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They have three or four of those exact lamps at our local HomeGoods right now; it's somewhere between $50 and $100.

I like simple white bedding, so over the years I've sewn a number of duvet covers using 120"-wide cotton muslin. It's about $8 a yard, but it's less with a coupon, which makes it cheaper than buying one ready-made, and it's an easy afternoon project. I don't know if I'd want to sleep on muslin sheets, but after a few washings, the duvet cover is soft and lovely.

Cooking Light's Cocoa Fudge Cookie recipe (you can find it if you Google it) is absolutely my favorite chocolate cookie recipe.

Nope, sorry. After I turned 25, I vowed that I would never have friends move me again. I just started to have too much heavy stuff, and I worried that someone would get hurt, and I would feel awful. I've hired movers the 3 times I moved across state lines; for moving across town, I've rented a U-Haul and hired professionals to load and unload the van. Worth every penny.

(I do, weirdly, actually like helping people pack up their stuff, and I always volunteer to come help when people are moving. No heavy lifting for me, either, though.)

This "everything is okay" print hangs in our bathroom and makes me smile every day: http://www.etsy.com/listing/37554924/everything-is-okay-print

I keep a list of gifts I've given (so I don't give my brother a flannel shirt every year!), and on the same document, a list of things I might like.

Even though I wish my parents and in-laws would stop getting me presents, they won't, and I'd rather they get me something I like (and that doesn't cost a fortune), then spend a lot of money on something I'll immediately give to Goodwill.

Definitely try the Ina Garten recipe; I've been making it once a week since Christmas, and it's delicious. It's even better with dried cranberries and pecans instead of cherries and walnuts.

No sign of the cookie cutter, but the cookies come from this bakery: http://www.bakedideas.com/yogapeople.htm

For the last 3 moves, I have rented a truck and hired movers by the hour to load & unload it (call around to local movers; they usually have a rate for 2 guys for a few hours). It's cheaper than hiring a moving company to do the whole thing, much, much faster than doing it all myself, and I don't have to worry about my friends killing themselves hauling my sofa down the stairs.

Maybe it's because I didn't grow up with them, either, but I have to say, I don't love groom's cakes. It seems strange to have any kind of "theme" at a wedding other than the wedding itself; these cakes seem to say, "We're getting married, *and* the groom loves his dog/his car/hockey/whatever!" I just don't get it. I do love chocolate cake, though, so maybe I should lighten up!