Washable Workwear Wednesday: ‘Maggie’ Ottoman Dress
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Boden always has a wide selection of washable workwear, and this nice fit and flare dress is a great example. I like the flattering shape, the high neckline, sleeves, and the work-appropriate hem length. It’s sold out in the black and black/ivory stripe but is still available in navy (lucky sizes only), yellow, and a bright blue stripe, in petite, regular, and long sizes 2-18. Boden ‘Maggie’ Ottoman Dress
Two plus-size options are here and here.
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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
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?
This is one of those just-for-your-own-sanity questions, not a “how professional is it” questions for the mainpage —
But do you have work email/calendar on your main cell phone homepage or do you have it on a side thing where you scroll to?
I am setting up a new cell phone and this is befuddling me. It’s important for my sanity to have the calendars together, but do I really want to see work email in my off-hours (I am encouraged to have strict off-hours and reimbursed accordingly, so I do focus on self/family when not at work.) Thoughts?
Any tips to distract a 14 month old on a relatively short flight (2 hrs)? She will have her own seat but is mobile and doesn’t like staying in there. Flight is short enough that the aisles will be full with the service carts so walking isn’t a great option. She also (like all children her age) has a 2 minute attention span.
Organic baby cereal recommendations? I’d like to buy Healthy Times, but I can’t seem to find it.
Any suggestions for a sunblock for kids with eczema? UGH I’ve tried a few drugstore brands and he’s broken out everytime.
Today for the first time I didn’t go to my LO’s well baby appointment with her and my husband. He just texted to tell me that she has a heart murmur (that sounds “innocent”), and we’re being referred for a cardiac workup. I know these are common, and that she’s probably fine.
But I took a lot of zofran during my pregnancy due to HG and am now sitting here feeling 100% responsible for what is probably a hole in my kid’s heart. I’m trying to hold it together and get through the rest of this day, but I’m destroyed. I’m going to start by going outside and away from my office building and crying it out for a few minutes. Any other tips for getting through a day like a mature adult are most welcome.
I have a coworker whose 4 year old son is in the hospital (going on a week now) being monitored for failure of an organ. While he’s feeling much better than when he was first admitted (when he also had another very uncomfortable ailment), it seems like the his organ function is heading in the wrong direction and he’ll be in the hospital a while longer.
The family is fairly well off, relatives are in town and helping out around the house/with the sibling, but I’d like to send a little something – either directly to the hospital or to their home. I was thinking coloring books/stickers/crayon. Yes/no? Other ideas? Should they go to the hospital (is it even possible to send an Amazon box to a hospital?) or to their home? My coworker has also been stopping by the office for brief stints – perhaps a gift bag handed to him at the office?
Hi, Moms. I am expecting my first child this month and need to buy a breast pump. I need some advice!
I’ll be returning to work in the fall, commuting by public transportation, with the baby, to bring her to day care. I intend to pump at work.
For anyone who has been in this position: Would you recommend that I buy one of the lighter-weight, but possibly less-efficient pumps (such as the Evenflo Advanced Deluxe, or Ameda Ultra); or should I go for the heavier but more efficient (such as the Medela Pump-in-Style or the Spectra S2)?
The heavier pumps seem to get better reviews, but my gut is telling me to go with something more lightweight.
Thanks for any insights!
I’m 39 weeks 5 days pregnant. Babe is not showing any interest in budging or even dropping. Any hints/tricks/words of wisdom or commiseration? Each day is getting harder!
Did anyone have a baby while in law school? DH just finished his first year and I’m thinking about bringing up the idea of trying to have our first sometime before/during the fall of his 3L year (and if it doesn’t happen quickly, revisiting later rather than risking a bar-study baby). On one hand, I know his schedule should be really flexible by 3L (and he will most likely be in a lot of evening classes whether or not we have a baby) and it might be great for him to have so much time to bond with the baby (and we’d probably figure out a mix of part-time nanny and taking advantage of the 4 in-town retired grandparents so that he can go to school and study). But I’m worried about how he could study for the bar (and then start a new, stressful job) with a baby under a year old. We would probably have the baby in day care while he’s studying for the bar, but that still seems like a lot. Financially we would be fine, but mentally & emotionally, is this crazy?
Trying for number 2 – and Zika. I live in a pretty much mosquito-free zone. This summer I’m visiting family in the midwest (lots of mosquitos) for a couple of weeks. We were going to pull the goalie and start ttc number 2 in July, but now I’m wondering if I should just wait until summer is over and mosquitos (and any trace of Zika, no matter how small) are gone. Is that completely dumb and an overreaction?