College kids need comfort, too

The very pretty and witty Victoria took time out from her busy Ivy League schedule to send me the following email: I am a very poor college student with more student loans than I can possibly pay off in this lifetime. Nevertheless, I would love to be able to furnish...

Back-to-school, revisited

The lovely Bec writes: My son starts Kindergarten OMG really soon (8/26). I just did an archive search on Want Not and discovered your post of July 25, 2007, which said this: Again—sadly—if you’re asking me this now, there’s not a lot I can do for you...

Buying the right cookware

Lovely Jess writes: My husband and I married two years ago and just pooled our vast collections of cookware into one set (giving away a lot of unnecessary cookware that was duplicated) that had pretty much everything we needed. We are now at the point where our...

Throw a party on a budget

The very pretty Laura writes: Dear Mir, If you have the time and space to tackle this topic, I’d be forever in your debt (at a 0% APR, hopefully…) because my husband and I are hoping to baptize our two kids sometime this summer. What I’ve learned from...

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