Budget Thursday: Knot-Front Top
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We featured this top last week over at Corporette, based on a reader recommendation, and if you’re looking for a really affordable top for work, this one is hard to beat. It was originally $30 but is now as low as $8.99 (!) at Kohl’s. It’s machine washable, and according to readers it’s great to wear under a blazer. There are a zillion colorways in regular, petite, and plus sizes, including some prints (some that look nice, and some you may need to try on in person…). (Try this link or this link to see all offerings in all colors and size ranges.) Pictured: Dana Buchman Knot-Front Top
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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?
We are meeting grandparents in Orlando in a few weeks but DH and I are brining the boys (10 months and 4) down a few days early for some family time without the grands. We are flying jntonirlando but we’re thinking of going west for a few days (2-3). Should we make Tampa our base camp? I have no agenda, just find playgrounds near the ocean, have picnics, etc. we won’t do Busch gardens.
I know st pete/Clearwater is on the ocean but it adds anouther 30-45 min to our drive and we’re not planning to be at the beach all day.
Also- we’re staying on Marriott points so any Marriott property Recs in the area? And/or places things to do in the general area that a baby and preschooler would enjoy?
Thanks!
What brands run narrow or better yet come in narrow? My first 2 kids had fat chunky feet so all my hand-me downs in the right size (3/3.5) are way too big. The only shoe I’ve found that fits this baby’s feet is old navy- which is terrible in terms of actual shoe/support (before she started walking it was more decorative vs functional). My other kids’ sausage feet never fit into old navy so I knew to start there :-).
Fun game: Help me figure out where to take a family vacation! One week, at some point over the late spring or summer. 4-year-old and 2-year-old. 2-year-old is very much over the hiking backpack but doesn’t have the stamina for anything but a very short hike. I’m pregnant, so wine country tours are probably out. We like exploring interesting cities, but museum-hopping and nice dinners are obviously harder with little kids. We live near DC, and reachability by car or by air is a plus. We’re really open to anything in North America, South America or Europe, so long as there is no Zika. Any fun ideas?
So, I was congratulating myself on my luck in having a baby who rarely shows any symptoms of teething. She is 1 1/2, has four teeth on top and four on the bottom, and got her first molar a month ago. No problem…
Until now she is a cranky drooling sleep-deprived baby and I feel so bad for her and also so bad for myself! I’ve ignored tips and tricks until now and would love advice!
She has a Sophie to sleep with, we are of course medicating with Tylenol and/or Ibuprofen, and becoming more lax in regards to foods (basically letting her survive on bananas, scrambled eggs and milk if that’s what she feels like). Not doing anything else. Thoughts on how to further alleviate her discomfort?
sigh.
Kiddo’s last day at old school is tomorrow. I’m sure it’s the right decision to move her, and I’m 85% sure the new place is fine, and kiddo was way more comfortable visiting it than I expected. But a part of me is hysterically concerned about little things (the school is so…privileged? But the facilities are so dumpy. And the lead teacher is seriously an SNL spoof of an ’80s preschool teacher, who has the same first name as a woman my dad had an affair with when I was a kid).
It’s going to be OK, right?
MLM talk….
I have two friends who recently got into these (one essential oils, the other makeup). I’m fine ignoring random people from high school who try to sell me stuff, but what’s bugging me is that these two women had amazing full time careers and were killing it. Then they decided they needed more time with their kids, and within a few months… were MLM salespeople.
I feel icky that I look down on them for this, as it’s every mom’s decision whether to work or not etc. But it feels so money-grabby, and I also have read really awful things about how these companies prey on SAHMs.
Do you guys just suck up, go to parties, and buy some token thing? Or is that just asking to be inundated more? Like I said, I really like these women and want to continue the friendship. Do I need to change my (admittedly condescending) attitude about MLMs?
Also if you post your nearest city maybe we can give specific ideas?
Vent. Sorry in advance.
I’m tired. And exhausted to my bones. My husband is out of town this week. I’ve had a pinched nerve in my neck the past three weeks that’s caused intense, non-stop pain. Finally had an MRI this week and should find out what it is next week. I have a muscle relaxer, but I can only take it late at night because it makes me so tired that I can’t work/care for kids.
And, earlier this week I found out that my otherwise-healthy young Dad was unexpectedly diagnosed with a terminal illness. In the next few weeks we’ll find out whether he has years or months to live, but that was obviously a shock for my family and my mom, especially. It’s been a completely crazy week at work (we have a major, major deliverable at the end of this week), so I’ve barely had time to process.
I know the week is almost over and I’m going to survive it, but I’m just. so. tired. And sad.
Good morning everyone! I’m back at work after being really sick for a few days. Antibiotics are beautiful things. Nothing like feeling good again when your body’s been down and out.
My LO’s second birthday is coming up in a few weeks. We are planning to have a special dinner with her grandparents on her actual birthday (a weeknight), and then take her on a special outing with both of us over the weekend to celebrate. Looking for ideas for that outing. Also, we have lots of friends our age (mostly childless) who are going to miss the party we threw her last year. But I just don’t have it in me to put together a two year old birthday party that is mostly adult guests. How have you handled this with your littles’ “aunties”? I was the first of my friends to have kids, so my kiddo has a half dozen at least.
Baby sleep! My six month old has started waking in the middle of the night for two hours at a time- flinging her pacifier around, yell crying, but not opening her eyes. We plan to move her into her room this weekend. She still nurses 1-2 times in the middle of the night, and the timing of that does not seem to affect the timing of the two hour-ish bout of yelling. As of now our strategy has been to trade off who lays next to her and tries to put the pacifier back in her mouth so she’ll be quiet and sleep peacefully- while I think we both want her to settle herself, when she’s so loud next to us in the middle of the night, what we want more than that is just quiet. We had tried to transition her out of her Merlin sleep suit, but she flailed and didn’t sleep and woke up angry and crying in the morning instead of her normal smily self, so we put her back in it last night and while the two hour middle of the night yelling continued, at least she woke up smiling and seemed to sleep better around that. Is this normal? Did anyone else go through this? I feel so helpless in the middle of the night when I don’t know what to do to settle her and we’re both really struggling on lack of sleep.