small flat fee through ShopMy in addition to commissions for promoting the sale, and will be receiving some product samples — but I'm under no obligation to do anything more than link 3x, and honestly wouldn't make it the WOT if it weren't a great sale.)
Sales of note for 5/8:
- Nordstrom – Savings event – up to 25% off! Good deals on Veronica Beard, Vince, Reiss (esp. coats), and Boss, as well as Wit & Wisdom and NYDJ
- Ann Taylor – Mother's Day Event: 40% off your purchase. Readers love this popover blouse, and their suiting is also in the sale.
- Boden – Up to 50% off with new styles added
- J.Crew – 40% off your purchase and 50% off dresses
- J.Crew Factory – Extra 50% off clearance + extra 20% off orders over $125
- Lands' End – Up to 60% off sitewide + extra 60% off sale and clearance
- Loft – 50% off your purchase, and 5/15 only: take 60% off the LOFT Versa collection
- M.M.LaFleur – Try code CORPORETTE15 for 15% off
- Talbots – Extra 40% +15% off all markdowns, plus Summer Fridays One Day Sale (5/15), $19.50 pocket tees and $29.50 relaxed chino shorts.
- TOCCIN – Use code CORPORETTE15 for 15% off!
- Vivrelle – Looking to own less stuff but still try trends? Use code CORPORETTE for a free month, and borrow high-end designer clothes and bags!
On a crowded grocery store aisle, would you ask an elderly woman to move out of the freezer case she’s actively looking at to get something for yourself? Or would you wait for her to finish?
I can’t decide if the nasty glare I gave the guy when he asked my mother to move was justified or not.
If she’s actively making her selection, no, of course not. If she’s been considering her choice long enough for me to go past her, down the next aisle or two, circle back, and she’s still there? Yes, I will kindly excuse myself while I reached over or around her and have learned that it is best to ask forgiveness, because she is too self-absorbed to offer permission.
But my grocery is next to a 65+ community and camping in the store for hours is a popular hobby. I actually do need to get home before my refrigerated food goes bad.
If he knew what he wanted and just grabbed it and left, while your mom was clearly reviewing options, still deciding, etc., I don’t think he deserved the glare. I always feel awkward hovering when someone else is still making their choice while I just want to dip in and out, and I don’t mind at all (in fact I prefer it) when I’m the thinker and a quick-picker excuses themself to step by me and grab what they want. If he wanted to step in front of her to undertake his own lengthy decision process, it’s a different story.
I would wait, but if she’s taking more than a few seconds to stare while someone is hovering behind her, that’s different (and I would argue she should step back and let others grab while she decides).
(No disrespect-I can take several minutes to compare the stupidest details. But I try to make sure I’m not blocking someone else while I do it, and it’s annoying when others are oblivious to the fact that they’re not the only person trying to get something from the shelf.)
Neither, I just say excuse me, grab what I need, and move on. Nobody owns grocery aisle space, if you want to stand and look at things you need to let people move in and grab things as needed, but you also can’t force someone else to move on until they’re ready. He was rude, but it may (or may not) have been prompted by obliviousness on her part, no way to know without us being there.
I would wait for at least a moment. If I were on a time crunch, I would ask to get something out and be apologetic: “I’m so sorry but I’m in a terrible rush. May I get in there? Thank you.”
My mom had varicose veins that bothered her for hears. She never had them “done” because she thought they might be needed if she needed a heart bypass. IDK if that ever was accurate.
I don’t have varicose veins (yet), but a ton of what I think are called “spider” veins or broken capillaries. I cross my legs a lot out of habit and maybe also being cold. The outer leg below the knee on one leg gets tingly, not quite angry or painful, a lot since the beginning of the year. It’s like a 3/10 annoyance, but if it might be the sign of trouble, I’d like to get this fixed (and it would be a cosmetic improvement, but similar areas don’t do this).
Do I go to a cosmetic surgeon or dermatologist or med spa for this sort of thing? It’s worse on a standing day (waiting in lines at an airport, going to a party, etc.). I slapped some Aspercreme on it the other day and it made me just want to be done with how the new normal is shaping up. I bought some support socks but it’s too warm for that now.
My hands and fingers started getting tingly when I had to give up red meat due to my alpha gal diagnosis. Once I started supplements it went away.
attending a college graduation for work (i work at said college). will be babysitting board members. there is nowhere to leave a pocketbook. how bad is it to wear a small lululemon fanny pack cross body bag over a suit?
Do you have a clear bag policy? I have just been using a ziplock (quart or gallon). Would love to have a cute clear bag with trim in school colors.
kinda sad – my kid FAFO’d and he’s about to find out. (delayed submitting his application for summer school until literally 12 hours before the deadline and surprise all the classes are waitlist only)