WFH Friday: Essential Knit Funnel
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It’s still hot and sticky in the DMV (DC-Maryland-Virginia, for those outside the Beltway), but my inbox is filling up with cozy sets like this one, perfect for working from home once things cool down.
I’m a longtime fan of The Reset’s laid-back, yet polished knits, and the Essential Knit Funnel is calling my name. The relaxed silhouette is paired with a polished funnel neck. The three-quarter dolman sleeves and “Fine Merino Cashfeel Wool” lets you move with ease and in comfort. I’m going to have a hard time choosing from the five gorgeous fall colors.
The Essential Knit Funnel is $178 and comes in biscotti, boysenberry, sage, black, and ocean. It’s available in XS to L/XL. Matching pants are also available!
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?
I’ve been feeling some pent up anxious energy the past few days, like I need to do some sort of project or have an adventure.
Anyone ever have similar feelings? Project ideas to channel it into? I’m thinking something like painting a room in the house, but they’ve been painted recently.
GEEZE are we having a rough transition to preschool. I’d like to hear from anyone who has experience with “that kid”? Runs away, throws things, won’t wear a mask, doesn’t play with things for its intended purpose? My almost 3yo is tough as a baseline, barely napped (when usually does 1.5-2hrs) and was misbehaving so much the school asked me to get him early on his first day. I don’t want him to have the “bad kid” label pinned on him so early as my kid is the youngest in the class (and school). Should I slow the intro? Just send him for the morning for a few weeks and let him nap at home until it’s more familiar and then add hours later (we can temporarily stretch and try to make this work)?
Another preschool transition question. My 3 year old twins just started preschool for the first time and when i drop them off (as i just did and came right to this board for some moral support) they are hysterical. Really one gets hysterical which then sets off the other. All the other kids in the class are playing nicely together while mine are clutching me and screaming bloody murder. I’m scared none of the other kids will ever want to play with them
Did anyone have a big physical reaction to weaning from nursing? I haven’t really been having clogs, so don’t think it’s mastitis, but have felt weirdly flu-like, nauseous, and feverish. And also emotionally so raw. For once, no one else in the household is sick, which is part of why I’m thinking this is related to weaning.
MIL keeps buying my daughter clothes and it drives me nuts! I try to keep her wardrobe minimal because she wears a uniform to school and its just easier to have few options. DD isn’t picky about what she wears but recently expressed an interest in wearing a skirt. So, I got her a couple of skirts. MIL bought her 7 new skirts! Now, getting DD dressed in the morning has an added step of deciding which skirt to wear. I cant give them away, because MIL will notice and get upset. Asking MIL to stop buying things will cause more problems, rather than fix them. Ugh!
My new kindergartener is, as expected, riding the Hot Mess Express this week. My oldest spent her first few weeks of K in tears. This kiddo (my middle) is overtired/overwhelmed but instead of tears we get spastic energy + unbridled rage.
What’s worked: Completely undivided 1:1 attention from an adult when she gets off the bus until she eventually goes to bed. Ideally with a calm but focused task. She seems to like brushing/braiding my hair, or doing a puzzle with DH. Anything involving playing with a sibling turns to an immediate fight. She cannot play by herself, either (though is normally great at this).
Screens are a temporary band-aid- I tried popcorn and a movie and that was great until one of her sisters had to pee and paused (or asked to pause) the movie and literally all hell broke loose.
Going to bed early is a non-starter. In fact, she’s so overtired that she’s missing her normal bedtime (she’s in her room but keeps popping out of bed until 30 min later than she should be; starting earlier only has made it worse).
We can’t keep ignoring work and our other kids to give her 1:1 time from 3pm-8pm so I need some ideas for how to manage as the weeks wear on. This will eventually get better but…it is not better yet. Yesterday I did a dance party complete with disco ball where I held my K kiddo and danced while my other two danced around. That killed an hour. One night she was incapable of eating, so I put her in the bathtub and fed her dinner in there while she rested. Tonight we are going to try more physical activity by bringing her to the playground next to my older kid’s soccer practice and having a pizza picnic.
The hardest part of this all is that when she is overtired she is MEAN. Like borderline cruel/nasty to her siblings…and I know she can’t help it. Hitting, shoving, saying mean things. We have been trying to keep them totally separate since K kiddo is incapable of reason in this state. When well slept she is normally a great kid.
My oldest melts down in a puddle of sad mopey tears and can be consoled with hugs and snuggles when stressed/overtired. My youngest needs love and cuddles. My middle…we just can’t figure out what she needs, other than attention. and I’m hoping time.
Ideas?? (FWIW her K teacher says she’s doing awesome. So at least this is only a home problem.)
We’ve been trying to get pregnant with our third baby for about a year now (through lots of IVF) and are now in the final stages of lining things up with an egg donor and should hopefully be pregnant in the next 2-3 months. I’m frustrated by how long this process has taken (mostly due to some surprise medical stuff I had to clear up before we could move forward, bad luck, and COVID delays). If we get pregnant on this cycle, I’ll be 43 when the baby is born. I have all sorts of guilt about using donor eggs for a third baby (widely seen as “optional” but very much desired by our family) and discomfort by being 43 when the baby is born. Mainly because I just feel like I’ll be so old as the baby grows older and because I feel like I’ll just look ridiculous. Wondering if others have been through anything similar and if you can provide any reassurance.
Any recommendations for post partum undies? Having a planned c section if that makes a difference. My regular underwear is worn out – in the past I did generic high waisted briefs from Target but I think there’s better options out there. TIA!
Nausea during pregnancy … send me all your tips please. I am not vomiting luckily but am a little nauseous pretty much all the time. Constantly eating sort of helps.
Just need to vent. My parents recently moved very close to us and committed to picking kiddos up from school and watching them in the afternoons this year. Helping with the kids was a big part of the reason they moved closer, and they were overly effusive about their desire to be “helpful” and that they were “available to watch the kids as much as needed” before school actually started. Well, fast forward a month into school, and they have now flaked out more than 50% of the time they agreed to, including for a last minute “vacation” that they told us about the day before they left. We’ve made it really clear how much of a problem this is, but they still seem to think it’s no big deal if they’re unavailable because DH works remotely and is home anyway. He is livid (me, too), and it’s clear that this arrangement is just not going to work moving forward. So, now we’re trying to figure out a whole new childcare arrangement and also know that my parents will be offended and hurt when we tell them that we’re changing course. They have been super defensive when we’ve tried to talk about their unreliability so far and tend to take any perceived criticism very personally. I’m dreading the epic martyrdom that is coming, but mostly, I’m so irritated that I agreed to this in the first place instead of just paying for reliable childcare. TGIF!!