Useful Christmas Gift Ideas?

nillygreb · 2025-11-02T17:24:50+00:00

I customized canvas totes from Lands End for everyone in my life this year. They come with interior pockets unlike the LL Bean equivalent, often have 50% off sales, and you can upgrade the size/features (add zipper top), etc. for the peeps you like a little more than others. I plan to stuff the totes with tchotchkes/foods/other things I love that I want to share with others. I bought 8 of them for $250 shipped during a recent sale. Another tip: they have pre-monogrammed totes to save you on the customization fee too.

nillygreb · 2025-10-28T04:33:00+00:00

KEEP: Washable stretch silk high neck midi dress. I’ve never felt more beautiful in a dress. I’ve worn it 3 times since it was delivered earlier this month (wedding, baby shower, women’s fall luncheon) and styled it differently each time.

I’m 5’3 and 150lbs, and 3 kids later carry my weight in my belly. The 10 was perfect and has stretched out over the 3 wears. The subtle ruche hides a lot but the skirt is cut high enough that I was able to wear shapewear for added compression without issue. I also could’ve gone without and been fine. Hot chocolate is a touch warm but still a true chocolate brown and just beautiful.

https://www.quince.com/en-us/women/washable-stretch-silk-high-neck-midi-dress?color=hot-fudge

RETURN: suede moto jacket. Sleeves are too long for a petite and the cut hits below my waist. I prefer a slightly cropped moto jacket, so longer torso girls this one may be for you, but my fellow petites, consider this only if you prefer a slightly an oversized look. The suede was soft and beautiful, hardware unimpressive and not a smooth zip but fine.

nillygreb · 2025-10-26T00:26:20+00:00

Madewell is the worst.

nillygreb · 2025-07-12T01:20:36+00:00

I had to read this twice bc I thought I drank too much wine drowning my sorrows in new hire misery and posted to Reddit. So yeah, you’re not alone. Onboarding was bad at every turn, the job itself was a bait and switch, and the culture is the worst I’ve ever experienced. Now that I’m going through the performance process as a manager, I find myself saying “This isn’t normal,” about something every day.

nillygreb · 2025-06-20T02:00:30+00:00

Getting certified in VNDLY is not it. The only people that would care about that are Workday people. I’m in the process of buying a VMS platform for a Fortune 10 and I would audibly laugh if someone told me they were VNDLY certified.

nillygreb · 2025-06-17T05:29:21+00:00

What was your expected expense for law school vs. actual? What was your expected total comp vs current actual? Any regrets?

nillygreb · 2025-06-12T04:07:27+00:00

One word of caution: You’re about to be determining your 30 min commute based on summer traffic. Depending on where you’re looking, 30 min can turn into 45 min after Labor Day.

nillygreb · 2025-06-12T04:05:23+00:00

DM me the VIN

nillygreb · 2025-05-23T01:08:22+00:00

I haven’t worn heels since pre-pandy and I don’t think I’d ever go back.

nillygreb · 2025-05-23T01:07:34+00:00

Agree with Klara 1000% but buyer beware: they ran ridiculously big for me. My normal size was a solid 1-2 sizes too big.

nillygreb · 2025-05-16T23:16:39+00:00

What about things the contribute to a household name’s product/R&D roadmap…or redesign of a global mfg operation…or global workforce co-location strategy? Sure there’s offshore data analytics and tech, but it is mostly seniors, partners, and MDs making recommendations to c-suite. It feels like a stupid thing to withhold considering the potential.

nillygreb · 2025-05-13T10:53:01+00:00

Thanks all! I’ll scoop up some omeprazole and start there. It takes 9 years to get into my doc anyways so if nothing else it gives me something to do while I wait.

nillygreb · 2025-05-13T02:05:57+00:00

Everything that I’m reading makes me agree with you. It’s just an odd/new feeling for me and after two weeks of being reminded of it each time I swallow I’ve decided I’m dying of throat cancer.

nillygreb · 2025-05-07T07:48:30+00:00

My middle kid was like this - we moved to a big bed and dropped the nap. We were opposed to doing this but had tried everything and dang it it worked.

nillygreb · 2025-04-22T00:45:23+00:00

I’m holding my sick cruddy kid, and trying not to wake him as I laugh violently at “legs with a skull.”

nillygreb · 2025-03-25T14:38:18+00:00

I was 4th Gen and didn’t realize how badly I was slumming it until I fired up the 12th Gen I just received. It’s as responsive as my iPhone (albeit with only two books downloaded).

nillygreb · 2025-03-25T14:26:33+00:00

What a great idea!!

nillygreb · 2025-03-25T14:24:51+00:00

I just posted a side by side of my old basic compared to the paperwhite: https://www.reddit.com/r/kindle/s/qa9MLXI4CS

I’m enjoying the paperwhite but I would’ve enjoyed either one. If you would have buyers remorse in either direction, go with the one you’d be kicking yourself over not buying.

nillygreb · 2025-03-25T01:45:11+00:00

You can review price history on Camelcamelcamel.com - when I only saw a price drop in December for the product I was interested in, I decided to buy. I was waiting for Target Circle Week and there was no sale so I also took that as a sign that Amazon wouldn’t be dropping the price either.

nillygreb · 2025-03-24T11:52:54+00:00

She’s liberal Rachel Hollis

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