Washable Workwear Wednesday: Warm-Weather Pima Cardigan
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It’s air conditioner season, and my desk cardigan needs an upgrade.
I love cotton cardigans for the warmer months, and this one from Universal Standard looks pretty close to my ideal. Made from soft, Peruvian pima cotton, it has a V-neck opening secured with three tonal buttons, raglan sleeves, and large pockets (hello ID badge). After work, take it out to dinner al fresco in case things cool down.
This cardigan is $82 and available in sizes 4XS (00–0) to 4XL (38–40). It comes in five colors: black, dove gray, lavender, navy, and sea moss (a mellow jade).
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Sales of note for 5/19/25
(See all of the latest workwear sales at Corporette!)
- Nordstrom – Lots of markdowns on AGL (50%!), Weitzman, Tumi, Frank & Eileen, Zella, Natori, Cole Haan, Boss, Theory, Reiss (coats), Vince, Eileen Fisher, Spanx, and Frame (denim and silk blouses)
- Ann Taylor – 50% off summer-ready styles
- Banana Republic Factory – 50% off everything + extra 20% off
- Eloquii – 50-60% off select styles
- J.Crew – 60% off sale, and 40% off packing picks (prices as marked)
- J.Crew Factory – New arrivals, plus up to 60% off everything plus extra 50% off clearance
- M.M.LaFleur – Daily flash sales, and lots of twill suiting on sale! Try code CORPORETTE15 for 15% off. 5/19’s flash sale: Jardigans down to $175-$209, dresses down to $150, blazers down to $250
- Spanx – Lots of workwear on sale, some up to 70% off
- Talbots – 30% off dresses, skirts, shoes, and accessories
the cardigan in the post is terrible. shapeless. sloppy looking.
this is my first summer having kids at camp where they get wet/wear a bathing suit every day. do you send a wet/dry bag to hold the wet stuff? a plastic bag? does the wet/dry bag dry overnight so can be used again the next day or do you need more than one? tips?
Wise hive, need some organizing advice. How long did you keep your baby clothes once they outgrew them? DS is ~2.5. Would love to have another one, but with endo and needing to cough up $$$ for another round of IVF, it might be a while. I’ve been saving clothes for a another brother or sister but it’s starting to feel overwhelming in my apt.
I am 28 weeks pregnant and going on a short business trip next week. The travel is only an hour, so I’m not worried about that, but I could use some advice on eating during two long meeting days. I want to fill my laptop bag with snacks, but I’m not sure what to bring. So far I have protein bars, fruit and dried nuts on the list, but I’m open to anything.
Would you let a(n adult) babysitter bring her significant other over? The first sitter who asked this I thought was just off-base, but now that it’s come up twice I wonder if I’m the one off-base. Would it matter if the significant other were another woman?
We only have adult babysitters, usually college age or older, for our two kids who are now 5 and 8. A few years ago, we had a sitter who was a teacher at our daycare. She had a child of her own whom she would bring with her to babysit, which my kids thought was great because it was like a playdate (and the kid was so chill, she would go to bed on time on the couch and be easily moved when we came home for the night). Anyhow, sitter was in her 20s and engaged to a man we’d never met who did not live with her and child. Before coming over one night she asked if it was ok for fiance to come, too, as he was spending the weekend at their place. I said no, that we would love to meet him some time, but tonight was not the appropriate time for that. She said ok and even apologized. It never came up again. Fast forward to last week, different adult babysitter, also in her 20s, asked if her girlfriend could come over, that she was great with kids, and that they didnt get to see each other much during the workweek because they were on opposite schedules. Again, I said we’d love to meet her but not for babysitting. I’m still mulling it over though, admittedly in part because it’s another woman, but also because having two adults around to play and take care of the kids seems like a net benefit to us, and it is indeed nice to have another person around for the two or more hours after bedtime. I wonder if my rule No Boyfriends! is for a different teeage babysitter context that needn’t apply here. So… have you/ would you?
My almost-7 year old daughter has 2 close friends in the neighborhood- 1 lives across the street and they’ve pretty frequently just floated between each other’s houses since they were toddlers. We’re friendly with 1’s family and do things together a bit, too. 2 is a newer friend from school/bus. One or both girls, along with 2’s kindergarten-aged sister, often come over and play for hours.
But 1 does not like 2. A few days ago, i overheard 1 going on about 2 ( who was not around), making fun of her in a song-sing way, and told her not to talk meanly about people, but I know this is a regular thing. A few days later, 1 wound up leaving in a huff because my daughter told her to stop making fun of 2 (who again wasn’t there). (Also, my daughter rocks.). My daughter told me that kids on the bus make fun of 2 all the time, that she stands up for her, but it’s “hard not to cry.”
But here’s the thing – it’s definitely not OK for kids to make fun, but I’m not shocked they do. 2’s social skills are really bad. She’s selfish and greedy, she constantly tells stories that are obviously not true, she picks fights with her sister and my son, she makes a huge mess and gets smart when asked to help pick up. The girls play together great 90% of the time, but daughter always has stories about her misbehavior and my husband has sent her home early a few times.
So, I’m really really proud of my daughter for standing up for her friend, but at the same time, I can see that other kids are going to keep on not liking 2, and that breaks my heart. School’s out for summer, so anything about the bus is out for now. Any advice for what to say to daughter, or anything else to do here? Or just let it be?
Any tips for keeping elementary school-aged kids happy during a long and boring event? We have to attend a church ceremony this weekend that I’m told may last up to 2.5 hours, with my 7 and 9 year old. This is a really big deal for a family member (ordination), so we’re obligated to go, and several similarly aged cousins will be there, too. But the cousins are at least regular church-goers, while we are not, and it seems like this will be much longer then a normal mass.
If they were preschool aged, I would pull out all the stops with quiet toys and frequent breaks, but they’re old enough that they’re sort of expected to deal with this stuff most of the time. Would it be rude to let them read, do activity books, or similar quiet activities for some of the time? Any other suggestions or advice? (As you can tell, I’m not super-excited about this either, but it’s a huge deal for the relative.)
How old do your kids have to be before you start separating briefly from them in public? I don’t mean leaving them at home alone, but like leaving them sitting at a patio restaurant table while you go inside to grab a to-go box or leaving them in a theater seat to go ask the usher a question (both recent examples from my life). Is the answer different if you can see them at all times? I have a very responsible, cautious 4 year old (also very strong-willed and argumentative, but if she tells me she’ll cooperate and follow the rules, she will) and already feel comfortable with this kind of thing but have avoided it because I can’t stop thinking about that woman who had to deal with a years long CPS investigation because she left her kid alone in a car on a cool day for a few minutes.
What is the ideal return-to-work schedule from maternity leave? I am trying to decide how to ramp back after having my first child. I am extending my leave with accrued vacation, so I can save what I don’t use, but I also have enough time and family support that I don’t need to save more time for daycare bugs, etc. I currently have two weeks between the start of daycare and my return to work – should I keep that time off so we can set new routines at a slower pace and just dive back in full time on the following Monday? Or do partial days or partial weeks before a full return? I am in a job with similar intensity, hours, and client urgency as Big Law and historically have found half days and partial weeks to be quite hard to protect but maybe with a kid I’ll have an easier time drawing boundaries. I’ll largely be working from the office, not home. I’ve already got lots of emotions about diving back in…