Finally Friday: Baroque Linen Tee

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A woman wearing a Baroque Linen Tee.Loft has a lot of really cute t-shirts, etc., right now (including the top we’re featuring at Corporette today), so if you haven’t looked lately, you should check it out. I think this linen tee is great — it has a fun, bright, happy pattern that’s going to hide stains well, it’s machine washable, and it’s got very good reviews. (Ooh, and they have a lot of items in this particular pattern, including a maternity top, a skirt, a dress, a blouse, and more.) The regular and petite size range is XXS-XL, and the top is on sale for $29.99 from $39.99 –plus an extra 40% off (no code needed) that brings it down to just $17.99. Baroque Linen Tee Here’s a plus-size option. This post contains affiliate links and CorporetteMoms may earn commissions for purchases made through links in this post. For more details see here. Thank you so much for your support!

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)

And — here are some of our latest threadjacks of interestworking mom questions asked by the commenters!

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All attempts to engage him in a solution have produced nothing. He’s self-reporting his reds, which I appreciate and I praise him for his honesty, but any further questioning is “I don’t know” or “I don’t remember”. He doesn’t know/remember when he was talking, who he was talking to, what he was talking about, or any other circumstances, supposedly. The teacher has been difficult to engage.
I think you’ve made a great point about more immediate consequences. I’ll reach out to her again to see if she has any thoughts on what in-classroom consequences could be put in place for reaching red.

Am I being too “mean”?
Son (first grade) has really, really struggled with talking during school. They have a green, yellow, red system and he’s getting to red every.single. day. for the past month or so. The teacher says he’s overall a great kid, but that he talks to his buddies too much during “independent work time”. She doesn’t seem that concerned, but is apparently frustrated enough to put him on red every day.
I think some of it is end-of-the-year grumpies on the teacher’s part, but I’d say 80% of it is definitely my child. I don’t know how to make him take this seriously. Our evenings are so jammed pack there’s really no leisure time to “take away”. We tried telling him he could earn screen time for each “green” day, for use over the weekend, and that hasn’t worked.
So. I told him that, if he doesn’t straighten up, the easter bunny might not come. I KNOW I’M HORRIBLE! but i was so frustrated! It was the first time I saw something resembling regret pass his face. I think he finally takes it seriously.

My question is: Am I cruel if the Easter Bunny legitimately does not bring him what he asked for? (which is a $4 toy, bless his heart). Should the easter bunny leave a note saying he can earn it by staying on green for X amount of time? Not come at all if he continues to be on red every day between now and spring break? He only has one more school week before easter.

I know I need to try other methods that include him behaving because it’s the right thing to do… but at this point I want to just make it through the rest of the school year.

Thanks, all!

My 2 year old is on the short and adorably pudgy side. I can’t find any shorts that don’t swallow him (he’s in a 3T). Any recommendations for shorts that work on that body type?

From the Department of Things You Really Ought to Discuss With Your Spouse First:

Promising your child that if she signs up for French class the family will take a vacation to Paris.

Sigh.

For those that celebrate Easter: Any non-candy ideas for little things to put inside Easter Eggs? I have stickers and stamps but would love some other ideas. Kids are 3 and 6.

Friday shout out to all my fellow pregos out there.

Thought I’d do a little PSA to let ya’ll know that Oreos dipped in Nutella are delicious.

Maxi Dress Question: I love the idea of a maxi or midi dress in practice – seems like it would be great for just getting around town and looking relatively cute with the kid with flip flops or birks or whatever. But in reality they always seem to have too much fabric or make me look or at least feel heavy.

Can people who have found good ones let us know your favorite maxis for your shape/size? Thanks!

I need vacation advice.
my family has two weeks off in july (middle of July). I have a 3 yr old and an 18 month old. They are TERRIBLE in the car, so, even though we were going to drive to Florida (from DC), we are now going to fly. That got me to thinking: I’d really like to do something more fun than spend two weeks at the beach. Actually, I’d like to go to Europe. If I’m going to fly, why not just do the 9 hour flight and go somewhere fun? but WHERE in Europe would you recommend for 12 days or so with two toddlers? (Other than Paris, as we’ve just been there w/o kids.) we can Air BnB it, right? I just want something a little more exciting than Florida in July.

I know. First world problems.

How long is he napping? Maybe that needs to be shortened?

When my son was 3, he would still nap at daycare (not often at home or at preschool) and on those days he could easily be up until 9:30 or so.

Look at the total number of hours of sleep he is getting. If he isn’t acting tired, he may be getting enough.

My 2 1/2 year old son has been falling asleep later and later. It used to be 7:30 or 8 pm. Then, we switched him to a toddler bed and there was some sleep training for that. I installed a baby gate at his door, so that if he wakes up he doesn’t automatically come into our room. Now he is finally sleeping through the night again, but he does fall asleep until 9:30 or even 10:30 pm. He is usually in his room by himself just playing or reading for up to an hour (as I try to tuck him in by 8:30). Is this normal? Is this just a phase?