Washable Workwear Wednesday: The Piazza Flannel Shirt
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Flannel for work? Yes, with this blouse from workwear favorite Banana Republic!
This flowy flannel blouse walks the line between work and leisure. The flowy silhouette is balanced by flattering pleating, a banded collar, and button front. It’s also made from organic cotton. While the two neutrals (charcoal gray and heather olive green) are super versatile, I particularly like the bold plaid patterns in red and black for a seasonal look — just add tailored slacks to keep it from veering into lumberjack territory.
The Piazza Flannel Shirt is $90 and comes in sizes XXS–XXL as well as tall sizes.
Looking for other washable workwear? See all of our recent recommendations for washable clothes for work, or check out our roundup of the best brands for washable workwear.
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+
I’m getting together with friends this weekend to do a winery tour but I don’t really drink wine and can’t do red wine at all. Should I just bring a side drink or just grin and bear it LOL.
My kids’ preschool is rehoming their bearded dragon. Convince me I should say no.
They’re rehoming him because the teacher who cares for him is moving and the director doesn’t want to be responsible for him, which I understand. He’s a good pet, not super social but lets the kids feed him and pet him. I have a kindergartner, and two 21 month olds. And a dog. This is crazy right?
On Sunday I need to bring my 4 year old to 8 year old’s first basketball practice and game, about 90 minutes. We need to stay the whole time. 8 year old is likely to be clingy and anxious, possibly weepy. (Or maybe it’ll be fine!) 4 year old was a covid toddler who is still not fully used to being in public AND who is still practicing waiting patiently. With my older kid I never brought anything to entertain him and he was always fine so this kid is new territory for me. What would you do to help occupy 4 year old in this situation besides books? Kicker is this game is 5:45-7 pm the day of the time change :).
Another question about daycare gifts: What is normal for kids who “graduate” to a different room, especially if it happens late fall? The baby room only keeps them for less than a year, so this is will affect those teachers a lot. I’m a ftm considering volunteering as “room parent” and wondering which other parents I should contact.
OK, please be kind, because I’m hurting already. I have made the difficult decision that we need to rehome the cat we got a year ago. We went into this as experienced cat owners, but this poor guy (adopted from a shelter) has some undesirable behavioral quirks that we haven’t been able to get a handle on and are only getting worse with time. Those quirks are mild aggression and spraying on exterior walls. I fully believe the previous owner did not disclose the extent of the issues, but that’s water under the bridge.
I have been to the vet on multiple occasions. The pet is on anti-anxiety meds. I have spent hours with a behaviorist, who hasn’t told me anything I haven’t found on Google already. Most of the additional adjustments she’s suggesting are just not feasible for a number of reasons. I have poured literal thousands of dollars into solving this problem already and as much as I love this guy, I cannot do it anymore. I am so stressed from constantly cleaning and wondering where he’s going to mark next. I have come to the conclusion that the general commotion of kids is a huge stressor for our pet.
So. How do I explain this to my kids, who are very attached to this animal, even though he swats at them and never really wants to play with them. I am heartbroken and NEVER thought I’d be in this situation. I think my pet would be OK in a really quiet household with 1-2 adults and zero other pets or kids. I’m trying to find him a suitable family, but odds are, we will end up back at the shelter. And I know he may be at risk of euthanization because of his issues, which further crushes me.
I don’t see a happy ending here, just a series of less-than-ideal choices to consider.
Silly question: is it ok to leave my pumpkins (not carved) out for decoration until Thanksgiving is over? They’re not quite ready for the compost pile. I suppose I could bring them inside but I’m curious what most people do.
How do you figure out if your child needs therapy for something or if something is normal reaction? Ever since the death of Queen Elizabeth (yes random I know), my child has been concerned/interested in talking about death. I’m not actually sure what happened that day, but DH randomly told her the queen passed away, and she knew that my mom had also passed away (though this was 2.5 years ago when she was 18 months old) and then seemed to be have lots and lots of questions about death and dying, she got upset a few times that i will die and who will help her put on her jammies and go to sleep and i explained that my body is healthy and works well, and that the queen and her grandmother were old and their bodies stopped working. what is obviously a bit confusing about this is that her other 3 grandparents are still alive. sometimes randomly in the car she will ask/talk about how my mother is dead and is starting to ask more questions, like why did her body stop working, why couldn’t the doctors help her/give her medicine, etc. My in-laws dog also recently died and while we don’t talk about heaven or anything like that, of course my MIL said thats where the dog is. We generally say that we don’t know exactly what happens when someone dies. We have the book the Invisible String, which suggests the Uncle is in the clouds. My daughter is 4. Any book suggestions or ideas to help her? I think she is subconsciously anxious something is going to happen to me.
This is why the Fair Play book (and podcast, netflix doc, therapist certification, and cards) were invented! Buy two books and a set of cards, have each of you read it, and tell him in two weeks you’re getting a babysitter and going somewhere to hash out the cards and divy up the responsibilities. If you’re really ticked send him the ‘she divorced me because I didn’t do the dishes” article.
How much anxiety did you have before trying to conceive? I went off hormonal BC last week so that we can start trying. My desire plummeted and my anxiety is through the roof. I’ve spent the last 15 years trying to prevent pregnancy and my brain is having a hard time making the switch. I can’t decide if this is normal or if I need to talk to my doc about meds.
Looking for advice/perspective, as I am sure I am not the only one with this dynamic with their spouse. This is a bit of a rant. I’m frustrated. TLDR, I’m the default parent and home manager, and I can’t figure out how to change that, since there are too many things that would affect me if they didn’t happen.
I generally take on a heavily load with managing our home/things for our kids than my husband. Things are OK until I am busy at work, get overwhelmed, and then realize I can’t just be in charge of all these things on the home front. My husband acknowledges that I do more at home. He tells me he appreciates it. But what drives my absolutely bananas is when I am doing 1000 things, I ask him to take ownership of one specific task, and then he doesn’t do it.
Exhibit A, our children’s passport applications. If we don’t have them in time, that obviously affects both of us. I asked him to do it, said I thought it would be good to have it done by X time to have a little buffer and not cut it too close. It is getting closer than I’m feeling comfortable with, so I go so far as to print the application, order the extra documents that have to get ordered (birth certificate, etc) since I know that will take time and start the application. I ask him to finish the application and make sure we have everything. A month has passed and he still hasn’t done it.
It just feels like I have to do everything or it doesn’t happen. And there just too many things that are too important/have a direct impact on me, that I can’t just let it go if it doesn’t happen. Another example: sharing day at our daughter’s preschool. Each week is a different theme, bring the item on Tuesday. I didn’t manage this and didn’t remind our daughter, she didn’t have something for first few weeks at school and was getting upset about it. It just feels like yet another thing that I am in charge of making sure it happens.
I guess I’m thinking that this is only going to get worse as my children get in school and having more homework demands/projects. I don’t want this dynamic to continue where I am just in charge of everything. I think there’s this bucket of stuff that would directly impact me if it doesn’t happen in time (passport application, school application, summer camp registration). And then there is the stuff that I would feel guilty about or would upset my kid if it didn’t happen (not having something for sharing day at preschool). I feel like I’m drowning. My downtime is managing our family while my husband’s downtime is managing his fantasy football team.
Looking for ideas of something fun to do for my baby’s daycare staff for the holidays. We give cash to her teachers, but I’d like to do something for everyone else too. Last year we had lunch catered so we can do that again, but if anyone has other ideas I’m all ears!
Any tricks for getting a toddler to stand still for getting dressed and ready in the morning? The past week or so we go to do a standing change in the morning and he zips away undressed and giggling. Same with trying to get socks and shoes on. We do minimal changing in the morning already so most of the time he’s going to sleep in his clothes for the next day. It’s hard to get a diaper on properly with the squirming.
I’ve tried having a tv show on but it doesn’t distract him at all.
Jewish/other non-Christian American families, how do you handle Christmas with your kids? My husband’s family is Jewish but still does all the American Christmas traditions like Santa, stockings, presents, a Christmas tree, etc. Now that I’m converting it feels weird to me to continue with traditions that obviously come from a Christian place, even though my husband is fine with it. What do you guys do?
First time daycare parent here: what do we do about holiday gifts for daycare teachers? Both in terms of size of gift and whom we give it to. We’re at a center with 2 dedicated teachers in our kid’s classroom, and a number of floaters who rotate between classrooms, and 2 center administrators – all of whom know us and can address parents and kid in my family by name. One of the floaters seems more allocated to our classroom, as we see her in there maybe 80% of the time (but given her hours may not align with ours it may be higher). Is it insulting to the two main teachers if we also give an equivalent gift to the floater who is in there a lot? Is it insulting to the floater if she gets a lesser gift? What’s the going rate for gift cards?