Usually, if you woke up and said “Sweetie, I’m gonna go put the eggs in the toaster!” you’d run the risk of returning to your bed only to find it totally empty, with perhaps the lingering scent of your man’s fear hanging in the air. But alas, this excellent egg-muffin-breakfast-sandwich toaster allows you to do [...]

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Did you guys know that you can cook rice and steam vegetables without (1) the risk of setting your house on fire; (2) the risk of setting yourself on fire; or (3) ending up with clumpy/ gooey/ burnt rice and limp veggies? Because YOU TOTALLY CAN. And, at the same time!
(If you did know [...]

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One of the most common things I hear ladies fretting over when it comes to dating? Looking messy or awkward when they eat in front of Mr. Potential. (Boys, please note: this is the real reason we tend to order salad, not because we’re being proper. We’re actually trying to save you the embarrassment of [...]

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Five reasons to hate brown paper lunch bags:
1. Ugly.
2. Rip open when touched with liquid.
3. Won’t keep anything fresh. Ever.
4. Easily mistaken for other brown lunch bags.
5. Totally not a friend of the environment.
Five reasons to trade your ugly brown paper lunch bag in for this lovely 2-tiered bento box:
1. Incredibly adorable moon and owl [...]

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When it comes to big fancy dinners (a.k.a. Thanksgiving, which is one week from this Thursday), the presentation of a dish can be equally as important as the yum factor. And, should the yum factor be lacking, the presentation becomes vital. This adorable ceramic pumpkin tureen-plus-bowls set should do the trick, especially if the (hopefully) [...]

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I can only hope that one day I will have a selection of fine cheeses available for my house guests, rather than just a selection of cheap beer and semi-stale corn chips. Maybe I’ll do both– but whatever, it’d be nice to be so fancy that I had little cheese signs for my visitors, so [...]

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I suck at baking…but I love cookies. And Halloween. Which makes this sweet cookie cutter set very attractive. So, perhaps the cuteness of the cookies will mask the taste of burning?
Only $8.00.

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These days, I feel like animal print anything either needs to be the stand alone, pop-out item or accessory to an ensemble, or it need only appear on a fabulous purse. And because of the general stigmas attached to animal prints (punk rock, cougars, rich old biddies, trashy folk, people who hunt for sport, cave [...]

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As the weather becomes more winter-y and blustery, my brain always switches into Cozy Mode. All I want to do when I get home is wrap up with a blanket, a book, and a hot drink, while I listen to the steady, comforting patter of rain scattering across the city. But hot drinks can take [...]

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…how is it that I never thought of owning a pair of these until now? This is such a brilliant idea! No more waiting at the toaster to catch my bagel! And then burning my hands because I suck at catching flying bagels! And then not being able to enjoy my bagel because my hand [...]

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