Washable Workwear Wednesday: Wide-Leg Essential Pant in Linen
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Take a warm weather favorite to the office with these wide-leg linen trousers.
These 100% linen pants have a relaxed, yet tailored silhouette thanks to sharp front pleats. They come in eight colors/patterns in classic, petite, and tall sizes. Pick up a pair or two to start building your warm weather office wardrobe now.
J.Crew’s Wide-Leg Essential Pant in Linen is $99.50 to $118 depending on the color/pattern.
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 5/4/25
(See all of the latest workwear sales at Corporette!)
- Nordstrom – Select clothes, shoes & more up to 50% off
- Ann Taylor – Friends of Ann Event: 30% off your entire purchase, including new arrivals (ends 5/4) + extra 15% off $200
- Banana Republic Factory – 40-60% everything + extra 25% off
- Eloquii – Extra 50% off all sale + $19 & up spring steals
- J.Crew – Up to 50% off must-have styles + up to extra 60% off sale styles
- J.Crew Factory – Extra 70% off clearance
- M.M.LaFleur – Try code CORPORETTE15 for 15% off
- Spanx – Lots of workwear on sale, some up to 70% off
- Talbots – 40% off one regular-price item + 30% off everything else
DH and I have an upcoming milestone bday (our bdays are less than two weeks apart) and have decided to host an adults only party, though I’m a bit nervous about it. (this is not exactly what i wanted to do, but was talked into it) When we got married, most of the people we invited were like “life” friends. While DH is still not in touch with all of the people he chose to invite, I am in touch/still friends with each person I added to the guest list, even though I don’t live geographically near any of them. I feel like the friends we have now are more like ‘life circumstances’ friends. We’ve lived in our newish city for 8+ years, but if we moved away tomorrow I dont know how many of them we’d realistically maintain relationships with. Am I overthinking this? Like it’s ok to invite people to something even if we might not be friends 20 years from now? Like I don’t know if these are the friends we’ll be inviting to our own kids’ weddings one day. Is it also ok to invite some parents of my children’s friends who I’m friendly with, but would love to become friendlier with? For some reason I feel less awkward about this when we also include kids. I know an invitation is not a summons and people don’t have to come, but I don’t want people to think it’s weird that they were invited.
Sigh. Took 4 year old to his dental appointment for cavities + a crown. He got more excited/giddy on the sedative (which is rare), so the ped couldn’t do the work, and dentist recommended that he go under with a general anesthetic (with an anesthesiologist monitoring). It would be roughly 60-90 minutes.
He’s not heavy enough for the alternate medication they could use in these situation, and likely won’t be until year-end at the earliest. I do trust her recommendation, and she was very thorough in her explanation.
I know it’s not a big deal in the scheme of things, we’re fortunate to afford it financially and logistically I just feel super sad and annoyed that he couldn’t have the regular treatment and be done with it.
Anyone else had to have a kid go under for dental work?
I have two three-year-olds who have pretty definitely outgrown their stroller, such that wrestling them into it and trying to convince them to stay sitting puts us all in a bad mood. What’s next? Wagon, or something else? Any specific recs would be much appreciated. If there’s something that their five-year-old sibling can join in on, all the better, but not essential. We can’t just do walking to and from school yet because we have a runner — at least one, sometimes two. TIA.
DS (4) will be going to his first swim class on Saturday with a friend. A kid in the class is having a birthday party on the other side of town later that morning. Friend’s baby bro has a swim class after ours. Friend’s mom asked if we could take friend to the birthday party (she will put friend’s car seat in our car) and then Mom will meet us there. I am totally fine with this and happy to help. My question is, how do I make Friend feel comfortable about separating from her mom and riding in our car to go to the birthday party? I think this may be the first time this has happened and she will be apprehensive, even though she knows me and DS well. Should I have a little toy for her and for DS as a surprise and to play with in the car? For DS I would use a Hot Wheels car as a small surprise, but I don’t think those will be as interesting to Friend (she’s a girl).
What makes a good Scout leader? I occasionally sub as a small group leader in both Girl Scouts and Cub Scouts and my daughters told me last night that I’m not great at it. DD7 did backtrack and said it’s because we’re usually later but, still. So what have y’all done that makes for a good Scout meeting? Kids are 7-8 and 9-10, for context.
did anyone see the study linking maternal diabetes and neurodevelopmental issues in kids?
Looking for either commiseration or advice – anyone else parenting a toddler have trouble finding time to eat? Any time I try and snack, the toddler must have what I am having, which is annoying and messy so I just avoid it. But he won’t sit in the high chair for more than 10 minutes, so I can’t get in a full meal myself. It’s become especially pressing lately, as I’ve started exercising again and I can tell I need to eat more. But when? How? I got some protein shakes but I don’t like them that much so I haven’t made it a habit.
Boston Recommendations: I’m headed to Boston this weekend with my 14yo son. We’re doing BSO on Friday night but have most of the day Friday, all day Saturday and Sunday morning free. The weather looks rainy. Though I lived in Boston for many years, I left when that same kid was 18 months old, so I’m a bit out of touch and my reference point was when he was a toddler. We’ve been back many times, but this is my first trip solo with him in many years. Any recommendations for fun stuff for a teenager? (We’ve done the Museum of Science and Aquarium more times than I can count, and he did the Harry Potter exhibition over Feb break with his little sister.)
I may cross post this, as I think it’s really helpful to hear from adults who experienced this growing up, but any advice for making sure two siblings who have different abilities are both celebrated and encouraged? I have read a few posts on the main s i t e of high achieving kids whose successes were downplayed bc of a lower achieving sibling, and other people who had siblings who were successful in some way, which parents celebrated to the exclusion of the other sibling who wasn’t as objectively successful.
I have 6 yr old twins with wildly different abilities. My girl twin is naturally athletically gifted and socially extremely aware. You can put her in just about any sport, and she seems to instinctively know what to do. She also absolutely loves to play sports – any sport will do. She’s already been pulled up to play at higher levels for soccer and lacrosse. Not saying that she’s going to be a sports phenom, but she’s already receiving a lot of outward accolades for sports, and asking for more. Similarly, she’s bubbly and social, and doing really well in school. She has lots of friends, and by all objective measures, is thriving.
My sweet boy twin hasn’t found something that he likes/loves/enjoys. School is harder for him bc his fine motor skills are a little behind, and he hasn’t enjoyed any activity we’ve found for him yet (we’ve tried sports, arts, and music). We think he may enjoy theater when he’s older, but there really aren’t many options around us until around age 8 for whatever reason. He really loves just hanging with us or at the playground during his sister’s sporting activities. He’s just kind of a sweet homebody who loves his twin, his dog, and his mom and dad. So far, he has no jealousy with his sister.
We’ve already split them up for everything we can – if he does want to do an activity that she also wants to do, we make sure she’s in a different section. They are in different classes at school. We celebrate any victory he has, which are (honestly) not a ton, and try to do the same with her, which are (honestly) pretty often. But, projecting out, I suspect this will continue to be a Thing as they get older. Any suggestions/tips for not downplaying her successes, and making sure we are also celebrating his?
I’m about to return to work from parental leave (kid #2, we also have a pre-K kid) and I’m finding scheduling to be so difficult! The main difference is that my govt job has gotten rid of telework and is much less flexible on schedule. I’m planning to go in early so I can do daycare pickup, since DH doesn’t have to be in his office until 9 so he can do drop off. However, he has a big work trip coming up so I will need to do both — how do you all handle it without telework?
What are some fun elementary school art/craft/etc ideas? I got completely burned out on toddler arts and crafts when I was home during COVID with a 2 and 4 year old but now five years later I’m ready to give it another try, this time with kids who are far less likely to stab themselves with scissors and/or spill paint all over the floor!! Kids are now 7 and 9.
For those of you with babies who will be six months old this spring/summer, are you planning to get the 24-25 COVID vax for them? My only hesitation is that the viral strain formulation will be very out of date (it already was when it was released) and I’m not sure if there will be a better one in the fall. Since there’s a higher risk of myocarditis in young people and some countries don’t even recommend it for kids under 2 at all, I’m a little more hesitant until a “high benefit” one is available, so to speak. We’ll probably just get it anyway but curious what others are doing.