Washable Workwear Wednesday: Islet Vest
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Here’s an airy, easy-care vest for summer in-office days when sleeves are just too much.
This pretty pastel vest has a tailored, structured shape but is made from a breezy cotton/linen blend. It’s also fully lined, and has a button front and real pockets. Wear it as a statement layer for the office or alone for after-hours.
The Islet Vest from Banana Republic is on sale for $80 (marked down from $120). It comes in soft yellow and light blue and is available in sizes 0–20 as well as tall and petite.
Eloquii has a plus-size vest in a very similar yellow. It’s on sale for $42.99 — and you can take an extra 40% off with code SHOPJULY — and available in sizes 14–28.
Looking for other washable workwear? See all of our recent recommendations for washable clothes for work, or check out our roundup of the best brands for washable workwear.
Sales of note for 2/7:
(See all of the latest workwear sales at Corporette!)
- Nordstrom – Winter Sale, up to 60% off! 7850 new markdowns for women
- Ann Taylor – Extra 25% off your $175+ purchase — and $30 of full-price pants and denim
- Banana Republic Factory – Up to 50% off everything + extra 15% off
- Boden – 15% off new season styles
- Eloquii – 60% off 100s of styles
- J.Crew – Extra 50% off all sale styles
- J.Crew Factory – 40% off everything including new arrivals + extra 20% off $125+
- Rothy’s – Final Few: Up to 40% off last-chance styles
- Spanx – Lots of workwear on sale, some up to 70% off
- Talbots – 40% off one item + free shipping on $150+
Visiting Nashville at the end of September for work. Planning to take husband and our 2yo. Any recs for what they can do during the day while I’m in meetings?
I just need to vent. First-time mom, 35 weeks pregnant and can barely move- third trimester has been rough for me due to catching Covid and exacerbation of an underlying chronic illness. DH seems to unconsciously match my energy and effort for house stuff, which really sucks because I need him to pick up the slack for a while. I recently had to nag him multiple times a day for 5 days straight to unload the dishwasher. And then when he finally does it, he leaves like 25% of the dishes next to where they go, but not fully away. The nursery is very small and needed to be painted, which he did 5 weeks ago. For 5 weeks he’s been planning to “do touch-ups and finish up”, but hasn’t gotten around to it. We can’t put any baby stuff in the nursery until it’s done because he doesn’t want to move the tarp, re-tape, etc. These are just 2 specific examples of 1000 similar instances. He’s too tired and too busy to do these basic tasks, and yet has time to spend 3 hours at Carmax on a Saturday to get an offer on our car that we are 100% not selling, “just to see”. I’m so frustrated. 3/4 of the time I get sick of nagging and do it myself, to great physical discomfort and overexertion. Every time he complains about being tired I want to scream. I’ve taken to acting like I’m his mom, and saying “you can’t do X Fun Thing until you do Y Basic Chore” and I absolutely hate it.
Wise hive, any potty training advice? DS will use the potty at daycare but home is a battle. Started well with Oh Crap method, but feel like we’ve stalled after using pull ups for daycare. Thinking about trying a chart. Did anyone have success with it? How long did you do it for? TIA.
Tips/product recs for keeping toddler’s fingers clear of the stove? Moving to a place where the stove is gas (we used to have electric) AND the knobs are in the front, rather than the top. I’ve seen some contraptions to “lock” the knobs (there are a lot! Any recs on which is best?). Is there anything similar to keep fingers out of the flame? Kiddo is probably just tall enough to stick his fingers over the ledge of the stove into the gas flame.
Has anyone signed up for the Dr. Becky membership thing? I’ve vaguely considered it…though there is a fair amount of her stuff that’s not my style (e.g. pretending to struggle with something so my kid sees me cope; making everything into a game). But on the other hand I paid for her sibling workshop a year ago when the kids were having a tough time and found it super useful. But on the third hand (so many hands!) I don’t really like learning through videos. Meh, maybe I will just wait for the book.
Any resources for teaching a combined type ADHD kid situational awareness? I have a wonderfully sweet 9yo who will talk over people, doesn’t pay attention to where he walking, etc. He does PT in school during the academic year for his movement overflow and we try to do some work when we are out and about but I feel like I need some scripts or other resources for how to do this. Thanks!
I posted last week that my 19 month old – who was making great progress walking on his own and with PT – hurt his foot last week and wasn’t able to put weight on it. While it’s gotten better, and he’s back to pulling up and cruising like he was before, he’s hesitating on one leg more and it’s definitely set his progress back.
Just a bummer – reminding myself that progress is never a straight line.
My 3 year old had his second Moderna shot yesterday and so far no side effects today, and we are officially so close to all being fully vaccinated!! I’m sure the variants will get us, but it’s a relief to know we have as much protection from serious illness as possible.
All the crossing in the world didn’t work. Positive (i.e., pregnant) yesterday, miscarrying today at what would be 5w 1day. So now I guess we’re at 2 miscarriages since we crossed that magic 5w barrier that I was told defines a “chemical pregnancy” (as though that makes it hurt less? Is it less soul crushing than 9 weeks and post-heartbeat yes, but still soul crushing) and 2 chemical pregnancies, making me 1 in 4 times 4. Secondary infertility is the pits. And while I would rather wallow at home and spend the day hiding my tears while snuggling my beautiful kindergarten, I instead have a day packed full of meetings I can’t miss.
This morning my five year old told me she wasn’t going to be part of my family and wouldn’t speak to me ever again when she is a grown up. All because I wouldn’t pull over the car so she could grab the toy she dropped on the floor of the car. Something tells me her teenage years are going to be rough.
Soon to be three year old son has been daytime potty trained for about a month now. This past week he has been waking up with a dry diaper and then goes to use the bathroom soon after waking up. Would you start going without diaper overnight? He doesn’t mind the diaper, so I feel like keeping the diaper is less stressful for everyone involved? Or should we take advantage of this development and leave the diaper off over night?
Question for the hive: Our neighbors’s daughter was diagnosed with Spinal muscular atrophy. She is about to turn one and I would like to get her a gift but I am so unsure about what. She cannot sit independently or grab things so I feel like typical toys would be out? Maybe I am way overthinking it though. Any advice would be appreciated.