Finally Friday: Tuck Detail Sleeveless Top
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Sales of note for 2/7:
(See all of the latest workwear sales at Corporette!)
- Nordstrom – Winter Sale, up to 60% off! 7850 new markdowns for women
- Ann Taylor – Extra 25% off your $175+ purchase — and $30 of full-price pants and denim
- Banana Republic Factory – Up to 50% off everything + extra 15% off
- Boden – 15% off new season styles
- Eloquii – 60% off 100s of styles
- J.Crew – Extra 50% off all sale styles
- J.Crew Factory – 40% off everything including new arrivals + extra 20% off $125+
- Rothy’s – Final Few: Up to 40% off last-chance styles
- Spanx – Lots of workwear on sale, some up to 70% off
- Talbots – 40% off one item + 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?
Today in comments from male coworkers about your pregnancy….
My previa still hasn’t shifted, so OB recommended I not travel. I’m fine with this, and so is everyone in my chain of command. But a male coworker overheard me talking to a female coworker about it and felt the need to say something along the lines of “Oh it’s your first baby, you’re worrying for no reason, you’ll be fine.”
Obviously, he doesn’t know my medical history (like that I’ve had bleeding already, and additionally have a clotting disorder that makes it even more worrisome), but that’s the point. Why feel the need to belittle someone else’s doctor’s recommendation without 1) being a doctor or 2) knowing the full story.
To be fair people do this with non-pregnant people’s illnesses all the time (“Oh my cousin had that, and she tried acupuncture and now she’s cured….”) so it’s not a pregnancy specific-thing.
Sharing a working mom victory…
My 5th grader has a few homework papers that parents are supposed to “sign off” on to verify that the work was done. In social studies, the teacher has been grading study guides based on whether they are signed or not. Signed = full credit. Unsigned = zero + punches on behavior cards.
I had a very lengthy conversation about it with the teacher, who stuck to her grading methods and would not budge. So then I escalated it to the school principals in an email, citing the school district’s own policy on homework to be done “independently and without parent’s constant direction and supervision” and then I added the state code’s chapter on student assessment, pointing out that grading based on a parent signature isn’t grading a student’s work or a student’s skill set–it’s grading parental involvement.
I strongly feel that 1.) not all public school kids have an involved parent at home, or a parent who is home during “homework” hours, or a parent who is approachable–we have no idea what environment these kids are growing up in! 2.) Grading based on parental involvement is only rewarding privilege. 3.) It’s a lazy way for a teacher to grade homework as he/she isn’t grading the actual substance of the work, just scanning for a signature. 4.) Parent signatures seem to be encroaching every speck of homework that comes home, and like my 5th grader says, “It feels like they don’t even trust us!” It’s killing the student’s sense of independence and ownership over their own work, and placing way too much pressure on parents to be responsible for their kid’s grades.
The principals took my email and consulted with other elementary school principals in the district, and they all agreed with me! They are going to talk to their teachers, see who is grading (or punishing with no recess, etc.) for missing parent signatures, and help them work out other ways that they can encourage kids to do their work without parent signatures! The principal even said, “I’m 100% against this business of taking a kid’s recess away over a missing signature. That stops today.”
This felt like a huge victory for every kid (and busy parent) in my school district. I’m just really excited!
Any suggestions for a little V-day treat for my husband? We’re expecting our first baby in about a month and I was thinking of matching dad & baby socks or something like that, but I haven’t really found any… Thanks, ladies!!
Suggestions for business casual maternity wear that I can buy in store? So far, I’ve hit up Kohl’s, Target and Gap and found nothing but denim, maxi dresses and cotton t-shirts. I ordered a few staples from Gap online about a week ago but it has yet to even ship and my current pants are getting a more and more uncomfortable at 17 weeks. For what it’s worth, my local Motherhood Maternity is tiny and seemingly focused on leggings and super short dresses at the moment. I’m getting desperate as my body can be kind of difficult to fit (hence why I’d prefer to buy things inshore/be able to try them on). Do these stores, in a major city, no less, think that women who work in professional settings just don’t get pregnant anymore or something?
Yay Friday — I’m not sure if the LO had three seperate tantrums trying to get out the door this morning, or it was one long continuous tantrum. Also, I’m about ready to burn her dang rainboots that she insists on wearing whenever she remembers they exist…
And thanks to who ever posted the app recommendations the other day — kiddo had fun playing with the Friskies fish app while sitting on the potty! There’s also one with bugs. Not just for cats anymore!
Has anyone found that prenatal yoga (or yoga in general) makes nausea worse?
What’s your take on sassy feminist or political tees, for moms and/or kids?
My tween daughter has a lot of cute girl-power sports and STEM tees: think “strong is the new pretty,” tributes to pioneering women scientists, and the “more than just a princess” tee from GoldiBlox. None of them is overtly political. She is a little mini-feminist with definite views of her own, and these are her own wardrobe choices (although I must admit that I do encourage them). Both of us also wear shirts with sayings like “love the earth” and “eat local.”
I am in love with the tee that someone linked to on the main s!te a couple of days ago that lists the names of the four female Supreme Court justices, and I’m considering buying it for my daughter and/or me. It somehow seems like a step too far, though. I am worried that if I send her to middle school wearing that shirt in our very red neighborhood, it will influence teachers’ attitudes in a negative way that the more neutral “girl power” stuff won’t. My concern about wearing it myself is that it would come across as juvenile, undignified, or even hostile. But it would make me feel soooo good to wear it. Perspectives? I’m probably way overthinking this.
I have a very similar top in coral – and it does in deed hide a multitude of sins. Headed on over to pick up a few of these…