Washable Workwear Wednesday: Mid Rise Ponte Ankle Pants
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Readers at Corporette® were recently looking for good ponte pants for work, and I was intrigued to see a lot of people link to Lands’ End pants as being well-made, durable (one reader had had them for 5 years) and, of course, machine washable. These pictured ones are available in black, charcoal, and burgundy — in regular, petite, and plus sizes — for a sale price of $20. What?! Note they are cuffed at the bottom, though. Women’s Mid Rise Ponte Ankle Pants
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Sales of note for 4/24/25
(See all of the latest workwear sales at Corporette!)
- Nordstrom – 7,710 new markdowns for women!
- Ann Taylor – Friends of Ann Event: 30% off your entire purchase, including 100s of new arrivals
- Banana Republic Factory – Up to 50% off everything + extra 25% off
- Eloquii – Spring Clearance: Up to 75% off + extra 50-60% off sale
- J.Crew – Mid-Season Sale: Up to 60% off sale styles + up to 50% off summer-ready styles
- J.Crew Factory – Extra 50% off clearance + extra 15% off $100 + extra 20% off $125
- M.M.LaFleur – 3 pieces for $198. Try code CORPORETTE15 for 15% off
- Spanx – Lots of workwear on sale, some up to 70% off
- Talbots – Friends & Family Event: 30% off entire purchase, includes markdowns
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 would really appreciate your stories about hitting puberty – timing, early signs, emotions, etc. My daughter is 7.5 and is very interested in the subject and while we’ve been reading all sorts of books and having long discussions, she’s not really experiencing changes herself quite yet. But I can tell that it’s coming. Any personal stories that you could share? I feel like I’m really awesome at this part, where we talk about growing up and sexuality from a more detached perspective. It’s like an amazing science project. But at some point it will get personal, and I would love some thoughts from those who have been in the trenches.
Sorry, no phone threading.
I second the Bosch recommendation. We bought a new one back in February with the special rack for utensils and it is an amazing space saver. Utensils and bottle nipples go on the top. The most amazing thing about the dishwasher is that you can put all dishes on the top or bottom rack. It’s amazing to put bottles and other plastic ware on the bottom rack when needed with no issues!
I started getting lower back pain while pregnant and for the 8 months I’ve had little bit it’s become worse and worse. It’s to the point now where I sometimes have a hard time falling asleep because of dull pain. Does this happen to every mom? I feel like an old fart going to a doctor but it may be time…
When you work from home because you got sh!t to do and it’s too distracting at work with the LOUD construction project right outside your window, and you’ve been really vocal at home about how much you have to do especially with the nanny going on vacation next week and you’re still trying to figure out how you’ll manage a full day’s work just working during morning preschool hours, nap, and after bedtime, and your husband who has unlimited leave and can work as late as he wants every night because you’re the one who’s home to relieve the nanny spot on 6:00, decides to take the day off and hovers around you endlessly, saying “I’ll get out of your hair” but then peppering you with questions and random observations.
I’ve been back at work now for a few days post maternity leave. It’s going SO much better than I expected. I realized I really enjoying working and I’m not fantasizing about quitting like I did when I was on maternity leave.
The one part that has been so so hard, is how I feel like I’m missing so much of the time she’s awake. We usually are up between 7 and 7:30 and we play for 30 minutes to an hour before she goes down for a nap and I leave. Then I see her for about an hour in the evening before she gets to bed at 6:30. She’s only 16 weeks, so I know we can do a later bedtime eventually, but she seems to need this sleep now. It is so hard feeling like I will always only get 2-3 hours with my kid Monday through Friday. I know it’s quality not quantity of time or so I tell myself, but is this something that you guys think about? How should I be framing this to myself?
I have my six week postpartum check up tomorrow. Anything I should be asking about? Need to go back on the pill, feeding going ok etc. A bit nervous as I have to take kiddo with me and he hates his pram so I’m afraid he may scream. Kiddo has his next week, but they come to our house to do it.
Am I crazy to think that newborns don’t really need toys? We have an activity mat with mobile for tummy time and lots of books to read to our daughter, but I don’t see the point in investing in lots of other stuff until she’s more active and aware of her surroundings. My SIL has a degree in child development and has informed me the baby won’t develop properly if she doesn’t have all sorts of rattles and blocks and “touch and feel” books from Day 1 of her life (but of course SIL is not offering to give us these toys, just informing us that we’re bad parents if *we* don’t buy them. Sigh.)
I would like advice on a toddler carrier. We have the lillebaby but I honestly never really figured it out. Would that work, if I could figure out the backpack mode? I ended up mostly using a baby bjorn someone gave us but he’s outgrowing that. 15 months old, about 24 lbs, 31″ tall
Office decor question:
What do you have on the walls of your office? (not home office, but workplace office). I’ve been here long enough/am in the type of position where I should have more decor on my walls. I was thinking a gallery wall of photographs that relate to my profession, but then I realize that my profession is kind of grim (think: Working at the NTSB and having photos of famous transportation accidents on your walls… that’s not my job but gives you an idea). I don’t want personal photographs up on the wall. Degree-wise, I didn’t finish graduate school and I work with/supervise primarily people with graduate degrees, so putting up an undergrad degree is not done here.
How do you make your office look “decorated” but still professional?
I am buying a dishwasher and haven’t had one in a long time! What features do you love and what do you not care about? We have a 7 month old, so there are lots of bottles being washed every day if that matters!
Help, please! We have a very sensitive, thoughtful, and funny 5yo who apparently has been doing a “booty shaking dance” when changing into pajamas in front of babysitters. I’m not sure whether she waits until she’s fully undressed or if it’s just when she’s down to underwear – I think on at least one occasion she was totally nude. I’m sure she has done this with us at some point and we would have laughed, maybe said she was silly, tried to redirect to the task at hand. I assume she’s getting more of a reaction from babysitters and it’s become a Thing She Does. At this point I think it’s something we need to address, because it clearly made one sitter uncomfortable last weekend, and we’re probably getting to the age where we need to have conversations about bodies. Right? But what do I say?? I don’t want to make her self-conscious – I don’t want to add an element of shame to something that I think is probably normal silly kid activity – but we do need some expectations about what’s appropriate to do in certain situations or with people who aren’t her parents. I’m struggling with how to articulate what she should and should not do with her body in play. Any thoughts or suggestions?
My mom is already asking me what Kiddo will “want” for Christmas. He will be 2 years and 8 months at Christmas. We have the typical large toys and then some (play kitchen, ride-on car, tricycle, Little People ramp, play workbench) and don’t have room for anything else large in our 1100-sq-ft house. Anyone have good ideas for relatively small toys that fit in a toy chest or on a shelf? We have lots of family, so I should probably build up the list.
My 2 year old recently started telling me that she’s “not a good listener.” My husband and I have never said that to her, so I’m assuming one of her preschool teachers said that to her. Her teacher said that she didn’t say that, but did tell my daughter that she wasn’t listening or wasn’t “hearing” what the teacher said because she was ignoring the teacher’s request to clean up. Based on what the teacher said, my husband thinks that maybe my daughter extrapolated from that statement that she wasn’t “good” at listening. I don’t really buy that – I don’t think a 2 year old could take a “you’re not listening to me” or a “you’re not hearing me” and then determine that she’s “not a good listener,” but maybe I’m not giving my kid enough credit?
Also, it simultaneously makes my blood boil to think that her teacher may have told her that she’s not good at something and also makes my heart break to hear my daughter repeatedly say this as fact. I’m not even sure what to do in this situation – honestly, even if the teacher did tell her that, it’s a fairly minor comment and I totally understand sometimes not being perfect with your words. Thoughts? Am I overreacting?
So soccer snacks. We’ve only had two “games” thus far (3 and 4 year olds) and are up to bring snacks next game. So far, for both games, the snacks were rice crispy treats, the prepackaged ones, and capri suns. I’ll do capri suns but my kids won’t eat rice crispy treats. What would be the functional equivalent? Golf fish crackers? Gummy snacks (also not sure if my kid will eat these)? Nutty bars? There are seven kids on the team.
Good morning ladies, a lot of moms can cook with a toddler running around but I can’t manage to do it. My son is all over the kitchen, he tries to reach the countertop by climbing onto the cabinet door, tries to climb onto the pantry shelves, warming tray handle to reach the cooktop, etc. I can’t contain him in a pack and play because again he can manage to climb out. I don’t want to put him in his high chair with a tablet because he already watches too much throughout the day. Any advice would be appreciated!