Weekend Open Thread
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Sales of note for 2/14/25 (Happy Valentine's Day!):
- Nordstrom – Winter Sale, up to 60% off! 7850 new markdowns for women
- M.M.LaFleur – Save up to 25% on select suiting, this weekend only
- Ann Taylor – Up to 40% off your full-price purchase — and extra 60% off sale
- Banana Republic Factory – 50% off everything + 15% off (readers love their suiting as well as their silky shirts like this one)
- Boden – 15% off new season styles
- Eloquii – 300+ styles $25 and up
- J.Crew – 40% of your purchase – prices as marked
- J.Crew Factory – 50% off entire site and storewide + extra 50% off clearance
- Rothy's – Final Few: Up to 40% off last-chance styles
- 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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Quick wedding gift etiquette question: we recently attended a wedding and per the registry, we made charitable donations to two of the organizations the couple provided. Should we send a card letting them know about the donations (obviously just the name of the organizations)? It feels a bit odd to send a card, but I am not sure if the organizations will let them know. I don’t care about getting a thank you note, but I do want them to know we didn’t forget to give a gift. Thoughts?
I work in the non-profit sector and did gift acknowledgement for a while. The policy around acknowledgements for tribute gifts varies widely by organization. Most organizations would notify the honoree, assuming you clearly indicated that the donations were in honor of so & so’s wedding and that the donations were above a certain threshold (which can vary greatly and typically depends on the size of the non-profit). You could definitely follow up with the organizations themselves and ask for their policy around tribute gift acknowledgement, but I also think that it would be appropriate to send a card to the couple, congratulating them on the wedding and other well wishes and note that donations were made in their honor to Organization X and Organization Y.
I think you can print out the confirmation page and stick it in a card if you want. Or you can put a note in your card to them.
I wouldn’t depend on the non-profit to tell them. They probably don’t have their contact info.
I have an interview tomorrow!!! Small firm, not big law, but clients are businesses.
Re: Interview suit: Talbots suit sheath dress with jacket or Brooks Brothers pants suit (i.e., a suit I’d wear in federal court)? The sheath dress fits better, but the material is not as nice as the Brooks Brothers. I think I know the answer here. BB, right?
Yes, BB. But you knew that! Good luck!