Everyone Thursday: Custom Stretch Trouser Leg Pants
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I always like a good burgundy pant for work — it’s dark enough not to show stains and dirt easily, and even though it’s a “fun” color it reads as muted and serious. In addition to neutrals, try it with light blues (chambray, even if you’re in a more casual office) and even brighter reds. Today’s 40%-off sale (no code needed) brings the $65 price down to $47; they’re available in regular, petite, and tall sizes. Loft Custom Stretch Trouser Leg Pants, Julie Fit
The same pants in the Marisa fit are also marked down to $47. Also, here’s the maternity version (Julie fit) in regular and petite — they’re also 40% off, which brings the price down to $53.
P.S. Tons of stuff on sale at Lands’ End right now! Their Great Winter Sale gives you up to 60% off men’s, women’s, and kids’ items, plus you can get 20% off regularly priced items and an additional 30% off sale and clearance with code DEAL and PIN 1261. Nice!
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Sales of note for 4/16/25
(See all of the latest workwear sales at Corporette!)
- Nordstrom – 5,521 new markdowns for women!
- Ann Taylor – 40% off your entire purchase + 50% off one full-price item
- Banana Republic Factory – 50%-70% off everything + extra 20% off
- Eloquii – $29+ select styles + extra 40% off all sale
- J.Crew – Spring Event: 40% off sitewide + extra 40% off all sale
- J.Crew Factory – 40%-70% off everything + 60%-70% off spring faves
- M.M.LaFleur – New collection just dropped! Use code CORPORETTE15 for 15%
- Spanx – Lots of workwear on sale, some up to 70% off
- Talbots – 40% off select tops + 30% off dresses, skirts, shoes & accessories + 40% off all markdowns
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?
A friend’s kid is 4 years old and interested in mail. Can anyone suggest what to send him? Was looking for something i could easily buy on amazon. Like sticker packs or temporary tatoos or a book suggestion. Basically a fun gift for a kid who just got a younger sister and is feeling a bit underappreciated. Think of it as like the coolest pack of stuff for under $20 bucks you could send a little kid.
Given the situation in Flint with the water supply, has anyone had the water in their home tested? We have always lived in older houses, so my pediatrician had our kids lead levels checked when they were pretty young (1 or 2) and they came back ok, but we’re in a new-to-us but very old house with ancient plumbing in a city with very old pipes plus I’m sure there is lead paint on at least some of the plaster walls and I’m a little nervous.
I don’t really want one of the home test kits because they just don’t seem that accurate, but I don’t want to have my water tested by someone trying to sell me a water filtration system. Anyone ever sent out water from your house to be tested and do you have a recommendation? I know I can contact my city utility and they might be able to do it, but I’d really like to do it myself to make sure I get the results back directly, not filtered through a city employee (and I’d also like to sample my kid’s school and daycare if the directors are willing to cooperate).
Any suggestions or resources?
My husband and I had a conversation about Zika conversation last night. You are not alone on being freaked out…and I am normally a rational and level-headed person. We recently started TTC (after delaying for a year due to some lingering health issues) and I’m heading to Florida for work in a few weeks. Seriously universe? That being said, I’m going with bug spray, longer clothing, and mostly AC/Indoor time. You can only prepare so much.
Is anyone afraid of the zika breakout? TTC this spring and while there have not been any cases in the US, it feels like its just a matter of time. DC is full of mosquitoes.
Anyone dealt with an underweight child? My son has always been at the bottom of the growth curve. He was a peanut when born and continues to be a peanut at 5, but he has begun to falter from his curve (which is below 5%). We tend to be low intervention-type parents (as is our pediatrician) but we are starting to do some other testing. We are already gluten-free as my husband has Celiac’s and we suspect that our son does as well.
Oh and for extra fun: We are firing our nanny tonight. Caught her asleep on the job. So no time like the present to add medical tests to finding a new caregiver. But we have found an au pair to start this summer! Woo hoo! One positive.
Has anyone used a co-sleeper for a newborn? DH and I are expecting our first in April and are thinking of getting one of the arm’s reach co-sleepers (attaches to parents’ bed, but is not baby actually sleeping in parents’ bed). Any thoughts on these? TIA!
PSA to whoever was looking into video baby monitors you can access via the cloud –
I can’t remember if anyone brought up iSmartAlarm, but someone suggested it to me (for alarm purposes) and it seems like it would be useful as a nannycam type video monitor, and I don’t *think* it has a monthly fee?
Has anyone gone on a short dose of Ativan or anything else to get through a rough patch? I’ve been struggling with anxiety, and my husband just left for a three week work trip overseas. Between winter weather and knowing I have a significant stretch of solo parenting in front of me, I put a call into my doctor to see if there is something that can take the edge off. I don’t want to take something for a long time – I just need a little help to lengthen my fuse for a month. I’m in a bad cycle of losing my patience with the kids, then feeling anxious/terrible that I yelled, repeat, repeat, repeat.
Is that what Ativan is designed to do, or am I looking at taking something for an extended period? I’ve never gone on medication before for something like this, and I”m afraid (anxious!) about the horror stories I’ve heard coming off.
Are there public agencies or nonprofits that value early intervention that can help?
Here in Atlanta there’s the Marcus Institute, and I know there’s a group that focuses on ages 0-3 and identifying autism. I’m sorry I can’t help more, only commiserate.
I’ve been posting recently about how my husband and I are worried that our 22 mo old son might be showing signs of …autism? something else?…I finally reached the pediatrician yesterday (the snow storm here in DC halted everything for several days) and he gave me several names of developmental pediatricians to try. He warned that it can take awhile to get an appointment. I called the dr at the hospital nearest us and the earliest appointment is in December! Almost a year away! I called another hospital and I can’t even talk to a real person until I receive, complete, and return a packet of paperwork. I called the hospital at UVA in Charlottesville (2 hrs away) and their earliest was in October. Our son won’t even be 3 by December, and he’s already getting speech therapy, but I cannot believe that in a major metropolitan area I need to wait almost a year for an appointment! He and his twin brother will have their 2 yo well visit in March so the regular ped can evaluate him again then, and he’ll also have his early intervention evaluation with the therapists through the county in May (where they check for neurological and social development) but I’m still just completely aghast at the fact that we might have to wait until fall just to get a diagnosis. Of course, we’re still not sure there’s anything going on, and he might just be his own quiet little person. Best case would be that we get a few months further on and it becomes clear there’s nothing to worry about and I go cancel his appointments, but if there is something, I just don’t know how to wait that long just to get started on figuring it all out. Is this normal in other parts of the country? Has anyone else had to wait that long for an appointment?