Thursday’s Workwear Report: Work-It Skort
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Betabrand is an interesting brand that makes/crowdfunds a lot of machine washable workwear — and this interesting skort caught my eye. Beneath the classic, full skirt is a secret: black shorts with a slim cargo pocket for keys or whatnot. At the very back of the skirt, there’s another slender, zippered pocket built into the waistline (like in athletic shorts) that can hold a few credit cards/ID cards. It’s an interesting skirt for a lot of reasons, but it reminded me of why I swapped my nude-for-me Spanx for black Jockey Skimmies after having kids for most casual dress/skirt-wearing: it makes it a lot easier to get down on the ground and play with your kids without worrying about flashing everyone; I have also tended to carry a TON less stuff after having kids (driver’s license, phone, tinted lip balm and I’m good!). The skirt is $88 at Betabrand, and comes in four colors. Marsala Work-It Skort
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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?
My 5 month old keeps rolling onto her tummy in her crib and crying because she doesn’t know how to flip herself to her back. Until now, she has been an amazing sleeper — she sleeps 12 hours a night with 3 naps a day, and is great at self soothing (she is a thumb sucker). Any tips for getting her to fall back asleep on her tummy or helping her get better at rolling back to her back?? I watch her on the monitor when this is happening and she stays extremely upright, in an upward facing dog position, after rolling onto her tummy. I wish she would just lay her head down and go back to sleep on her tummy, but she doesn’t seem to want to do that. Should I just let her cry until she figures out she can rest her head down and sleep on her tummy? I have no experience with CIO because she has been a great sleeper from birth and we never had to do any real sleep training.
It’s kind of a drag, isn’t it, how anything set up for “moms” is actually set up for “moms who don’t work M-F, 9-5 (or more)”?
Like I would love to do ‘Mommy and Me’ yoga or dance or music or art classes with my kiddo. But I can’t, because they’re all on like, Tuesday at 11 or Thursday at 3.
I’m a member of a local parents group online but all their get-togethers are in the same kind of time frame.
None of the local specialists in PPD therapy have evening or weekend appointments.
I’m not begrudging stay at home parents their activities, it’s just frustrating that it feels like there’s nothing available for the rest of us.
I’m 6 months post partum and am wondering if I am having post partum bladder issues. I have almost no issues with incontinence, but I have to pee all the time. It’s never just a general urge to go, but rather a feeling of having to go right that minute (and I actually do have to pee, it’s not just the urge to go). I’ve had bladder infections before and I don’t think this is one – there is no pain or burning. It’s like I go from fine to having to pee really badly every 30-45 minutes. I am drinking a lot of water because I am nursing, but this seems to be excessive in comparison to what I am drinking (plus I was drinking a lot of water when I was pregnant and didn’t have an issue). My sister said she has experienced the same thing ever since she had her first child. Anyone else experienced this?
I have this skirt and I don’t like it. It’s impossibly wrinkly, sadly. And because of the way the shorts are sewn in, I can’t wear it as high on my waist as I’d like to.
I do quite like their Yoga Pants for Work or whatever they’re called. They’re my standard travel uniform.
Words of reassurance for my 1st trimester screening today? (NT scan as well as blood test). We’re still in our late 20s and at low risk of any genetic problems, but I can’t help but be nervous!!!
We just moved my daughter from daycare to a preschool + nanny combo. We love everything about the new school, but I’m super confused / taken aback by their food policy. We don’t have any allergies in our house, and I’m happy to do whatever needs to be done for kids that do have allergies, but this seems awfully extreme/ineffective…
All food brought in for your kid’s personal lunch (ie not class treats) must be nut/peanut free (ok, easy, and common). All food must EITHER be in its original packaging OR be labeled “SAFE” which indicates that the parent read and verified via the label that the food was not processed in a plant where it could be cross-contaminated.
So, I get it. Maybe there is a kid that has an allergy sitting next to my kid and steals one of her pretzels which perhaps was made in a facility where there could be cross contamination– that’d be bad. But what about the sandwich I made on my counter where I made a PB&J yesterday? Wouldn’t that be WAY higher risk?
For anyone that either has a family member with a nut allergy or has been at a school with these super cautionary policies before, could you throw out any “sneaky” items that someone may not suspect has nuts or is in a facility where nuts are also present? I didn’t realize I’d have to up my awareness to this extent when packing lunches at this new school. Also–I did ask and there aren’t any kids in her actual class with this kind of allergy, just the school in general. But I guess they share facilities so everyone is cautious.
To be very clear–I am happy to comply. I’m just surprised that this is the biggest problem (cross contaminated personal food). I got a call from the school admin asking me to check the packaging on my bread (clear!) and to label it next time. But the cheese wasn’t an issue? Or the turkey or mustard?
Help me, allergy mamas!
posted a comment on yesterday’s language post about what worked for us with second language – hope it helps a couple of the posters that were wondering how to make it happen for their families.
Just received an all day meeting agenda for 1.5 weeks from now. Day includes two 15 minute breaks and a working lunch. I typically pump 2x during the workday and those breaks take atleast 20 minutes based on pump room location, set-up, plus pumping for 15 minutes. Meeting is with 10-15 people, so my absence would be noticed. This is for a company women’s group I am in. Cutting my pumping short isn’t really an option because I get major engorgement issues (yay good supply, boo leaking), and we’ll be finishing up later than my typical work day, so I don’t want to push it. Should I let the organizer know ahead of time I will be taking longer breaks? Just take longer breaks? Option C I am not thinking of?
Background: I had to ask about our evening agenda ahead of time knowing a dinner would be planned and that my husband had an evening work event on one of two women’s event days. Since we potentially needed to secure a babysitter I asked the president/organizer which night the dinner was being planned. Being that she has two kids similar age to mine I thought she would understand the whole “might need a babysitter” thing. She seemed annoyed that I couldn’t just be available at the drop of hat/that I was asking in advance. So that’s why I hestitate with being upfront.
I’m sure this has been discussed here before, but here’s my situation: I live in a LCOL area with mostly mediocre public schools and good private schools that are Very Important to people who are from here. When people ask “where did you go to school”, they mean high school. My kid will eventually probably go to one of these snooty private middle/high schools because we’re zoned for an awful middle and high school but we love our house and are unlikely to move.
But currently, we’re trying to figure out kindergarten/elementary school.
Option 1: mediocre public elementary school. In recent years past, this school was truly horrible. One of the worst rated public elementary schools in the area. However, with some community involvement and a new STEM program, it has risen from awful to mediocre/almost decent. No after school programs are available, so I’d have to pay for some kind of care in the afternoon. Plus several additional thousand dollars (? I have never had to do this, but I’m budgeting for worst case scenario) for summertime camps.
Option 2: mid-range (in terms of cost) private elementary school. $11k year in tuition, plus several additional thousand dollars for after school care through the school plus several additional thousand dollars for summertime camps. Plus more money to pay for lunches from the fancy organic grocery store that caters.
So, as I see it, the benefit of the public school is that 1. it’s free and 2. She will meet people who are not exactly like her. She’s a well-off little blonde white girl with educated and involved parents. I really don’t want her to grow up to be a stuck up snob who thinks that an organic kale salad is a normal thing that normal people eat for lunch. The drawback of the public school is that it’s mediocre in terms of quality of education and has a history of student behavioral problems that were bad enough that one of my public school teacher friends moved out of the school district so her children would not have to go to school there.
The private school has a lot of really neat programs and opportunities, but it’s a bunch of kids that look exactly like my daughter. Plus it’ll be $70k+ for K-5th tuition. Which we can afford without a problem and isn’t much worse than paying for daycare, but is still a big chunk of change.
What would you do?