Washable Workwear Wednesday: Sienna Top
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Dress shirts can be a little dull, but I can always count on Boden for a fun and colorful take of this wardrobe staple like this embroidered shirt.
This 100% crisp cotton shirt has a curved hem you can wear tucked or untucked. The bright embroidered trim along the collar, cuffs, and front add an unexpected element of fun that’s still wearable Monday through Friday.
The Sienna Embroidered shirt is $125 at Boden. There are several other colors/patterns available as well.
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 4/16/25
(See all of the latest workwear sales at Corporette!)
- Nordstrom – 5,521 new markdowns for women!
- Ann Taylor – 40% off your entire purchase + 50% off one full-price item
- Banana Republic Factory – 50%-70% off everything + extra 20% off
- Eloquii – $29+ select styles + extra 40% off all sale
- J.Crew – Spring Event: 40% off sitewide + extra 40% off all sale
- J.Crew Factory – 40%-70% off everything + 60%-70% off spring faves
- M.M.LaFleur – New collection just dropped! Use code CORPORETTE15 for 15%
- Spanx – Lots of workwear on sale, some up to 70% off
- Talbots – 40% off select tops + 30% off dresses, skirts, shoes & accessories + 40% off all markdowns
Snowed in with kids and no power today. Wish me luck!
My son who is in 3rd grade and historically has had a pretty easy time socially has been very upset this week about being “blamed” for things – it sounds like sometimes kids get in trouble for doing something and say it was his idea or blame him (in his mind falsely). Just curious if this is a kid social dynamic that others have experienced (I don’t remember this?) and/or if folks have ideas on how to help him as he’s really upset about it (tried to fake illness so as not to go to school today for example).
Since it seems to be good updates day, I’ll add one. I’m the mom who posted a couple weeks ago about my ADHDer refusing to go to school and my complete loss of chill/inability to problem solve that morning.
I’m happy to report we’ve retooled our baseball card availability, I’ve given us more time to get ready in the morning (read: I get up a little earlier) and mornings have been pretty smooth since then! He hasn’t made a single peep about avoiding school and has been better about transitions.
I listened to an ADHD Parenting Podcast episode on school avoidance and refusal yesterday, in case this sort of thing pops up again, and it was a great listen. Even beyond school attendance issues, it focused on not over-accommodating our kids and how to help them push through discomfort. I recommend for anyone in a similar situation (the Dec 18 episode)
Another positive follow-up! A few months ago I posted about my handwringing over spending money I had saved in a HYSA specifically for travel. Well, shortly after that post, DH surprised me by asking if I wanted to book a short trip in mid-summer because we all get a little sick of each other and home by that point in the summer. Fast forward, the trip is booked, and I have actually enjoyed using the money I saved to pay for airfare! It is freeing to spend money I’ve already set aside, for the purpose I envisioned, for something I know I will enjoy.
i have tried SO hard to not focus on grades with my kids. In fact, I think number grades for lower elementary is silly. However yesterday, DD came out of school teary/crying and wouldn’t tell her teacher or our nanny why, so I said she could call me….turns she saw she got a bad score on a math worksheet and was worried she won’t get to go to second grade and that we’d be mad….we don’t even really look at our kids’ report cards with them bc i truthfully don’t think it matters at this stage, we have had a bit of a problem this year with DD doing poorly on math worksheet sometimes, not because she doesn’t understand the material, but because she rushes/doesn’t focus and so we’ve talked about the importance of slowing down and following the instructions. We emphasize learning and that the point of these worksheets is for your teacher to see what you do/don’t understand etc, but apparently our message has not gotten through! Any tips? I don’t want my kid crying about a grade in first grade!!!
Any suggestions for a read-aloud book for 5th graders? I am the “secret reader” in my 5th grader’s class next week. My kiddo reads epically-long chapter book series (to herself) so I have no idea what a good choice would be for a 15m read aloud to a group. Ideas?
Guys, I had a terrible evening with my kids yesterday. My 4 year old was literally getting upset at every transition or “not right now”/”no”, including getting in the car at pick-up. We couldn’t brush his teeth last night because he had been to the dentist that AM and gotten fluoride, and he lost his marbles, and then I lost mine after staying super calm all evening (doesn’t make it right, but it was literally the 98th time this had happened since we’d been home). I repaired with him, and all was well then until bedtime, but I feel so terrible about everything and also felt exhausted and cranky this AM and just felt my impatience with the kids build.
Edit to add: DH has been on business travel essentially since last week and just got back late last night, so this may be part of it, too.
Today is a new day, right?
Hey! A random follow-up from a query I posted a while back about whether I was being too sensitive about seemingly benign comments from my SIL about my kids (we live in the same neighborhood, and do a lot of cousin-sharing for nights off, etc. between my MIL and SIL’s family). In short, she (and my MIL, but to a lesser extent) make a lot of silly, laughing comments about my kids doing kid things, and it was bugging me. I got a lot of feedback that yes, I was being too sensitive, and people make those comments in a “kids are hilarious” way, not a subtle dig on my kids.
Reading the comments, I was thinking that I usually am not this sensitive to joking/kids are hilarious kind of comments (which I do with my friends a lot), and after paying closer attention to SIL, it occurred to me that it bugs me bc she ONLY makes the comments about my kids immediately AFTER her kid does something kid-like in view of others.
So, she’s likely to make a joke about how my kid was using stall tactics to avoid a chore immediately after her (same aged) son throws a fit when asked to pick up his toys. Anyway, making this realization helped me figure out that it’s a little bit of both of us — I got to a place where I was BEC with these comments from her, but I also realized she is (subconsciously) making sure we all know that her kid isn’t the only one doing kid things, especially when said kid things happen in front of my MIL.
It helped me drop my end of the rope, so to speak, and I’m far more likely to laugh it off now. I really do love my MIL and SIL, and it’s a great set-up, so I appreciated the feedback that I was being too sensitive (but also was helpful to notice there was a little more going on).