Washable Workwear Wednesday: Classic Popover Shirt
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Sales of note for 5/1/25
(See all of the latest workwear sales at Corporette!)
- Nordstrom – 20% off select Dyson hair tools with code + select clothes, shoes & more up to 50% off
- Ann Taylor – Friends of Ann Event: 30% off your entire purchase, including new arrivals (ends 5/4) + 40% off 1 full-price item (5/1 only)
- Banana Republic Factory – 40-60% everything + extra 25% off
- Eloquii – Extra 50% off all sale + $19 & up spring sale
- J.Crew – Up to 50% off must-have styles + up to extra 60% off sale styles
- J.Crew Factory – Up to 60% off everything + extra 60% off clearance
- M.M.LaFleur – Up to 25% off almost everything. Try code CORPORETTE15 for 15% off
- Spanx – Lots of workwear on sale, some up to 70% off
- Talbots – $20+ select favorites + 40% off 1 regular-price item + 30% off everything else
And — here are some of our latest threadjacks of interest – working mom questions asked by the commenters!!
- The concept of “backup care” is so stupid…
- I need tips on managing employees in BigLaw who have to leave for daycare pickup…
- I’m thinking of leaning out to spend more time with my family – how can I find the perfect job for that?
- I’m now a SAHM and my husband needs to step up…
- How can I change my thinking to better recognize some of my husband’s contributions as important, like organizing the shed?
- What are your tips to having a good weekend with kids, especially with little kids? Do you have a set routine or plan?
For the au pair travel question yesterday, you can buy a test kit online from Everlywell (not affiliated, just recently heard about it from another mom group). It won’t, practically speaking, be much faster than a quarantine but it could give some peace of mind and a couple earlier days’ return to child care.
Thinking about spending 4 months somewhere warm this winter. Florida probably the best option? Any places you recommend where we could rent two condos? We will need my parents with us for childcare.
This isn’t parenting related but gah I am so so so sick of people (read: men) who know nothing about my job telling me how to do it. If we weren’t in the middle of this crisis, I would quit in a heartbeat.
for all those venting about schools…please go read ask a manager to understand why they can’t get anything done!
Probably a silly question, but give me permission to white lie to my 2.5 year old? I signed her up for outdoor soccer while daycare was closed thinking it would be relatively safe, but it’s been much worse than I imagined in terms of covid – literally no one wears masks, the coach puts her face super close to the kids, and the field is tiny so there’s a lot of unnecessary crowding of kids (and their parents, since they’re only 2 they can’t really “play” without parental involvement). Daycare is finally supposed to reopen next month (hallelujah and fingers crossed) and I want to stop going to soccer two weeks before school starts, because I don’t want her to be patient zero at school for such an unnecessary reason. I can just tell her next week that soccer is ending, right? She doesn’t know it was supposed to last 10 weeks instead of 6. I feel guilty lying but I feel like having a big discussion about the risks would be more upsetting (and confusing, because we’ve been going despite the risks while school was closed). She knows we wear masks in certain places, but we haven’t had a lot of discussion about why and I don’t want to scare her.
water bottles for a 2 year old? i got contigo per rec from this site, but have been having a lot of issues with them (and their customer service). any other recs?
Can anyone recommend wall decals for a nursery? There seem to be a lot of option out there, and I’m looking for a brand that would truly be removable with little damage to the wall but also holds up well.
Man, I just lost it this morning at daycare drop-off of my 6 month old. We’ve been doing this for a month now, but it’s still so hard. Please remind me that this is best for the long term of my career and sanity.
This shirt hurts my eyes. Sorry April.
…And last night our school district reversed itself from option for in-person vs. distance (after a month long campaign pressuring families to select their full-year binding option by last week) to all distance learning. I suspect it’s because the number of people who opted for in-person outnumbered the teachers who did and the teacher’s union started vehemently lobbying against it. Distance learning is not a sufficient replacement for pre-K-3 ( I feel very differently about older kids and think it can (although isn’t always) more successful there, and really they should have bifurcated this by age level in the first place – also so, so dumb). Also the young kids are far less likely to get and transmit this virus. It is just so, so dumb on so many levels. That and a poorly worded and timed email about fully opening our offices soon just sent me into an utter rage spiral last night. This morning I’m just sad and depressed. My kid is so, so much happier when she is with peers. I guess we’re going to have to look into this podding thing.
Follow up on the “do we buy a bigger house” question from last week: We went to see it on Friday and are putting an offer in this morning. I am both excited and completely freaking out. Fingers crossed everything works out. If you need me I’ll be over here breathing into a bag.