Budget Thursday: Loose Fit Pants
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We’ve featured H&M’s sustainable collection, Conscious, in the past, and they’ve got a number of pants for work, including wide-leg Lyocell pants in a number of colors. These cropped, loose-fitting pants have sort of a French cool-girl vibe, and the fact that they’re machine washable, from the Conscious line, and priced at only $35, is great. They’re available in sizes 2–16. Loose Fit Pants
Here’s a plus-size option.
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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?
ARGH, I am having a day when all the men tell me I’m wrong and then talk themselves in circles until they agree with my original position, without ever admitting that I was right in the first place. WHY?! This doesn’t need to be so hard….
My son really likes his Bitty Baby!
Corolle makes nice baby dolls if both genders
apologies because I believe this has been addressed before but I can’t find it: Recommendations for a babydoll for my son? He is 16 months old and will be a big brother before the end of the year – I want to buy a doll to model taking care of a baby…..
Son is 7. So, still a young kid, and I don’t remember having a close relationship with some of my grandparents until I was a little older.
It’s just stressful to be around him because I never know whether it’s going to be a good visit or one that ends up with hurt feelings. I’ve held my tongue for literally years and in the past 6 months I’ve noticed that I’m losing my filter. Because dang it, be the adult and understand that the kid is still learning social graces.
It feels super crappy because DH is an only child and these are the only grandkids they’ll have. FIL adores our 2-year-old daughter, but what’s going to happen when she’s pushing boundaries? I feel a lot of pressure to make sure our kids have strong relationships because they
My son doesn’t have a great relationship with my FIL. He’s just … completely indifferent to any attention FIL gives him. Honestly, FIL has contributed to the situation– he’s colder and more gruff than most of the adults my son interacts with, and sometimes has unrealistic expectations of kids’ maturity levels. So he often comes across as critical and not very loving even though that’s not his intention. Anyway, it all blew up spectacularly last night. My son wasn’t being enthusiastic enough for grandpa’s liking, so grandpa literally pushed away my son’s begrudging goodbye hug. I get that grandpa was hurt, but I pretty much lost it and had to leave the room because I am so sick of FIL not being the bigger person. I basically told him that if he wanted a better relationship, he needed to be the grownup.
Now it’s a freaking mess of hurt feelings all around. I’m frustrated with my son and my FIL both. DH had a heated discussion last night but are on the same page that we want to do whatever we can to help them get to know each other better, without the buffer of siblings or parents or grandma around.
I’ve apologized to my FIL for losing my temper and he’s agreed to keep trying with my son. But his tone of voice was not enthusiastic to say the least. My son is not a perfect angel but he is well liked by many adults in his life, and it kills me that his grandpa isn’t one of them. FIL sees it as a respect issue; we see it as a personality conflict.
So how do we foster this relationship? Grandparents live 45 minutes away and have extreme mobility issues and have a hard time getting out of the house. Going out for ice cream or to the park are not in the cards. I know my kid loves grandpa, but is having him like him even realistic? Our 2 kids are the only grandkids he’ll have and the whole situation is so sad.
I have a different daycare nap question – kiddo is 3.5. Daycare has had to relocate naps because of some facilities issues, and kiddo has stopped sleeping at daycare. In fact, it sounds like many days, she is so disruptive at nap time that she gets a time out or has privileges taken away. I’ve talked with both her and her teachers – she says that her friends keep her awake by talking or the music in the nap room is “too loud,” but her teachers say she is usually the only one awake and needs to be removed to let the other kids sleep. I’ve tried sending noise-blocking ear muffs, but she was so excited about using them that she just played with them instead of sleeping?
And the standard response from family is, “Well, isn’t she getting old enough to drop her naps?” and the answer is NO! She is a miserable tired mess from the moment I pick her up at daycare until her bed time (which is now between 7:15 and 7:30), and it’s making the evenings no fun at all. (On the flip side, bed time is so easy….)
What to do? I don’t want her getting regular time outs, and I have a feeling there is a power struggle going on with one of her teachers. I feel like my kiddo is going to have so many weird sleep issues as an adult….mom fail.
Any unconventional suggestions for potty training a stubborn three-year-old? A group of kids is moving on to the next room at daycare, and our daughter should be among them, but we are struggling with the requisite potty training. She really wants to wear underwear and will hold her pee for hours and hours until she gets a diaper at naptime. Any efforts/suggestions to use the potty result in her either a) sitting there for ten seconds, then saying she is “all done,” or b) watching a show on an ipad for twenty minutes, then peeing on the floor two minutes later. There seems to be some anxiety around it, although we have really tried not to put pressure on the situation. (She has a well child appointment next week, so we will talk to our ped about UTIs, etc., just in case that is playing a part.) We have tried modified versions of the boot camp method, but I guess maybe it is time to go cold turkey on diapers and spend the entire weekend in the bathroom. Any suggestions or tips that worked well for you?
Try Tucson. The weather will be perfect. The Sonoran Desert Museum is amazing (and with toddlers can be two days easily). They have a hummingbird tent (like a butterfly room, but with hummingbirds landing on you)! There’s lots of hiking/ outdoor stuff. And there’s Old Tucson which is an old movie set where they stage cowboy fights, etc. Book a hotel with a pool!
Two things I could use advice on: DD is 5 months old and just learned that she can yell/scream for fun. And she finds it hilarious. Any way to curb this? Or do we just ride out the phase? Second issue is she is not.sleeping. At daycare. She may get an hour nap in, then she falls asleep at 6:45-7pm at home and sleeps for 12hrs (waking up once to eat). I feel bad for her and worry she’s not getting enough rest. It also means she’s crabby in the afternoon at daycare. She’s in a small in-home setting with an experienced provider FWIW so I don’t think noise is an issue.
Cross posted from the main site: Vacation recommendations for the week between Christmas and New Years (with two toddlers…)? We may be getting pregnant soon so are in the habit of avoiding Zika zones as well.
Located in the middle of the country. What has been fun? With or without kids?
We’ve historically gone skiing that week but want to do something else this year and are stumped…
You guys, I was just (verbally) offered a great opportunity at work and instead of immediately accepting and thanking the person for thinking of me, I totally panicked and stammered something about having two little kids and the hours would be difficult. I eventually managed to come around and say I could manage the logistics and it would be a great opportunity, but man, not proud of that initial reaction. Just, ugh, I wish I had handled that better.
I have two older sons (adults now) and a toddler. When did giving gift bags to kids at birthday parties become a thing? And why? Why do they receive a gift for attending someone’s birthday party? I’m in the “you don’t get an award just for participation” school of thought, and to me this just seems strange.