Washable Workwear: Ponte Midi Skirt
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This Vince Camuto ponte skirt is extremely highly rated — 4.5 out of 5 with 100+ reviews — and it’s machine wash cold and line dry. It looks like a great basic pencil skirt, and it’s a pull-on style so you don’t have to worry about an exposed zipper. This is a midi pencil skirt instead of knee length, but it’s a nice change if you’re tired of all of the very short skirts out there these days. The sizes are XS-XL and the color choices are black and “vanilla.” (Alas, the gray has sold out.) It’s available in regular, petite, and plus sizes. Ponte Midi Skirt
Sales of note for 2/7:
(See all of the latest workwear sales at Corporette!)
- Nordstrom – Winter Sale, up to 60% off! 7850 new markdowns for women
- Ann Taylor – Extra 25% off your $175+ purchase — and $30 of full-price pants and denim
- Banana Republic Factory – Up to 50% off everything + extra 15% off
- Boden – 15% off new season styles
- Eloquii – 60% off 100s of styles
- J.Crew – Extra 50% off all sale styles
- J.Crew Factory – 40% off everything including new arrivals + extra 20% off $125+
- Rothy’s – Final Few: Up to 40% off last-chance styles
- Spanx – Lots of workwear on sale, some up to 70% off
- Talbots – 40% off one item + 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?
I had intended to leave the office at 2 pm today. Instead, I am still here, haven’t had lunch, my phone is ringing off the hook with non-urgent questions, and the people who need to respond to my urgent questions are posting out of office messages. I’m so worried that my Thanksgiving is going to turn into “putting out work fires while trying to smile for the cameras and make all the memories.”
And meanwhile, I just really want to go pick up my kiddo from daycare and play with her for a few hours….
Also, another car seat question– I have a Diono Radian and a 3 foot tall 2 year old. The height range for rear facing is supposed to be anything below 44″. But it seems like she’ll be too tall for it to rear face way before being 44″. Am I putting her in the seat wrong or something? She does have a long torso. But still, she’s supposed to be able to be rear facing for another 8 inches, and it’s looking like it’ll be another 2 at best.
I just spent six hours making a photo book of my kid’s life from ages 1-2. The office is dead and I have no work at the moment. I feel so accomplished. I got one for my mom, one for my MIL, and one for me. I used snapfish and I’m excited to see how it turns out… This is my first time making a photo book, so fingers crossed.
Car seat Q: Hoping to take advantage of Black Friday to get a convertible seat for my 10-month-old who is about to outgrow the bucket seat. Any favorites? Kid is super tall.
Thank you to whoever mentioned that they purchased Corolle divided plates on an earlier thread this week. I Amazon’ed some over the weekend and they are PERFECT! I was sick of our reusable plastic plates for the kids and these are exactly what I was looking for.
Vent – I’m having a tough week. We found out my cat has a cancer that’s basically untreatable (even if we could afford to treat it), and she has several months left. Toddler has been sick with a double ear infection since Sunday and has been home all week, in a terrible mood and throwing a tantrum every 5 minutes. DH is a retail manager, so this is his busy season, and he can’t take any time off. We live near a lot of extended family, but they haven’t been able to help this week for one reason or another. And if Toddler still has a fever/is contagious tomorrow, we’re going to have to skip the family Thanksgiving because there are going to be like 5 other kids there, including 2 small babies.
Does anyone know a music CD similar to the Little Baby Bum videos? Might help the kiddos in the car.