So okay, I'm not the calmest person in the world. Or anywhere close. I've been in a total tizzy because we've a family wedding coming up with the posher side of the family. So I'm already kind of in a mood about how to try to look properly coiffed and all that girly stuff since I'm going to be around a bunch of really bright, successful, stylish people.

And I get a message today from the one shop that still had my stuff asking me to call. So I do, and find out that he hadn't bothered to bring home his less expensive pieces from an antique show the other week and the stuff he'd left behind had gotten stolen, including all of my work. He's a nice guy, chats a lot and is rambling on, and all I wanted to know was if he was going to reimburse me. His response is, well, I should do something, but I don't have insurance.

So guys, best way to approach asking for renumeration? Suggestions?

ps- insult to injury, went for a last minute haircut, just wanted a 2-3" trim and they cut off 6-8" Can't see without my glasses, didnt' find out till it was too late. So now I feel like a rabid poodle.