Washable Workwear Wednesday: Ara Midi Skirt
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This pretty skirt is the breath of spring I need right now.
Made from a light jersey, this flowy skirt feels and moves like silk without the wrinkles and upkeep. It features an abstract floral print, side slit for movement, and pull-on waist for comfort. Add the matching top for a bold look, or pair it with a solid blouse for something more subdued.
M.M.LaFleur’s Ara Midi Skirt is $249 and comes in sizes XS-XXL. There are also two other versions on sale!
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 5/8:
(See all of the latest workwear sales at Corporette!)
- Ann Taylor – Mother’s Day Event: 40% off your purchase. Readers love this popover blouse, and their suiting is also in the sale.
- Banana Republic Factory – Up to 50% off everything + extra 20% off
- Brooks Brothers – Dress & sport shirts, 2 for $149
- Express – $39+ summer styles + 25% off everything else
- J.Crew Factory – Up to 60% off everything + extra 70% off clearance + 40%-50% off the Weekend Shop
- Lo & Sons – Mother’s Day Sale: Up to 40% off — reader favorites include this laptop tote, this backpack, and this crossbody
- M.M.LaFleur – Try code CORPORETTE15 for 15% off
- Nordstrom – Up to 25% off
- Talbots – 50% off wear-now styles and all markdowns + 30% off tops, pants, jeans, and shorts
If it’s too late in the day I’ll repost tomorrow but –
Thoughts on Disney with a not-quite 1 year old? I have a business trip to Orlando at a time when DH will be on paternity leave and our baby will be just shy of a year old. I really don’t want to be away from my baby for that many nights. And also, DH has family near Orlando that he’s been wanting to visit, so he and the baby will have something to do while I’m in meetings.
Should we also tack on a day or two in the parks? I haven’t been since I was a kid. The baby won’t know any of the characters but I wonder if it’s just a fun environment for kids generally? Baby is social, handles crowds well, and is acutely interested in people watching especially watching other children play. Although I suppose all that could change in the next several months!
Question for the cruise people — I see a few recommendations below to stay on the boat, as the activities are less crowded during shore days. What is the draw to a cruise over – for example – an all inclusive resort? I don’t love places that get super crowded or that don’t have a quick way out, which seems like the case all the time when you are on a big boat – crowded without space to spread out. My husband’s family wants to do a cruise in two years, but especially if you aren’t going to leave the boat – why isn’t an all inclusive a better option? Same principle, more options, not stuck at sea? Or is being at sea what makes it special? I’m genuinely asking – as I don’t want to be a stick in the mud as they are all getting extremely excited about this cruise in a few years (they were big cruise people growing up and so there’s a lot of nostalgia), and listening to them talk about it — I’m a little worried I’ll spend the whole time feeling really claustrophobic. It’s not so bad I won’t go, so maybe better said, I know people LOVE cruises, so can you tell me all the good things about them, as I feel anticipatorily anxious about this trip and I want to be excited with everyone else in my family?
I think my brain is broken. First it was a high-needs kid and a big job, then the pandemic, then a toxic job, now [gestures broadly at the dumpster fire that is the USA]. I can’t concentrate or accomplish anything at work or at home. I don’t think it’s reasonable to expect anyone to accomplish anything under the current circumstances, but on the other hand I can’t go on being useless forever.
I’m so burned out at work, and juggling snow days with the kids has not helped. I’ve been gaming out quitting to be a SAHP for almost a year now and our finances would be OK. I think the last things keeping me from quitting right now are (1) there are only three people on my team, and one is about to go out on parental leave; and (2) this is generally a great job and one I’d want to come back to in a couple of years, and I don’t want to burn bridges. Thoughts?
Any advice for dealing with toddler tantrums? My 2 year old is having a lot of tantrums for seemingly no reason. For example, last night she just started crying and wouldn’t eat about half way through dinner. She didn’t seem to have any issues with the dinner itself and didn’t want anything else. When I tried to put the leftovers away, she got worst. She eventually wanted to eat more. For the life of me, I have no idea what triggered the tantrum or wtf she wanted. I ended up just letting her lay on the floor crying, and the tantrum ended up lasting about 45 minutes in total.
Any advice on how to deal with these? Book recommendations? Reassurance that she will eventually grow out of it (and when?)?
I’m the kindergarten mom who posted yesterday about issues with her daughter’s teacher. Thanks for all your responses. She complained to my mom at pick up again yesterday about how rebellious my daughter is and I just don’t think this relationship is salvageable.
I’m looking at moving her mid year. The things I’ve heard about the other kindergarten teacher in her grade are so bad that I’m reluctant to move her into that class so I’m feeling out some private and alternative schools first. I feel a little crazy but I also feel like this teacher has taken against my daughter and isn’t giving her a fair shake.
What are people planning for trips this year?
We’ve got stuff booked – Amsterdam for February break, California for Easter (me, kid, and my dad), but haven’t planned anything for summer. Kiddo and I will spend 2 weeks at my parents, but it’s too hot for my delicate English rose of a husband. Trying to figure out a house swap week just the three of us.
Going on my first Disney Cruse in April with my family of four – me, DH, 8 year old and 2.5 year old.
The kids’ age gap is tricky right at the moment given their vastly different attention spans and general tolerance for anything (ie: my toddler is… well, a very spirited, tornado-like toddler).
This morning they opened up reservations for booking excursions. We’re stopping in Nassau and Disney’s Lookout Cay at Lighthouse Point. Is this a terrible plan — currently considering doing a shorter excursion in Nassau with 1 parent and 8 year old (maybe a catamaran/snorkling thing or dolphin thing). Other parent would probably hang back on the ship with the toddler. Will that suck for the parent hanging back?
Also, has anyone been to Lookout Cay? There is less to book, which makes me wonder what we should do. We could again book a shorter excursion (there’s a nature walk I think my 8 year old would eat up) and rent snorkling gear, which she also would love. Is there plenty for the 2 year old to toddle around? So many questions but not a lot of direct answers yet from my direct researching.
I’m not a cruiser or a Disney fanatic, but we’re excited. The age gap is really amazing in a lot of ways (and fully unplanned after an awful infertility battle), but sometimes planning activities that work for everyone at this terrible two phase is tough. I just want everyone to have a good time!
How do you handle planning trips with your spouse/partner when you have divergent ideas about level of “difficulty” for lack of a better word? DH and I are taking our young kids (4 & 7) on our first big trip and DH is advocating hard for “off-the-beaten path” so much that I’m losing my mind trying to explain why taking the kids on this trip is already hard – we do not need to add in difficulty! His cost-benefit analysis is just fundamentally different than mine and I am trying super hard to tell myself that his values are different, not wrong, but I’m struggling with it. (Because I feel like my way is the best way, naturally!) I know there are those couples/families who are out who love backpacking with little kids and talking about how their kids are so resilient, etc., but I like my nature to be easily accessible.
I’m not talking neccessarily about the difference between an all inclusive resort and camping in Yosemite, more like I want a nice easy hike, then dinner in a nice restaurant and a hotel bed. He wants to fly to a remote part of Yosemite and then backpack up a mountain and camp there with the kids, and pack in as much as humanly possible into a trip. Even if it was just the two of us, that’s not my style, but I feel like with whiny little kids who are incredibly picky eaters, we definitely shouldn’t do it. How do you compromise on things like this?