good design + inexpensive

= why i can't even go into target these days! seriously, look how cute:



designer orla kiely has a limited edition set of products for the home available at target right now. mom and dad gave me a target gift card for my birthday, and i have been thinking hard about using it on these cute cute dinner sets. for now, i can't quite justify it, but at least i can drool over them a little. here are the others:

iTunes - more like iBroke

Two nights ago, Janelle and I went to the Death Cab for Cutie concert (don't worry the tickets were bought long long long ago), and like any concert, hearing some of those songs live, along with a couple amazing sets by the Cold War Kids and Ra Ra Riot, had me jonesing bad for some new music. I actually leaned over to Janelle at one point and whispered "You totally CAN'T go home and buy any music!" She groaned. I groaned.

But...thanks to YouTube, Pandora, MySpace, and even applications on Facebook, we have so many options for music at our fingertips and FREE! So we can enjoy our music and even discover new stuff we love and still keep our pact, and our pocketbooks full. Thank you, Modern Technology!