Everyone Thursday: Textured Jacquard Open-Front Jacket
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If you’re looking for a few easy blazers to fill a hole (or make do with a transitional wardrobe while you’re gaining or losing baby weight), do consider this affordable textured blazer from Macy’s Alfani line. It comes in eight colors, sized XS-XXL, and for some reason both the harbor blue (pictured) and the bright white are speaking to me the most. It was $89.50 full price and is now marked down to $54, and the 15%-off code SAVE brings it to $44. Alfani Textured Jacquard Open-Front Jacket
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Sales of note for 1/16:
(See all of the latest workwear sales at Corporette!)
- Nordstrom – Cashmere on sale; AllSaints, Free People, Nike, Tory Burch, and Vince up to 60%; beauty deals up to 25% off
- AllSaints – now up to 60% off (some of the best leather jackets!)
- Ann Taylor – Up to 40% off your full-price purchase; extra 50% off sale
- Banana Republic Factory – 50% off everything + extra 20% off
- Boden – 15% off new styles with code — readers love this blazer, these dresses, and their double-layer line of tees
- DeMellier – Sale now on, free shipping and returns — includes select options like Montreal, Vancouver, and Venice
- Eloquii – $29 and up select styles; extra 50% off all clearance, plus ELOQUII X kate spade new york collab just dropped
- Everlane – Sale of the year, up to 70% off — reader favorites include their scoop tee, Dream Pant, ReNew Transit backpack, silk blouses and oversized blazers! New markdowns just added
- Hannah Andersson – Up to 30% off all pajamas;
- J.Crew – Up to 40% off select styles; up to 50% off cashmere
- J.Crew Factory – 40-70% off everything
- L.K. Bennett – Archive sale, almost everything 70% off
- M.M.LaFleur – Tag sale for a limited time — jardigans and dresses $200, pants $150, tops $95, T-shirts $50
- Spanx – Lots of workwear on sale, some up to 70% off
- Talbots – Semi-Annual Red Door Sale – 50% off + extra 20% off, sale on sale, plus free shipping on $150+
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?
I’m an associate trying to lateral to another firm. I got an interview (yay!) and they requested a writing sample (ok) and 3 references. I’m currently employed and don’t want my employer knowing that I am looking for another job. How do I respond?
After spending the last year falling asleep on her own and sleeping peacefully in her crib most nights, kiddo has been struggling (a) to fall asleep alone and (b) to stay asleep alone in her crib. She wails unless someone is with her in her room. She doubles down on the screaming by throwing her leg over the side of crib, as if to threaten that she will jump out (which I’m sure she can, although she hasn’t yet).
So, is it worth taking the side off her crib and trying out a toddler bed to see if that helps? I’m afraid this is separation anxiety, so I’m not sure a bed is any better than a crib, but I’m willing to try it to get back my hour of personal time in the evening.
My kid never napped in a crib until he was much, much older, or at daycare. And even at daycare they’d start out the ‘fussy’ babies in the swings, and then switch them into cribs once they conked out. Daycare also tended to have smaller cribs on wheels that the ladies would rock a bit to help him settle down. Some babies just don’t like cribs for naps, do what gets you both the most sleep for now and don’t worry about it.
Anyone have suggestions on getting an eight week old to sleep in a crib instead of the Rock and play? He is going on day three of no naps. He has to sleep in a crib at daycare in a few weeks so I’d rather make the transition now. He literally screams on and off for 90 minutes until I give up and start over. We already swaddle, use a pacifier, and noise machine.
Gross question. I’m 6 weeks pregnant and the nausea hit hard this week (after two miscarriages in which the lack of nausea was a clue that something was not right, I’m oddly thrilled to be feeling awful). How did you deal with pregnancy nausea/vomiting at work? I haven’t thrown up yet, but I’ve come close, and I’m not sure what the ideal locale will be if I have enough advance warning. We have only multi-stall bathrooms (three stalls for the floor) and I’d say that about 50% of the time there’s someone else in the bathroom. Nobody knows I’m pregnant yet and even if they did, I would feel beyond weird if someone happened to come into the bathroom while I was using it. I do have my own office with a door that closes, but I’ve never not thrown up in a toilet without immediate access to someplace to rinse my mouth, clean my face, etc (in non-pregnant situations, I puke about once every two years). What did you do, besides work from home? Do I just need to put on my big girl pants and use a bag in my office?
Back with another stroller question. It turns out that some double strollers can be used (with a pretty simple infant insert) from birth–no bassinet or carseat needed. (Recap: I’m looking for a stroller to accommodate a newborn and a 2-year-old.) One such stroller is the Maclaren Twin Techno. (I think the City Mini GT Double can do the same. Not sure if there are others.)
I found a Twin Techno on Craigslist. It looks good in the pictures. Two questions:
1. Does anyone know if the Maclaren Twin Techno works for tall adults? (5’10” and 6’6″)
2. Do Maclaren strollers generally hold up well? Or should I go for a new one over a used one?
Thanks in advance!
My daughter has her first loose tooth. Does anyone have any fun tooth fairy traditions to share with me? I honestly can’t remember what my parents did when I was little. I think I might have had a special pillow to put the tooth in. Do those still exist?
A very belated thanks to the suggestions for trikes etc. last week. We ended up getting a small regular trike that she can ALMOST use and this odd four wheeled ride-on/walker (Y Pewi, $20 for the floor model, so why not). Kiddo is digging them both so far.
The push trikes looked like fun, but were bigger than I expected and we didn’t have anywhere to put it that would make it easier to use than the stroller.
This started as a rant about how I’m feeling like we’re being stretched thin financially, but my husband is relatively clueless about that and I think I realized the problem is that we have a three pot system (mine, his, and joint) that worked well before we had a kid/more expenses, but now isn’t working so well.
Those of you with a three pot system – how do you keep track of finances?
Did anyone go from having separate accounts to merging them entirely?
Those of you with stepkids — how did you address those expenses?
This is with the caveat that I know we’re in the top 5% nationally and ridiculously wealthy in the grand world view scheme of things.
How do you keep building a freezer supply after you go back to work? Currently I either pump when/if the baby gets up around 3 am, or pump after the first two morning feedings. I am hoping the 3 am wake up will phase out soon, and the second feeding will be a full pumping session when I am working.
I love the color but the shape looks really dated to me – I’d expect to see it in my mother’s closet.