Budget Thursday: Reversible Woven Cami
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I did not realize it until I found this particular reversible camisole, but WHBM has an entire line of reversible clothes, including camisoles, tops, and dresses in regular and plus sizes. Now, while this can be great — particularly if you’re traveling — I would note that if you’re dealing with a print on one side and a dark solid on the other side, you’re probably best advised to wear the print side first to avoid the inevitable deodorant stains — then wear the dark side second. In any event, I think this woven camisole is cute, and I like both the polka dot and the stripey side, and I also like the way that the reverse side peeks out a bit at the bottom. The pictured cami is $49. Reversible Woven Cami
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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?
There was an interesting post and discussion about two weeks ago from someone with a passive aggressive admin making comments when the poster left to go work at home the next day instead of being in the office- what happened?!?? Did you say anything back?
Thanks! I have a pretty good freezer stash, so I dip into that sometimes to get through. But I’d really like to avoid it if possible. But I guess that’s what it’s there for!!
Thanks to the great advice you ladies provided, I pumped on Amtrak earlier this week and lived to tell the tale! Now I have another bf question… my goal is to make it to at least 1 yr ebf and I’m at 10.5 months and my supply seems to have dipped pretty suddenly. It might be bc of my period which has happened before, but I’m panicking (which doesn’t help!). I had oatmeal this morning and I’m trying to stay well hydrated. But I’m so close and I really really want to make my goal. Any advice? Thanks so much!!!
I need advice on a childcare situation for my 19 month old toddler. Typically his grandparents watch him during the day while my husband and I are at work. He’s never been in day care or with a nanny. Only rarely has he been left alone with a babysitter, and those have been my close friends who have watched him. He loves people, has zero separation anxiety, but he has never been left to fend for himself in a group setting. The grandparents will be away for three weeks and I have to figure out alternate childcare for that time frame. Typically my husband and I would alternate taking off work and probably have my mom come to help out for a week or so. But this trip is happening during a particularly busy time for us at work, so that’s not going to be feasible this time. I am considering a short term nanny; seeing if a stay at home mom friend can watch him; adding him to a friend’s nanny share; or enrolling him in a new daycare for a couple months (it would end up being 2-3 months due to the timing of their trip and when we’d need to claim the spot). I’m not even sure if you can enroll in day care short term, but I will ask when I tour the facility tomorrow. (After being on the waitlist for 18 months, I got a call today that there is a slot available for him.) What do I do? Given the busy timing of work and grandparents being away, I need whatever option we set up to be rock solid. I know it’s unreasonable but I’m worried about traumatizing my toddler by putting him in a group setting when he’s not used to it, and also exposing him to all the germs when we don’t have any backup care available during this time period. I know how fortunate we are that our situation has worked so well up until this point and I want to make the right decision here.
Err, for anonymous at 9:45 am above; replying apparently doesn’t work on my phone.
As with so many religious things, there is no easy way, you just have to do it. We do not participate in anything on Sundays – no work, no sports or activities. The best thing is to have lots of friends who have the same rules (even if they don’t have exactly the same beliefs – we’re Protestant but hang with Catholics and Mormons who also don’t work/sports on Sundays).
We’ve organized informal sports/activities with people from church on Saturdays as an additional way for our kids to socialize. Since they mostly hang out with kids who have the same restrictions as them, they don’t really know what they’re missing by not participating in Sunday activities.
As they get older, they might – when I was a teenager I was pretty annoyed I couldn’t go to movies, my dance class, or do homework on Sundays, but ultimately it is a choice/sacrifice you just have to make.
This suggestion reminds me of something Joey Potter would have worn.
For those of you who are religiously observant, how do you keep your holy day (Fri/Sat/Sun, depending on your faith) and balance it with children’s activities and sports? So many activities are scheduled not only during worship times, but also can easily consume entire weekends.
Baby CB dropped from 60th to 30th percentile. I was just at the general weigh-in clinic so I didn’t get a sense of how worried I should be about this. He was 75th percentile at birth but I’ve only been back at work a few weeks and he really struggled with the bottle at the beginning so I’m hoping it is just a blip. He’s drinking between 10-12 ounces during the day when I’m away but eats for hours when I’m home. We’re also working on adding in solids (he likes plain coconut milk yoghurt – little weirdo!) Upping my pumping and oat consumption in hopes that might help.
My 4 month old’s daycare sent a list home of all of the kid’s names in the infant class for valentine’s day. I was planning on getting the teachers a little something, but do people actually do cards/anything else for the other kids in the class? They’re infants…
Just wanted to say thanks for all the creative toddler activity suggestions yesterday. Day got away from me, but I printed out all the suggestions and will be trying them out during my maternity leave.