Washable Wednesday: Wrap Dress
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Today is “Amazon Prime Day,” where allegedly Prime Members get more deals than Black Friday… yet I must admit it’s a struggle to figure out how best to narrow the choices down and see the best deals. Have you ladies found any great deals today, either as part of the lightning deals or the general “Prime Day” sale? One of the big things to note is that many women’s clothes, accessories, and more are 30% off (discount taken at checkout), including this lovely washable dress from Lark & Ro. The brand is new to me but has a lot of affordable, good looking workwear — and most of the pieces I clicked on were machine washable. I like the print on this wrap dress, the work-appropriate length, and the price: it’s $69 before the discount, but comes down to $50ish after the discount. Lark & Ro Wrap Dress
Psst: I do see that there are a lot of nice maternity and nursing bras in the sale — deep discounts plus an extra 30% off. Nice.
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Sales of note for 3/15/25
(See all of the latest workwear sales at Corporette!)
- Nordstrom – Spring sale, up to 50% off
- Ann Taylor – 40% off everything + free shipping
- Banana Republic Factory – 40% off everything + 20% off
- Eloquii – 50% off select styles + extra 50% off sale
- J.Crew – Extra 30% off women’s styles + spring break styles on sale
- J.Crew Factory – 40% off everything + extra 20% off 3 styles + 50% off clearance
- M.M.LaFleur – Friends and family sale, 20% off with code; use code CORPORETTE15 for 15% off
- Spanx – Lots of workwear on sale, some up to 70% off
- Talbots – 40% off 1 item + 30% off everything else (includes markdowns, already 25% off)
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?
Hi ladies, if I think I might need screening for PPD, where should I go first and what should I expect? To my midwife/obgyn? I’m 7 months postpartum and just feel like I’m struggling and it’s not getting any easier. I don’t know if it’s “normal” struggles or something I need help with.
So, I had my baby at the end of June. Yay! He’s wonderful. But does anyone find caring for a newborn just . . . really boring? He eats, then sleeps for a while, then is awake off and on and needs some stimulation, then repeat. I’m not quite sure what to do with these short bursts of down time. My house is spotless, we have lots of food from friends, I walk every day, but beyond that I don’t know how to feel like I’m accomplishing much each day. It’s such a different feeling from work.
Can I just say that finding a daycare stinks? I thought I’d found one that seemed great and they said they would have availability in the two year old room that corresponded to our move. The director told us that kids were transitioning at exactly the right time and assured us that we could have a spot in that room when my daughter turns two at the end of August. We paid a deposit and I’ve been calling regularly to check with the business manager. I just called yesterday to see if we could get a start date so that I could schedule the moving truck and apparently they have filled the class and there are no spots for the fall.
The director said that they tell lots of parents there is room and they can’t keep track of who they make assurances to. They take no responsibility for having told us that we would have a spot because we hadn’t started paying yet. We had stopped looking at other daycares based on their assurances and now have no backup. All they could do is say that we are on the waitlist and they will call us when there is a spot. Ugh.
Yes, I have been let through at multiple airports. One time, though, I was wearing a jacket under the carrier. It was a really light cotton layer, barely a jacket, I wore it because my baby likes to chew on the hoodie strings. Anyway, the TSA made me take the jacket off, which meant taking the carrier off, awkwardly trying to balance the squirming baby in one arm, and then walking through the detector. So, I would recommend avoiding jacket-like layers.
When traveling with an infant, does security at the Airport allow you to keep baby in the wearable carrier as you walk through the metal detector?
Got a maternity suit for work for under $100! (pants and jacket! And Maternal America, which has great quality in my experience!)
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B007422BWM?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=ox_sc_act_title_2&smid=A20YS3S7GIT562
Yes, I used three exclamation points. I’m totally jazzed about this find. I hope it fits. I wore out my suit from my last pregnancy and have to have something to wear to court.
I am underwhelmed by Prime Day so far. I browsed during my 4 am nursing session and my 10:30 am pumping session. I’ll go back and look at the clothes and accessories, though.
Any advice on how to handle a high-stress pregnancy?
I have had intermittant spotting since 5 weeks which was initially attributed to a sensitive cervix and more recently to a placenta previa. I’m well into my 2nd trimester now, the baby has been growing and measuring just fine, and my doctor doesn’t seem overly concerned.
Despite all this, I find myself extremely anxious that something will go wrong. I’ve tried meditation and visualization, but I know some other women here have had pregnancies that were not what they imagined. Any other tips for coping?