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Guess What Contest: Bunny

Animal-shaped home gadgets are all the rage now, from octopus juicers to elephant dust pans and seemingly everything in between, including this little bunny. It's cute, right? But what does it do, exactly? Well, give a correct guess in comments and I'll buy one for you, or if you prefer, anything else of equal or less value from the store where I discovered it.

I'll update with pricing and a link when I receive a correct guess.

UPDATE:

It's a pepper grinder! Congrats to Meg who got it right first.

[$25, ShopFosters]

Posted May 07 2008, 05:30 PM by Wendy Atterberry with | with 9 comment(s)

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Contest! Batacuda: Jewels On the Skin

[$19.95-$34.95, Brooklyn 5 & 10]

I'm lusting after this jewelry, partially because it's atypical, and partially because it reminds me of that upper-arm band I bought way back when because I figured it was the next best thing to a tattoo.

Batacuda is a line of jewelry from France, made from "eco-plastic" material designed to hug the skin. And, unlike that arm band from days of yore, it's actually elegant. Brooklyn 5 & 10 is selling a number of these pieces and, dude, I totally want the "Petals" necklace in purple. And gold. And every other available color.

After the jump, I model the two bracelets I'm raffling off to you guys. (Unfortunately, those photos look nothing like the one above.) All I ask of you is the reason you'd rather get a piece of jewelry than an actual tattoo.

Contest: Chocolate Covered Bacon

All right, Materialistas, this is the task I put before you, and it is the most important thing you can ever do in your entire lifetimes, including making babies: find me this chocolate covered bacon.

More chocolate covered bacon items, and a chance to win your own, after the jump...

about the blogger

Wendy Atterberry is a recent transplant to New York City via Chicago. You can often find her at some karaoke dive bar singing her repertoire, which includes "Midnight Train to Georgia," "Daniel," and most recently, "Sweet Dreams." Don't expect her to always hit the right notes. She lives in Manhattan with her boyfriend and two cats, and has a blog like everyone else.

Alex Zalben is a writer living in New York City. He's written for McSweeney's, Modern Humorist and PulpSecret.com. As one-fifth of the sketch comedy group Elephant Larry, he has been written up in the New York Times, Chicago Tribune, and pretty much every other major publication. Their blog was named one of PC Magazine's Top Blogs for 2007, and they recently won an ECNY Award for their viral short, "Minesweeper: The Movie." Alex did not know love until he bought his first Mac.

Steph Auteri is a freelance just-about-everything, with a special fondness for home goods she can't afford. She has been published in Publishers Weekly, New York Press and Nerve. She runs the blog selfhelpme.net, and her work can be found at stephiswrite.com.