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Frugal Friday’s Workwear Report: Long Cardigan

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Happy Friday! I hope you're all having a good week as we're finishing off the year, with probably only one more work week to go for many of you before you hopefully get to take a little bit of a holiday. Right now there are so many affordable, highly–rated long cardigans on sale, and I'm not surprised — it's difficult to layer them with a lot of outerwear unless you have a coat that's super long. I think they're a good look and can be nice and cozy — an inherently casual look, but that's okay unless you really need something more structured (in which case, a blazer or a more fitted cardigan is always better). The pictured cardigan from Sejour comes in plus sizes 0X–3X in three colors for $66 (33% off) at Nordstrom, but there are a number of very similar options in regular and petite sizes for under $50. Long Cardigan

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Sales of note for 3/15/25:

  • Nordstrom – Spring sale, up to 50% off
  • Ann Taylor – 40% off everything + free shipping
  • Banana Republic Factory – 40% off everything + extra 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)

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  1. We are having some new friends over to our home for the first time. We do not wear shoes indoors. Is there a way to gracefully communicate this to people in advance? Is this necessary? Would you be annoyed to arrive at someone’s home and find out that shoes need to be removed?

    1. We also don’t wear shoes indoors and neither do most of my friends, so not sure how valuable my opinion is, but I think it is a perfectly reasonable request that does not need to be communicated in advance. I cannot imagine someone not complying with this request on the spot.

      1. Requests don’t bother me, but I’d like to know in advance. I do not like to walk in bare feet because of an old injury. So if I’m not wearing socks and I’m asked to remove my shoes, I will be uncomfortable the rest of the night. But given a heads-up, I’ll happily wear socks and shoes.

        It would be thoughtful of you to have some cheap pairs of slippers on hand for your guests, if you are so inclined.

    2. Oh no, not this topic! I hope that everyone knows to be prepared to remove their shoes when visiting someone’s house for the first time without knowing the rules.

      I would definitely be annoyed if a friend suddenly changed the rules on me, and I am physically and psychologically uncomfortable without shoes, but I don’t make assumptions when visiting someone’s place for the first time.

    3. ‘Just FYI, we’re a no-shoe house, so feel free to bring some slippers or house-socks to wear if you come over’

    4. Yes, this comes up here a lot, and there’s not much consensus. In some communities, shoe-free is the default/norm, in others it is not. (For example, most people I know, in the Midwest – not in the snow belt – do not have such a rule.) Contrary to anon at 3:25, I would not know to “be prepared” for this without being told in advance.

      Some visitors will not want to be surprised and to end up with bare feet in the winter or wearing their worst socks, or whatever. Just make a comment like the anon at 3:29 suggested; you won’t offend anyone who is used to a shoe-free environment and you’ll give a heads-up to those who are not.

    5. Love this topic so much!

      Yes, I would be super annoyed if this were sprung on me. I think Anonymous at 3:29 has a good script.

    7. My solution is to 1) take my shoes off when entering to signal as such, 2) leave shoe rack by the door to also indicate a no shoes house and 3) have a basket of fresh, never worn slippers (toes covered) with the plastic/cover still on for guests. I got a box of 50 for about $100 that I’ve been using for the last year+

  3. My solution is to 1) take my shoes off when entering to signal as such, 2) leave shoe rack by the door to also indicate a no shoes house and 3) have a basket of fresh, never worn slippers (toes covered) with the plastic/cover still on for guests. I got a box of 50 for about $100 that I’ve been using for the last year+

    1. A no-shoe household has been so rare in my life that my host taking off her shoes or seeing a rack of shoes by the door doesn’t signal a thing to me. I would need to be told. Especially since, in the area of the US where I grew up, it would have been rude TO take your shoes off in someone else’s house as a first-time guest. (When we had guests over in my house, growing up, we put our shoes ON for the guests, even though we normally ran around barefoot at all other times.)

      1. Agree with Anonymous @ 9:59. I was in my late 20s before I ever encountered a no-shoe household. Growing up, we’d have thought it was bizarre (and a bit gross) if guests removed their shoes before entering the house.

        Heads-up, please. No one wants to be caught out in old socks or a bad pedicure, and it’s clear from previous conversations that the shoe/no-shoe approach varies widely across cultures and regions.

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