"You have a 401(k) from an old employer that you haven't looked at in weeks"...how often are people checking their 401K balances/allocations? If I look at them once a month I think I'm being slightly obsessive. It's not going anywhere. I do a checkup once a year.

Can anyone recommend a source for plastic bins to go into the freezer - or a certain _type_ of plastic I should be looking for? I've tried this twice with random plastic containers I had around the house, and within a couple of weeks the plastic shattered from the cold.

Nick Jones, thank you so much for your thoughtful and complete reply! What you said made a lot of sense. I've consulted with neurologists on and off over the years (I check in maybe every 5-7 years to see what new efforts are underway for migraines). Like you, it was one summer of hell a few years back (almost daily…

I'm curious about your vitamin regimen. I have had migraines my whole life (well, since I was 10, so 30+ years). I took Excedrin for a long time, but it stopped working for me, and then I went on Topamax but after about a year started to get some bad side effects. Right now I take Maxalt only when I get a really…

We had an ancient cat (22 yrs old) in chronic renal failure for two years (we kept her going with subcutaneous saline injections) and she ate small quantities of Fancy Feast every day. Like a little old person, her appetite waned as she got older. It made her incredibly happy every time I opened a new can. For that…

Thank you for this idea - I need to go try this immediately. I've scrubbed, I've used those brake dust cleaning sprays, and nothing gets my wheels clean. I'm actually reallly excited that this might really work!

Yep, this was my house too - way before "helicopter parenting" became a thing. Why I never had a diary, why I couldn't talk on the phone with my friends, why I am now able to create a "cone of silence" around me so I can tune everything out and be alone with some peace and quiet. Mainly my assface narcissistic…

I never use creamer but I had two giant bottles in the house for a houseguest recently. I tossed them when our guest left since we don't use it. I wish I had seen your idea then - it's so clever! I especially like the idea of a flip-top chocolate chip dispenser.

I think it might be time for women to actually start dressing like men in offices to make it clear how much higher the bar is for women. If you bought two suits from Brooks Bros/ Banana Republic, etc. and 5 button-down shirts, and just cycled through them, I wonder how long it would take for someone to give you shit…

I think you are really on to something about the backlash against women's bodies (the cleavage issue especially). I know that my mum and all of her sisters did not experience the "put the breasts away" issue that I have been faced with, and they were just as big as me and some a little bigger. Think of the Joan…

When I started high school that didn't have uniforms, I didn't know what to buy/ how many clothes I would need. I went to Nordstroms, where they had a free service that helped you build your wardrobe (you didn't have to buy everything there, which was great because I had like no money). They will always have a place…

My experience with school uniforms was almost exactly the same as yours (I went to a private school in the US and had uniforms for lower and middle school). We had an opportunity to order new uniforms once a year, right before school started, from a single vendor. They were far more expensive than the clothes my…

You are a star. Thank you so much for your thoughtful and very helpful answer!

My husband is obsessed with the idea of a saddleback leather bag. I've think I've got to get one for him, eventually, but he is simultaneously obsessed with traveling light, and it seems quite the opposite. Do you have firsthand knowledge of what they're like? They must weigh like 10 lbs, right?

I had a breast reduction as well, and I'll be damned if they haven't grown back. I'm not as big as I was (I went from a DD/E down to a C immediately after surgery, and now I am back to a D), but it still garners WAY too much attention from everyone. Including jerkoff employers who thought they had the right to police…

I've never had a caramel Cadbury egg! But I know already I will love them. I imagine it is like the Caramelo bar, which I have a sentimental love for. Okay, story time. When I was in high school, we had an exchange student from Italy who would sell candy bars between classes as a way to raise pocket money. He had a…

Me too. I love the instructions without words and the perfectly aligning pieces. I don't use a hammer, though - I have a special rubber mallet that I use in those situations because the ikea mdf is so likely to be broken by a real hammer.

They come in DARK chocolate?! {stay calm} Where does one procure these dark chocolate mini eggs?

Yes! These! Are so wonderful. Last year Sam's club had them in a "club size" bag so I bought two and they lasted me until Summer. This year, every store around me is sold out. Easter tragedy.

We may have to start some kind of club. My secret shame is I tried for an *entire year* to learn to ride a bike. Every day after school for a year. Every time - crashed and flew over the handlebars. And rollercoasters make me feel like I'm going to die (my sweet husband agrees and calls them "death simulators"). …