Maternity Monday: Twist-Front T-Shirt Dress
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T-shirt dresses can be a bit on the casual side for a conservative office — but provided they’re opaque and in good shape without pilling or the like, you can often dress them up with enough jewelry and accessories to make the casual-ness of the dress fade away. This twist-front dress from Old Navy looks like a great option for just that — add some classic heels, a set of pearls, a watch, and you’re in business. It’s normally $36, but today it comes down to $26 in your bag — it’s available in navy, black, and orange in size XS-XXL. Twist-Front T-Shirt Dress
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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?
Thanks to everyone who gave advice awhile back on helping a toddler adapt to a new baby. The new baby is now two months, the toddler is two, and everyone is doing great. Your suggestions were wonderful, especially the advice to have her help out and to prioritize one-on-one time with her. Both of those helped a lot.
Still, it was a VERY tough first month. But I realized today that we got through the entire weekend without a single incident. So much progress! I mostly credit time, but I’ll also throw out one more trick that helped us in case it’s useful (I remember a couple of you were also going to be in the toddler + newborn boat soon)….when I needed to tend to the baby, we would tell her a *specific* fun thing she would do with her father during that time. Just saying “in a minute, I’m going to feed your brother while you play with Dada” didn’t work, but saying “in a minute, I’m going to feed your brother while you and Dada play music on your tambourine” (or whatever) would forestall most crying.
We’re having our 3rd and I need a new monitor. We’ve been using a summer infant one from 2012 and it’s just not reliable anymor (which is fine because we use it for a toddler and not a newborn).
What do you like? We have a large house and lots of walls so we need good range. I don’t want a Nest (primarily because I don’t want our data stored in the cloud and nest is a perfect security camera but not an optional baby monitor). The cheaper the better since this is our last kid.
Follow up to the holiday post above, has anyone weighed having a larger family themselves (i.e. have more kids) because you have a smaller extended family? My husband and I each have one sibling who, for various reasons, will not be having children (read no cousins) and have very small extended families ourselves (so 1 like second cousin on my side, otherwise nada). This family seems so small! My family growing up wasn’t huge but at least there were people around at holidays, I felt like I had a little “tribe,” etc. This makes me think we should have one more child than we otherwise would be likely to (read, 3 instead of 2) just for strength in numbers. But maybe I am overrating the importance of such things (i.e. self-focused bias where I assume its critical that my kids’ life be similar to my own in some way).
My husband is sick for the 4th!!! time this winter (spring?). His father came over sick Tuesday night (why, just why?) and by Friday night my husband was sick and yesterday he thought he was dying. I did easter dinner (out, thankfully) with my DD and in-laws without him because he was too sick to go anywhere (and I didn’t want him spreading any more germs). Lo and behold, DD started coughing this morning. So glad I am at work and just praying I don’t get this.
Hope everyone had a great holiday weekend (if you’re into Easter/Passover – if not, I still hope you had a great weekend!). My family is my husband, our toddler daughter, and myself. We aren’t geographically close to other family. Grandparents are 5+ hours away. Because of the distance (and other aunts/uncles/cousins/great-grandparents that my daughter’s grandparents split holiday time with), we often don’t travel at holidays other than Thanksgiving. We also only have guests at the holidays here and there. Because we don’t have big gatherings, I worry (too much I’m sure) about making holidays “special enough” for my daughter.
Any ideas on fun holiday traditions for a family of three? I like to think we might travel at holidays (vacation like travel, not necessarily to relatives houses) but that will probably wait until Santa and the Easter Bunny stop visiting ;)
Anyone out there an inhouse lawyer who did not have prior experience in the specific industry that you presently work in? I am embarking on a search for an inhouse job search but I have no interest in going inhouse in the industry I currently am outside counsel for. Trying to figure out if this is a pipedream I need to give up on…
Easy family vacation ideas? Its cold again and I need something fun to think about. Travel warnings have me rethinking Mexico plans. We need a resort, all-inclusive place with low logistics for 6 adults and 4 kids from 7 years old to 1 year old.
Right now my mom is my live in Nanny (the best) but she is planning to move out of state in a year. I am planning our next childcare option.
I have great day care options, but the hard pick up time every day is unappealing. Right now I can leave the office whenever I want!
Do any of you have someone who picks up the kids from day care in the afternoon and gets them settled at home? I’m thinking 2-3 hours a day.
I’m back from a long vacation, and while I should be catching up on work I missed while I was out, alas, I am going to write the requested review for the JetKids Bedbox instead.
This was our second international (overnight) flight with our 2 and 4 yo. The first time we flew overnight it was so hard because the kids could not get comfortable despite being so tired and wanting to sleep. DH and I spent the night helping them move around so they could get some sleep (we didn’t sleep at all). So we thought JetKids was a good solution to this problem, and it absolutely was.
It took a bit of a learning curve to get the beds in the right position, but once we did, and the overhead lights went out, the kids fell asleep and stayed asleep for the rest of the overnight flight with very little attention required from us. I was even able to use one of the beds as a foot rest to get more comfortable and snooze for a bit. The “mattress” part did move a bit as the kids tossed and turned, so it required some adjusting throughout the night so it didn’t fall.
The suitcase part of the bed is very study and has awesome wheels. While DH and I ended up rolling them most of the time (although 4yo probably rolled it by himself for about 50% of the time), it was worth the hassle to have them on the long flight. Plus they roll really easily, so it didn’t feel like a big deal to roll them behind us (our only other carry-ons were backpacks for us). We packed the kids’ entertainment in one of the JetKids (the toys, headphones, etc were inside a reusable grocery bag, so we could just pull it all out before setting up the bed), and their extra clothes in the other.
On the way home, it was “daytime” so the kids weren’t sleeping much, but the footrest was still nice to keep them comfortable and contain the toys as they fell from the tray table.
So if you’re a frequent or international traveler with kids, I would totally recommend them. Not so much for shorter (under 3 hour) flights, I’m not sure it would be worth the hassle then.