Washable Workwear Wednesday: Geo Trim Tank
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I like the sort of geometric trim on this top, and it looks like a nice layering piece, either underneath a suit jacket or cardigan. It would also look nice by itself (if you can wear sleeveless tops at your office), and it just elevates the basic tee while still being machine washable and tumble dry. It comes in regular (XS-XL) and petite sizes (lucky sizes only) at Nordstrom in black and teal and is $39. Geo Trim Tank
Two plus-size alternatives are here and here. (The latter is available in four size ranges.)
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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?
FYI the Halogen Geo tank pictured above is now 40% off at Nordstrom for $23.40 in the teal and a pretty coral (“pink teabury”)
We are finding it impossible to baby proof our frameless kitchen cabinets! We have a number of drawers that do not have a frame between them and all of the baby proofing tools that we have found seem to require a frame. Help!
Has anyone had any luck baby proofing frameless kitchen cabinets?? We have many drawers in our kitchen that do not have frames between the drawers so none of the typical baby proofing gear seems to work. Desperate to hear from anyone who has suggestions!
Less than two weeks before school starts, I was just notified that our wonderful perfect after-school program can’t take my daughter next year because the middle school changed its pickup policies and the after-school program can’t get a van there in the right window of time. I am so pi$$ed.
I’m just over 36 weeks with my 2nd baby, c-section scheduled for 39 weeks. As it turns out, I’m 3cm dilated and 50% effaced. That is further along than I was when I checked into the hospital after my water broke with my first!
Any stories about how long you walked around cramp-y and dilated? Or how you went into labor that night?
Can anyone talk about weaning experiences post-12 months? We are at 13 months, and I am just nursing in the morning. It seems like the baby still gets something out of it (both in the literal and symbolic sense), but the sessions are pretty short. Will I just “know” when I want to wean? (I felt like I 100% knew when I needed to stop pumping for my own mental health.)
Are my husband and I being unreasonable?
Our son is about to start “fall ball” for little league, this will be his third season. He’s 7, so it’s all still pretty casual. We got the same coach we had in the Spring, and we’re pretty bummed. We come to practice and stay to make sure our kid is behaving, always arrive on time and have him prepared, sign up to bring snack once in a while, last year we bought the team banner, etc. Compared to parents who just drop their kids off and leave (no judgement, ours is an only child) I’d say we’re fairly involved.
However, our beef with this coach is he pressures us HARD to volunteer even more than we do. He asks/shames parents to get out there and teach the kids how to throw (sorry, but neither of us are qualified to do that). He’s constantly looking for someone to agree to schlep/set up heavy equipment necessary for the game (we have jobs that mean we could both be called away at a moment’s notice before a game, and don’t want to risk having to juggle how to get the pitching machine to the game if that happens) etc. We come to practices straight from work so are not dressed to get out in the dirt and coach kids. Also, WE DIDN’T SIGN UP TO COACH! We get really irritated that he constantly expects all of the parents who are present to be out in the field participating. None of this was expected from our previous coach.
Do you have any ideas for a script (a la Captain Awkward perhaps) on how to shut this down? We hate looking like bad sports, but if we wanted to coach kids in baseball we would have signed up to coach kids in baseball. I’m afraid my husband is going to snap at him one day and say something rude to the coach and I’d like to avoid that.
Yesterday’s post asked for ideas on tattoos to commemorate being a mother. I was the commenter with no ideas who just wanted to talk about placement. Now, I have an idea! A quick internet search claims that two swallows symbolize the end of a journey. I’m not sure how accurate this is because there’s about a million explanations for swallow symbolism. I am due in a few weeks with my second child and we will be done after this. I was thinking a swallow to represent each child would be neat, and representing the end of the pregnancy journey would be awesome.
I used Freemie cups for both of my kids and greatly prefer them to horns. I’ve used them in the office and while on a plane/in a car. I haven’t had significant issues with leaking (maybe once or twice while trying to non-advised things like recline in bed while pumping). I often get a bit of milk in the tubes because I put the cups in a gallon bag in the fridge between uses during a day. I just clean the tubes with a alcohol swab when this happens and it’s usually fine (I clean out the tubes with alcohol or soap and water about 1-2x a month). I wouldn’t need to do this if I cleaned cups between uses.
My clothes are getting really rundown and, if I weren’t 11 weeks pregnant, I’d definitely be doing a pretty significant closet overhaul right about now. Seriously, I haven’t bought new suits in a couple of years. I have some new blazers that I’ve sprinkled in, and some dresses and skirts here and there, but a lot of my staples are getting pretty threadbare. But what do I do? Will my coworkers/bosses give me a pass for wearing tired, slightly dingy clothes because they know I’m pregnant? Or do I need to bite the bullet and buy some things in sizes that I may never wear again, because who knows what my body will do? Similarly, what if I buy a size up to accommodate the tummy, and then quickly go back to my pre-pregnancy weight (which actually happened with my first because I had pretty bad PPD and anxiety).
I just saw your potty training question from yesterday and wanted to let you know that you are not alone in having a kid who just holds it all day long instead of using the potty. Mine is 3.5 and has some anxiety about the potty that was pretty bad the first time we tried a diaper-free weekend, although it seems to be improving. We’ve gone back to diapers and have been encouraging him to just sit and be comfortable on the potty even if he doesn’t go. He hasn’t been using the potty at daycare but moves to a new classroom after Labor Day, so our plan is: 1) Ask the new teachers to take him regularly to sit on the potty so that it becomes a normal part of his day in the new class; 2) Consult pediatrician about to get his take on the issue of holding pee too long; 3) Try some diaper-free weekends. We’ll see how it goes…
Is it weird to drop your 6 month old off at daycare in his pjs? We just started two days ago, and I want to do this, but I’m not sure if it’s strange. When I toured, I saw a baby wearing his pjs which gave me the idea. When I’m looking after him, I keep him in his pjs until after his first nap, which seems to make a lot of sense to me since they nap so early in the day. He goes to a spanish immersion school, and not all of his caregivers speak english, so I haven’t been able to just ask. (I mean, I gesture-asked, and they said it was fine, but I’m more curious whether this is a bizarre thing to do.)
Anyone have experience with freemie cups? I’m thinking of using them for an upcoming work trip (trying to use the hands free pump bra discreetly on a plane seems intimidating..) but a lot of reviews say the freemie cups leak and/or result in milk backing up into the pump – both of which would be a mess on a work trip!
New mom accomplishment: I’m wearing real clothes today AND mascara! I had to drop off some immigration paperwork at the office so took baby and grandparents in and we met some friends for lunch. I breastfed in the lobby (academia is cool with this) and I don’t think I flashed any of my colleagues. Not sleeping much but feeling a bit more human. A bit terrified of what happens when my parents leave next week as they are responsible for the little sleep I am getting,
Ooh this is really cute and actually marked down to $24!