2chatter, Living in the midwest (and used to live and work in Chicago) I would agree with that. My everyday coat is a longer Columbia with the reflective liner. I actually don't own a fancy coat, just that one and one for sledding with the kids from like Land's End. Assuming that there will be coat check I would go with one of the brands that covergirl82, Suggested.
Ugh. Tuesday vent: My employee is getting worse and worse with completing tasks on time and taking time off. It is getting really frustrating, because my workload goes to shit when I have to cover her stuff. But she's out for "medical" reasons, so I don't know how much I can really push back. This seems to be her pattern with past jobs. When the going gets tough after a couple years, she starts to flake out.
2chatter , depending on how fancy your H wants you to be, I would suggest 2 coats. One mid length wool coat for dress, and one coat for coaching soccer that is more comfortable and casual like one of those puffs that are not too puffy more squishy. My mom and sister love those and love to get them in wild colors! I think you dress with more neutral colors, but they are fun.
Are you at the MSI? If so, all you have to do is walk from the parking garage, and there is a coat check, or walk from the car service.
We went the one year that DH was at a different consulting firm. It was a bigger firm, but odd since the demographics were mostly analysts and skewed young. When I told them we had kids, all the mid twenties early 30 year old women freaked out. You could almost hear the tick of the biological clocks- it was really weird. Since you are hanging with C-suite then I imagine it will be a more mature crowd lol.
ETA- Patagonia calls them nano puff but every brand has them just under different names, and for cheaper.
twinmomma, do you have any budget for a contractor? Would it be worth it to go through the process of hiring someone? How long will she be out?
I kept DD2 home today since she was out at the ER late getting x-rays and her splint. I called the school this morning to let them know why she wouldn't be in. The admin was horrified. She was in the office when DD2 came in and said the nurse saw her, followed up, etc. I told her not to worry - that stuff like this happens... she was so upset! 5 mins later, I got a call from the school nurse (from home, they have 2 part-time nurses), also beside herself. She said she put ice on it, made sure she could move it and wasn't in pain, sent her to lunch when DD asked to go, followed up with her in the cafeteria, principal followed up as well.
I still think it's a little weird that there was no communication to tell me something happened? But I understand why they thought she was fine.
mae0111, I did something similar as a kid. Fell off my bike and hurt my wrist. Mom worked 2nd shift so when we talked on the phone before bedtime I told her I fell off my bike and my wrist hurt but dad put ice on it. Went into see mom before leaving for school and my wrist was 2 sizes too big. Ended up going to the doctor and being in a splint for a few weeks with a hairline fracture. It didn't hurt just was sore and my dad didn't think anything of it other than to ice.
I doubt DD school would have called me for a fall on the playground either. They would have iced and sent her back to class especially if she wasn't screaming bloody murder. Jeez DD got pushed down the risers in music and came home with a giant bruise on her shoulder and her teacher totally blew her off when she complained her arm hurt and said gymnasts are tough and know how to fall. I really am not a fan of this years teacher but also know that DD loves to hang out with the nurse to get out of boring class work too. Now the girls at the gym found her giant bruise to be cool, LOL.
On this hurt kid topic, I just got a call that DD bumped heads with another kid and has a red mark on her forehead that might bruise. She went to the nurse and got ice, so they called us.
I get the high pain threshold. I have one too. And if she was asking to go eat lunch, I can see why they would release her. But I’m still surprised they didn’t call. Our school probably over-communicates, but I prefer over to under when it comes to injuries.
2chatter , because you also want a coat you can wear for coaching, I would suggest a thinner puffy coat that is knee-length. I would suggest checking out Columbia, Patagonia, or The North Face. Columbia, for example, has a heat reflective liner (Omni Heat) in many of its coats, so check for something like that. And I agree with mommyatty that most Midwest women are more concerned with a sensible coat that will keep them warm than something fancy that isn't warm enough. (I've lived in MI my whole life.) Plus, I'm assuming there will be coat check, so it's not like people will see your coat all night long.
This 100%. Most of us wear down coats and there will be a coat check. Your dress will be more important than anything.
Tuesday vent.. and admittedly, a huge FWP. DH wants to spend $1300 on a TV. I think.. he’s crazy. I don’t see why we can’t do something midrange. I mean I think spending $800 on a TV is absurd, but that’s more palatable. I’m thinking the Ford of TV’s - whatever that is - is just fine, and he’s shopping Teslas. (My original comparison to him was Maserati, at which point he directed me to a TV that cost $4k)
Is there something that’s so amazingly great about a TV that spending over a grand could be worth it?!? (Seriously, is there? It would smooth DH’s feathers if I came around.)
k3am, Guys are weird about TVs. If it is reasonable for your budget I might just give in to it, but no I don't think there is anything special about them. I also don't understand why people pay 800-1000 dollars on a phone that you have to replace every two years so maybe I am not the best person to ask.
k3am, I would balk at it, but I am very basic when it comes to spending. DH and I fight about it all the time. We had a TV that pretty much was instead of black and white, it was more pink and red. I didn't see a problem with it, I could still watch. DH wants the big TV and very picky about the picture and a bunch of other things I don't pay attention to.
Same with cars and trucks. If it has a radio, air, and drives, that's really all I need. He wants to spend more on Bluetooth, backup cameras, heated seats, blah, blah, blah,
k3am, I don't understand what a TV would do to warrant that cost, unless it was just a size thing. I just bought a 43" 4k smart tv Samsung for less than $300... WTF is a $1300 TV going to do?
We had the TV battle! We now own three Vizios. The first is six years old and the second is new, the third is four years old. WiFi works, they all stream, and they were all cheap, and one of them is pretty huge (72? Is that a size?).
Previous to the new one, we had an old Sony in the playroom - the frame was cracked really badly from where exh threw it at me (toward me, it’s awkward to throw a 40 something inch screen, thankfully) - that was my worst divorce incident, and seeing that TV always reminded me of it when I noticed, but that TV lasted more than ten more years and in fact still worked, DH just really wanted upgraded HDMI and he hated seeing the damaged frame, it made him mad to the point he would not watch TV in the playroom. So essentially, I fought DH on spending $ on a TV for over ten years - he wanted to replace it the second it happened, and we were not even dating.
We have had the arguments, and I have always lost. I honestly can’t see clearly enough to discern among the various pixel levels, so I shrug and say “ok, whatever.”
Now DH wants a new sound bar. A $600 SOUND BAR. It’s not like we can’t hear the TV without it... Nope.
186momx, I've already given in on the battle of the couches and spent a ton more than I thought we would.
twinmomma, I don't see what it can do that's so special. I will admit though that it took me a LONG time to really even notice the difference between standard definition and HD, so it's obviously not something that means much to me.
DH points out that both of our TV's were towards the top of the line when we bought them (2007 and 2009) and that we don't buy them very often, so we should splurge.. DH bought the first before we were married, and the second as an appology to me FROM HIS WORK because he was constantly on conference calls with the offshore team in the evenings meaning I was trapped in the bedroom (1 bed apartment).
I did point out I'd rather get a cheaper TV and put the money we save towards a new front door that would bring me joy, at which point he said to buy a new door... (but alas, I'm frugal and we have three other doors that actually NEED to be replaced, vs the one I want replaced...)
Post by mustardseed2007 on Nov 28, 2018 11:30:09 GMT -5
k3am, you might recall that my DD very recently broke our television? I wanted to spend no more than 1000 dollars on a new one. We ended up spending more like 1500, so 1200 doesn't sound crazy to me. It was all about screen clarity or some dumb shit. Someone else on here mentioned there roku and seeing that in the store, I think that would have worked better for our family, but sometimes I feel like sports are kind of...one of DH's few pleasures in life ...so I normally give in (and in this case did give in) on the TV he wanted.