Washable Workwear Wednesday: Anytime Wrap Top
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Shabby Apple has this Anytime Top in a number of different colors (gray, seafoam, teal, magenta stripe, fuschia) and I love the look of it — it’s a flattering shape and one that can be worn under or over different looks. (Try it on top of a sleeveless dress if you’re trying to extend your wardrobe!) It also looks like a great top for nursing and pumping. Reviewers note that the fabric is thicker than they expected, which is a win in my book. The top is machine washable and available in sizes 0P-14 for $30-$52; the pictured top is $30.80. Shabby Apple Anytime Wrap Top
Here’s a plus-size option.
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Sales of note for 3/21/25
(See all of the latest workwear sales at Corporette!)
- Nordstrom – Spring sale, up to 50% off: Free People, AllSaints, AG, and more
- Ann Taylor – 25% off suiting + 25% off tops & sweaters + extra 50% off sale
- Banana Republic Factory – 40% off everything + 20% off
- Eloquii – 50% off elevated essentials + extra 50% off sale
- J.Crew – 25% off select linen & cashmere + up to 50% off select styles + extra 40% off sale
- J.Crew Factory – Friends & Family Sale: Extra 15% off your purchase + extra 50% off clearance + 50-60% off spring faves
- M.M.LaFleur – Flash Sale: Get the Ultimate Jardigan for $198 on sale; use code CORPORETTE15 for 15% off
- Spanx – Lots of workwear on sale, some up to 70% off
- Talbots – Buy 1 get 1 50% off everything, 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?
Just an update on my son. I’ve posted a few times about being worried that he’s not talking. Well, about two days ago he basically woke up and decided that he’d start talking. He asked for strawberries at breakfast, asked for his blanket at bedtime, told his brother “no” when he was trying to take a book, and when I took off his socks last night, he said “that tickles!” So kid’s fine. Ugh. He’s just being his laid back A self about the whole deal. (We joke that when they’re teenagers, B will ask for the keys and throw a fit when we say no while A will simply take the keys and walk out the door. A does A.)
My infant son has been in a licensed daycare for a total of 4 days and I’ve already seen them lay him to sleep on his side, with a blanket propping him up, come in to find him sleeping with a bib on him, and found him sleeping in a swing (this one I don’t really care about, except once he wasn’t even buckled into it). All of these things are licensing violations, in addition to just really bad judgment calls. So now I get to try to find new childcare arrangements ASAP. I’m seriously considering hiring a nanny even though it will wipe out every cent of disposable income we have.
Travel cribs question. We’re going on a longer vacation in a few months, when my daughter will be about 16 months. We are debating buying a travel crib (either the Lotus or Bjorn), versus renting a pack n play at our destination, versus buying a travel toddler bed (like one of those inflatable cots). We’ll be flying to our destination and not staying with family, so we can’t buy something and leave it at someone’s house.
Once she gets into the toddler room at daycare (sometime in the next few months) she will be sleeping on a cot, but I can also see how that would be a recipe for disaster on vacation. I generally have no problem renting a pack and play, but then I start to weigh the costs of renting versus just buying a travel crib that we will get additional use out of and the fact that my daughter is very tall for her age (already over 30 inches), so she might be too long for a pack n play soon.
I would appreciate any opinions – last night I asked my husband what he thought and he just sort of shrugged and passed the buck.
The posts yesterday have me a little scared about supply issues. Is it just a given that supply issues will happen if you are pumping? Is there anything I can do now, when I just went back to work and my supply is solid, to stave off a supply drop?
I’m pregnant with my first and we’re trying to find a crib and changing table/dresser. I’m 4’11” and my husband is 5’5″. I’ve noticed that my friends’ cribs and changing tables seem so…tall. Like, once we drop the mattress in the crib, I won’t be able to reach the baby if she’s on the far side. Any recommendations from other short parents for cribs and/or small dressers (that could double as changing tables) that worked for them?