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$5.99! Can you believe it!

Notice the cute cupcakes ones on the right side

Uusually I despise Meijers despite my friend Dave's insistance they have the best produce ('tis truth). It is just a whole bunch of stuff but never quite what I need and design wise very much the yawn. They have stepped it up a bit with these adorbs owl mugs and totally squee kitchen implements. Put my pink spatula to shame

Shoppertunity

Antlers! Bowl or conversation piece.

Minneapolis based artist screen prints

I popped down to 646 Mass Ave, my friend, Kris Bowman's new shop in the Dean Johnson gallery space. Amazingly curated with a whimsical indistrial minimalist bent. Really fun and changes pretty much hourly

Rube Goldberg-ish

Do you think anyone would notice this switch to your secret bunker? Part steampunk art, part over thinking it, this Toggle Switch Plate from Uncommon Goods makes a simple concept much more interesting

Bad or rad?

From the perfumers's website: "Demeter’s Sushi doesn’t smell like fish; it is a fresh fragrance of rice, seaweed, ginger and lemon."  Maybe a room fragrance but I'm not sure I want to smell like that. Damn, now I'm hungry

Christmas shopping; let me help you

Vacation time is gift shop time and as child, rolling across the nation's hot summer spots looking for bike licence plates, Hello Kitty stickers, shoes laces and pencils with my moniker. (Side note: my mom had a fit about my purchase of  "Property of" stickers with my boyfriend's name on it, something about a feminist manifesto whatev) Well, kids today are no different, loving all they can get that is totally THEIRS. At Krazy Straw you can get these name sippers for about 3 bucks each. At this price, stuff those stockings of like, the whole neighborhood

Butters!

Totally embracing the form=function concept with this hilar covered circa 1960's mouse cheese plate. Now that Goose is just down the street I can fill my "amazing special cheese that sadly costs too much" requirement on the grocery list much more efficiently. It has now been joined by a arguably modern Buddha butter dish that fits over my French butter brick perfectly. Thank God

Missing the free ship boat

Beware the unexpected gift. So exited for my Lucky Breaks discount on this Adeline Adeline doggie bike bell. I think it is for human bike, not a dog bike. Anyway, save 48%, regular price $20 down to $13. I'm on it. UNTIL I got to check out and find the shipping is more thren the bell. Really? What was the shipping BEFORE I put in my Lucky code? Yeah , I thought so

So I was in the Anthropologie sale room with my birthday discount card today and I picked up, then put down a few things.  After a quick peruse of the Christmas section, I returned to fondle the aforemention items (a jeweled belt, strappy boots and super furry cardigan) to find they had all disappeared. Every one of those items were being rung up for the same customer. I had a moment where I thought "maybe this person is my cosmic twin and we should totally hang out, like, all the time". And then it went away. Whew