Washable Wednesday: Natalie Stretch Ponte Pencil Skirt in Slate Green
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Workwear boutique Dobbin has a ton of stuff on sale right now — and a lot of it is machine washable. Limited sizes are left on many of the pieces, but this stretch pencil skirt is still available in sizes 00-16. I like the dark greenish blue color, the Italian stretch ponte, and the instructions to machine wash cold. Nice! The skirt was $99, but is now marked to $78. Natalie Stretch Ponte Pencil Skirt in Slate Green
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Sales of note for 12.10
(See all of the latest workwear sales at Corporette!)
- Nordstrom – Beauty deals on skincare (ends 12/14) including La Mer, Kate Somerville, Dior, Sunday Riley, Dyson, and gift sets — the deals include reader favorite lip balms Dior Addict, NARS Afterglow, and Clinique’s Black Honey, as well as Too Faced mascara and Sunday Riley’s Good Genes.
- Ann Taylor – 40% off your purchase, up to 50% off outerwear
- Banana Republic Factory – 50-70% off everything + extra 20% off
- Eloquii – Extra 50% off all sale + extra 25% off 2+ items
- J.Crew – Up to 60% off everything, with 40% off their newest styles
- J.Crew Factory – 50% off everything + extra 25% off when you buy 3+ styles
- Macy’s – 15% off beauty, including Tarte, Clinique, Dior and gift sets
- Spanx – Lots of workwear on sale, some up to 70% off, plus free shipping on everything (and 20% off your first order)
- Talbots – 50% off everything + extra 25% off when you buy 3+ styles
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?
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I am going shopping at Target when we arrive in Anaheim next week, ostensibly for groceries, but I’m also interested in looking around to see what other gems are available (since there is no Target where I live and well, we all know how poorly Target judged the Canadian market).
Any particularly amazing things Target is known for, that I should seek out?
Just wanted to garrumph about the grocery check-out clerk today who, after asking how old the baby was, thought it was her business to ask whether we are still breastfeeding. Um, did I give some indication I wanted to talk about my breasts in the grocery check-out line?!?
Cue the pregnant sinus infection! Yuck. Nurse says I can take regular sudafed (the every 4 hours kind) and that’s about it. OB also gave me nasal spray, so I’m stocked up on that, tea, humidifier, nasal rinse (like the neti pot but I use the squeeze bottle)…and that’s all I get.
I just hope this doesn’t last too long. I’m still exhausted from 1st trimester “morning sickness,” – although the nausea is mostly gone, I’m still super tired – and this is making it so. much. worse. I’ll be 21 weeks Thursday, so I guess I’m halfway there?
You *look* 5-6 mo pregnant, but it’s squishy and not hard so it’s not quite the same.
Full-panel pants: 1 month tops
Demi-panel pants and elastic pants/skirts: as long as you want!
Tops with obvious belly accommodation (ie, gathers and ties under bust): you’ll never want to wear them again, unless ‘still pregnant’ is a look you are going for
Tops with subtle belly accommodation (ie, gathers above bust, slightly longer in front): up to 6-9 mo pp, maybe forever for the right top
Tops with very subtle or no belly accommodation (ie, very stretchy or overall longer): forever!
When I’m in that time of pregnancy, I usually start buying cardigans, scarves, and jewelry. You can change up your look without buying ‘maternity’ items. For tops, I’d recommend Gap’s super stretchy tanks, because I’ve worn those years after pregnancy. Also recommend buying consignment.
Also, buy now! You’ll use them for about 6 weeks if you buy now (it does sound like long, but it will feel like forever), but the longer you delay the shorter it will get until you’re 36/37 weeks and really frustrated.
How long postpartum did you wear maternity clothes? What was the taper down in size like? I’m 34 weeks now and really limping along in terms of wardrobe. Almost everything is smaller than I’d like (particularly in the bust…) but it seems pretty crazy to buy clothes that I am only going to wear for a month or so. I’ve heard that within a week or so post-delivery, you’re at about your 6-month pregnant size (except for the bust, maybe) and within another month, you’re down to month five or four. Did anyone find that to be her experience? What was your experience? I’m trying to calculate cost per wear and see if I can rationalize buying a few more things.
Wrong spot!
Tell me about your childcare arrangements and how they have evolved over the years. Our daughter is 18 months old and has been in daycare 4x/week with me staying home on MOndays. We are moving and the daycare we want to send her to only has availability M/T/R/F. I cannot move my day home to Wednesdays, so am looking at babysitter for M/W and T/R/F in daycare until daycare has a Wednesday spot free- likely the fall.
Is this going to be mass chaos? I really don’t like the nanny option (I work from home most days, and also, she LOVES daycare)….just looking for some reassurance that people have constantly evolving childcare situations and i won’t be ruining her life by switching things up.