Washable Workwear Wednesday: Jules Blouse
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This blouse is like your favorite long-sleeve tee, but office-friendly.
Made from M.M.LaFleur’s popular washable silk charmeuse, this crewneck blouse is covered with an abstract, floral print in an unexpected bright teal. Wear it with everything from a boardroom-friendly suit to casual Friday jeans.
The Jules Effortless Blouse is $259. It’s also available in other fabrics/colors (“Fressia” is on sale for $142, but lucky sizes only). This blouse comes in sizes XS to XXL.
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 10/12
(See all of the latest workwear sales at Corporette!)
- Nordstrom – 6,200+ new markdowns for women
- Ann Taylor – Flash Sale: 40% off full-price purchase + 60% off sale styles
- Banana Republic Factory – 50-70% off everything + extra 20% off
- Brooks Brothers – Friends & Family Event: Extra 25% off sale
- Express – Big Fall Fashion Sale: 40% off everything
- J.Crew Factory – 50% off at all stores and sitewide, 20% off $150+
- Lo & Sons – Fall sale, up to 40% off
- M.M.LaFleur – Fall Refresh Event, up to 25% off (Try code CORPORETTE15 for 15% off on other items)
- Talbots – Friends & Family Event: 30% off your entire purchase
Please help me break this cycle with my kids, because it’s driving me completely nuts.
1. Kids come home from school. 2nd grader says he wants alone time and retreats to his room, even though kindergartner desperately wants to play with him.
2. Kindergartner cries because she wants a playmate (I’m usually making dinner and solo parenting). Eventually, in retaliation, she finds a way to take one of 2nd grader’s toys.
3. 2nd grader sees red and loses his mind, even if the borrowed toy is of no consequence. The rest of the evening (and sometimes the next morning, too!) is constant fighting, screaming, crying over said toy. I break up the fight and sometimes remove the toy only to have the dispute flare up again and again and again.
4. I lose my mind and consider tossing every single one of our toys.
How do I fix this?? It just keeps happening.
How much do you let your elementary kids FAFO their school responsibilities? My 4th grader is scatter brained at home and at school. His teacher says to please let the kids do the remembering– remember to get your agenda signed, remember to fill out your reading log, remember to bring your instrument on Wednesdays… I get it in theory, and we have a lot of opportunities at home to foster responsibility and independence and feel natural consequences, e.g., he forgets his jacket and he is cold, or he forgets his ball and his coach makes him run a lap. But school feels different and when I don’t remind him he forgets! Last week he forgot: his math workbook; to charge his chromebook; to put his lunchbox in his backpack; to return an order form. I saw most of these things happening in real time and I said nothing. Onbiously I want him to grow into these responsibilities, but is it so bad to say to him before we leave “do you have your workbook, your chromebook, your instrument?”
I’m renovating a kids/guest bathroom. Kids are 3 and 8. Does anyone have strong feelings about doing tile about 60% up the wall of the entire bathroom vs doing just regular drywall? My GC just posed this to me as an option that I might like with kids. Kids grow up has been y mantra, so I’m not trying to do anything too kid-centric in there (normal height toilet, counter), on the one hand, but with two girls and lots of product and nail polish and makeup in our future, maybe that’s the way to go? Thoughts?
Can we have an honest thread about “mommy martyrdom,” for lack of a better term? My best friend and I were discussing this since her husband sat her down to discuss it with her (unfortunately…). I Googled and found this old article that unfortunately rang a little true in places: https://simpleonpurpose.ca/15-signs-you-might-be-a-mom-martyr/
The one that hits too close to home for me is: “You become the gatekeeper of how your family spends their free time and it usually involves your “honey, do…” list of chores and tasks rather than leisure and spontaneous activities.”
For my best friend, it’s: “When you do say YES you have a bad attitude about it. Now we have the double whammy of you pouting that you didn’t get your way and being a human vacuum for all enjoyment anyone else may be having.”
As satisfying as it was to feel some solidarity with my best friend over this and not feel alone, it’s frustrating to me because I think I’m a pretty fun person – I have cool hobbies, I love to have fun, I love to prioritize getting out and about and letting things like dusting and laundry slide. Yet, since motherhood, I’ve becoming more controlling about the fun and when it’s OK to have it since I have so much more awareness of how the rest of the household needs to keep running. I can’t just have “girl dinner” ready for my toddler or give him a cappuccino for breakfast. There’s a greater need for structure than there used to be and I can’t deny how my son does better with a consistent routine.
Sigh. Has anyone else dealt with any similar challenges and do you have any advice for breaking out of a “martyr mindset?” I tend to do best with making changes that are deliberate/intentional – knowing the “why,” I guess.