Washable Wednesday: Short Sleeve Wool Dress
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Lands’ End has so many washable dresses, but this washable wool dress looks great — sleek and elegant. I like the pockets, and although I’m generally not a fan of the self belt, I like the way they’ve styled it here. (I’d still probably swap it out for my own belt, but there you go.) It’s $95, available in regular sizes 4-18 and petite sizes 00-16. Lands’ End Short Sleeve Washable Wool Dress
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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?
Life hack question – do any of you use Amazon prime pantry or regular Amazon for grocery type items? Do you like it? I’m debating getting rid of my warehouse club membership and just signing up for regular delivery of non perishables (anything that saves me a trip in the car is awesome as we otherwise walk to day care/work). But maybe a standard grocery delivery might be better because then I can just get everything delivered…
Party dress question: I am going to a wedding in two weeks and will be 35 weeks pregnant. It’s black tie optional, but at 35 weeks pregnant, I’m willing to take a pass on being perfectly dressed, but I’m not willing to go the Target cotton sundress route. Any ideas on places I can get a decently priced dress for the occasion? I’ll need it to be an online source, and given that I’ll prob have to order a couple of sizes, free shipping/returns is pretty critical. I tried ASOS, but everything was just… wrong. Either see-through, or not tight enough, or tight in the wrong places, or just indescribably wrong. I’m probably looking for more the “bodycon” style than something flowy, but let’s face it, beggars can’t be choosers.
I should probably change my name seeing as my daughter is now nearly 2 weeks old!
Question about bfeeding. Has anyone experienced greater supply on one side versus the other? My daughter’s latch was not great in the beginning and she really tore me up, particularly on the right side. A lactation consultant suggested that I alternate bfeeding from the left side and pumped milk, and exclusively pump the right side until I healed. I did this for about 4 days, and then when I felt like the right side had healed up enough, I switched to exclusively pump the left while alternating bfeeding/pumping from the right.
I’m now concerned that my right side is producing less than my left side. When I pump I get (on average) about 1-1.5 oz from my right side, and about 2-2.5 oz from my left. Is this a normal disparity? If not, any suggestions to boost production from the right?
I am currently pumping hands-free at work using the ol’ holes-cut-in-sports-bra trick (I have the Medela PISA), but I don’t think it’s draining my bre*sts all that well. When I use my hands to lift and press while I’m pumping, the milk just streams out, but that sort of defeats the hands-free idea, and if I don’t do that repeatedly during a pumping session, I often have hard spots left even after 20-30 minutes of pumping. Putting the pump on the highest setting doesn’t help much (plus, ow). Has anyone tried the actual bustiers that are designed for hands-free pumping and found that they are better at lifting and/or pressing? Specific recommendations? Other suggestions welcome too!
ladies – any recs for a cute/stylish small nylon purse? when i go out with my 2 month old i take the diaper bag but want to get a small purse for myself. my huge louis vuitton bag which was my pre baby go to bag is not going to cut it now. i was looking at some of the marc jacobs nylon bags online so was thinking about getting one of those or something similar. thanks in advance for any suggestions!
My husband and I are thinking of taking a vacation with the little one in august. He’ll be a little over 3 months. We would like to go somewhere beachy (carribean?) but are worried that may be too much sun for him. Any recs for where to go? We live in DC. Also, are we crazy for wanting to take baby with us?
Guys, my brain is fried. I have 3 weeks to go until d-day with kid #3. I feel ready but help me remember what I want/need to be doing in these days leading up to Newborn Time. I already have “sleep” and “try to frantically wrap up at work ASAP” covered.
I am using Chrome and am still having problems with the Garnier Fructis Style video blocking content/comments. FYI — Top Knots are not professional according to the main site. ;)
Fun story: my son really wanted to have a truck race yesterday, which mostly involved me scooting on my knees trying to keep up with him. After about 2 seconds, this caused excruciating pain in my knees. So later that night I started googling “knee pads to play with kids.” No hits, but one of the suggested searches was “knee pads for puppy play.” OK, I thought, that might be similar — getting down on the ground to play with a puppy!
But no. No no no. It turned out to be a different kind of “puppy play” entirely.
#themoreyouknow
1. The garnier ad is blocking text on the page, including the first comment.
2. Is there something that happens at 9 months that makes my son sleep like sh!t? I know it’s a pretty big developmental stage with cruising and teething, but I was hoping that he would start tiring himself out with all this new exercise that he would start sleeping like a champ. He’s never been a great sleeper, but this is far worse than those newborn nights.
We don’t intend to sleep train and have been co-sleeping in an attempt to get over this hump. Just looking for some commiseration as we try to ride this out.
Looking for recommendations for reasonably priced (ideally under $75) sleeveless shift dresses for work, NOT in ponte fabrics, in neutral colors.
As my handle suggests, I’m in the early stages of pregnancy and want to buy a couple of non-waist defining dresses a size up for the next month or so and for post-pregnancy. Goal: HIDE the bump (or actually, the crazy bloat). Most of my current work wardrobe is more form-fitting sheath dresses and pencil skirts.
Thanks!