Washable Wednesday: Silk Pintuck Blouse
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Editor Kate found this great washable silk blouse with pintucked details. It comes in four lovely colors in petite sizes, plus sizes, plus-size petite sizes, and regular sizes 2-20. And it’s on sale! Was $99, now marked to $79 — use code FRIENDS30 to take it down another 30%. The blouse is available exclusively online at Talbots. Talbots Washable Silk Pintuck Blouse
Psst: looking for machine-washable basics? Check out our recent roundup of machine-washable sheath dresses as well as machine-washable pants.
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Sales of note for 1/16:
(See all of the latest workwear sales at Corporette!)
- Nordstrom – Cashmere on sale; AllSaints, Free People, Nike, Tory Burch, and Vince up to 60%; beauty deals up to 25% off
- AllSaints – now up to 60% off (some of the best leather jackets!)
- Ann Taylor – Up to 40% off your full-price purchase; extra 50% off sale
- Banana Republic Factory – 50% off everything + extra 20% off
- Boden – 15% off new styles with code — readers love this blazer, these dresses, and their double-layer line of tees
- DeMellier – Sale now on, free shipping and returns — includes select options like Montreal, Vancouver, and Venice
- Eloquii – $29 and up select styles; extra 50% off all clearance, plus ELOQUII X kate spade new york collab just dropped
- Everlane – Sale of the year, up to 70% off — reader favorites include their scoop tee, Dream Pant, ReNew Transit backpack, silk blouses and oversized blazers! New markdowns just added
- Hannah Andersson – Up to 30% off all pajamas;
- J.Crew – Up to 40% off select styles; up to 50% off cashmere
- J.Crew Factory – 40-70% off everything
- L.K. Bennett – Archive sale, almost everything 70% off
- M.M.LaFleur – Tag sale for a limited time — jardigans and dresses $200, pants $150, tops $95, T-shirts $50
- Spanx – Lots of workwear on sale, some up to 70% off
- Talbots – Semi-Annual Red Door Sale – 50% off + extra 20% off, sale on sale, plus free shipping on $150+
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?
Crocs because they can get them on themselves.
It’s finally warm outside! What do your kids wear on their feet in the summer? I’ve been looking for Keen-style sandals that cover the toes in 18-24m size (toddler 5s are too big) and have struck out. Given the choice between socks with shoes, and flip flops (even with an ankle strap), I’m going to stick with socks and shoes. But kiddo looked a little ridiculous and sweaty today!
(Are toddler 4s the same as 18-24m?)
I posted yesterday while waiting for my first beta following IVF (which turned out to be pretty good). I have my second tomorrow. Yesterday I had a bunch of minor cramping and a dull ache (which I’ve had on and off for several days), and my chest was very very sore. Today I have almost no cramping and my chest feels much more normal. I’m totally freaking out that the disappearing symptoms are because this is a chemical pregancy. Anyone had this happen so early? Did it mean anythign?
I sincerely appreciate you putting up with this. Even I think I sound like a crazy person.
22 weeks and I am already OVER work. Not that I don’t love my job – I do. Great company, everyone is being nice about me being pregnant and moving slow…but I’m just so TIRED! I want to stay home in bed with a book. To make it worse, I’m in house counsel at a company with open seating, so it isn’t like I can close my door and take a nap. My car is a 10 minute walk, so I can’t nap there, either.
I’ll be going on leave about September 1…that seems like a lifetime away!
Would have tacked this on to yesterday’s DR thread, but I saw it too late.
A few months after I gave birth, I was told that I had DR, but a pretty mild case – one finger-width or less. My PT told me that if I wanted to, I could do crunches / sit-ups using a waist-support garment. I have been doing so, and I still feel some separation, although maybe it’s a bit improved. My question is, if you had DR, did you get rid of it entirely, or did you just reduce it? Trying to figure out whether it is worth going back to my PT.
Thanks!
What was your most effective method for maintaining/increasing your supply? My spouse is unexpectedly hospitalized this week and I’ve been pretty stressed about him and caring for DD (8 weeks today). My pumping output seems to be decreasing (which in turn is making me unexpectedly sad even though I don’t love breastfeeding).
Thanks for the help…
My two sons, 11 and 9, share a bedroom. Lately when I go into their room first thing in the morning, it smells like stinky socks. This is a new development. Help! How do I combat this? They do not otherwise have body odor yet or wear deodorant (but I’m all over it as soon as they need it). They shower every morning (and put on clean socks). Their room is tidy, we deep clean it every 2 weeks on a set schedule, wear clean clothes every day, and gather dirty laundry from their hamper to the laundry room every 2 or 3 days. What else do I need to do? Use some sort of shoe-deodorizing product? I’m sure they walk in puddles and get their shoes damp on the regular now that I think about it.
Has anyone dealt with severe back pain during pregnancy? What has helped you? I’m only four months, and my obgyn thinks its to early for sciata, so recommended an ortho consult. Of course, I cannot get in until Monday and in the meantime I can barely walk and the pain is sometime so bad I see stars. I’m just not sure what I can do between now and next week to deal with this.
Does anyone else find themselves really, really sad about the death of David Goldberg? Like, more than one would typically expect from the death of someone you never knew? Sheryl Sandberg wrote and spoke about their relationship in such loving terms. Even if I couldn’t really see myself in her description of her job, I could see myself in her description of her relationship. I have a great husband, and the realization that all of our intentionality about being equal partners in raising our family could just be over because of some stupid accident … I don’t know. I’ve been ruminating on it more than I would have expected.
Hey moms! So, a few days ago someone suggested making a list for yourself before you go on maternity leave to remind yourself why you’re coming back to work. I neglected to do that pre-baby, but am back at work now and could use some encouragement. I’ve been back at work for about 6 weeks and it’s a real struggle — exhausting and I don’t feel like I’m giving my best at working or mom-ing, which is frustrating.
So – what are your reasons for doing it? So far my list includes: because I enjoy my colleagues’ company and having adult conversations not focused on baby issues; because I like getting a paycheck and contributing to our family financially; because I want to be a role model for my son; and because I think the long-term career satisfaction will be worth it even if it kind of sucks right now. Other reasons?
Good morning ladies,
I am in need of some advice in real time, so here goes.
40 + weeks pregnant, just started a new midlaw job at the beginning of November. Due date was Sunday. Love my firm, it’s very family-friendly, but one of the side effects of being somewhere smaller is that HR policies…don’t really exist in any clear form. My maternity leave doesn’t start until I give birth, but I am so pregnant and so miserable and clearly in the early stages of labor with physical symptoms, but no steady contractions yet. A few weeks ago my doc said, drop down to half time or you will not have energy to have a baby, and so I’ve been going in a few days a week. There is, of course, no real work left to do, since I could literally go into labor at any second, but I can’t help it…I feel obscenely guilty for not going to work. And like a lazy, self-indulgent slacker.
Dear friends who aren’t lawyers are saying, oh, stay home, what if your water breaks at work? And I’m like, yeah, well, that would mean I am TRULY COMMITTED TO MY JOB.
What did you do, those of you who were pregnant past your due date but not officially on maternity leave yet? Am I crazy to go to work? (Hour-long commute between work and home/hospital) Am I crazy to consider not going in?
Help!!