Spent $$ on wooden blocks with "beautiful nine-colour palette." Got seven blah colours. novanatural.com's response: "that's what our supplier gave us." Visa: "That's, uh, a bad situation." Now what? [more inside]
posted by kmennie on Jun 3, 2008 - 27 answers

I want maternity clothes that are not poor quality, not made from artificial fibres, not ill-fitting, not $250 each, and not "trendy." [more inside]
posted by kmennie on Apr 20, 2007 - 14 answers

I'm getting a mortgage; I have been talking to my bank, and two mortgage brokers. They are competing, of course, but I'm not real clear on what's important. [more inside]
posted by kmennie on Apr 11, 2007 - 25 answers