Washable Workwear Wednesday: Allover-Print Short-Sleeve Top
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This flowy floral top is perfect for days when you don’t know what to wear.
This pretty cap-sleeve top is made from a soft, drapey fabric. The high-low hem means you can wear it tucked or untucked, and the relaxed cut will keep you cool. Add a suit jacket or cardigan for the office, and jeans for the weekend.
This Treasure & Bond blouse is $59 at Nordstrom and comes in three floral prints. It is available in sizes XXS-XL.
Looking for other washable workwear? See all of our recent recommendations for washable clothes for work, or check out our roundup of the best brands for washable workwear.
Sales of note for 2/14/25 (Happy Valentine’s Day!):
(See all of the latest workwear sales at Corporette!)
- Nordstrom – Winter Sale, up to 60% off! 7850 new markdowns for women
- Ann Taylor – Up to 40% off your full-price purchase — and extra 60% off sale
- Banana Republic Factory – 50% off everything + 15% off (readers love their suiting as well as their silky shirts like this one)
- Boden – 15% off new season styles
- Eloquii – 300+ styles $25 and up
- J.Crew – 40% of your purchase – prices as marked
- J.Crew Factory – 50% off entire site and storewide + extra 50% off clearance
- Rothy’s – Final Few: Up to 40% off last-chance styles
- Spanx – Lots of workwear on sale, some up to 70% off
- Talbots – Flash sale ending soon – markdowns starting from $15, extra 70% off all other markdowns (final sale)
We’re leaving my daughter with my parents for a week soon while we go out of the country. We should leave a signed letter authorizing them to get her medical treatment, right? Does it need to be notarized? We’ve done this once before, but didn’t really think to do any preparations and fortunately nothing bad happened. Anything else we should do in advance? My parents are regular caregivers for her, so they have all the info about her routines, daycare, activities, etc.
How do you balance a 5 year old kid saying “I don’t want to try that new thing” with just pushing them to have exposure to something new?
DD is 5. She likes gymnastics and ballet. She doesn’t have a lot of exposure to other organized sports beyond that. I’d love to get her to try tennis or soccer, for example, but I’m met with an instant no. I really don’t think she has a good concept of what she’s saying no to, on the one hand, but on the other I want her to have the chance to try and potentially realize she likes it! Gymnastics and ballet were similarly met with “no” but she was younger and I was more willing to just pull her if it ended up a true flop. Not sure if 5 is still young enough to abort participation if it’s not a fit vs her making her see the session/session through.
There’s a low pressure 2-week tennis clinic thing in town for 3.45-5 year olds our nanny could take her to in July, for exmple. Should I just bite the bullet, register and talk it up/show her what tennis is and see if there’s any luck?
FWIW, she tried soccer at 3.5-4.5 and it was a bust (broke this once competitively-playing soccer mama’s heart) and she doesn’t want to try again. She’s still young and I’m hoping she comes around, but I’m not going to force the sport on her, esp given the direct exposure and negative connotation in her head. Honestly, she was just really shy and I think she found it overwhelming, but has since completely grown out of the shyness. TIA!
Did your kids sleep through the night at 2.5+? My good friend is really, really struggling with her kid refusing to sleep in his room, waking up, calling out, the works. She said to me “I think I have to wait until he’s at least 3 because I’ve heard that’s when kids can really sleep through the night” and I was curious if that’s true – we’re not at that age yet in our house but I’ve been hoping for sleeping through the night much earlier than that…
i feel like the worst mom. recently i lost it with my kids one night after they came out of their room for the millionth time while DH was out of town and said something along the lines of “your’e driving me crazy.” i apologized shortly thereafter and told them it was not a kind thing to say, but then last time they were procrastinating bedtime and started saying it to me. idk what is wrong with me lately, i’ve been very impatient with them, i already take an ssri, i dont feel depressed, i just wish i could turn my brain off for like a week.
It’s time to replace nighttime nursing with water for LB. Which gives me two shopping dillemas.
What kind of cup should I give him? I would prefer a straw instead of a sippy, but top priority is cleanability.
The extra volume (he likes water!) is flooding diapers (Huggies size 4) in the middle of the night. Is there any product to solve this problem, or do I just need to keep getting up to change the diapers.
Paging graphic novel mom – the Can We Read? substack just published a round up of graphic novels.
My almost 5 year old has been sick all week with a pretty brutal virus (for a while we were even suspecting meningitis until ER ruled it out… it’s pretty rough). Any advice on keeping sick kids happy while they are cranky? He mostly only seems content when he’s watching a show or sleeping, otherwise is just irritable (which is understandable).