Washable Workwear Wednesday: Smocked-Neck Long-Sleeve Blouse
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I had my first video conference with a judge and all counsel this past week. The dress code for the four of us on the call varied. I wore a top and a blazer, but you couldn’t really tell it was a blazer based on the angle of my laptop and how close I was sitting to the camera. My opposing counsel wore a fleece half-zip that looked like it was a free swag company gift. The other attorney wore what looked like a full suit with a tie, and the judge was wearing a plain top. It was a more casual, off-the-record conversation, so I think everyone was somewhat justified in what they chose to wear. When I saw this particular top, I thought it would be a color that would look nice on a video call, it would draw attention to your face but not distract from what you were saying, and would be comfortable. I recommend the “blue velvet” color for maximum video conference bang for your buck, but it also comes in black and white. The top is currently on sale for $35.60/$44.50 (marked down from $89) depending on color and size combo. Smocked-Neck Long-Sleeve Blouse
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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?
Lawyer moms, or others with billable hour requirements, how are your hours looking right now? With daycare closed and our two kids (2 and 4) at home, my husband and I are working in shifts and each trying to balance the work demands with the constant kid demands. I’m putting in time early morning, in shifts throughout the day, in the evening, but it’s still not enough. I’m only billing about 30 hours a week right now of actual billable time. In the Before Times, it was more like 40-45 hours per week.
I know lots of people are struggling with the lack of childcare (though many parents at my firm have nannies who are still coming every day). Are most people somehow still making it work? Or are others struggling to get their billables up like I am?
Good morning! Any recommendations for a maternity exercise support belt? I am a casual jogger, now 18 weeks, no problems so far but I want to continue to job throughout pregnancy and don’t want to give myself any issues. Or is it really needed? Thank you!
Question about teaching your kid to read. My toddler is 5 1/2. Before quarantine started, his teacher at his pre-school was starting to work on reading with him. It was a Spanish immersion program. They started him off with small phrases that he seemed excited by. Now, the zoom session once a week is not doing anything for him. My husband and I started working on flashcards with him (in English as neither of us speak Spanish) and it’s become the thing he hates to do before video time. What we are doing is not working. What has worked for your kids? Open to to good reading apps as well.
Jumping off earlier post, suggestions for teaching sight words? My 6 year old needs help here. Good apps or books that have helped? We’re reading a lot, but I really want to double down and get her comfortable on sight words so she’s more confident reading – she’s good at phonics but the ones that you can’t sound out are where she gets caught up.
Daycare may reopen next month and they said they will follow recommended guidelines which may involve having teachers wear masks. I’m all for public health and science but am somewhat concerned about the developmental impact on my baby of not being able to see his teachers’ mouths. It’s pretty important to see facial expressions and mouth movements when you’re learning to talk and understand language, right? Wondering if anyone has thoughts on this topic.
This is similar to the question above, but out daycare is opening next monday for essential workers, which I technically am, although I am working from home indefinitely and my husband worked from home before this began. We don’t NEED the care, but it sure would be nice. We are not in a hotspot, our local city and county is doing the best it can to regulate, but our governor is hell bent on opening the state back up and is not allowing local authorities to issue stricter regulations than his EOs. On zoom this morning, my daughter’s teacher asked if she was coming back on Monday and was sad to learn she was not. We decided we weren’t comfortable sending her back yet, but I don’t know if that was the right decision. So…if your daycare is open, are you sending your kids?
I had a ragestroke this morning when a very senior person asked in a large meeting what new things people were doing in our 2+ months of WFH. So many people said things like “gardening!” “long workouts!” “baking new pastries!” when I feel like I am completely drowning with a small child. When it was my turn I said “staying up until 1 am every night to keep up with life, that’s new.” Probably too much snark for work but I am OVER IT when people don’t acknowledge that this is not a vacation for everyone.
The discussions above re: billable hours got me thinking long term. If you have school-aged kids, have you made a long term childcare plan yet? We have not so far but starting to think it might be time.
Recommendations for a scooter for. 2 year old? Radio flyer or LaScoota? TIA!
Today is the day (well yesterday I suppose) where I officially feel broken by this situation. Husband and I both have organization shakeups that could lead to opportunities for us, but that means studying/prepping for Big Interviews while wfh FT with a toddler, plus then taking on that potentially way more stressful job. Toddler is cranky and misbehaving all the time it seems. I’m very pregnant, which is the other reason I feel like I can’t go for this promotion even though it is the perfect thing for me career wise, and then that makes me feel like I’m putting my career on the back burner to let DH go for his role instead which makes me feel blah. I live in a hard hit state and the uncertainty over daycare and not knowing when this will end is crushing my spirit. Finally, yesterday I presented on a call with my boss and VP and it just went horribly, so much so that they scheduled a do-over this afternoon after giving me homework, and now DH is stuck at the office so I’ll be relying on the TV to placate aforementioned misbehaving toddler while trying to redeem myself amidst insane office politics (see: organizational shakeup).
I just needed to get that out there. I know I’m not alone. But this just really, really sucks.
following up on the above thread – what are some of the new protocols in place at different daycares? i live in a state where the governor is opening everything up with little care for anything and am just curious as to the new policies/procedures
Building on so many comments above. How are you all logistically dealing with a nanny/ babysitter? My house is smaller, which I normally love but is causing some major issues now with all four of us home. We try to negotiate who “gets” to be in a bedroom for calls but it’s not like our doors are sound proof. The sounds of story time and classroom Zoom calls still come through the background – I know because coworkers have commented on hearing my kids play. And even if they can’t, I still find it incredibly distracting to hear my family on the other side of the door, and struggle to focus on my work.
I can’t see how adding a babysitter would help us. Even if we both holed up in a bedroom, then we’d just hear each other’s calls better through the bedroom walls. What am I missing??