Everyone Thursday: Aral Cardigan
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This highly-rated, hand-washable cardigan looks lovely for working moms. I like the bit of stitching and chiffon detailing — lovely — and the shape strikes me as more flattering than an unshaped cardigan, yet still loose enough to be pooch-friendly. It’s available in four colors for $49.95 (was $89!) at Anthropologie. Aral Cardigan
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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?
As I’m starting to plan my maternity leave, I’m getting a bit nervous about how it’s going to unfurl. While I have my gripes, in general I love my job and am deeply committed to a project I’ve been working on for the last few years, which is scheduled to launch a few weeks before I’m due to come back. I’m trying to make sure all of the ducks are in order so that it will be in good shape when I do leave the office, but I’m having such a hard time envisioning being 100% disconnected during my leave. How did you ladies handle this? Is it completely unreasonable to think I might occasionally check in or follow developments along on email? I know the first few weeks are impossible, but I’m thinking more of after the first 4-6 weeks (I’m currently shooting to take 10-12 weeks).
Also along these lines I have Balance is a Crock, Sleep is for the Weak and The Milk Memos on my reading list (along with Unfinished Business). Any feedback on these or recs for others?
Any suggestions for how you adapted your child care when you had kid no. 2?
We’re just starting to think about options. We’d love it if we didn’t have to use different caregivers, which would mean two pick ups and drop offs and different holiday/vacation schedules. We’d like to keep our active oldest (3y0 when I return to work) in a FT preschool program and put our new baby (6 mo when I return to work) in a situation with a low caregiver to child ratio–1:2 would be preferred, but this isn’t available at a center.
And then there’s the budget. We’d like to be reasonable, but costs are crazy. We’re looking at almost 5K a month for two in daycare at our current center. For this budget we have other options–nanny, au pair, home-based center. These options would require pulling the 3 yo from FT daycare and putting her in some sort of PT preschool. After being in FT care, I think she’d be bored (and thus annoying) at home most of the day with a nanny or au pair and a baby, especially since this situation would start during the tough fall/winter months. We could put just the baby with a nanny or au pair and leave the 3yo where she is, but then we have the two schedule, two drop off problem.
Has anyone found any creative solutions? What works for your family?
What do you think is the most versatile portable highchair-like contraption? The Fisher Price booster seems pretty good, but then I see people out and about with one of the types that clip on to a table. Just trying to figure out what we might use the most as my kiddo is ready to sit at a table with us but isn’t necessarily ready for a restaurant highchair. (Rather, I’m petrified that she will pitch forward and smash her nose on the table somehow.)
thanks :)
How do you respond to a 3 year old who says “Mommy is bad”, “Little brother is bad”, “Sitter is bad”, etc.? I’ve been responding “That’s not nice” or “Little brother is NOT bad”, which is not working. He only does this at home and I am sure he does it to get a rile out of me. Ignore him? Other strategies?
Does anyone remember the mall store The Weathervane? Early-mid 1990s? This photo reminds me exactly of an outfit I had from there… long floral skirt, top, cinched cardigan. Probably little back boots or oxfords.