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Ultimate Gifting Website

I wrote about Supermarket HQ in the Web Pages section several months ago when they first launched, but it keeps getting better and better. Some of the home and accessory world's most exciting new designers are selling directly to consumers through the site (Esque, Perch, Design Glut), and it's gigantic, but refreshingly easy to browse. I spent about four hours today picking through the selection and narrowed it down to this sampling. But I'm sure another four hours would yield even more. The octopus-embellished cups are a no-brainer (I always need vessels for Q-tips and flowers and makeup brushes), and I'm seriously considering going the wall-decal route in my kitchen. To my mind, jewelry needs no underlying purpose to encourage me to indulge. Meanwhile, my trusty acupuncturist has put me on a course of Chinese herbs, which would probably taste much less disgusting if they were stewed in this awesome tea set. See how I can justify anything? What do you guys like?

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