Washable Wednesday: Taylor Suit Pants
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As the weather gets warmer (huzzah!) you can start to put away your wool, dry-clean-only trousers and transition to lighterweight, washable pants for work. These well-reviewed Halogen pants (with a matching jacket) come in regular and petite, and are $79 new; there are even some colors and sizes on sale for $39 today. Halogen® ‘Taylor’ Stretch Suit Pants
Ladies, which are your favorite brands/styles of washable pants? Here’s a link to our last roundup at Corporette…
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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?
GRR….I have a very junior colleague who uses our firm instant messenger program ALL THE TIME when she is working with me, and it’s driving me crazy. I like IM when I need to do a quick back and forth that would clutter my e-mail but doesn’t rise to the level of a phone call, but this colleague uses it like people did in college – a running, constant flow of comments and questions that continues throughout the day until the project is done. Unfortunately, I can’t disable the little sound that signals a new message and can’t disable the flashing icon, and I’m just too distractible to work through it…..
But I don’t know what direction to give her other than “STOP DOING THAT” which is not a helpful message for a junior person with so many questions. Any advice would be appreciated. I like this young woman and want to keep working with her, but I just can’t deal with the IM interruptions.
Any help with searching the comments? I know there was a post recently about a registry and I wanted to check it out, and I swear I did this before, but I am only coming up with posts that are themselves about registries.
I have an interview in a few weeks and I will be six months *very* pregnant (this is not my first). I have suit pants and a suit jacket as well as a few blazers that can work, but the pants have a full panel so I cannot tuck any shirt in.
Any ideas or links to a good shirt to wear under a blazer and over my bump? Or even a good site with maternity formal workwear? None of my maternity dresses are quite dressy enough to wear with a jacket for an interview.
This is in New England, if it matters for color/trend reasons, and not law.
So, for a stint this year, we will be using my mother as our nanny. We’ve never had a nanny before, and in October, we’ll be using a nanny and paying her over the table.
This summer, however, my mom will be staying with us for 4 days/week and watching our kids. We want to pay her or in some way compensate her for what she’s doing. Initially, I was thinking I’d just write her a check for some discounted version of nanny pay– after all, she’s doing this out of the desire to see grandkids, but also giving up her traditional summer job (she’s a teacher with a side business). But I definitely don’t want to do that if it puts us in a weird tax situation where I have to become my mother’s employer. I’m also willing to do things like buy her groceries, gift her (under the maximum) some money, or whatever. But I don’t want her to go un-compensated.
Any thoughts, ideas, or experience? I’m not in a job that shines a spotlight into the tax situation of one’s nanny, but I do plan to pay the non-family nanny on the books.
I saw a friend I hadn’t seen in over a year recently. The first thing she said to me was “Your eyes look so dark! Can I get you some vitamins?” Seriously, THE FIRST THING she said. Like, hug, sit, comment on my dark eyes. Does this strike you as super aggressive, like she’s trying to knock me down a peg? She’s gone through a real rough period lately and I’m doing well in areas she’s struggling in (relationship, family). I suppose its possible my eyes look darker (I have a toddler after all), but who says that right out of the gate? This is no friend, right?
I’m looking for ideas for good finger foods for an almost 10 month old. He has good pincer grasp but no teeth. I just feel like he isnt getting much variety. I would also like ideas for finger foods I can send to daycare because he loves to feed himself but most of what he eats at home isnt practical to send for day care (scrambled eggs, chunks of avocado or banana) so he’s still entirely spoonfed there. He has had black beans, pieces of bread, chunks of oranges, bamba (for peanut exposure), cooked cauliflower and squash. I haven’t done too much with berries but I think that is next step. Also havent tried cheerios yet. Any other ideas?
Tried the Taylor pants but they fit too high waist and boot cut for me. Vince Camtto makes a very similar straight leg pant that works for my body type. The VC pants have held up great to multiple washings. I think both the Taylor and the VC trousers are regularly sold at the Nordstrom anniversary sale which is when I’ve tried them and stocked up on the VC pant.
Can anyone recommend a book or website on child development for the kindergarten-ish age? I did a great job of keeping up on what to expect developmentally when my son was young (until 3ish), and I have recently realized that I have no idea what is developmentally appropriate for his age now. Thanks!
TJ — am faced with severe parenting indecision and need some advice from the Hive. My 3 year old got into a fancy private school where we get discounted tuition from my husband’s job. It’s the kind of thing where you either get in when you’re 3 or it’s hard to ever get in again. DS He’s currently in a daycare close to our home run by a woman who used to teach pre-K and Kindergarten at a different fancy private school and now runs her own center which started with babies and is now expanding to pre-school. Our tentative plan was to keep him there until he goes to kindergarten and then move to the suburbs. I didn’t really expect DS to get into fancy school and now have to pull the trigger! Discount makes total cost of care/school for the year only *twice* what we’re paying at daycare, not *three times.* Logistically it would be a big hassle as my husband would have to start driving to work and deal with having a 3 year old stuck in traffic with him. We’re leaning towards declining the spot, but it is an AMAZING school – like Obama and the Secretary of Education sent their kids there. Any advice? Will I screw him up forever by just sending him to a “good” school instead of amazing, fancy school?
Just an update on the daycare/chicken pox/2 week closure (for those of you interested) – I spoke with the director last night and apparently the 2 week closure is not standard procedure. He said that a parent was unhappy with how the illness was communicated to parents so reported the facility to the department of health. I’m not sure if the parent was part of the infant room or the broader daycare list. The DOH investigated and found that everything done was okay, but apparently issued certain mandates that included closing the affected rooms for 2 weeks.
I’m still not entirely clear on what the standard protocol would have been and if non-infected children would have been quarantined for some period of time, but at least I know that the 2 weeks is not normal for the facility!
Planning a full kitchen remodel this summer – still in the early stages, so not sure how long we’ll be without a kitchen, but looking for any tips from those who have BTDT about how to survive without a kitchen and with a 1.5 year old. No family in the area, so moving out not an option, and a hotel or similar is not in the budget. We should be able to hook up fridge, microwave, and possibly dishwasher (looking into that) in unfinished basement, but let’s not count on the dishwasher for argument’s sake. Kiddo will be off bottles but is very attached to his milk in a particular (non disposable) sippy cup. Thanks in advance ladies!