Budget Thursday: Seamed V-Neck Sheath Dress
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I’ve always hated the name Dressbarn, and I’ve found the quality of their clothes kind of similar to New York and Company, or something like that. Still, I think they’re getting a lot more conservative choices right (as long as you avoid the patterns, which are often still hideous). There can be some really great finds there, like this dress that looks like a good choice for a conservative office. It’s hand wash or dry clean and available in 4–16. It’s only $59.50, but there are often codes that can bring it down even further. Seamed V-Neck Sheath Dress
Here’s a very similar option in sizes 14W-24W.
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Sales of note for 4/16/25
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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?
Looking for commiseration. Do your kids have certain toys that they love but that just seem to cause problems? Kiddo received some play-doh for his birthday, and he LOVES it. But every time we get it out, he’s pretty whiny about it not doing what he wants, begs us to help him over and over, and throws a tantrum when it’s time to transition to something else. It’s just not a pleasant experience for us parents at all. I keep the play-doh “away,” which keeps him from asking for it about half the time. And I think, maybe as he plays with it more, he’ll get better at making the simple shapes he wants (balls, shapes, roll it out flat). But part of me wants to just put it in the closet for another 6 months.
Did you all see the news articles about the parents arrested in a bar with their baby? As you dig deeper, there was some bad stuff there like mom offering sex for beer and chaining the baby stroller outside with the baby still in it. Yes, that is neglect. Also, the two parents were legally intoxicated. However, I had to dig to get that info. The original reports made it sound like mom and dad brought baby to a bar, were each drinking, and mom breastfed while having a drink. It would be pretty scary if that alone was cause for the police and CPS to be called! Another article said the baby was checked out at a hospital and had no liqour in him and no signs of neglect. Last I knew, it wasn’t illegal to be intoxicated with a baby, so long as baby’s needs were met. If they had walked to the bar and the baby wasn’t getting any tainted breast milk it doesn’t sound so bad to me. I worry that was the case initially and the later articles only mention sex for beer and chaining the baby outside to justify their gross over reaction.
Venting–family vacation with the in-laws. 4 kids under 5. Everyone is passive aggressively on the edge of killing each other. I just want to go back to work. I am working today (“from home”), so am getting a bit of a break. Being around bratty cousins brings out the worst in my kids…and my husband. Sharing a room with my children is not a vacation. 3 more days…
We may get invited to our friends’ vacation home for the weekend (depending if their cousin and wife can make it). There will be adults and teenage kids. No beach, just beautiful woods and outdoor activities. We have a 9 month old baby who hates being in the car seat for long. It is a 3-4 hour drive, so we would have to leave early Saturday and return late Sunday (back to work on Monday). I am debating whether we should go or not. Baby likes his daily predictable schedule and I am afraid he will be fussy and exhausted. We just came back from an international trip and let me tell you he did not adjust at all and we were all sleep deprived. Am I crazy by thinking not to go? I just don’t want him to have a meltdown there..
Any tips on keeping an infant who does not like his car seat happy on a long drive?
I have an 11 week old and will be making a 4-5 hr drive tomorrow (along with husband and 4 yo, so I’ll have help). I’m guessing we just have to deal with the inevitable screaming, but if anyone has any tips I’m all ears! This is a new experience for us, as our older kid has always loved car rides. Thanks!
Thanks for all your comments on one child vs multiple yesterday. Not OP, but was so good to read all the comments, because we had our 1st a month ago and are in the newborn trenches. While we are so grateful to have a healthy, (mostly happy) baby, it’s been SO much more demanding and challenging than I anticipated, even with a lot of help. Both morning sickness and this time period is making me feel like we’re “1 and done”, though I always wanted a big family and planned to have multiple kids.
I know we don’t need to decide now, but just curious, for those that do have multiples or plan to, apart from a playmate, what other reasons did you consider to have two or more? How did you decide between 2 or 3 or 4 kids?
My 19 month old has been getting his knee stuck in the slats of his crib. The main problem with this is that I’m afraid it’s going to really hurt him (right now I think it just scares him, but I fear he could twist the wrong way and injure his little leg).
A secondary problem is that when he wakes up in the middle of the night, or too early in the morning (we go get him at 7:00), he normally falls back asleep on his own or plays happily until we come get him. But when his leg is stuck, we have to intervene. If it’s night, once we’re in there, it’s a long process to put him back to bed. If it’s morning, he’s just up for the day– there’s no putting him back in to play happily once he has seen us.
Is there a solution to this? We’ve had crib bumpers in the past, but he steps on them and squishes them down to where they are not really a barrier and would not keep his leg from getting stuck. I am not opposed to transitioning to a toddler bed but feel like it’s too early for that. (We are, however, expecting Baby #2 around his second birthday, and I’d love to give this crib to New Baby and put him in a toddler bed at that time, if possible.) Is there something else I could do?
Sleep question. For the past several weeks my daughter (2) has been waking up in the middle of the night (usually around 4 or 5 am, but last night it was 2 am). Upon waking up, she immediately stands up and starts screaming for us. Like, full hysterics. She won’t calm down unless and until you pick her up. We’ve tried waiting for a few minutes before going in but it just escalates. But then we’re stuck either having her lay on us in the glider or bringing her into our bed, because the second we try to disentangle ourselves from her, she freaks out.
She doesn’t do this during naps and otherwise has no problem going to bed at night.
Any suggestions / tips? We don’t have the space for a bed in her room. At first I was thinking that we needed to make her room darker (and we might still do that), but given the 2 am wakeup, I don’t think it’s necessarily a brightness issue.
OK, thanks for the recommendations the other day to wear a belly band to manage my suits for longer while pregnant. Follow-up question: If I’m wearing dark pants and a light top, should I buy a dark band on the theory that it will look better against my pants in case it is visible? I can’t tell how low down they go, but I’m thinking if I buy a white one in order to make sure it doesn’t show under my shirt, it will end up looking like I have a weird untucked tank top underneath. Thoughts?
I’m wearing Dressbarn pants right now. Hate the name, but I’ve found them to have a reasonably priced selection of plus-size clothes in-store, so I can actually try them on. It’s the only place I successfully bought clothes for that ‘I have to go back to work and I won’t be this size forever, but I’ll be d*mned if I’m wearing maternity pants after having a baby’ phase.
I also found it to be a good place to pick up a couple of dresses when I was in that shower/wedding every weekend phase.