Washable Workwear Wednesday: Chuck On Blazer
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I love this simple blazer from Topshop. It looks easy to wear and is unlined, for a more casual blazer look. I like the longer length and the square front pockets for more of a cardigan-y feel. The name “chuck on blazer” is a little strange, but maybe it means you can just chuck it on over any outfit and it looks good? My preference here is for the red one — the simple lines tone down the color so you can avoid looking like Marge Simpson when she became a real estate agent. The black one as shown on the site has no pockets, which is a little confusing, but I like it that way too. It is now price-matched to $40 (marked down from $60), and is available in sizes 2–12, but pay attention to the sizing notes. It is machine washable but line dry. Chuck On Blazer
An option in plus sizes (and regular sizes too) is at Nordstrom, from Leith.
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Sales of note for 9.10.24
(See all of the latest workwear sales at Corporette!)
- Ann Taylor – 30% off your purchase
- Banana Republic Factory – Up to 50% off everything + extra 20% off
- Boden – 15% off new styles
- Eloquii – $29 and up select styles; up to 50% off everything else
- J.Crew – Up to 50% off wear-to-work styles; extra 30% off sale styles
- J.Crew Factory – 40-60% off everything; extra 60% off clearance
- Lands’ End – 30% off full-price styles
- Loft – Extra 40% off sale styles
- Talbots – BOGO 50% everything, includes markdowns
- Target – Car-seat trade-in event through 9/28 — bring in an old car seat to get a 20% discount on other baby/toddler stuff.
- Zappos – 26,000+ women’s sale items! (check out these reader-favorite workwear brands on sale, and some of our favorite kids’ shoe brands on sale)
Kid/Family Sales
- Carter’s – Birthday sale, 40-50% off & extra 20% off select styles
- Hanna Andersson – Up to 50% off all baby; up to 40% off all Halloween
- J.Crew Crewcuts – Extra 30% off sale styles
- Old Navy – 40% off everything
- Target – BOGO 25% off select haircare, up to 25% off floor care items; up to 30% off indoor furniture up to 20% off TVs
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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 18-month old has been coughing and asking for agua first thing when she wakes up. I am thinking about putting a water bottle in her crib in the hopes that she could take a little drink and then go back to bed for a bit. But what kind of bottle could she drink from and also would not spill everywhere as she moves around in the night? During the day she’s usually drinks from the Munchkin 360 circle cups
My company has recently acquired a start-up in a city several hours away (3-4 hours in rush hour traffic). My boss wants to visit the start-up to help us learn about what they do, how we can leverage their expertise, etc. She wants to schedule the visit in the next month. I had previously expressed interest in going, but now face a challenge: I am newly a single parent. I have not told my boss that my soon-to-be-ex has moved out, that we are getting a divorce or that I have the kids all of the time except every other Saturday& Sunday during the day. I have not told her because this is so very raw right now, because she is gossipy and not the most mature person and I do not want to discuss this at work. I have childcare to cover all of my work hours, plus some. However, I cannot swing 6+ hours of travel in a single day, plus the site visit without finding additional childcare (I would need to either catch the 4:45 am train or get back after 8:30), and I would need to notify soon-to-be-ex. Also there will be a court date in the next month. Do I just tell my boss that travel is very difficult right now (will be easier after divorce is final)? Do I figure out how to make this happen and continue with the not-telling?
Anyone had a successful conversation with their spouse about the mental load? I’m struggling with the right way to get my husband to understand just how much I do to keep the house running, which he seems to think happens from, I don’t know, fairies? Laundry, doctors appointments scheduled, clothes in the next size up for growing kiddo, food on hand so we don’t starve, insurance rates renegotiated, bills paid, cleaners hired, etc. Most of the time I don’t mind doing the tasks, but I feel like it’s invisible and unappreciated. He’s a good partner in a lot of ways (I never do the dishes) but we still have a pretty inequitable distribution (because it’s usually easier for me to just do something than to ask him to do it, aka the five-minute rule). Or as I said to a friend, he’s progressive enough that his Southern mother doesn’t understand why he does so much around the house, but my feminist mother thinks I have a long way to go to equal distribution.
I just read your comment, and I am so sorry you are going through this. I’d totally forgotten about your situation, it sounds like you are doing everything you can.
It also sounds like you explored all options for taking a longer leave of absence, but that would be my recommendation. My company has an open-ended unpaid leave of absence policy for these types of situations (though insurance coverage would be through COBRA I believe, because you would temporarily cease to be an employee). My husband’s company offers a paid sabbatical of up to 6 months after 10 years with the company with full benefits coverage. I’m giving you this info to let you know it is not unreasonable for you to ask for this from your company as it could potentially be industry standard (not sure what industry you are in, we are both in tech). None of these would guarantee your job back, but the expectation is that retaining a good employee is worth more to the company than the loss of that employee for a relatively short period of time. Your company has no legal requirement to offer you more leave, but I would try the argument that it is something offered by other companies and is important for your company to offer to remain competitive and keep good employees through temporary life situations.
Another thing I just thought of is my direct report, who has consistently worked PT, from home, and flex hours since her teenage daughter had a mental health crisis. During the most acute part of the illness she definitely wasn’t actually making her hours and we just let it slide. Depending on the week she makes up her hours on the weekend, evenings, or while in waiting rooms with her daughter. She’s just too good of an employee for us to worry about whether she’s actually working 30 hours or not – especially because as her daughter has gotten better she consistently puts in more hours. As a manager it was a no brainer for me (although I’ll say her role can be 100% remote, and is mostly computational/transactional, not customer facing so it lends itself to this).
All the hugs to you.
OMG I have no words.
But I have photoshopping skills — have been adding my kid’s picture to all sorts of pro athletes (in a bad way, like that guy who adds himself to Kendall Jenner’s pictures). She’s at the Olympics! She’s doing a keg stand with the Stanley Cup! Maybe this may be my xmas card this year.
I posted this on the main site because it’s a decorating thing, but I’m really a corporettemom so posting here too :)
Has anyone seen any fun colored toddler beds in stores lately? I love the land of nod jenny lind, but not the color range: https://www.crateandbarrel.com/jenny-lind-white-bed/f76728
And I love the room and board beds but not the idea of having a steel headboard, much less footboard, for my toddlers to scrape themselves on: https://www.roomandboard.com/catalog/kids/beds/parsons-bed-in-colors-in-kids
This seems like it should exist!
If a stranger told you that your 2 year old daughter had the “looks” to be a cheerleader one day, would it make you uncomfortable? Yesterday, my daughter and I were at the drug store picking up a prescription for her, and this older man told me that she looked like she would be a college cheerleader one day (she was wearing an SEC team’s shirt and matching hair bow). When I said “maybe,” he insisted that she would be a cheerleader one day, and that she had the “looks” of a cheerleader. His comment really struck me the wrong way. I’m not sure if it’s because my daughter is two, so any comments about her “looks” seem inappropriate, or if it is because I felt like he was typecasting her based on her looks (blonde hair, blue eyes).
what do you do with stained baby clothes? i know that it isn’t even really nice to donate them, but it feels so wasteful to throw them in the trash, particularly when they are pajamas and no one would even see them out of the house
My kid is 5 and will be going to kindergarten next fall. She’s in a transitional K program that is affiliated with our school system, so she’s got a class of kids that have a mix of working/part time/SAH parents, though I’m not sure this is relevant to the situation.
As of this year, I work 4 days a week from home, so I’m able to do a lot of the pick up/dropoff/weekday playdate stuff that used to be impossible when I worked FT. So weekday playdates after school or on the 2 days a week they don’t have school are a new thing this year.
When we host a playdate, the kid comes to our house and, well, plays. We have a gagillion toys. Sometimes I’ll have an activity set up, like play doh or cookie decorating or beads, but more often, the girls (or girl and boy, but it’s usually a girlfriend that comes over) play amongst themselves and eventually I set them up with a snack. I intervene if there’s any fighting or if they seem bored, but usually, they’re on their own. Our guests are usually upset/don’t want to leave when it’s time to leave, which I take as a sign they’ve had fun.
Yesterday, my kid went on a playdate at her friend D’s house. D’s mom texted asking if it was OK to take the girls to Target. Sure. My kid gets home and apparently they went to Target, got hot chocolate and a cookie at starbucks, then D’s mom bought LOL dolls and they went back to D’s house to watch Frozen after opening up the LOL dolls. They also watched Paw Patrol both to and from Target, which is a 10 minute drive away.
1. Is this what playdates are now? Do we just have lame playdates? my kid came home with a brand new toy. The best we do is send kids home with frosted cookies or a beaded bracelet.
2. Should I have given D’s mom money? She dropped like $20 on my kid between the food and the toy. If it matters, both D’s family and ours are upper class and $20 is not a burden to either of us. But I’m cheap and no way would I think to drop $40 on a random playdate for my kid. THIS IS WHY WE HAVE TEN GAGILLION TOYS.
3. They didn’t actually play! I could care less if my kid eats junk and watches TV (we don’t really do that at our house, but it’s NBD) but they didn’t seem to really…interact..with eachother at all. Except to pick out new toys.
Am I really off base here? This is my oldest kid.
My 4mo used to get really upset about wet/dirty diapers, but for the past couple days (maybe a week?) she’s been perfectly content to hang around in a wet diaper, even when it leaks pee all over her legs, back, bed, bouncer, what have you. Is that normal? We can just start changing her on more of a schedule, but does this, like, mean anything?
anybody know a cute website to order birthday t-shirt for a 3 year old?
One of my close friends had twins last year (IVF, lots of high risk factors). Twin 2 is fed through a stomach-tube/pump system. I want to get a gift for the twins/my friend for their first birthday. What would you recommend? Budget ~$100 total.
I’m childfree but most of my close friends have had kids – I usually find an outfit or book for the baby and a gift certificate for mom. I’ve seen special clothes for the feeding system – should I ask her if that’s what they use? Or do you have any other ideas?
For about six weeks now, Montessori school has been gently suggesting my two year old (boy, fwiw) is ready to potty train. He turned two a couple weeks ago. I’ve read the three day method and am planning to do it this weekend since I have Friday off. Would appreciate good vibes/advice/suggestions for what worked. Current plan is: make a huge game of saying goodbye to diapers, keep my pantless, underwear-clad kiddo entertained, give juice, etc. It will be fine right? I just need to do it.
My 12 month old has started crying hard when we don’t allow her to do something she wants to do. I’m guessing this is pretty normal. Any strategies for calming her down? Previously it was fairly easy to distract her with a hug or a different toy, but now she remembers what she wanted and isn’t interested in alternatives. Nursing is the most effective way to calm her down, but I don’t know if I should be moving away from “comfort nursing” at this age.
I need help figuring out what size T shirt to get for our nephew as a gift. We don’t have kids and I don’t know how their sizing works. He is 5 years old, about waist-high on me (I’m 5’1″) and slim but not skinny. Do I need a youth size? A child size? It doesn’t have to be a perfect fit, and probably would be good to be a little big. Thanks in advance!