Everyone Thursday: Three Quarter Sleeve Collarless Jacket
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This jacket looks so great in both its plus-size and regular-size versions, I thought I’d feature the plus-size for a change. I will say as someone who hates coral/orange yet wore the heck out of a similar coral/orange blazer: You’d be surprised how versatile it is. My favorite way to wear it was with a black-and-white printed blouse, a black skirt, and a multicolored necklace, but that’s me — tone it down easily by pairing it with simple neutrals (black, white, navy). The blazer is $298-$329, available in regular, petite, and plus sizes. Classiques Entier Three Quarter Sleeve Collarless Jacket
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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?
I just wanted to say thank you to everyone for all the comments when I was worried about no crawling at 11.5 months. She decided today was the day and is now zooming around daycare!
Just wanted to say thanks for all of the travel advice that has been posted here. I successfully did my first business trip involving pumping and it went just fine. I was going through DFW which has nice mother’s rooms in terminals A&B and I got the polar bear cooler suggested by one reader which worked perfectly to bring back milk. I had no issues with TSA – in fact, they were super nice to me. I would have been so much more nervous without the advice from here. So thank you, everyone!
What’s the gift protocol for a 4 yo’s birthday? Do I ask the parents what their kid is into? Guess? Budget? We will be going with our son and it is a casual event.
Help! I need another last minute gift for Father’s Day. Needs to be Amazon Prime or something that can be pick up locally (mall/Target). So far, I have a family photo for his desk at work but would like another gift. I had planned to order the matching onesies and shirt from Amazon someone posted last week. There were too many options and I couldn’t make a choice, and now it’s too late for shipping (through third party seller). I used to love shopping and choosing thoughtful gifts but ever since giving birth, I’ve been dreading the whole process and how mentally draining it is to make choices.
In the question about giving Tylenol above, one of the responses mentioned the caregiver calling to tell you your child was “not himself.” I have only been back to work for a month, but our daycare (which we love) called me last week to tell me my child was not himself because he was fussy (he is normally a VERY happy baby). I asked if he was running a fever and they said no, and then I was confused about what I was supposed to be doing. I wiped out my vacation on my maternity leave (because my company made me), so I can’t just leave work because my kid is fussy at daycare. I ended up thanking her for the information and texted later to see how he was doing. Is this a common thing and are they just trying to keep me informed, or do they expect me to come get him every time he is extra fussy?
First of all, love this jacket & thanks to Kat for featuring the plus size one!
Second, going to a co-ed baby shower this weekend. I already bought a gift and shipped it to their house, and it was delivered earlier this week. Do I need to bring anything to the shower other than a card? I thought about bringing a token gift in case she opens presents, but she indicated that she didn’t want to do that, and I’m fairly sure she doesn’t need another cute onesie.
Third, after a talk with the RE, we decided to go straight from clomid to IVF. Our insurance covers it, and the RE said the success rates of IUI are similar to clomid with well-timed intercourse (which we tried three times, and while supposedly I responded but it was never a slam dunk – my best follicle was only ever 18mm). Eeeeep! I can’t believe we might actually get pregnant!
As a follow up to the discussion last week about forgiving yourself for not balancing work/life perfectly, did you all see Michelle Obama’s comments from yesterday? It was some kind of summit about women involving Oprah. But she really nails it I think, in terms of the first thing is liking yourself. She also made done great comments about men. Link to follow.
My almost 3 yo is really struggling with having a new sister (5 weeks old). She is sweet as can be to her sister and loves to help with her, but we have constant meltdowns over me or my husband holding the baby. She wants to be held by whoever is holding the baby. She is not content to share us–we have to put the baby down. If we hand the baby to the other parent she just switches to wanting that parent to hold her. We often do put the baby down to hold her, but there are times when that just isn’t practical. And as soon as we pick the baby up again she wants to be held again. It’s one constant tantrum.
She also is hugely oppositional about everything. She won’t put on clothes, get ready for school, get in the car, put on shoes, take a bath, etc., etc. I’m so tired of the constant battle. She also has a massive freakout if we leave the room. (Though she has no issue being dropped off at school. We’ve kept that routine.)
She cried or tantrumed for 2.5 hours last night and another 1.5 hours this morning. We do try to spend as much one on one time with her as we can. I played playdough with her for almost 2 hours yesterday just before the epic bedtime tantrum. (Grandma came over to hold the baby.) I don’t know how to make this better. She’s clearly hurting. Suggestions?
Teething question: how do you know when you should give Tylenol? Baby AIMS is getting her teeth in and she’s not generally too fussy and isn’t much more so now, but she definitely wakes up a bit more than usual lately. If I nurse her, she’ll usually fall back asleep but then will wake up in another hour to repeat. I’d rather not give too much pain meds but at the same time I don’t want her to be in pain and not like I can ask her to tell me her level of discomfort on a scale of 1-5.
ALSO: a PSA – LOFT is having a pretty big sale (which is the only way I buy their clothes), I just ordered white jeans b/c I think someone on the main s*te recommended them as not being too see through, but they have lots of maternity stuff on sale. I really liked their maternity things for work when I was pregnant so just wanted to do a shout out. Also, their “utility blouse” is pretty great as long as you wear a tank underneath. I got it in a bunch of colors in petite and it makes pumping at work very easy and I manage to still feel put together.
This week has been a long one, but I’ve got a large coffee, a quiet office (yay for other people’s time off!), and a carefully planned, challenging yet manageable to-do list for the day. Life is good. What is getting you through to the weekend?