Washable Workwear Wednesday: Knotted Top
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Sales of note for 9.10.24
(See all of the latest workwear sales at Corporette!)
- Ann Taylor – 30% off your purchase
- Banana Republic Factory – Up to 50% off everything + extra 20% off
- Boden – 15% off new styles
- Eloquii – $29 and up select styles; up to 50% off everything else
- J.Crew – Up to 50% off wear-to-work styles; extra 30% off sale styles
- J.Crew Factory – 40-60% off everything; extra 60% off clearance
- Lands’ End – 30% off full-price styles
- Loft – Extra 40% off sale styles
- Talbots – BOGO 50% everything, includes markdowns
- Target – Car-seat trade-in event through 9/28 — bring in an old car seat to get a 20% discount on other baby/toddler stuff.
- Zappos – 26,000+ women’s sale items! (check out these reader-favorite workwear brands on sale, and some of our favorite kids’ shoe brands on sale)
Kid/Family Sales
- Carter’s – Birthday sale, 40-50% off & extra 20% off select styles
- Hanna Andersson – Up to 50% off all baby; up to 40% off all Halloween
- J.Crew Crewcuts – Extra 30% off sale styles
- Old Navy – 40% off everything
- Target – BOGO 25% off select haircare, up to 25% off floor care items; up to 30% off indoor furniture up to 20% off TVs
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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?
Maybe this is a silly comment, but I’m due with number 2 in 7 weeks and I’m very anxious about how it will affect my relationship with my daughter and bonding with new kiddo. Fwiw, I had a hard first year connecting with daughter because of a long nicu stay and then a year of scary health problems for her. That combined with just not being a baby person made it hard to bond. Now, at nearly 3, I want to spend all my time with her. We have such a special relationship, and I’m so nervous to both disturb that and how I feel toward this new kid. Is this normal?
Yes, it’s normal.
Your daughter may also react any which way to the new baby. Some kids just need a few extra hugs. My daughter, in contrast, was mad at me for a year–it was like I would feel if my husband cheated with a mistress. She was furious. Wouldn’t even look at me. Wouldn’t hug me or let me read to her. She was so so so mad. It took us a really long time to heal, but now I’m thrilled to have two kids, she loves her sister, and it’s lovely. It was just a really tough transition. Whatever happens, you’ll get through it.
I just want to say thank you to everyone who chimed in on the question of tradeoffs in work-life balance, and whether to step away from a lean-out position that is driving me bananas with boredom. This is such a useful sounding board!
I’m a little demoralized this morning. I went out with some friends last night – all women who are awesome, ambitious, hard working people. We all have kids and high powered jobs and we all have the same problem — our husbands are kinda lazy. We are the ones figuring out child care, house maintenance, household budgets, cleaning, organizing, etc. AND bringing home the bacon. The men are just not…picking up their fair share of the drudgery. I just see so many examples (myself included) where men are dropping the d@mn ball, and women are picking it up. None of us thought we were marrying “that guy” — it’s easy to divide chores before kids, and these men are self professed feminists. And now, we’re stuck with guys who are nice enough but happy to leave all of work to us And it’s easy to say “don’t keep score” when you’re not the one doing all of the work.
I don’t know what I’m asking, I just am upset because it’s more common than not. (Or at least it feels that way.)
I am 8 weeks pregnant with my first and very excited that this is happening after a long time of TTC! I haven’t told many people in real life of course. I’m still in the middle of fighting morning sickness and exhaustion at work but would love to start planning and doing things to prepare for the future. What are some things that I should get started on? Do you have a timeline for when you did what (eg registry, name, nursery, etc)?
Any suggestions for a place we can go to get professional pictures taken to mark a milestone (like baby turning 1)? We had a professional newborn shoot where the photographer came to our house, but it cost like $700 and only included rights to 25 pictures. I’m thinking more like the “Sears” type experience where you go to a studio — looking to spend no more than $200. Does such a thing exist, specifically in the Philly area? If it does exist, are the pictures guaranteed to be super cheesy and posed? TIA!
I know this has been discussed here before, but would love some fresh thoughts. DH is working insane hours (BigLaw) these days, including some upcoming work travel. I’m balancing work where it feels like death-by-a-thousand-cuts at work and toddler kiddo.
I’m managing to exercise (yay!), and do things to take care of myself, and don’t feel particularly stressed, just a bit tired…but I really miss DH’s companionship, and um…gardening. What do those of you similarly situated do in these times?
Filling out daycare applications and some of them ask what we hope to get out of the program or a similar question. Is “I want my daughter to make friends and learn new skills” enough of an answer? Anything else I should be saying?
What are your recommendations for underwear during pregnancy? Not specific maternity underwear. Simply something comfy and stretchy to go under the bump (low-rise but full coverage of the bum); hoping for something inexpensive to buy in bulk.
For my first pregnancy 4 years ago, I bought a Costco six pack of modal low rise bikinis in the next size up based on recs from here. Loved them! Sadly, the style/six pack is no longer offered.
I’m curious whether anyone weighed the disabilities of a current child when considering whether to have more. My husband and I are casually talking about whether to have more kids– I really want more, he does not but doesn’t feel as strongly as me, and we’re trying to solidify some pros and cons while acknowledging that it will always be an emotional decision.
We have a son and a daughter and our son is autistic. He’s three, so we don’t have a good handle yet on how this will affect his life, our daughter’s life, and our lives. He is verbal and functions fairly well right now; he gets 25 hours of therapy per week and is a 1 out of 3 on the severity scale. We obviously have no idea how self-sufficient he’ll be as an adult, although signs are good.
I’m concerned about the possibility of his sister bearing the brunt of any possible caregiving he might need when he’s older all by herself. Plus, I just… love my kids! And would love more of them! My husband is more concerned that another child would take away from attention/money we could spend on him now, and also worried that we’ll have another special needs kiddo (FWIW no one else in either of our large families is on the spectrum or has any other genetic condition, but clearly it’s always a possibility with anyone’s pregnancy). Both our feelings on this are valid and we’re nice to each other and we don’t have to decide right away, since either way we’re definitely waiting until kindergarten to have any more. But I’d be interested in hearing other people’s reasoning and perspectives!
Would you stay in a hotel room with a private, ungated pool with your toddler? DH and I are looking at a resort for an upcoming trip with private pools in all the villa. There is a door between the room and the pool that locks. She still sleeps in a PNP and DH says we’ll just watch her carefully when she’s awake. And I get that there are two of us and one of her, so it will be easy to always have someone with her, even if one of us needs to use the bathroom or check our email or whatever. But it still makes me a little nervous. Curious what people here think about it.
Might be too late in the day – but has anyone done ISR swim lessons with their infant or toddler? Is it worth it?
I’m not trying to restart the debate about husbands who don’t do enough but I just want to share a relevant anecdote from my own day:
My husband and I had a meeting at our daughter’s new daycare today. DH is home with our toddler while we don’t have childcare. They arrived to the meeting before I did, but the meeting couldn’t start because my husband didn’t know the name of our daughter’s daycare teacher or room. Beforehand, he also asked me for the address and how to get to the school, even though he’s been there as much as I have and has access to internet search engines. I can see myself venting about this to friends, and I’m sure if I posted this anecdote here without other details people would be like “your husband is a growna$$ man, how can he be so incompetent?” But when I stop to think about this, his ability (and effort, lets be real) to remember details like this are not the sum total of his value as a husband and father. He’s taking weeks of vacation to be at home with our daughter while we don’t have childcare. He cooks our family diner almost every night. When our teething toddler gets up in the middle of the night, we both get up and deal with her together.
I think my marriage is probably more egalitarian than most, and I hope this doesn’t sound smug, because it’s not intended that way. But I think it’s so easy sometimes to focus only on all the things your spouse does wrong and not all on the things they do right. I’m not being preachy – this is something I’m as guilty of as anyone. But I think it’s something to keep in mind when we have conversations about the division of labor, and what our spouses should be doing.