Frugal Friday’s Workwear Report: Classic Button-Front Shirt
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Our daily workwear reports suggest one piece of work-appropriate attire in a range of prices.
I ordered this classic button-up from Old Navy on a whim when I was refreshing my workout apparel during a recent sale. (P.S. If you’re in the market for activewear, these longline sports bras keep disappearing from my closet and magically appearing in my teenage daughter’s room, which feels like a pretty solid endorsement.)
I had pretty low expectations, but this 100% cotton shirt really knocked it out of the park. The fabric is so light and breezy, I know it will be great for the sweltering summer days ahead. It comes in nine colorways and Old Navy’s wide range of sizes, so there’s something for everyone.
The shirt, which is now on sale, starts at $14.99 and comes in sizes XS-3X, XST-XXLT, and XSP-XXLP.
Sales of note for 4/24:
- Ann Taylor – Friends of Ann Event, 30% off your purchase PLUS $50 off $100! Readers love this popover blouse, and their suiting is also in the sale.
- Boden – 15% off new styles
- Brooklinen – 25% off sitewide — we have and love these sateen sheets
- Evereve – Now through Sunday: up to 70% off! Markdowns include Alex Mill, Michael Stars, Sanctuary, Rails, Xirena, and Z-Supply
- Express – $39+ Summer Styles
- J.Crew – Friends & Family Event, 30% off your purchase! Good deals on blazers and boots
- J.Crew Factory – 40% off everything, extra 50% off clearance, and extra 20% off $125+
- Lands' End – 50% off full price styles and 60% off all clearance and sale – lots of ponte dresses come down under $25, and this packable raincoat in gingham is too cute
- Loft – Friends & Family event, 40% off entire purchase + extra 15% off + free shipping
- M.M.LaFleur – This weekend only, save 25% on dresses. Try code CORPORETTE15 for 15% off.
- Nordstrom – 1500+ new women's markdowns
- Sephora – Up to 50% off hair deals today only – includes Shark Beauty tools! (See our recent discussion on how to upgrade the Revlon brush.)
- Talbots – Friends & Family event, 30% off entire purchase – today only, free shipping, no minimum
- TOCCIN – Use code CORPORETTE15 for 15% off!
- Vivrelle – Looking to own less stuff but still try trends? Use code CORPORETTE for a free month, and borrow high-end designer clothes and bags!
Ugh, in a meeting with some folks I’ve never met before. Some guy gives his usual professional intro whatever then says ‘in my free time I’m a proud gay dad and advocate for fertility access’. FERTILITY ACCESS this man just announced he feels entitled to rent wombs to a whole conference room. It’s too early in a Friday for this nonsense.
That’s a euphemism that is doing a lot of heavy lifting.
I think about this story a lot:
https://www.wired.com/story/the-baby-died-whose-fault-is-it-surrogate-pregnancy/
Both surrogates’ experiences are horrifying here. And this is in the US.
is that what fertility access means? I would have interpreted the term slightly differently, but I don’t know specifically…
It’s too early on Friday for your made up pot stirring too and yet here we are.
Well technically he is because it’s not illegal. (Ahem, because it’s Friday and why not, the same way people feel entitled to take poorly considered left hand turns that inconvenience whole lanes of traffic.)
Uh, maybe it’s a left hand turn to get to their destination on the roads as designed? I really don’t get why people get so bent out of shape over this. It’s been mentioned here like five times in the last year.
That is just a really strange thing to announce to a group of professional colleagues.
I feel very conflicted about the notion. My son is gay and would like to have kids someday. And yet … the process to get there can be so fraught. The notion of being an advocate for “fertility access” really turns my stomach. We’re more than wombs, dudes. And yet I also believe gay couples should be able to have families, so.
The process to get there is not fraught. Gay men have kids all the time. They adopt, they foster, and they use surrogates. A thing straight couples and single women and single men also do. Making surrogacy a gay issue is homophobic.
Surrogacy is fraught, sorry you don’t understand why.
I got reamed for a comment saying no woman is “entitled” to a vaginal birth. What I meant was no one is guaranteed a trauma-free birth (please come after me again). I will say the same thing about children for gay couples and couples with infertility: no one is guaranteed a child or a healthy child. (I have 2 disabled adult kids myself). If health or life choices make it impossible to have bio kids, it doesn’t make it someone else’s job to provide them. I’m sorry. Life is hard and we don’t always get what we want.
(Bad wording on my part, above. I’m not saying being gay is a life choice. But some gay people choose to have bio kids with people of the opposite sex; whether that’s ethical or not depends on the circumstances, if deception is involved, etc. I’m ready for the reaming, I deserve it this time).
Response to my own comment above is in mod – I shouldn’t have implied being gay is a life choice.
+ 1M to that last sentence
I also have mixed feelings about this guy’s comment. I know straight married couples who pursued surrogacy after expensive, invasive rounds of IVF failed or they suffered a stillbirth. In those situations the woman desperately wants to carry her own child, she’s suffered trauma while attempting it, and she understands what she’s asking of a surrogate. A gay man loudly proclaiming he deserves access to a woman’s body feels icky, even if I think surrogacy should be a legal option for him.
Ugh, I hate that. It’s devastating to not be able to have a biological child when you want one (and I’m not in the “they can just adopt” camp – it’s not that simple). But nothing gives you a “right” to a woman’s biological capacity to gestate a baby.
I wonder how many people who are pro-surrogacy have read through a contract or seen the process go sideways. What is it like to sign away your autonomy and your health and ability to sue for recourse?
….I would hear that as he’s trying to expand infertility coverage options on the work health insurance plan, which mostly redounds to benefit women.
That’s also how I would interpret this statement.
It’s not really clear. Seems like an odd thing to announce in such a big meeting.
Right?
I don’t know I’d be offended by this. Is he saying he thinks surrogacy should be legal? Assuming he also wants it be safe and equitable why is this terrible? Fwiw my besties’ sister was a surrogate for her and her husband’s child and it was, in my eyes and theirs, a beautiful thing. Is “fertility access” about forcing women to have gay men’s babies? i feel like that’s a jump but please let me know where im ignorant here.
On the other hand, I’m extremely pro choice so if someone said, for instance, that they advocate for pro life causes I’d be disgusted. Those are the people that I feel are demanding access to our bodies.
To me it’s a lot like living organ donation. We can enthusiastically celebrate the people who take on the risks of donating a kidney on a voluntary basis (much like how your BFF’s sister volunteered for a loved one), while still preserving safeguards against wealthy people just straight up buying kidneys from poor strangers.
Pregnancy is also just so high risk that adequate safeguards are hard to put in place (it’s one thing to be able to afford a surrogate when everything goes well, but when things go wrong?).
I think it is weird to announce your opinions on reproductive issues in a meeting when you introduce yourself.
I would feel the same about most topics, honestly. And why do we signal parenthood like that? You can just say you like spending time with your family.
Never have I been compelled to introduce myself as “I’m a mom of a x year old and volunteer for xyz women’s org” in a first meeting.
If they want some personal intro, I will usually say that I like tending to my garden, do origami, do arts or crafts or play an instrument. More personal info might come in later meetings, but why can’t we keep it light when we just meet people?
Truly. No one needs to know so much about you.
An appreciation: little black cats. Elegant, chic, tidy. Stunning eyes. The best accessory for any home. Playful. Loving. Luxurious. Plush.
Yes.
Yes. Also, tuxedo cats. So elegant, regal, and always dressed for the occasion.
So mouthy and precious!
Yes! Any cat really lol
How transferable are management skills?
By education/training I’m a data scientist. But I’ve been in a management role for a few years and absolutely love it. It’s a great fit for my personality and skillset, and I’m a strong manager overall. My department has grown and multiple people have moved on to my team from other teams.
I work at a medium sized company, and at some point the only “promotion” for me would be to get a new job since I’m towards the top here. I think my management skills would apply to multiple industries, but its usually better for a manager to actual know the job too. Do I mainly look for other data science management roles? Would I be eligible for more strategic roles? Because I’m at a smaller company a lot of what I do is general business strategy, not 100% data focused.
Depends on how senior you are. At the csuite level, extremely. First level manager, not really.
One level below csuite
I’m making a trip to the Mall of America this month while at a conference. I’ve never been. Two questions: 1. anything I should see/do? I hear it’s more than ‘just’ a mall! 2. I wear wide width shoes and would love to try on rather than just order/return online. Any stores there, or other spots in MSP, that have a lot of wide width in stock?
There’s a theme park and a tiny aquarium but otherwise it’s pretty much just a mall. It’s really not that exciting especially if you’re not there with kids.
While I don’t believe I have a drinking problem, I would like to change my drinking habits. Most days, I don’t drink at all and when I do drink it’s mostly a beer or two at happy hour. However, maybe once a month or so I’ll go out on a weekend and have several drinks. I don’t necessarily love who I am after several drinks (nothing bad, but I don’t like being uninhibited). After more than a few drinks, I also sleep terribly and get truly awful “hangxiety”. So, I have realized that more than a few drinks is just not for me.
However, once I start feeling a little uninhibited, I have really bad self control and will so easily agree (or suggest!) another round. And so this is where I struggle.
I considered just stopping drinking all together, but I don’t really want to. It’s just so ingrained in my social life, first dates, etc.