Budget Thursday: Wide-Leg Bi-Stretch Twill Pants
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When I saw these wide-leg pants on Target’s website, I immediately thought of Katharine Hepburn — here’s a shot of her on the set of The Philadelphia Story, wearing their 1940s ancestor. (So far, I’ve only seen one of her films — Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner — but she’s my undergrad alma mater’s most famous alum, so I can’t not be a fan! And why wouldn’t I be?!)
These pants have a ton of positive reviews and are easy to care for — machine wash, tumble dry. I don’t think wide-leg trousers get enough love, so I had to give them some! (Although at 5-feet-nothing, I’m not the best person to be wearing them, sadly.)
The pants are $24.99 and also come in navy and heather gray. (Unfortunately, the black is out of stock.) They are available in sizes 0–18 in regular, short, and long lengths. Wide-Leg Bi-Stretch Twill Pants
Target also has a plus-size option, which is from their Ava & Viv line — they’re available in navy, black, and gray, and come in sizes 14W–30W for $29.99.
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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I’m back at work post-mat leave (in person, ugh). And now baby won’t take a bottle. Anyone have tips? We gave him one when he was only a few weeks old but in retrospect should have kept it up more frequently. Ughhh.
I spent the last two days on a work product that is kind of a stretch assignment for me. I contacted the client to ask a question; he responded “Oh I don’t want this product anymore.” We discussed its urgency and importance three days ago. SIGH.
Cut thing your kid(s) have done lately?
Mine has learned all the words to a Blippi song (Vacuum Truck) and sings them loudly, while pretending his stuffed animal is a guitar.
Does anyone have tips for navigating the grandparent/childcare relationship? My parents currently watch my 4 yo daughter about 50% of our work days and are starting to watch her even more. They are doing a great job, and I have very few complaints. Any ideas for expressing appreciation? I know they don’t expect to be paid like a daycare but they would probably appreciate some form of recognition for their hard work. Also, I’m wondering how much to share regarding schedule, discipline preferences, etc.
A propos of all the Family Photo comments lately – Putting Me Together had a blog post on choosing outfits for family photos which I found helpful and I thought had good tips for outfits that go well together but aren’t too matchy. It’s from a while back but she linked to it yesterday on a recent post.
https://www.puttingmetogether.com/what-to-wear-for-family-photos/
I posted on the main page but reposting here:
My 9 year old daughter is almost 5′ tall with long, thin legs and weighs about 85 pounds. Any recs for leggings for her? Girls sizes XL or 14-16 and the like are kind of short at the ankles already (and it would be nice if these fit her through the winter!) and are kind of baggy in the waist and cr0tch area. I’m afraid a women’s xxs or xs would be too big because she’s still built like a child with no hips. But maybe not? Some stores sell slim sizes in girls’ pants, but I haven’t found any leggings that come in slims
Any advice for preventing carsickness for a one-year-old? We recently transitioned to a convertible car seat from his infant seat and did a few long car rides around the same time, and this suddenly became a big issue.
He’s been fine with highway driving, but city driving with traffic and stoplights causes constant vomiting. He’s too young for motion sickness medicine and of course too young to tell us that he’s feeling sick or consistently hold on to something to puke into, so it’s a huge mess every time. And the poor kid is obviously unhappy.
I suspect that the new car seat is part of the issue – not the seat itself necessarily, but the fact that he’s up higher and can look out the windows more, which he loves to do. But he did have one episode in the infant seat too, and he’s a tall baby and would outgrow that seat soon, so I don’t know that going back to that is a good solution. So far all we’ve come up with is making him wear a giant bib that catches most of the mess, and we’re going to try some sea bands. Any other tips for a kid this young?
Y’all, I tried the “draw a picture of your feeling” technique from how to talk so little kids will listen, at 7:30 AM this morning, and I thought it was stupid but tried it anyway and…. it worked. I thought my kid would flip out at the suggestion but she really did it and we have had a lovely day so far… knock on wood.