Washable Workwear Wednesday: Drape Twist Dress
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Ellen Tracy is one of those brands that reliably has good washable workwear — and this knee-length drapey dress has been calling my name. I think it looks great as styled here, but I also think it would look great in early fall with a knee-length cardigan, tights, and booties. It’s $69-$99 at Amazon, available in sizes XS-XL. Ellen Tracy Drape Twist Dress
Two plus-size options are here (solid) and here (geometric print).
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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 husband works long hours (he’s a doctor in fellowship, so not flexible) and we have a 14 month old. About 6 months ago, I asked my office about going to a 80 percent schedule. My immediate supervisor was very supportive, but the main boss declined. Its a government law office (non-federal) and basically he was worried about losing a full time position that he would have to fight to get back if I left and the budget situation was unfavorable. My plan was to look for a part time position (likely elsewhere) next year when my husband finishes fellowship and we probably move (not too far but closer to family).
All that is background. A few days ago, a woman in my office unexpectedly resigned from her part time position. My supervisor asked if I was interested before she even told main boss about resignation so she could make a case for it to go to me, instead of filling it as a full time position, as she suspected main boss would want. I said yes and boss approved, so the job is mine.
Now I’m just kind of reeling. This was so fast and unexpected and I’m having, I guess, some second thoughts about cutting back this far this soon. I wasn’t planning to go this part time (50 percent) until later next year. But it’s a 20 hr/week position at half salary, so a little over 50k plus benefits. 2 days are relatively fixed, the other hours can be flexed. I’ll be doing administrative hearings, so still litigation but more controlled. Part time law jobs like this are not common so basically its kind of a unicorn position and I had to seize the opportunity. I know I would regret if I turned it down because I probably won’t be able to find an opportunity like this next year. But pulling back feels weird. I don’t know what I’m asking, just kind of processing. I’m doing the right thing right?
How do people who don’t have local family do it? I ask as someone who does not have local family. The closest grandmother is 1,000+ miles away. Both grandfathers are useless. You know what I really want? I want to be able to drive 10 minutes, drop my kid off with grandma or a fun aunt, and go out of town with my husband for a long weekend like half of my coworkers do. We’re at a moment in our marriage where that would really help. Any suggestions on how to make this work?
Any tips on train travel with a toddler? We have a wedding to attend in Chapel Hill and are thinking about taking the train instead of flying or driving from DC. Kiddo will be 2 years old, so we will buy her a ticket. Do you put the car seat on the seat? Can you walk around while in transit? I’m excited to try the train travel option bc it seems like less work, but I am really unfamiliar with the rules/tips.
Etiquette question.
You hear someone vomiting in a shared work bathroom with four stalls. Can’t tell who it is, but in a small-ish (50-person) workplace, you will likely recognize them when they emerge. To your knowledge, no on in the office is currently pregnant but you work with many women in their 20’s – 30’s. You:
(1) Ask if they’re okay and offer to get water
(2) Politely ignore, assuming this may be a not-yet-ready-to-make-public pregnancy situation and scurry out without getting a glimpse of the person.
I just did (2), but now I’m wondering if I’m a jerk and should have done (1). [FWIW, if it had been me in the stall, I would have preferred that the listener did (2).]
Pogo–how did your egg retrieval go today? I’ve been thinking about you. Fingers crossed for an awesome yield, and congratulations on being one giant step closer to the end goal! If you feel like it, keep us updated on how the embryos are progressing.
Related to the question above – how to you handle the birth of a second (or later) kid without family in town to watch the older sibling? Our second is due this winter and we’ll probably fly out the “useful” grandparents around my due date, but I feel like we should have some kind of contingency plan in case baby arrives early. Do you have an established sitter (or two? More?) on call for the weeks leading up to you due date? Seems logical when I type it out but we don’t regularly use sitters so we don’t have any established relationships. And while friends would probably step in in a pinch, our kid doesn’t know them, so that seems like it would really hard on kiddo.
Any recommendations for a birthday gift for a 3 year old boy who is into sports, puzzles, stuffed animals, and books? He already has the first two things that I thought of (soccer ball + goals or basketball + mini hoop).
Interesting anecdote from a couple of friends (well, a friend and her friend on FB). She told her son the old riddle about the boy and the surgeon. If you’re not familiar with it, it goes like this:
A man and his son were in a car accident. The man died instantly but his son was rushed to the hospital and into surgery. The surgeon, on walking into the OR, says “I can’t operate on this boy — he’s my son!” How can that be since the father was killed in the crash?
The answer, at least in the 1990s, was that the surgeon is the boy’s mother. When people are stumped, it’s because they don’t immediately realize that a woman can be a surgeon. Apparently my friend’s son instead answered “the boy has two dads!” and her friend said that her own kid had answered the riddle the same way.
So…progress on the gay marriage front, but, really, it’s two dads that pops into kids’ heads first and not woman surgeon?