Finally Friday: Pull-On Pencil Skirt
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This pull-on ponte knit skirt looks great, particularly if your middle is still a little touchy, either from a c-section scar, some postpartum weight fluctuation, or, hey, early pregnancy. (I particularly remember while pregnant with Harry (my second) that I couldn’t stand any zippers or buttons at a super early point in the pregnancy, like 8 weeks or something, where I clearly wasn’t showing yet.) This skirt has lots of positive reviews at Macy’s, and comes in four colors, sizes XS-XL. It’s normally $42.50, but today is marked to $24.99. Style&co. Pull-On Ponte-Knit Pencil Skirt
Psst: if you’re in a position where you really like pull-on styles, be sure to check out Jag’s pull-on jeans — I first learned about them by readers raving about them over at Corporette.
Sales of note for 4/24/25
(See all of the latest workwear sales at Corporette!)
- Nordstrom – 7,710 new markdowns for women!
- Ann Taylor – Friends of Ann Event: 30% off your entire purchase, including 100s of new arrivals
- Banana Republic Factory – Up to 50% off everything + extra 25% off
- Eloquii – Spring Clearance: Up to 75% off + extra 50-60% off sale
- J.Crew – Mid-Season Sale: Up to 60% off sale styles + up to 50% off summer-ready styles
- J.Crew Factory – Extra 50% off clearance + extra 15% off $100 + extra 20% off $125
- M.M.LaFleur – 3 pieces for $198. Try code CORPORETTE15 for 15% off
- Spanx – Lots of workwear on sale, some up to 70% off
- Talbots – Friends & Family Event: 30% off entire purchase, includes 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?
Spring is here and I am thinking about biking with a toddler! Does anyone have wisdom to share on bike seats versus the carts? This would be for recreational use on paved paths (or maybe packed gravel) only; I don’t commute and I’m not a mountain biker. I’m decently confident. My kiddo is 14 months, and would wear a helmet (obviously) and is pretty big for her age.
If you have a nanny, and then you had another child, what did you do with your nanny while you were on maternity leave? I don’t need her, and my leave will be unpaid, so it would feel really expensive to pay her during my leave, but I also want her to come back when I go back to work. I’m thinking I’m going to have to have her come anyway while I’m on leave or give her paid leave. She works for me 2 days per week, if that makes a difference.
LO is refusing the bottle. He is 8 weeks old. We’ve been trying most days since he was 4 weeks old. I’m returning to work in three weeks. We’ve tried several different bottles/nipples in various shapes and flows. I’ve left the house. Various people have tried. The daycare didn’t have any additional tips.
I understand this isn’t unusual. If your LO was like this, how did the transition back to work go? How long until they took a bottle, how was home life (ie, sleep) affected, etc? Did they ever get comfortable enough to where you felt okay going out for fun?
For those that have purposefully tried for #2, how did you decide it was time? LO is nearing 2 and I am just starting to feel like myself again (back in my clothes, she’s pretty independent in many ways, back in the groove at work), but I also feel like for our family, we have a finite amount of time to do this if we’re going to. Thoughts to get me off the fence (one way or another)?
ETA – husband is totally in favor of #2, so no issue there. I’m the one who’s hemming and hawwing. (But, it’s easy for him, it’s not his body…)
After having the same problem in Year 1 (all the cute baby clothes!), I committed to only buying solid bottoms for winter for my daughter, and also nothing pink (except as part of a print or pajamas). So mainly I bought blacks, grays, denims, and a couple of outlying colors in pants. Then I bought whatever cute top or sweatshirt I liked, and everything coordinated great.
I also don’t buy (or encourage her grandmother to buy) any fancy dresses. Since I know Grandma’s going to buy her dressier stuff, I usually only pick up clothes for preschool and everyday. We stuck with a couple sweater dresses for winter and a few “casual” summer dresses for now, and Grandma and I have gone through our growing pains with DD’s wardrobe so we’re now on the same page. I don’t want to be that mom that dresses her daughter like a doll and then tells her not to get dirty when she plays, and we don’t have anywhere so fancy to go that a sweater dress with cute printed tights won’t be ok. If we really have somewhere glamorous to go (SNORT), I’ll be happy to buy a fancy dress that fits her at that time.
One thing I don’t really bother with is buying clothes ahead of the season. (Exception: I bought her a new winter coat for next year on deep discount.) All the stores I shop at have so many sales that by the time it’s warm enough for her to be wearing shorts, I’ll be able to pick them up in her current size on sale. I do tend to size up a little, so she’s currently wearing 4T tops and 3T bottoms (for winter). For summer, I’ll probably buy 4T bottoms and decide on tops if her current tops start looking short. She still has a bunch of t-shirts from last summer that don’t look too small, so that will tide her over until the weather demands more summery clothes.
I know Kat has posted about her system for shopping for and cataloging her kids’ clothes. I’m not anywhere near that organized. I need something more basic — like tips or tricks for making sure what I buy works with what I already have? A few months back, I found that I had bought my daughter a ton of cute printed leggings and several cute striped or printed tops — but none of them could go together because then the outfit was too crazy/busy! Since then, I’ve tried to stick to solid pants and graphics/prints/florals/stripes up top. That’s been working better. Anyone have better ideas? Only buy certain colors? Stick to one store? I suppose I could just buy the Carter’s sets, but they don’t tend to get as heavily discounted as their separates.