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And — here are some of our latest threadjacks of interest – working mom questions asked by the commenters!
- If you’re a working parent of an infant with low sleep needs, how do you function at work when you’re in the throes of baby’s sleep regression?
- Should I cut my childcare down to 12 hours a month if I work from home?
- Will my baby have speech delays if we raise her bilingual?
- Has anyone given birth in a teaching hospital?
- My child eats everything, and my friends’ kids do not – how should I handle? In general, what is the best way to handle when your child has some skill/ability and your friend’s child doesn’t have that skill/ability?
- ADHD moms, give me your tips to help with things like behavior in the classroom, attention to detail, etc?
- I think I suffer from mom rage…
- My husband and kids are gone this weekend – how should I enjoy my free time?
- I’m struggling to be compassionate with a SAHM friend who complains she doesn’t have enough hours of childcare.
- If you exclusively formula fed, what tips do you have for in the hospital and coming home?
- Could I take my 4-yo and 8-yo on a 7-8 day trip to Paris, Lyon, and Madrid?
B says
Does anyone have suggestions for 3rd trimester desperation purchases for work appropriate maternity clothes?
I’m 31 weeks today and it took me 30 minutes to get dressed this morning because nothing fit. Mostly, tops are getting too short / too small. I’m dreading shopping for only 10 weeks of wear…
lkl says
Around that time — or even a few weeks later — I got a simple black T-shirt dress with ruched sides at Target and wore it about three times a week for the rest of my pregnancy, with a cardigan or even a blazer (it was a pretty substantial knit). It had no itchy empire seams and went with everything. Best $14.99 I ever spent.
HSAL says
I have that dress now! I plan on wearing the crap out of it.
Anony says
+1 for Target, maybe Kohls if you have a coupon. Those are the only stores that have an in-store maternity section where you can find super cheap but work-appropriate clothes. I lived in Target t-shirts that I bought at 34 weeks because everything in my “real” maternity wardrobe was suddenly showing my belly. I developed a uniform of black pants, black tshirt, and colorful accessory. And just crossed my fingers that I could fit into some kind of decent shoe.
B says
Will give that a try – thanks!! I do have the Liz Lange Wear to Work black dress from target, and it still fits, but is getting wear bumps on the tummy from multiple washes. It’s more of a nylon/synthetic shift dress with cap sleeves.
JEB says
I got this too (in short-sleeves and one with three quarter sleeves), in a couple different colors. I would wear them on their own, or with various cardigans, blazers, or a denim jacket. Those dresses were some of the best maternity purchases I made. I think I even wore one of them to court, which may have been ill-advised, but you do what you have to do at the end of pregnancy!
CPA Lady says
I went to a thrift store at about this point. I was adamant about not spending a bunch of money. I found an armful of things for about $30 total. It helped me make it to the end without losing my mind or blowing a bunch more money than I already had.
CHJ says
I think this is when Gap and Old Navy are your friend. For the 3rd trimester, I lived in long, stretchy Gap t-shirts in solid colors, with drapey boyfriend cardigans over them. It was passable for the office, not too expensive, and at least my stomach was covered!
CHJ says
This is the t-shirt I wore 3x/week:
http://www.gap.com/browse/product.do?cid=6055&vid=1&pid=890312642
And if you wanted to be fancy you could wear it with a blazer like Kat’s pick for today!
Anonymous says
My apologies for thread jacking but is the white version of this opaque? Why is it DO HARD to find a white maternity tee that isn’t see through?!
CHJ says
Unfortunately I don’t know. I had the shirt in black and navy. They are pretty thick so I imagine the white one stands a chance of being opaque, but I’m not sure.
HSAL says
I feel the same way, as some of the maternity stuff I got early on just isn’t comfortable anymore, and I’m due in mid-October so I’m worried about most of the clothes I have being too summery, but I’m also not interested in buying a bunch of fall maternity clothes to wear for a month. My current plan is the black Liz Lange tshirt dress mentioned above, as that can be styled in a variety of ways. Along with the other dresses with sleeves that will go into heavy rotation, I’ll probably just buy a handful of solid tops from Old Navy and wear them out – for the last few weeks I don’t care if I repeat outfits. I have a decent amount of clothes now so I don’t want to spend more than a hundred on clothes for the next 11 weeks. When my best friend was pregnant she had five of the same dress from Old Navy and just wore them for the last month.
AnonDC says
If you’re in the DC area, I have some work appropriate summer maternity things ( tops, a few dresses, a skirt) Large mostly, but at this point, I’m not sure it matters) that I’m happy to pass on, only worn through one pregnancy. Just leave an email address in the comments and I’ll contact you.
I just stuck them in my attic, even though I have no plans for another baby, I couldn’t bring myself to drop them off at Goodwill and don’t have any friends in need of summer maternity clothes. I’d love to pass them on to someone personally!
B says
Aww, thank you!! Not in the DC area, unfortunately.
Pig says
I had good luck around this time at the sales racks at Macy’s — a lot of seasonal clothes were on sale. And if you can get some nursing friendly tops, you can use them in the early postpartum days.
Pigpen's Mama says
Whoops, my name didn’t fully populate. I guess that’s what I get for dubbing my daughter Pigpen. :-)
AEK says
If you want to share where you’re located, I have a whole bin of maternity clothes mostly sized maternity medium that I’d be happy to lend. I took out a lot a pregnancy anxiety buying maternity clothing. Nothing especially nice but work appropriate. Chicago.
As for where to look, Ann Taylor Loft was my best bet for work clothes—on sale only; don’t pay full price. Supplemented liberally with Old Navy, Target, and Kohl’s (two pairs of work pants from here worked out great)
AEK says
Oh, also H&M. Blouses.
B says
I’m in a small company town in the Midwest, not particularly near Chicago. But thank you for the sweet offer!!
ANP says
In Wisconsin by chance? Bc that’s where I am and I’d also be happy to loan you some clothes!
B says
You guys are the best!! But I’m in Ohio…
Anonymous says
I like Destination Maternity, I found it has the best in store selection and great sales. I also like Loft, Gap, and Old Navy, but they have pretty small in-store selections. I never found Target or Kohls particularly cheap, they never seem to have good sales. I also recommend dresses for late pregnancy in the summer.
CPA Lady says
Have any of yall had a problem (?) with your child gagging on purpose? My 10 month old daughter seems to have discovered her gag reflex, and keep sticking her hand into her mouth to trigger it. This morning she actually made herself throw up. What the heck? Is this some phase?
Anonymama says
Yeah, I think they discover their hands, and also discover that gagging gets a dramatic immediate reaction. I wouldn’t worry about it, and would try to not make a big deal of it. My kid did the same thing, and then would just randomly make a coughing/gagging noise for no reason, just because it would always immediately get my attemtion. But it only lasted a few weeks.
Momata says
My daughter went through the same thing at around the same age. I think they just learn that it’s a thing their bodies can do, and are fascinated with it for a while. It lasted a couple of weeks and then stopped.
rakma says
DD did this too, and would laugh when we reacted to the noise. We had to ignore it (so hard!) and she eventually moved on to other things.
We think it started as her molars were coming in–she was chewing on her fingers, and they’d sometimes get too far in her mouth, causing the gagging. This of course caused a quick reaction from us, and created a not-so-fun cycle. She was never one for those teething toys, so we couldn’t really replace the fingers with something else.
mascot says
The gag reflex is pretty far forward in their mouth/throat at that age. It’s protective for learning how to eat solids, but also really easy to trigger and make fun noises.
Spirograph says
My jerk 2 year old did this the other day when he didn’t want to take a nap. “Even mean mom won’t just put me back in bed without first cleaning the puke off my chest,” he figured (and was correct). I don’t remember him doing it much when he was younger, but I know it is A Thing.
HSAL says
It makes me happy that you call your kid a jerk. Kids are definitely jerks sometimes and aren’t called out enough for it.
Spirograph says
Haha, thanks, I wasn’t sure how this crowd would feel about that word choice. My kids are a delight at least 75% of the time… but the other 25% (primarily at nap and bedtime), I call it like I see it.
EB0220 says
My husband and I are going to start meeting regularly to talk about household business – work schedules, childcare arrangements, upcoming events, vacation planning, financials, tasks, etc. Does anyone do this? What is the frequency? I’m thinking some sort of schedule like 15 minutes for week for scheduling & tasks, and an hour every month for financials, vacation planning, etc. Did I miss any critical information that should be covered?
CapHillAnon says
We do this. We also hit any hosting/ social obligations; upcoming necessary birthday gifts or other presents that need to be bought; car and house repair and maintenance, and children’s medical stuff. And plan our gym time. We don’t have a formal set time each week for it, but that’s a great idea. For us, we each create a list of points about every 2 weeks, grab some wine after the children are asleep, and go through it.
Anonymous says
Wine. Good idea.
TBK says
We do this. Weekly budget meeting, which includes other business things to discuss, plus we typically order our groceries/plan the week’s meals at the same time. So we usually do it when the kids are napping on Saturday afternoon.
hoola hoopa says
We haven’t made it official (we should), but we also tend to do it when we meal plan over the weekend since meal planning involves our work/life schedules and the close future financials.
Samantha says
Pumping question!
So every time I pump at work I make 3-4 oz., but when my baby has the corresponding feed at home she has 4-5 oz. As a result I’m constantly in deficit trying to catch up. Kelly Mom says it’s normal to have to pump more than once for a single feed, and that my yield is normal per pump session. I feel like I’m fighting a constantly losing battle though! Hard to pump more than 3x at work (one of which is lunchtime), and I’m getting very little sleep as it is so don’t want to pump at night. Thoughts/advice?
CHJ says
How old is your baby?
I had the same issue, and for a while, I would pump once on Saturday and Sunday mornings, and that would be enough to make up the difference for the week. After DS got a little older, we started sending an extra bottle with formula (or sometimes the last bottle would be a mix of milk and formula) to make up the difference. For me personally, adding in an extra session during the weekday or extending the time of pumping sessions didn’t yield enough extra to be worth the effort.
RDC says
No advice, but right there with you, and boy is it discouraging. So far I’ve been able to use my freezer stash to top off the last couple ounces each day. But pumping on the weekend mornings sounds like a good tip. Before I returned to work, I pumped between baby’s last feeding and going to bed (baby went down at 7:30, i’d pump at 9:30) and was able to get a few extra ounces each day.
Samantha says
Thanks for the commiseration! My baby is nearly 6 months. She’s eating some solids, but not a lot (maybe 3 oz per day) but I’m not sure how much this should go up to replace milk, since milk is still supposed to be the primary source of nutrition.
AEK says
I’ve found the same to be true for me, and my answer has been to pump overnight now that DS sleeps more. I set an alarm and get up and sleepwalk through it. It is so not the ideal solution, but extra pumping sessions during the day don’t add up enough, and when I’m home with the (awake) baby I try to breastfeed as much as possible rather than pump.
If you, understandably, don’t want to pump overnight, weekends might have to be the answer. But I completely sympathize with the “losing battle” feeling. It’s so hard to keep up! Let alone be even moderately productive at work…
RDC says
And you’re probably already doing all these, but just in case, here are all the tips from my moms group to improve pumping output: wear something over your shoulders to stay warm; look at pictures or video of your baby; massage beforehand and while pumping to encourage letdown; change the strength of the pump (turn it up/down or even off for a minute and turn back on) or push the “let-down” button mid-session to try to encourage a second letdown. And drink tons of water and make sure you’re eating enough.
Momata says
Seconding the advice to try to squeeze in one session per weekend day; this should also have the side effect of increasing your supply during the week. Also, even though your supply is within the range of normal – drink as much water as you possibly can, and I found oatmeal for breakfast also helped.
MSJ says
Combo feeding is also a very valid option, esp now that you have started solids. I only started it a month ago but it’s so freeing. And I still nurse morning and night.
POSITA says
I pumped at my desk so I could work and pump. When my supply dipped I would turn my pump off at the end of a session but leave everything set up for 10 minutes while I worked and then turn the pump back on for one more letdown. This wasy own version of power pumping and worked pretty well to get another ounce or so and generally increase my supply. It was less work than adding a session.
You might also try pumping immediately after your morning nursing session. I could pump while drying my hair and doing makeup. Supply is highest in the morning so you may get more than an evening session.
Maddie Ross says
This. After my morning feeding, I would put the LO back down to sleep (or when she got older, put her on a blanket with some toys) and I would pump while eating my breakfast.
Samantha says
Thank you all. Weekend pumping session and/or combo feeding it is! I do the massage and baby videos etc. while I pump but will try taking a short break and then pumping again.
sfg says
+5 on the weekend morning sessions. I don’t love them but they help us get through the week.
PregAnon says
Ladies, can you please help me with a gut check?
I’ve been at my relatively low stress in-house job for 2.5 years. I’m going on maternity leave in 4 weeks. Relatively low stress, flexible job is getting a little weird because our CEO and GC left, they appointed two attorneys as co-GC, and put me under another attorney who has never managed anyone else before. Cue the conflicts with my previously agreed upon ability to work from home once or twice per month as needed (that’s gone), my ability to come in a little early / leave early as needed (also gone) and my realization that I’m going nowhere fast in this organization, because of the politics being played right above me. All that being said, the benefits are good and I do love my job.
One of my good friends works at a BIG entertainment company. Big. Ok, it’s the Mouse. They also have some “regime change” going on, but just in a reorganization way. They currently have ten openings, six of which I’m perfectly qualified for. She and I were chatting last night, and she said “I wish you weren’t about to go out on leave, we need HELP and you’d be perfect!” So, I said…what the heck, let’s go fishing!
So I did. I sent in my materials. Horrible idea? The commute would be 5 minutes instead of 45, it’s a giant company with somewhere to actually GO over my career…other than this shake-up they seem to have really low turnover (the attorneys I know there have been there over 10 years).
I’m just torn. I wanted to stay at the company I’m at now indefinitely. That was my plan. I also don’t want my resume to look like I’m a horrible job hopper – I was only at my previous firm for a year, and only at the firm before that for 3 years. I’m not intentionally seeking to “hop,” I just take these opportunities as they come, and each one has been a big step up for me, in both salary and responsibility.
Spirograph says
What? no, this sounds like the best idea ever. You’re potentially cutting 40 minutes off your commute, and escaping what you’ve already perceived to be a dead-end in an organization where the very perks you will need MOST with a new baby are being questioned to work for a major corporation with international reach and probably opportunities you can’t even imagine.
I am not in the legal field, but I don’t think one year and three years looks like job-hopping. Also, I read an interesting article a while back about how no one really expects people to stay with the same company indefinitely anymore (not that there’s anything wrong with it, if it perpetually works for your life, of course).
Good luck!
Anon says
I would tend to agree UNLESS new company is going to be inflexible with a newborn (if you have other support such as family/friends that can serve as backup care this may not be as much of an issue). I agree that the reduced commute will be a huge benefit and that the job hopping isn’t really an issue. If you had stayed at every place for one year, that may be concerning. But you have 3 years at one and 2 1/2 at another – both are perfectly respectable amounts of time to be in a job before moving on.
(former) preg 3L says
Yeah this sounds amazing and like you should negotiate a start date of approximately 3 months after you give birth. Amazing.
PregAnon says
It sounds like they are pretty flexible, and have onsite daycare which is REALLY good. My husband is a contractor with his own company, so he could also be really flexible if I needed him to be – he starts at about 6am, so he can be back by 4pm or so no problem. The daycare I already have lined up is 7am to 6pm so I think we’d be ok.
I would want to try to negotiate a start date of the first of January, since that’s when I planned on coming back from leave…but would be open to something a bit earlier, since that was going to be a 4 month leave. So beginning of December would be fine too! And maybe they either pay COBRA for my health benefits, or find a way to get me on their plan early. Something like that. Although for the right salary I’d just pay it.
FVNC says
Sounds like a great opportunity! Good luck! You didn’t really ask this, but don’t be nervous about starting a new job with a newborn. I did (within my same organization, but different manager and different responsibilities) and it worked out well — as with many new jobs, there was a fairly slow ramp up period, so I was able to ease back into working. And I was engaged and challenged by the new job which made returning to work easier.
TBK says
Fabulous idea. Not sure what flex time etc. looks like but a close relative of mine worked at their studios for years and has nothing but good things to say about them. He was at a much less skilled job level than you, but my impression from him was always that they take care of their own. I definitely wouldn’t get caught up in what my career path was “supposed” to look like. Things change. Anyway, you haven’t been offered a job. Send in the stuff, do your interviews if you get them, and then see where you are if they actually offer you a position.
HSAL says
The commute alone would make me go for it, but everything else sounds perfect. Do it!
PregAnon says
Thank you all for your responses!!! I sent everything to my friend, and she said to also put it in online so it is in the system, which I’ll do tonight when I get home…so we’ll see!