Washable Workwear Wednesday: The Dream Pant
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This is the pant for those of us who have to go out in public but want to feel like we’re still lounging in bed.
These tailored pants feel like sweats thanks to soft, double-knit fabric. They also have an elastic waist, pintuck detailing, and a tapered leg. In addition, they’re wrinkle-resistant, so you look polished from your A.M. meeting to P.M. story time with the kids.
Given how comfy they seem, I could see wearing them outside of the office. They would be perfect for fall weekends with a cozy sweater or turtleneck.
The Dream Pant from Everlane is $78 and available in sizes XXS–XL. It comes in five office-friendly colors: Black, Heathered Charcoal, Dark Forest, Slate, and Canvas.
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 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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My 26 month old goes to daycare, and they have decided to start potty training him sort of — they said he was interested in the potty and they’ve been taking him to the bathroom every 20-30 minutes to help him use it. I feel like it’s too early, since he has never seemed interested in the bathroom at home and will not tell us if we ask him whether his diaper is wet/dirty. Should we go ahead and jump into training, since they’re doing it at school? Should we start using pull-ups? I am totally not ready for this!
My son landed in the hospital for a bad case of rsv/croup. He’s ok now, just the usual virus sick, but the doctor said that rsv is popping up early now (it’s usually a winter virus) and there may be more strains to come. I didn’t think anything could be worse than last fall/winter with quarantines and everything, but it’s looking like this year will be worse… I just really need the vaccines to get here and for my kids to age into better immune systems!!
Need advice on discipline. My almost 6 year old is having intense meltdowns lately, rage screaming in my face. When this happens, I calmly ask her to go to her room and calm down, take deep breaths, etc. This only seems to enrage her more, she refuses to go to her room, and continues screaming and crying. Yesterday this resulted in her slapping me in the face, at which point I lost it, and physically moved her up to her room where she thankfully stayed until she calmed down (kind of). She’s a tall, lean kid, so it’s not impossible for me to march her upstairs, but I can’t really pick her up and move her. But I also can’t deal with her continuing to scream at me in our kitchen, especially with my 2 year old looking on and my husband trying to work in his office the next room over. And just for my own mental health, honestly. What do you do when you try to give a time out but the kid won’t do it? I really hate it when things get physical like that but I have no idea how else to handle this. I mean, she slapped me so just letting her continue to stand there and rage at me wasn’t really an option. I feel like I’m doing everything wrong but I don’t know what else to do. When she goes into a rage she definitely does not want a hug or to hear things like I’m sorry you are angry, etc. She really needs time to herself to calm down but she just refuses to take it. Help?
We finally got a spot in a daycare for my 21 month old! But he’s in this super clingy separation anxiety phase so the timing feels bad to us. I wish we could wait a month or two but then we’d lose our spot and we can’t really do that with work anyway. Anyone else send their kid to daycare for the first time during a clingy phase? How did you get through?
We’ve had a series of grandma visits (MIL1 and 2 last week) and my mom this week, and it has been so nice to see how connected my kiddo is despite not seeing them for 18 months. And to see how they each relate to him differently. He and my mom are quite chill together, eating snacks, having a chat, playing mahjong on the ipad, eating nuts in bed (dunno, my kid found my mom’s pack of trailmix and decided they’d eat it in bed every day while she was here). My MILs are much more excitable, and they have loads of fun together, but I think kiddo gets a bit overstimulated.
I know this winter is going to be horrific but I’m hoping that we can keep some of these visits going, he really loves his pile of grandmas.
Trying to figure out if I have anxiety or just some postpartum changes to work through. I’m 8 months postpartum and recently have found myself paralyzed after reading news of kids getting hurt/killed in accidents. I read one such article over an hour ago and haven’t been able to let it go. I feel like someone is crushing my heart. Am I like the grinch because my heart has now grown? I hope it doesn’t seem like I am a psychopath but I need to get work done and can’t.
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How would you describe your style?
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Accountants, explain this to me, please. I always had the kids on my W4 as exemptions. I left my job and my husband changed his W4 to put the kids on his. But now his checks are $3 less when I thought they’d be more. Some casual googling suggests that it has to do with the 2018 tax changes, but I can’t figure it out.
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If I put a mask on, I’m 1,000% the odd ball out. I’ll have to dodge “why are you wearing that?” questions, which are not asked with ill will but we’re a very close office personally – it’s not weird to ask questions like that. I’ve been here over a decade and they know me, my husband, my daughter. I can’t say they know every health detail in our lives of course, but they by and large know that none of us are immunocompromised or otherwise chronically sick. I’m just sick of COVID in general and then you layer this fertility shit on there and I’m just DONE. end rant.
Posted this on the other site and didn’t get any responses .. so trying here! I’m looking for something similar to the Old Navy Stevie maternity pants ( so basically ponte maternity pants). They are sold out and have been for a while. I’d prefer a full over the belly panel, but if something is great but only has the stretchy side panels and goes under the belly that could work too. Has anyone seen anything like this? I need a 12-16 or L/XL depending on how they run.