Washable Workwear Wednesday: Washable Flex Ponte High Collar Jacket
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I’ve been refreshing my wardrobe with work-to-weekend blazers, and I might need to add this one to my collection.
I’m so glad clothing designers have figured out how to make suit jackets washable. This one from Eileen Fisher would be a great basic to add to any professional wardrobe — it even has “washable” in its name. This sharp jacket has an angled high collar, open front, and just enough structure so it doesn’t veer into cardigan territory.
I could see wearing this jacket everywhere this fall. It’s perfect for the office, Zoom calls from home, or a nippy outdoor brunch.
The jacket is $248. It’s available in XXS–3X.
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Sales of note for 9.10.24
(See all of the latest workwear sales at Corporette!)
- Ann Taylor – 30% off your purchase
- Banana Republic Factory – Up to 50% off everything + extra 20% off
- Boden – 15% off new styles
- Eloquii – $29 and up select styles; up to 50% off everything else
- J.Crew – Up to 50% off wear-to-work styles; extra 30% off sale styles
- J.Crew Factory – 40-60% off everything; extra 60% off clearance
- Lands’ End – 30% off full-price styles
- Loft – Extra 40% off sale styles
- Talbots – BOGO 50% everything, includes markdowns
- Target – Car-seat trade-in event through 9/28 — bring in an old car seat to get a 20% discount on other baby/toddler stuff.
- Zappos – 26,000+ women’s sale items! (check out these reader-favorite workwear brands on sale, and some of our favorite kids’ shoe brands on sale)
Kid/Family Sales
- Carter’s – Birthday sale, 40-50% off & extra 20% off select styles
- Hanna Andersson – Up to 50% off all baby; up to 40% off all Halloween
- J.Crew Crewcuts – Extra 30% off sale styles
- Old Navy – 40% off everything
- Target – BOGO 25% off select haircare, up to 25% off floor care items; up to 30% off indoor furniture up to 20% off TVs
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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?
We are potty training our son this weekend. Any advice? All I remember from older DS (five years ago) is we just let her run around commando all weekend and it worked quickly but was super painful. Oh, and we used treats/stickers to motivate her to go. Anything else I am missing? Do we do night and day at the same time? He is 3 but has been very potty resistant (he screams bloody murder if we even pull the potty out) so I am afraid of what things will look like.
Any history book recommendations for preschool/lower elementary? My kindergartener is very interested in history but most books we’ve found for that age set are biographies rather than big-picture history books. And biographies are awesome but it would be helpful to supplement with some background context (if only so that I don’t have to rely on my own murky memories to provide said context).
More name advice please? I’m looking for traditional but short girl names without an “N”. We need middle name to follow “Emmeline”. DH likes the cadence of Emmeline Marie, but I have bad associations with Marie.
What are people doing now for telling managers that they’re pregnant? Currently 13 weeks, genetic testing looks good, and we just told family a few days ago. I’m starting to show already (this is #3) and would probably have told my manager by now if I was in person, but given I’m WFH indefinitely I could stretch it a bit I suppose. I would like to tell my good work friends but that obviously needs to come after manager right? We don’t announce on social media so that’s not a concern. For #1 I told people around 20 weeks (back when I taught, and this is when we returned from summer break), and for #2 I told everyone at 15ish weeks (I’m at the same company now).
Minor complicating factor is that I’m hearing about my mid-year performance review and bonus in a few weeks. I don’t think I need to worry about an announcement before then affecting my bonus, but maybe I should be?
How do people deal with 4 year old bedtime struggles?
Our 4 year old does not nap at daycare, and goes to bed around 8:30 and gets up around 6:30. Over the last several months, we have started to really struggle with having her stay in bed after bedtime. I think this is a behavioral issue, not a “not being tired” issue, because about 70% of the time she will go to bed fine and falls asleep within 10-20 minutes.
However, we’re having increasingly frequent evenings where, after we do our bedtime thing, stories, etc., she almost immediately starts whining or crying that she “isn’t tired”, “I don’t want to be alone”, or “I had a bad dream” (when she obviously didn’t yet fall asleep). Based on how she’s acting, I don’t think she’s genuinely scared or stressed – I think she just prefers to hang out with us. We set some bad precedents early on when this started and just let her sit and watch a show with us for 30 minutes (at which point she was so tired she wouldn’t protest going to bed), but now she’ll rally and still demand that she wants us to be with her.
Last night we finally said we’re not doing this anymore and this resulted in 90 minutes of screaming/crying, getting out of her room and us trying to put her back repeatedly until she finally exhausted herself. It was highly unpleasant for all of us.
Do we just keep doing this until she starts going to bed normally again? Is this like a new round of sleep training? Is there a better way? For others who have had to fix bad bedtime habits at this age, how long did it take?
We’ve had a lot of struggles with the “I don’t want to be alone” – I also don’t think she was scared per se but I do think she is a social bee and playing by herself was not what she wanted. TBH, it takes awhile, and you have to be firm and stick with whatever you decide is the right approach. We said that you could read/play quietly, but if you came out of your room, we would close the door (which was a huge thing for her, she hated that). And it definitely took awhile.
Just a whine to this safe space…I am in a local mom’s group, which is about 80% SAHMs, and the moms that work are (with the exception of about 2 other women) teachers, social workers, therapists, nurses. It just feels sometimes like we are living in entirely different worlds, not that mine is easier or harder, but it’s lonely and upsetting to hear complaints about realities that have been my struggle this entire time (related to going back to school in person, mostly). Someone also directly questioned/made a vague accusation of the daycare where I send my son (to me, in a text message convo) and that hurt. I guess the answer is to block/not respond to people like this, and realize that it is coming from a place on insecurity on her part… but ugh. And I got yelled at by my entire North America sales leadership yesterday for a solid hour, so that was fun.
Just got invited to my first baby birthday party…my LO is only 5 months so I’m not sure what would be the best gift to bring. The birthday is for a baby boy who is turning 1. What are some good gifts for a baby that age? Thanks!
Of course teaching and nursing are real jobs, but they are not “regular” jobs. Teaching at least is aligned to the school schedule, and all the nurses I know have their schedules set up so they don’t need child care.
Just need to vent. i am so annoyed at DH. Our nanny had a covid exposure last week (fortunately she tested negative) so she is out today, our kids’ preschool is closed today for the Jewish holiday and we are closing on a house tomorrow, so i took off from work today bc DH has a more pressing deadline but in the 1.5 hours i left him to watch the kids so i could do one final house walkthrough he completely messed up their schedule for the day so I’m stuck with two VERY grumpy kids, feeling super stressed about work and all the work we need to get done in the house before we move in.