Organizing Thursday: Lightning MFi Cable with Key Chain

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Lightning MFi Cable with Key ChainI always seem to need a lightning cable, and I hate when they get all unspooled and I have to wrap them up again. This one is bright and pretty, and I bet you could find it in your purse easily. At $30 it’s a good price, and it’s available in six colors, including a very bright yellow that’s kind of awesome. Lightning MFi Cable with Key Chain Psst: Early Access to the Nordstrom Anniversary Sale has started for card holders! If you’re unfamiliar with the sale, check out our guide — basically, new fall merchandise is being marked down ahead of time. Stay tuned over at Corporette, where we’ve done a roundup of 2017 Nordstrom Anniversary Sale Picks for Work ! This post contains affiliate links and CorporetteMoms may earn commissions for purchases made through links in this post. For more details see here. Thank you so much for your support!

Sales of note for 2/7:

(See all of the latest workwear sales at Corporette!)

  • Nordstrom – Winter Sale, up to 60% off! 7850 new markdowns for women
  • Ann Taylor – Extra 25% off your $175+ purchase — and $30 of full-price pants and denim
  • Banana Republic Factory – Up to 50% off everything + extra 15% off
  • Boden – 15% off new season styles
  • Eloquii – 60% off 100s of styles
  • J.Crew – Extra 50% off all sale styles
  • J.Crew Factory – 40% off everything including new arrivals + extra 20% off $125+
  • Rothy’s – Final Few: Up to 40% off last-chance styles
  • Spanx – Lots of workwear on sale, some up to 70% off
  • Talbots – 40% off one item + free shipping on $150+

And — here are some of our latest threadjacks of interestworking mom questions asked by the commenters!

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I’m about to deliver in a few weeks and am sitting for twice-weekly non-stress tests at my perinatologist’s office. Their testing setup is in a room where they herd all the expectant mothers into the same room and discuss their care with them in a non-private setting. They kept the door open while the Fedex dude was making a delivery. I pointed out that this entIre setup is a HIPAA violation and asked that the door at least be closed, but can see everyone rolling their eyes and it’s extremely irritating. Sorry–I’ve had it with pregnancy and I’ve also had it with everyone in medicine, which is hilarious because I’m also a physician.

sooooo i’m kinda obsessed with Nordstrom all the time which makes the anniversary sale very exciting for me. Except i’m pregnant so it’s less fun this year. I thought in the past they had some maternity items on anniversary sale but i don’t see them on the site – any insights?

Ok, true confession: my underwear choices since having a child have veered toward “frumpy.” Seriously, cotton Hanes hipsters in boring pastel colors, bought from Target in 6 packs. If you were going to spend $50 on more exciting undies during the Nordstrom’s sale, what kind would you buy? I get so overwhelmed at underwear selections….

Would desperately love to shop for new clothes, but at nearly 35 weeks with no idea how my body is going to look post-pregnancy, I am loathe to buy things (even with Nordstrom’s awesome return policy). Any suggestions out there for things that might fit if I were inclined to make a purchase? None of the bags or shoes really did it for me – I’m mostly focused on clothes.

help? My three-year-old son has been potty trained since December. Magically he just was, over night, #2, everything. But now, all of the sudden, he is peeing the bed a few nights a week. And sometimes twice in one night. For the past 3 weeks or so. Nothing new, nothing different. Should we go back to night time pull ups?

For the poster in California yesterday asking about nanny taxes, we used Breedlove (later bought by care.com so now called HomePay). I found it expensive but extremely user-friendly. And I’m all about paying a premium to delegate hassle/worry. Their website is good, easy to change payroll when needed, and the people who answer the phone when you call are efficient and knowledgeable. It’s exclusively household employer-focused as opposed to a bigger payroll service used to corporations. We don’t live in CA but they handle all state & federal paperwork, payroll, and direct deposit (of course there’s a fee for each). At the end of the year they do the W2’s for the employee and send you what you/your accountant need for your personal taxes.

I’m curious by what, exactly, people mean when they say they took a lifestyle job. I get that it should involve fewer hours than BigLaw, but how does overall stress enter the equation? I’m in what a lot of people on this board would probably consider a lifestyle job — 40-50 hours/week, although I could certainly work more if I actually had the hours in the day. But I still find my job stressful and I don’t consider my work/life balance to be great. I have a government job but we’re staffed so lean that I find it very hard to take my vacation time and actually take advantage of my benefits. There’s nobody to delegate *to*, and I often feel like the demands of the job are too much, even though I’m working normal hours by most people’s standards. For my field (not law), the pay is actually pretty good, so I can’t complain about that.

So what’s up? Am I a weakling who doesn’t know a good job when she sees it, or is a “lifestyle job” mostly a myth? And how can I get into a better place and actually enjoy the job that I worked really hard to get?