Maternity Monday: Maternity Shirtdress
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As you can tell from my past posts, I love shirtdresses for the office. Here’s one for moms-to-be!
This maternity shirtdress from Gap has all your favorite shirtdress features (button front, collar, crisp yet soft cotton fabric, curved hem), but a smocked empire waist for your growing belly. Layer with a cardigan or blazer for unexpected spring temperature swings.
This dress even works for dinner out (add some statement jewelry) or the weekend (add your favorite white sneakers or flat sandals).
The dress is $89.95 full price, but today you can get 40% off plus an extra 10% off with codes FLASH and GAPDEAL. It comes in off white, black, and sugar pink and is available in sizes XS–XL.
P.S. Happy Eid to those who celebrate!
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+
For those of you had Covid recently, how long did it take to go from person to person within your household? I posted above that I’m supposed to go on a big trip on the 13th that can’t really be rescheduled. We just found out kiddo was exposed to Covid at daycare today and since there are no masks anymore and my family hasn’t had Covid yet, I’m assuming the odds we’ll get it are pretty high. Any anecdata about the odds I’ll test positive by the 8th and be good to go by the 13th?
I am a midlevel associate (NYC) nearing the end of my maternity leave. I was wondering if anyone could give me some advice on things I should be thinking about as my return date approaches.
I haven’t lined up care yet, but there’s not a time crunch as we have some family care lined up for a time after I return. We’re planning on a nanny – I figured daycare would be impossible since I didn’t line it up back in 2021. Definitely thinking daycare when the baby is a bit older though.
I have the option to return on a flex work schedule but I’m leaning against it since my understanding is that, sure, you can go down to 75-80% hours (and the corresponding pay cut), but it’s not as if you can suddenly say you’re no longer available one day a week. I think maybe just better to try to avoid overloading myself, and expect I’ll miss my bonus this year? I’m in corporate.
For what it’s worth I do actually kind of enjoy the job. I don’t know that I have partner ambitions but I do want to stick around for a few more years (and one more child). For the person who asked if there are happy lawyers, I would say I actually am one, if you have specific questions about what that’s like, haha.
Are there any happy(ish) lawyers here? If so, would you mind sharing your secrets, what sort of law you practice, etc.?
Since having kids, I’ve realized that I don’t know any moms (or dads who don’t rely heavily on their partner) in my practice area who don’t seem completely miserable and stressed all the time. That can’t be a good sign. I don’t know if this is the work itself, the people, or something else, but it doesn’t make me feel good about ever reaching a place where I’m content with my job.
O wise moms, what am I supposed to do for teacher appreciation week at daycare? Is this a card and Target gift card occasion? How much? I usually do $100 per teacher for Christmas/winter holidays.
What are y’all doing for Mother’s Day? I’m going to take my mom out to dinner the night before and then will be sleeping in on Sunday and I think my husband is going to take the kids out somewhere for the morning. If you had a morning to yourselves, what would you do? The last two years have consisted of mostly staying around here (my 2020 day consisted of hanging out in the bedroom and watching TV solo), or somewhere outside, but I’m comfortable enough now to hang out at a coffee shop or somewhere else, but don’t want to go anywhere too crowded either.
There’s a family (the Smiths) that our family is friendly with. They have kids similar in age to ours (4 and 1) and we get together every couple of months with the kids. DH and I like both the adults a lot and the older kids have historically gotten on well. The last three times we’ve hung out, the Smiths have invited another family with similar age kids, the Johnsons. The first time I didn’t think much of it since we were just meeting at a park, where it’s no big deal to add more people. But then it happened twice more, including for dinner at their home and to a gathering in our backyard. I can be sensitive, so maybe I’m overreacting, but it’s starting to feel like they need a buffer to hang out with us. And from the conversation it’s obvious they see the Johnsons regularly without us, so it’s not like they’re just super busy people who try to maximize the number of people they see at once. The Johnsons are fine people, but aren’t people we’d ever see without the Smiths and I think they feel the same way about us. It’s also kind of a rough dynamic for the older kids with three of them. Someone usually ends up feeling left out and crying, usually our kid since the Smith and Johnson kids now know each other better than they know my kid. Is there a tactful way to tell the Smiths we want to hang out with just them without seeming possessive? Or do we just accept that they’re just not that into us and back off? After the last get together my kid is refusing to see them again unless she knows the Johnson kid won’t be there and after observing the dynamics among the kids I can’t say I blame her.
my kids have some bug and no sleep was had in my house this weekend. one was up yesterday from 3am-9am, and then fortunately fell back to sleep for a few hours. hopefully their brains are not permanently destroyed by the amount of tv they watched this weekend. to say im struggling at work today is an understatement. and they are at home with our nanny, but really wish mommy was there. also, thank goodness i didn’t have a driving commute when my twins were newborns or i probably would’ve gotten into many accidents.
Forgive this very basic gifting question this teacher appreciation week:
I bought some gift cards from the grocery store to various restaurants/stores, so they’re in those paper hanger things that say the amount and “no value until activated” etc. Do I leave them in the packaging and put them in a card, or take them out of the packaging and just put the plastic card in?
DH has an amazing knack for improvising adorable bedtime songs for our newborn. I’ve secretly recorded several and I’d like to surprise him with some memorabilia for father’s Day, but I don’t have a clear idea exactly what. He’s very sentimental so I think he’ll enjoy the reminder not those moments, but he’s also very self-deprecating so I don’t think he’d even listen to just plain recordings of himself singing.
Oof. Marriage/parenting/life is hard and I need to just emote into the void. 2 parents + 2 jobs + 1 baby = a lot of unmet needs and I’m just not sure how to make it better. Woof.
Are there recruiters who specialize in remote in-house positions? Any recommendations? Thanks!
Talk to me about toy clearouts? My husband moved the downstairs toy cabinet to paint and despite my minimalist intentions (my child will only have 6 wooden toys! no toys in the living room!) there is a fair amount of stuff. Only child, nearly 5, Lego obsessed. Ideally I could clear enough space in the downstairs cupboard so Lego can go in there. His room is pretty small and it’s easier to have Lego downstairs as he doesn’t love being upstairs on his own.
We’ve boxed up the Duplo to go to a friend, and I’ve done a cull of puzzles etc which he’s clearly outgrown but do I do the rest with him? Or just gradually squirrel things to the charity shop?