Washable Workwear Wednesday: Tailored Straight-Leg Pants
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I like these pants for the upcoming spring and summer seasons. They seem lightweight, airy, and comfortable. On the website, you can watch a little video of how they look when the model moves, and they have a nice flow to them. I like the straight cut in combination with the full length. I actually find the pants matched with the sneakers kinda cute, but I doubt that would fly in most offices — a low block heel would look so cute with these instead. The pants are $40 at ASOS with free shipping and returns. Tailored Straight Leg Pants
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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?
I think we have hit the point where we are ready to pay for extra help. We already have housekeepers that come every other week and do the heavy cleaning. What I am envisioning (and DH is on board) is someone to come once a week for 2-3 hours. Tasks I have in mind are folding all the laundry (I’m particular about the washing of it, so I want to keep that, but I just pile it up on our spare bed and it waits for (sadly) sometimes months at a time), light pick-up of toys, loading and unloading the dishwasher, maybe running the vacuum. Wishlist, but things that I think are probably more involved from a time investment perspective from me (which I don’t currently have), include perhaps light meal prep (we already get groceries delivered), sorting and putting away the mountains of clothes my kid has grown out that are stacked everywhere, etc. Ideally this person who we presumably get comfortable with being in our home might also be available for the occasional babysitting job for a date night or an event, but not a requirement (or regular part of the job). We’ve asked around our neighborhood thinking this would be good for a high school or college student, but no bites. When I started looking online, I feel like we’re in this weird category where we need a “housekeeper” but I’m not looking for cleaning services – that is already covered. Kind of like a mother’s helper but without the baby-watching part? Anyone been able to find this type of assistance or tips for finding it? And suggestions for what the going hourly rate is or should be – given the amount of hours I think we would want to pay through a service to make sure all is above-board? For context, we currently pay $120 per visit for the housekeepers (4BR, 2.5BA, 2300 sq. ft.).
When running short on laundry last week, I bought 3-4 new pairs of leggings for each of my kids from Amazon. But then they arrived yesterday, and meanwhile the weather has gotten a lot warmer and is likely to stay that way until next winter (Gulf Coast, bb). So even though it’s less than $40 worth of merchandise, and we probably “could” use the extras, I’m going to go ahead and return them. Sigh. How do you toe that line between being an under-buyer and having way too much clutter?
I hope someone has a tip for this issue – my 3 year old has learned how to slide down the chest clip on the car seat and gets her arms out while we’re driving. Of course this is terrifying to me when I see what she’s done and think about the possibility of getting into an accident. We have a Graco Extend2Fit. The straps are at the correct height and sufficiently tight and we start the chest clip out at the armpit level. She’s very good at following directions so I remind her not to do it and explain it keeps her safe, but of course she’s 3 so she forgets and does. Any advice!?
After doing absolutely nothing different (except putting him to bed about 15 minutes early), baby slept 11 hours straight last night! Who knows if that will continue but it sure was nice. Thanks again for all your advice yesterday!
for those of you with ‘big” jobs, or jobs that involve a lot of calls/meetings – how do you find the time to take care of personal items that have to be dealt with during business hours. I already take care of most of this stuff (which i am ok with), but DH is in a job where he has a lot of calls and can’t seem to find the time to deal with stuff. or even more generally – if you are in a job where there is always more work to do, how do you make the time to do personal things. he is open to strategies/suggestions, so I told him I’d ask my internet friends for ideas
In all this discussion about telecommuting/e-learning for a coronavirus outbreak, how does childcare for young kids fit in? I understand that K-12 students can do e-learning at home while their parents work from home, but, as we all know, it’s difficult to impossible to care for a mobile infant or toddler while working. My employer (a large university) has announced contingency plans for online learning for the college students and WFH for all staff in the event of a coronavirus outbreak in our area. But I assume our on-site daycare would be shut in that event and I don’t know how I’d actually do any work with my 2 year old at home. There are tens of millions of people in this situation, but I’ve seen basically no discussion of it in conjunction with telecommuting plans. It seems to be just assumed that everyone will work and attend school from home and that will be great, but…some of us can’t telework if daycares are shut.
I have had it with men in the workplace today. If one more man explains to me why the information I asked for or the task I’ve asked them to complete isn’t, in their opinion, the right approach, I will scream. For the record, they are wrong every.single.time. so far. (as in, they are misquoting federal regulations or guidance, or speaking to issues I’m literally a subject matter expert in that they have no background in, or saying how things “should” be done when it is very much not our organization’s place to have an opinion.) I’m open to feedback and suggestions, but give it to me along with what I asked for, not hours later INSTEAD OF doing what I needed.
AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
would it be weird if a parent (ok, fine, a mom) from one of your daughter’s activities asked you to give their kid a ride? My daughter has an activity at 4pm. She was invited to a birthday party at 1pm (it’s a half day). There is a girl that is at her elementary school who is invited to the birthday party and is in her activity and has RSVP’d yes. I’m travelling that week so if I can’t get my kid a ride, she can’t go to the party.* My kid could either get picked up at car pickup with Other Kid or I know they’ll drive right by our house on the way to the party (we’re on a main road).
I don’t really know the mom or the kid particularly well, though my kiddo knows them and they are family friends of many of our friends (so I have no issues with them being reliable or weirdos or whatever, and I know they have a giant kid-hauler car with a ton of space, just like we do).
Is it totally rude/out of line/imposing to ask since I don’t know them well? I would offer that if she drops the kids off, my husband can pick them up at then take them to Activity (but she might just be planning to stay there). I wouldn’t feel imposed on at all, and would say yes it if was possible and no if it was not possible. But I wanted a gut-check before actually asking myself.
*For complicated reasons, such as how annoyingly away from each other the elementary schools in our town are and where the party is, I can’t ask any of the other moms that I DO know well to give my kid a ride.
Y’all! My very small 3 year old finally made his way into the 3rd percentile for height and weight! This is huge! No pun intended.