Washable Workwear Wednesday: Rickrack Trim Dress
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This is a fun, washable dress for the summer. I like how the color and cut are conservative and professional but the wavy white trim adds some fun and youthfulness to it. The white trim looks like it hits at the smallest point of your torso, which is slimming. Also, the material is linen/cotton, which means you won’t sweat to death during your commute. Another feature I think is cute is that the top section has a separates illusion so that the wavy trim is at the bottom and not just a sewn onto the dress itself. It’s $108 full price and is on sale for $64.50 at J.Crew Factory in sizes 00-20. Rickrack Trim Dress
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Sales of note for 9.10.24
(See all of the latest workwear sales at Corporette!)
- Ann Taylor – 30% off your purchase
- Banana Republic Factory – Up to 50% off everything + extra 20% off
- Boden – 15% off new styles
- Eloquii – $29 and up select styles; up to 50% off everything else
- J.Crew – Up to 50% off wear-to-work styles; extra 30% off sale styles
- J.Crew Factory – 40-60% off everything; extra 60% off clearance
- Lands’ End – 30% off full-price styles
- Loft – Extra 40% off sale styles
- Talbots – BOGO 50% everything, includes markdowns
- Target – Car-seat trade-in event through 9/28 — bring in an old car seat to get a 20% discount on other baby/toddler stuff.
- Zappos – 26,000+ women’s sale items! (check out these reader-favorite workwear brands on sale, and some of our favorite kids’ shoe brands on sale)
Kid/Family Sales
- Carter’s – Birthday sale, 40-50% off & extra 20% off select styles
- Hanna Andersson – Up to 50% off all baby; up to 40% off all Halloween
- J.Crew Crewcuts – Extra 30% off sale styles
- Old Navy – 40% off everything
- Target – BOGO 25% off select haircare, up to 25% off floor care items; up to 30% off indoor furniture up to 20% off TVs
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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?
Last night we threw caution to the wind and decided to do one of those fun summer nights things that will stick around as good memories.
Flip side of that is that my 2 year old was up until 11PM (we’re normally on the 7PM bedtime train) and my husband and I went to bed around 2:30AM. May the coffee be with us today, guys.
Passport photos for kids…any advice? Is there an app that people like? I have a 2YO and a 5-month old, so ideally I’d like to take them at home and then print them at a CVS or Walgreens, but I’m worried about getting everything right.
In mod, but there’s a link on the passport website to a photo cropping tool that will help make sure you have the proportions right if you take the photo yourself.
My first thought on this dress is “Corporate Charlie Brown.”
tl;dr: If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it?
My son is turning 2 in a couple of weeks. He’s been sleeping like clockwork for months and months (I know, we’re lucky) – nap around 12:30, bedtime around 7, sleep until 7 am. Lately on the weekends he has been occasionally not falling asleep for naps, but just playing in his crib. For an hour or two, happily. Apparently he’s still napping at school. And now at home, he is occasionally taking over an hour to fall asleep. Last night we heard him talking to himself at 8:45 pm!! He is never crying or fussing, and just playing or talking. Should we be putting him to bed later? Earlier? Just not doing anything because he’s fine? I definitely want to encourage quiet time during naptime, even if he doesn’t sleep, but it just seems bizarre he’s staying up so much at night. He’s been fussy and defiant somewhat during the days, but he’s also two, so.
Just leave it be? Anyone else experience this?
Water shoes question. My kid has worn Natives for the past 2 summers, but this summer she’s a lot more physically active than last year and she got a blister on her heel. (To say that this has been traumatic for her would only be a slight exaggeration.) I’m not that surprised because they’re basically jellies from when we were kids.
Her summer program is going to be taking them to the playgrounds with sprinklers this summer. Are there any good closed-toe water shoes that are made from softer materials? I saw a kid that had what looked like neoprene shoes with soles, but would appreciate any brand recs!
Looking for suggestions. I think I’m finally on the tail end of an emotionally stressful 4-6 months. I’ve been crazy busy at work (which might not actually get better anytime soon), was fairly sick for a few weeks in March/April, and have had multiple unexpected house issues in 2018 which led to an emotional roller coaster about whether to move or not. I need a reset. And I need ideas. A vacation seems like an obvious choice, but I have mixed feelings. My family is my husband, 2.5 year old daughter, and me. A family vacation (which I am all in favor of usually) just doesn’t sound restorative this time. Maybe time away with my hubby, but that’s logistically difficult with grandparents not nearby. I feel like I need something more intensive than a mental health day at a local spa or weekend day to myself. But I also feel guilty spending money on a trip just for me. Any thoughts, suggestions, comments? Thanks in advance!
Anyone have advice on how to deal with grandparents who are looks obsessed? We’ll be visiting my parents next week and they’ve always been hyper focused on appearance, which certainly affected me growing up. So I’d like to try not to make it a focus with my 15 month old son. But my parents are constantly talking about looks – how do I (gently?) ask them to focus on other things?
So meal times have become a constant battle with my 6-yr old culminating in him spraying a huge mouthful of milk all over me/the counter this AM because he refuses to take normal sips and will instead take HUGE gulps (think chipmunk cheeks) to get drinking his milk over faster. Today he did this and then almost choked, sprayed milk, and then gagged. I just about lost it and had to take an adult time out to calm down.
Am I insane to expect simple rules (eat your vegetables/fruit, do not shove food into your cheeks or try to swallow without chewing so you gag, stop playing with your fork/sticking it in your ear/hair/leg, sit properly on the chair instead of sliding nearly off, etc.) to be able to be followed at this age without constant reminders/threats? I feel like 95% of our meal time is using timers/threatening to take things away/reminding him that the faster he finishes the faster he gets to play/etc. etc. etc.
Is Charleston, SC a good place to find a nice, clean hotel on a not-too-crowded beach, and if so, which island or beach should I be looking at? My daughter wants a beach trip this summer. I would prefer minimal hassle (meaning: walk out of hotel onto beach, then rinse sand off and walk back to hotel room to change) and zero cooking. We liked Hilton Head (although we were there in the off season) and Melbourne Beach, FL, and strongly disliked Virginia Beach. I am not a fan of the Outer Banks either.
Has anyone purchased this and used it as an ok to wake clock?
My husband bought it for our son who has a habit of waking up early and screaming until we get him (18 months). He cries and cries (real tears!) and seems borderline hysterical every time he wakes up, and we’ve tried letting it go for what we consider long periods of time. (30-45 minutes)
ANYWAY – Any experiences (good or bad) or tips for using the Hatch ok to wake setting?
We haven’t really had the chance to use the “ok to wake” on the Hatch because my 15 month old gets up at a reasonable hour… but I’ve been turning on the wake up color when she wakes in the hope it clicks! It is a really neat gadget and I think its worth it… easy to program, different sounds, light colors, and easy to control from another room with your phone.
My mom, who is amazingly helpful and nonjudgmental 98% of the time, watches our baby a few days a week when I’m at work (we pay her for her time and help). She is an absolute lifesaver in terms of childcare. She cooks, she does laundry, the baby loves her, she follows my instructions, and she steps in with additional help whenever we need her to. For context, she was a full-time SAHM for my entire childhood and LOVED it, even though my parents ultimately ended up divorcing once we grew up and it left her in a more precarious financial situation.
Lately, she’s been making awkward comments about my being a working mom, and I don’t really know how to address them (or if it’s even worth it?). For example, DH was interviewing for a new job, and my mom’s immediate reaction was like, “Oh, if he gets this job, I bet you don’t have to work anymore!” I technically don’t have to work now, either, but I still am. I mentioned how over BFing I am and she commented that, “It’s probably because you have to pump at work; it would be so much easier if you could just feed Baby at home all the time.” I once mentioned putting LO in daycare a few days a week when she’s older to help her get some social interaction, and my mom responded with a daycare horror story about one of her friend’s grandkids and reacted like I’d just suggested shipping my child off to Alcatraz.
Should I say anything to her when she makes these remarks or should I just ignore it, given how awesome and helpful and generous she is when it comes to everything else? I have conflicting feelings about being a working mom, especially when it’s not genuinely “necessary” financially, and her commentary doesn’t help. Yet I’m not sure speaking up or trying to address it will solve anything either. Maybe I just needed to vent here? Advice?
When you apply in person do you have to bring photocopies of all the documents (birth certificate, parents passports, etc) or can you just bring the documents themselves? I also noticed the form has a section for “travel plans” – does anyone know if that’s mandatory to fill out? We want to get our newborn daughter a passport ASAP because we sometimes travel internationally on relatively short notice, but we don’t have immediate plans to travel.
Going to bed drama. I think I’m too sleep deprived to think through this logically, so help would be appreciated. I was away for a week for work and grandparents took care of my kid. Now that she is back home (with just me, husband is out of town for a while), going to bed has become a fight. Prior to this we were a hard 7:15 bed time and it was pretty okay. Brush teeth, story time and cuddling, into the crib. For the past two nights, it’s been a nightmare. We do the routine and when I put her in the crib, it’s apocalypse now. Crying and screaming like I’ve never heard. She’s fine to cuddle with me and doze off, but she doesn’t want to be alone in her crib. Should I just let her cry it out? Just let her work through this? I’m concerned that she will tried to get out of her crib and hurt herself in a frenzy, honestly. She’s 20 months old and just weaned, if that makes any difference.