Washable Workwear Wednesday: Double-Breasted Blazer
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I’m not ready for “hard” clothes yet but want to look professional when I step into my office for the first time in over a year.
This double-breasted blazer from A New Day at Target is just what I’m looking for. This lined blazer features a lightweight fabric that’ll both fend off A/C inside and oppressive heat outside. The loose, yet tailored silhouette is perfect for layering over blouses and tees and includes functional front pockets. And the best part? After a long, hot day, just throw it in the machine washing machine and dryer.
The blazer is available at Target for $34.99 and comes in cream, black, and brown (more like a burnt sienna). It’s available in most sizes XS–4X.
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?
Posted yesterday on the main board but didn’t get many responses so I’m reposting here:
For anyone who has done pelvic floor therapy to correct leaking . . . did it work for you? If so, how long did you do the exercises and/or go to a therapist? And did you have to do the exercises every single day for them to be effective? I went to a therapist in the fall for diastasis recti and leaking. I learned a number of exercises that have helped a bit but I have found it very hard to do it consistently every day. My DR has barely budged and I still definitely leak when I run if I don’t pee immediately before I leave the house. I’m feeling really frustrated and like I must be doing something wrong. I stopped going to the therapist after at least 15-20 sessions but maybe I should start again with another therapist?
Anyone have suggestions for how to celebrate the Fourth with little kids? I’m feeling kind of blah about the long weekend. The family that was supposed to visit us canceled, all our local friends are out of town or entertaining visiting family of their own, Covid cases are on the rise again in my area so we’re trying to avoid crowds, and even if that weren’t an issue the fireworks and other official events are waaaay past my 3 year old’s bedtime. So I’m not sure what to do but it feels weird to just ignore the holiday.
Today is the last day of CMV (cytomegalovirus) awareness month, and I wanted to share a little PSA about it. What if I told you if you shared a cup with your toddler, you could make your fetus deaf?
CMV is very common – every year as many children are born with congenital CMV as are with Down Syndrome. CMV is the leading cause of non-genetic deafness in children, but it can cause many things, including severe developmental delays, stillbirth and childhood death. CMV is preventable if you take steps to avoid transmission, but most OBs don’t talk about it.
Many of us on this board are at high-risk of catching it – I was and didn’t realize until it was too late. People at high risk include those who didn’t go to daycare as a small child and who have a small child in daycare now. If you’ve ever gotten a mailer from the red cross about your blood being good for babies (the ‘baby brigade’), you’re at extremely high risk, because you were recently CMV negative. CMV is generally harmless to everyone but fetuses when their mom is infected for the first time during pregnancy.
If you didn’t go to daycare as a young child, and have a young child in daycare now, I urge you to ask your OB about your CMV status before TTC so you know if you should take extra precautions.
Backpack question…I think I’ll get an LL Bean backpack for my average-sized 5yo (starting kindergarten in the fall). Should I get a “Junior Original Book Pack” or an “Original Book Pack”? She will be walking or scooting to school (about a mile) on many mornings, so I want something comfortable.
Does anyone have girls’ sneakers that tie and come in size 11 and 12? My 5 y/o has super narrow feet and we really need shoes that lace to get a comfortable fit. The style that is stretchy laces with a velcro closure is way too loose, and she doesn’t like the look of all velcro (plus she has to tighten them so tight they look a little silly).
Any great recommendations for treating a canker sore in kids? At least that’s what I assume is happening with “my cheek hurts!” Originally thought he bit his cheek but then his cheek hurt again while licking a lollipop.
So our nanny has said that she’d like to explore a nanny share. She said she’d look for a family near us and we would of course have final say. I’m not incredibly enthusiastic about changing up our kids care arrangement but I’d like to come to some agreement because we love her, she loves our kids, etc. We have twins, 2.5 years old. Right now we have her for 40 hours, and in the fall the kids will go to pre school for two mornings per week, and our nanny will keep doing 40 hours — this will help us get a bit more coverage, which we identified we needed.
Has anyone moved from a nanny to a nanny share?
My SIL is getting married in Alabama on Labor Day Weekend. Am I silly to be worried about traveling there with our toddler and baby? We’re fully vaccinated and I assume baby is too since I got vaccinated while pregnant, but toddler obviously can’t be vaccinated yet. I don’t think we can get out of going so I don’t even know why I’m asking but the delta variant and low vaccination rates there have me worried.
If it makes you feel better, about 1 in 1750 people in Alabama is contagious with Covid right now. (They are measuring ~200 cases a day. I assume every person is contagious for 7 days and that another 200 cases are never tested.) If you’re really nervous, the hotel or your family might be able to suggest babysitters which would reduce the kids’ exposure.)
I know this has been asked here before, but google is failing me. How did you decide whether to keep clothes and other baby stuff, and what did you keep versus give away? For some background, we are 75% sure we are one and done, and if we were to have another it would probably be a couple of years from now. We have plenty of basement space, and have already started giving away or selling the big items (swing, carseat, etc) and a few of the smaller items. But I have a few containers of clothes that I still feel attached to, along with a few things that were just so helpful to have that I became attached to them too. It feels wasteful to keep holding onto it based on sentimentality and that future possibility of another, but it’s hard to let go. Sometimes stuff isn’t just stuff!
the other week someone recommended a water bottle for their kid who likes to chew on straws. i can’t find the post. any recs?
I posted yesterday about telling kids about a grandparent death – thank you! I think it went well today!
My follow-up question is what age do you start taking kids to funeral services (in this case in a church, family only). We do have to fly to the destination. My 6 year old is mature and would behave and would probably like to see her out of town cousins. But her almost 5 year old brother wouldn’t really get it, and her 2 year old sister is a total wild card. I’m considering taking the 6 year old but wondering if that’s more for me than for her. And it might cause problems to leave the 5 year old in town, even if the trip is for this reason, he’ll certainly feel left out. Easiest is probably to just leave all three of them – we’re flying up and back in a day – but I also specifically remember not being invited to my grandfather’s funeral when I was 8 and wanting to go. That’s a big two years later though.