Washable Wednesday: 3/4 Sleeve Ponte Pleat Neck Top
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Call me nuts, but these are the kinds of tops that I love to find, particularly from a store where I generally really like the quality but not always the styles. This feminine pleat-neck top is a great elevated tee — wear it beneath blazers and cardigans in the winter, and by itself in the fall and spring. It’s available in regular, petite, and plus sizes, although the plus size range only has black in stock. The regular and petite ranges have a lovely green and a nice deep purple, as well as black and ivory. (Certain colors are sold out in particular sizes, however.) Lands’ End 3/4 Sleeve Ponte Pleat Neck Top
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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+
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 have an older, cotton version of this top and love it. It’s very flattering on my narrow shoulder, small rib cage, large bust self.
To all the people on my flight yesterday who said “oh, it’s okay — please don’t worry” when I apologized for my frenzied hell spawn’s shrieking thrashing ear-splitting complete and total sweaty, teary, snotty meltdown 10 minutes before landing (and all through taxiing), thank you. To my hell spawn, being a baby is just so hard sometimes and I’m sorry I made you fly when you clearly hadn’t had enough breakfast or sleep. I hope the very slimy cuddles you gave me post-freak out helped because you are such a sweet monkey even when you’re screaming right. in. my. ear.
Baby travel tips? I have a (necessary) trip with my 9MO coming up and it includes a 4-hour plane ride, rental car, and a hotel stay (not with family). He is BF’ing still and eating solids too. I am especially interested in any products you find indispensable (high chair? feeding supplies? entertainment?) and tips for the plane ride. The baby is *SO* active I am terrified of trying to keep him still for 4 hours on a plane— he wants to be crawling and standing / creeping all the time. Thanks for any advice!
I gained around 30 pounds during pregnancy and was back to my pre-pregnancy weight at around 5-6 months pp. Now, at 10 months pp, I’m back up 8 pounds and holding firm. I eat fairly healthy, but no dieting or anything. Nothing has really changed in my eating habits between 5 months pp and now. I’m still nursing/pumping and plan to do so until the baby is a year old. My supply has been steadily dropping, but when I count, I still get around 15 ounces/day, so I figure I’m still getting some of the calorie-burning benefits. Has anyone had this happen? It’s extremely frustrating that my weight shot back up when nothing obvious has changed.
Shout out to NewMomAnon — I tried your “looking for bunnies” technique for toddler tooth brushing last night, and it totally worked!! DS wanted to look for fish, and kept yelling out colors of fish to look for. But as long as I said I was looking for that fish, he sat still with his mouth wide open. He didn’t want to stop brushing even when I was done. Amazing!
Help me understand short-term disability, as that is my company’s dominant (only?) maternity leave option. Are the 6 weeks for reg/8 weeks for c-section standard, or does that vary from insurer to insurer or doctor to doctor? Our HR person basically said I could take whatever the doc said I should take, with a max up to 12 weeks. Which sounds great, unless that’s only 6 weeks (I’m trying to get to 10). I’ve tried using the google but it gets complicated really fast, and it seems like I can’t find out exactly what our policy covers until it’s time to use it. To clarify, this is an STD policy offered through my employer, not a state one. And I do know we have a 1-week waiting period, during which I’ll use accrued sick time.
When DH and I decided we were going to have kids, we had The Discussion in September, and I went off BC. We started actively trying (tracking my cycles and timing accordingly) in Dec, and I got pregnant in January (2 months of trying). We decided this summer to start trying for #2, so we’ve been trying actively since July. Just got my period again and I don’t know if this is just how things go and we got majorly lucky last time, or if we should be doing something different/more aggressive. Trying for 4 months doesn’t crazy, but I’m 4 years older than I was last go-around (under 35 though), a lot more stressed out, and this is majorly bumming me out..
Coming here to vent excitement and anxiety! My boss just approached me about an interim position that is a trial for a real promotion!! Still a lot of bugs to work out but the prospect is exciting. Also scary. My son will be 1 this month, so its a good time to lean waaayyy in, right?!?
Any thoughts on compression maternity tights versus regular maternity tights? Did anyone wear compression tights and feel they helped with swelling and varicose veins? I’m just getting to the 2d trimester and trying to plan for the winter. Moderators, any previous posts on compression tights? Thanks!
How much housework do you expect from your nanny in addition to child care? With our previous nanny, we would get home and our house was SPOTLESS. With our new one, there are crumbs on the table from lunch/snacks, dishes piled in the sink from lunch/snacks, and toys everywhere. During our interview I discussed that light housework was included – particularly cleaning up after the kids, but I’m not sure if the previous nanny set our expectations too high and what she is providing now is normal.