SHAYNE KITCHEN TABLE - Pottery Barn

I'm so in love with this kitchen table from Pottery Barn. In a larger space, the wings fold down and create the perfect buffet or wine bar. In a small space, the table pulls double duty with the two storage shelves beneath.

At $700, this is well out of the Ikea budget. But overall, a lasting piece that's worth the investment.

Flor - Martha Stewart Designs

I really love the idea of inexpensive customizable rugs. Flor's been doing them for quite some time (at 19.7" x 19.7 per tile), their prices range from $4 a square foot to...maybe $6 a square foot?

Martha Stewart just added a host of designs to their already robust offerings. Obviously I'm in love.

They're offensively easy to install. Much like putting a post-it, anywhere. Even wall-to wall jobs seem like an after-school project.

Choose any six tiles as samples, for $5.

Ed Freeman: Desert Reality

Ed Freeman's Desert Reality reminds me of the days when photographers had to wander around and wait for the perfect lighting to get the perfect shots. Take that, Photoshopers.

$15 on Half.com. 80 pages of wonder, any of which should be framed.

Apple's New Keyboard

A side shot of Apple's new aluminum keyboard. Wireless option available, in case you felt like cuddling with it at bed time.

Which I will be.

Numbers

New addition to Apple's iWork - Numbers. Spreadsheets the Mac way. In true Mac form, Numbers makes Excel beautiful, simple and personal, all while retaining and enhancing functionality. I highly encourage Mac users to look over the Numbers Product Overview.

There's even a host of tutorials for...our parents. At $79 the iWork suite is a steal, and it's compleatly compatible with Word / Excel / Powerpoint Documents.

Download a 30-Day Free Trial of iWork.

The new iMac

Need I say more? Her slogan, "You can never be too thin, or too powerful," should be on my headstone. A total redesign from the ground up, and a price drop! She starts at $1,199 for a 20-Inch (which is what the 17-Inch used to cost). That's not factoring the Education discount, students and teachers, or the company discount you may be entitled to. Ask your benefits specialist, and expect 10%. No reason to buy this without a student discount - everyone knows a student, or has a student ID card. If you by via the online education store, you may not even need ID.

I actually gave them my report card when buying my last iPod.

She's packing iLife '08, unrealistically incredible software for all of your photo, movie, web making needs.

My boyfriend is a big "Dell Value" proponent. We went through Dell's website packing on the new iMac's features onto their smallest CPU computer (taking up my desk space?) and came out even - He had equated "Microsoft Works" to "iLife + iWork", which is an embarrassing lie. And then, oops, we forgot to add the incredible web cam. Winner: iMac, best computer on the market.

I'm waiting till October when Leapord comes to to buy mine.

Sperry Top-Siders

I love these shoes (on men). Restoration Hardware has a few pairs left in Size 9 - $19.99.