Budget Thursday: Faux Leather Trim Cotton Poplin Sheath Dress
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Sales of note for 2/14/25 (Happy Valentine’s Day!):
(See all of the latest workwear sales at Corporette!)
- Nordstrom – Winter Sale, up to 60% off! 7850 new markdowns for women
- Ann Taylor – Up to 40% off your full-price purchase — and extra 60% off sale
- Banana Republic Factory – 50% off everything + 15% off (readers love their suiting as well as their silky shirts like this one)
- Boden – 15% off new season styles
- Eloquii – 300+ styles $25 and up
- J.Crew – 40% of your purchase – prices as marked
- J.Crew Factory – 50% off entire site and storewide + extra 50% off clearance
- Rothy’s – Final Few: Up to 40% off last-chance styles
- Spanx – Lots of workwear on sale, some up to 70% off
- Talbots – Flash sale ending soon – markdowns starting from $15, extra 70% off all other markdowns (final sale)
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?
Just did this search for my own kids who asked for a bathrobe for Xmas! We went w Company Kids (The Company Store). Caught them on sale w free monogram and shipping – $38 all in. Went w them over cheaper options from Am zon bc of the reputation of TCS. The robes came today and they are…fine. Definitely not worth 60 or whatever the regular price is. But 100% cotton was nice and I think the sizing is such that they will grow w my kids for several years.
PB kids and RH baby & kids also had some if I recall correctly but possibly only fleece.
Any ideas for where I can get a bath robe for my son? I’d love a flannel or even terry robe. All I am seeing are plush/fleece ones and it’s just not that cold where we live.
Tell me oversupply gets better? LO has been sleeping longer for a few weeks now but my b–bs still haven’t gotten the memo. As suggested here I stopped pumping for a freezer stash, which wasbizarrely difficult emotionally – it felt so productive and like an insurance policy against the unforeseen to see the bags pile up.
I still wake up engorged a lot. I don’t get to sleep longer than four hours because my b–bs wake me up! LC suggested pumping just a tiny bit when that happens (I use my haakaa to siphon off an oz or so) but sometimes I can’t stand it and dreamfeed.
Please tell me this gets better and I will sleep through the night without pain someday! I go back to work in a month and I can’t be waking up twice a night like this. Plus I worry it’s going to mess with LOs sleep long term, since he’s still nursing to sleep and not learning to self soothe.
60% is the standard LTD coverage, and bear in mind that there is a good chance that the 60% has a two year limitations for mental and nervous conditions (I.e. Only 2 years of benefits would be paid for disabling depression without a physical condition). I would also check to see whether your husband’s LTD policy offsets for social security disability income or has any additional benefits (return to work, workplace modification, etc.).
You can appeal the decision to deny, and I would push your broker, if you used one, or any contact at the company or your employer. If you try other companies for supplemental, ask whether they offer a benefit without having to go through evidence of insurability, as that would be your best bet. Can your husband ask his employer to offer voluntary supplemental LTD (would cost the employer nothing).
I just learned that my husband has volunteered for a “mom” job with our horrible sexist PTA. I don’t know whether to be amused at the consternation and gossip this will cause, proud of him for breaking gender barriers, or annoyed that the PTA moms are going to think I am a horrible uninvolved working mom who lets my husband step in to cover things I ought to be doing. Ugh. I hate the PTA.
Any suggestions for how to document/keep up with funny or cute things your kids say? My 2 yo has just started communicating enough to say things that I want to remember. When I was little, my mom had a little notebook and would jot things down as they happened. That seems simple and may be the easiest way.
For photos, I print all our pictures and put them in old-school albums every year. Maybe a little quote-notebook is the equivalent. I had aspirations of doing a snapfish book every year, and that would be perfect to put both pictures and funny quotes, but I know I’m never going to actually do that. Maybe I can tuck the quote pages in the back of the yearly photo albums. Any more elegant suggestions?
Guys, I haaaaaate it when one of my coworkers comments on my arrival or departure time. I work so much. Like, longer hours than any other staff person. Only the director works later than me every evening and he arrives a good 2-3 hours later than I do. Yesterday I left at 3:30 to take my kid to an appointment. The admin assistant said, “You’re leaving? I’t s 3:30! Mmmmokay…” It took everything in my power not to rail on her about how she leaves at 5 on the dot every day and that she says nothing when I clock 10 hour days every single day. She does this without fail any time I arrive later or leave earlier (which is so rare). I know part of this is my own hangup about working more than I care to with two little kids at home, and she punches a clock and cannot make her own hours, but it makes me so so ragey. Like I am still mad at her.
Any solution to avoid the line across the center of my pregnant belly when I’m wearing tights under dresses? Are there any maternity tights that actually stay up over the belly?
on inducing (threading….)-
I was way late with my first, and she came at 41+6 which was the morning of my scheduled induction.
#2 was a week late and my OB pushed for induction. I was so nervous and SO HAPPY I did it. It was way easier than my first delivery. I would go this route again in an instant: slept well the night before, showed up at 7, got drugs at 8, had breakfast, walked around for a bit while contractions started, got an epi at 11:45 and baby was born at 1:15. Ordered lunch.
i felt *great* and the whole thing was way less taxing on my body than the water breaking in the middle of the night experience I had the first time around.
I’m newly pregnant and am going crazy because I don’t really have any symptoms. With my first I was exhausted with achy bosoms two days before I even missed my period, and now I’m 5 weeks and feel perfectly fine. I had a positive result two days before my missed period and kept testing for several days as the line got increasingly dark, apparently because I just like peeing on stuff. Anyone else have a similar experience who can reassure me?
posted on the main site yesterday, but was hoping to get some additional info. I’m newly pregnant and we are trying to plan financially for kids.
My DH has LTD insurance through work, which covers 60%, so we applied for supplemental My husband suffers from anxiety and has seen therapists/taken medication, so I was not surprised when the insurance company came back and said they would not insure us for mental health issues, but they also put a two year limit on the policy and refuse to consider reevaluating the amount when his income goes up. I know that this is totally legal, but we are trying to figure out what to do so we are prepared just in case.
– What can/should we do to be prepared if something g-d forbid were to happen if we are unable to secure supplemental LTD for more than 2 years? Should we have more than one 2 year policy?
– Has anyone ever successfully appealed a company’s initial decision about granting insurance?
– Is it worth trying to apply with another company?
hopefully we never need to use any of this, but i’m risk averse and have a parent with health issues so i’ve seen the toll it can take, so i want us to be prepared. I work, but earn very little and husband is the primary breadwinner.
Anyone know of a footmuff or other solution for a kiddo that will ride in the front seat of a Joovy Caboose? I don’t think the J Cole Urban Me that I have for my regular stroller will work here. Toddler will surely not keep a blanket on, and I would rather avoid having to rely on snow pants for extra layers as that is just another thing that I’ll have to do and pick up/drop off.
Inducing baby 2: had my 38 week appointment and my doctor started talking about the option to induce next week (at 39 weeks) – I’m only 2cm dialated, so the optimism that I’ll deliver early is starting to fade. I think I want to hold out till my due date at a minimum, but wondering if any of you delivered #2 after your due date, and if so, did you induce? How many days after due date did you wait? With number 2, I don’t feel the need to wait until 41 weeks, but I don’t know what to do – I didn’t expect to have so much control over timing!
Has anyone has experience with eShakti? Seems a bit too good to be true.
MLM response advice?
I know it’s been discussed a ton, but I’m having trouble figuring out how to respond to solicitations from very good, out of town friend to buy essential oils (full time working mom, has a professional degree…one of the last people I would have expected to sell this stuff). Yesterday I received a sample package in the mail (didn’t request it) followed up by a personal email inviting me to join an online party. For FB solicitations or group emails, I have no problem ignoring or just saying “not interested but good luck!” — but for some reason this seems to require a more personal response. I really, really do not want to damage our relationship. Would love any suggestions…