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Amazon’s in-house workwear brand, Lark & Ro, has some really great pieces right now, including this highly rated wrap dress. It comes in a ton of prints, and if you’re the kind of woman who prefers wrap dresses for pumping, this may be for you. I’d wear it with a camisole or demi camisole beneath it, of course. It’s $70 new, and available in sizes XS-XL. Lark & Ro Women’s Cap Sleeve Classic Knit Wrap Dress
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Sales of note for 9.10.24
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- 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
- 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?
TBK says
How does everyone store their kids’ photos/videos? My iPhone is full (again). We have a Shutterfly site where I upload the best stuff, but I’d prefer not to rely on a third party maintaining my photos. Kind of wishing for shoe boxes full of prints and negatives. At least you’d know you could control those, and that new technology wouldn’t make them unviewable.
mascot says
We have an external hard drive with photos on it.
Christine says
I store it on CD and as reprints in paper.
Anons says
We purchased Dropbox storage and try to transfer over at least once a month. (The app pulls photos off my phone if I remember to get it started.) Also store on a local hard drive for backup.
One thing I have been meaning to do is to set up Chatbooks. Their app will automatically create a printed album after you have 60 or so “favorited” photos on your phone, or once you put 60 photos on Instagram. From my research, printed photos could actually be very important because there is a chance that digital technology will evolve so much that it may be very hard to look at saved photo files 50 years from now. (Like, think about how hard it would be to open a Windows 3.1 file on a modern laptop. It can generally be done, but not without significant tech wizardry.). I’m far from a Luddite, but I view a quality printed photo as an important “backup” for the digital files.
NewMomAnon says
I load to Dropbox, but also regularly load my favorites to Shutterfly and print them off. I have been inserting the best of the best into a photo album for my kiddo, and I think I’m to the point now where the prints that are not going in the book will be put in an archival photo box. I admit, the printed photos have less to do with technology fears and more to do with fond memories of going through prints with my mom when I was a kid.
MamaLlama says
I have a shoebox full of prints from shutterfly. I upload 100% of all photos there, then every few months go in and order a copy of each one when they send me a good coupon. I do try and get rid of the dupes or the junk shots (hello, photo of receipt and picture of the back of my head I took to see how my hair looks!), but sometimes I get prints of those too.
I also have an icloud account that both my husband and I upload pictures to, which our family can see. That is another master-backup.
My photos are on my phone, our home laptop, and backed up on both shutterfly and a massive thumb drive. I’m paranoid.
AEK says
I save to my laptop and am backing up with USB flash drives for now. I also have a somewhat-curated album on Google Drive— maybe every week or so I just upload directly from my phone the ones that I like best so they are *somewhere* if something happens.
Storage says
I have an external hard drive that I store in a fireproof safe (and update probably once every six months), and I also back up all of my computer and phone files to my Google Drive. Third party isn’t a great option to rely on 100%, but I like knowing that they’re stored offsite if anything really bad happens.
Isn't Prime Always the Answer? says
If you have Prime, Amazon has free unlimited photo storage.
Travel thread says
I missed the thread yesterday on travel recs, but wanted to offer this: based on suggestions here, we bought a travel car seat that fits well on planes (EvenFlo SureRide) and the GoGo babyz mini travelmate cart that attaches to the back of the carseat. Our child sat in the carseat, and I wheeled her through the airport. When I travel alone with her, I check a bag, and then bring on the plane a backpack full of snacks/distractions/wallet/phone/diaper/other essentials, plus the carseat and travelmate cart. It really isn’t bad. Even when she didn’t want to ride in the carseat, I could throw my backpack in there and wheel the cart with one hand and hold her hand with the other.
anne-on says
Second the gogo travelmate cart, it really made going through the airport a million times easier. Plus the wheels lit up, which both my kid loved, and made the fact that I was wheeling a child much more visible to the other folks in the airport. We checked our umbrella stroller because we thought we’d want to have the car seat on the plane, and this made lugging it through the airport much easier.
Pigpen's Mama says
On our last flight I used the GoGo Babyz straps that cinch the car seat to a rolling carry-on.
I found it tricky to get on and off, so it’s only really useful AFTER you go through security, and I found that wearing baby and just carrying the car seat was actually easier. However, if you need to take a rolling carry-on and/or baby wearing isn’t a good option, I think it’s a grand idea.
SC says
Can you (or any other reader) recommend a good backpack for travel with kids? Based on this and several recommendations yesterday, I’m thinking a backpack might be easier than the diaper bag. Bonus if I can put my work laptop in there too.
Travel thread says
I bought mine on Amazon – it’s the high sierra access backpack. It’s not a fashion backpack by any stretch, but it has a ton of pockets and is hugely expandable (to the point where I stuffed it so full it almost didn’t fit under the plane seat). It has a separate zip access next to a padded space for a laptop; side cup holders; smaller front pockets for things that you want easy access to; really deep inner pockets, and a rain cover that’s stored in a small pocket.
I packed a ridiculous amount of stuff in it the first time I traveled with it: laptop and cord; ipad for toddler; books; lovies; small blanket; extra clothes for toddler; extra shirt and undies for me; diaper/wipes/mat; snacks; sippy cup; play-do; small toys; stickers; flip flops for me; sweater for me; wallet; cell and charger; bottled water. It was heavy, but I was never uncomfortable carrying it. Since that trip, I’ve packed lighter, and I’ve taken it out with us for long walking days (zoo, woods, etc.), and it’s been great.
If I were buying again, I might get the size smaller just to avoid the temptation to overpack. There’s a great checklist on Amazon for High Sierra that shows all the different sizes and features of their backpacks.
Clementine says
We use a regular Osprey daypack (this one: http://www.backcountry.com/osprey-packs-talon-22-backpack-1200-1300cu-in?CMP_SKU=OSP000D&MER=0406&skid=OSP000D-ONYBK-SM&CMP_ID=SH_NXT001&mv_pc=r147&003=7163120&010=OSP000D-ONYBK-SM&utm_source=Nextag&utm_medium=CSE&utm_source=Vendor_Links&utm_source=Vendor&ntclickid=-4502851939713937396&mr:referralID=9a82679f-1eaf-11e6-bd9f-00505694526f)
I love it. I just put my laptop in a sleeve and then stick it in there too.
Carrie M says
My comment keeps getting eaten. Sorry if this appears multiple times.
I bought mine on Amazon – it’s the high sierra access backpack. It’s not a fashion backpack by any stretch, but it has a ton of pockets and is hugely expandable (to the point where I stuffed it so full it almost didn’t fit under the plane seat). It has a separate zip access next to a padded space for a laptop; side cup holders; smaller front pockets for things that you want easy access to; really deep inner pockets, and a rain cover that’s stored in a small pocket.
I packed a ridiculous amount of stuff in it the first time I traveled with it: laptop and cord; ipad for toddler; books; lovies; small blanket; extra clothes for toddler; extra shirt and undies for me; diaper/wipes/mat; snacks; sippy cup; play-do; small toys; stickers; flip flops for me; sweater for me; wallet; cell and charger; bottled water. It was heavy, but I was never uncomfortable carrying it. Since that trip, I’ve packed lighter, and I’ve taken it out with us for long walking days (zoo, woods, etc.), and it’s been great.
If I were buying again, I might get the size smaller just to avoid the temptation to overpack. There’s a great checklist on Amazon for High Sierra that shows all the different sizes and features of their backpacks.
Elle says
Did anyone indicate that they used the airplane harness thing instead of a carseat? We are travelling somewhere with our 2 year old where we will not be in a vehicle (resort with shuttle to/from; bus, not a car). Would it be worth it to spend the $60 on the harness and not bring the carseat? Or get the cart or the straps to use the carseat as a stroller in the airport and on the plane even though it won’t get used at the destination?
Pigpen's Mama says
I think the CARES harness is a know your child thing — I debating getting one for an upcoming overseas trip (including a redeye), but I think my kiddo, who will be just under 2 at the time, won’t sit still or be comfortable in the harness, or most importantly — SLEEP in the harness. I know she’ll sleep in her car seat, though. Otherwise, it would have been GREAT. I’ll consider it for shorter trips in the future.
I think you can rent the harness (on eBay maybe?) if you don’t want to commit to the $60.
Anonymous says
Thanks for the tip. I’ll look into the rental options too. Might be worth it since I would expect normally we would want the carseat with us at our destination, just not this time.
So Anon for this says
Just a rant.
My husband has several siblings. They all get along well. We have Christmas together and have gone on vacation together too. All of them and all of the spouses including me went to college together, so we’ve known each other for 10+ years and have grown up together. We know each other’s parents as well. I like all of his siblings and their spouses, which is great. My own in laws are great. But it’s my SIL’s in laws that drive me crazy.
My husband’s sister’s FIL friended me on Facebook after he came to family Christmas last year. He’s very domineering and I hid him because he posts really inflammatory political stuff constantly. I vote the same way he does but still don’t want to see that. Today he tagged me and my SIL (who is a SAHM) in a post about this SAHM who made up some elaborate story at the DMV about her job title “child development researcher” because she didn’t want to be called a homemaker. I have no clue why he tagged me in this, but it just irritates me so much. Even if I were a SAHM, I am pretty sure it would irritate me. For one thing, a child development researcher is an actual thing. For another, I am decidedly not a SAHM.
I just needed to roar about this somewhere, rather than posting a snarky response. Ugh.
MomAnon4This says
Yeah. I have a friend like this. Then I’d be all like, why are you tagging me in this?!
And he’d be all like, “I just want to know what you think!” like it’s bait, or something?!? I do not even know.
Yeah, WTH…? OK. Let it go. Like water off a duck’s back.
Spirograph says
I remember reading that story about the DMV a while ago and rolling my eyes at the woman in it. No way that conversation actually happened — it reminded me of all the times I’ve thought of a great comeback too late to use it, she just wrote it down in a blog instead of letting it go to waste.
This is why I kind of hate facebook. If I were talking with someone and he said, “hey, I read this funny story about a woman at the DMV… ” we could chat about it and I wouldn’t be upset at that conversation starter. But it does feel really confrontational to tag for something like that without context or a hint as to what he thinks about it and what he thinks you’ll think about it. If that makes sense.
Roar away!
So Anon for this says
“But it does feel really confrontational to tag for something like that without context or a hint as to what he thinks about it and what he thinks you’ll think about it.” I think you are completely right. Especially with parenting topics where when someone posts something “controversial” and you aren’t sure what they think you think. I tend to keep my opinions to myself.
In my case, he did say that he thought the article was great. And it had a horrible click-bait title… “The Office Clerk Tried to Demean this Mom By Saying She Is Jobless. Her Reply Left Him Speechless.”
Yeah, he was speechless because she’s a complete loon, if it actually happened at all. I still have no clue why he tagged me in it, unless he think’s I’m a SAHM as well.
Clementine says
Yo, I am the queen of ‘unfollow’ and then if they ask if I saw something, I say ‘No, must have missed it!’
I also have it set up so I have to approve anything that goes on my FB timeline.
Oddly, these two things have made me like certain family members better.
Closet Redux says
I unfollow liberally. I missed the fact that my husband’s annoying cousin had a baby because I hid her from my feed. That was a funny one to have to say, “No, I must have missed it!”
Another BigLaw Parent says
If this is a high risk or irritation to you, Facebook has a security feature where you get to moderate what people tag you in. The post will not show up in your timeline (or in your friends’ feeds because you’re tagged in it) until you let it through. I think it applies to everything though, not just particular users.
EB0220 says
I have this dress in the print shown. I got on super-discount during that big sale Amazon had last year. I like it, but I do think the quality is more suited to a $40 dress than a $70 dress. Still, it’s very flattering and comfortable.
Closet Redux says
We’re having a bbq this weekend and I want to set up a kids table of activities. Not too elaborate ideas? I’m thinking markers and paper, bubbles and wands, and kid friendly snacks.
Carrie M says
Those sound good. Maybe some sidewalk chalk? Little bouncy balls? Whatever else is in the $1 bins at Target! Whatever you end up getting, I’d get enough of each thing for all the kids you expect because inevitably they will all want to do the same thing at the same time!
Lobbyist says
Play doh