Washable Workwear Wednesday: Belted Striped Vest
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I started seeing vests everywhere starting last fall, and they’re still popular for spring. If you want to give this look a try, consider this crisp, striped rendition from Ann Taylor.
This belted vest’s tailored silhouette is softened by a ballet neckline and cap sleeves. Pair it with white trousers or (if you’re feeling bold) the matching pants (lucky sizes) for a full set that leans nautical.
This belted striped vest is on sale for $119.25 (marked down from $159) and comes in sizes 0-18 as well as petites.
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.
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- Ann Taylor – 25% off tops & sweaters + extra 30% off sale
- Banana Republic Factory – Memorial Day Event: 50-70% off everything + extra 25% off
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- Talbots – $29.50+ must haves + extra 50% off all sale styles
My parents are providing childcare for our 7 year old this week because there are no camps in our area. They’ve gotten really into the “Camp Grandparent” thing. They’re taking her on all kinds of fun outings and even designed camp t-shirts. It’s adorable. Any suggestions for what we could give them as a thank you gift? They’re quite wealthy and buy everything they want so they’re hard to shop for. They also wouldn’t want us to spend a lot of money on them and probably won’t even let us treat them to a meal or anything like that.
Help me think through a question about family access to a newborn. I’m 31 weeks PG. My mother is extremely critical, difficult, and not good with babies. She will not be invited to visit at the hospital; fortunately she hasn’t pushed for this. She would like to come “help” when we’re home. She would be happy to do household chores like laundry, dusting, and will bring food. But anything she does will be punctuated by criticism about me and my home. This will be our first baby, I have no idea how I’ll feel or whether I’ll need the help badly enough that I can brush off her comments. I’ve been deferring answering her for now.
On the recommendation of my OB, no one is coming in the first few weeks unless they’ve had a TDAP. I’m willing to bet mom hasn’t received a TDAP vaccine in the last 10 years. If I ask her to get one, she will, but that heavily implies she’ll be invited to visit in the early weeks. If I decide I can’t deal with her, she will be understandably hurt.
DH has zero parental leave/PTO and has not been approved for any unpaid leave at this point (he just started a job – terrible timing, that’s a whole nother post). We don’t have any other family nearby. Should I ask mom to get vaccinated and just accept that she’ll be herself at a time that I’m not feeling it? Or should I not ask and not have help immediately postpartum?
Happy to report back that an early dose of the MMR vax was offered to us at our daughter’s 9 month appointment since we plan to travel before her 12 month appt.
So, how have you embarrassed your teen/tween lately? Question brought to you by the teen girl in the grocery line this morning who said it was “so embarrassing” that her mom brought reusable bags with them.
Random thought of the day. 40 is the weirdest age. My high school friends have kids going to prom and looking at colleges, and a lot of my college and grad school friends still have kids in diapers and some are even pregnant.
My daughter is about to turn 9, which seems to be the earliest age for getting the HPV vaccine. Normally I’d wait a year or two, but I’m a little concerned that it won’t continue to be available given the current administration. Is anyone else thinking about getting that one done as early as possible?
book recs for rising second grade girls so far they’ve enjoyed Unicorn Academy, Star Friends, Dragon Girls, and Dragon Masters. They seem more into stuff involving some type of magical element rather than regular people, like Junie B. Jones or Ivy & Bean, etc. I am grateful to have two avid readers, but they seem to consume a book a day and it’s hard to keep up!
Has anyone done coaching or therapy for themselves to help with child behavior issues? I feel like since my daughter has become a tween, we are just constantly butting heads and whatever she’s doing is triggering me in ways that are probably not healthy for either of us but her most importantly. I feel like I may need to reframe some of her behavior to better navigate this period so we still like each other at the end. Right now it’s a lot of catastrophizing on my end over stuff like bad friendships which I assume will lead to toxic relationships, or disorganization that I assume will lead to being unable to keep a job. I would rather not put us both in therapy or her alone because I don’t think that would help & might hurt the issues we have.
Book recs also welcome.