Online - March 20, 2006

Love Me Ten-der

Ten Under $10

You have your cheap drunks, cheap dates, cheap tricks.

But cheap doesn’t have to be a bad thing. We offer a new way to view it with ten delightful items for less than a tenner.

Accent your pad with ceramic Egglings, which crack open to sprout a variety of herbs. In the kitchen, sleek, white plastic plates from Crate & Barrel will outlast your (already) broken china collection.

No need for a fancy-shmancy, five-course French dinner. Fauchon rose petal preserves add class to any meal, while a L’Anis de Flavigny candy puts other after-dinner mints to shame.

Restock your office drawers with hilarious (or offensive, you decide) erasers and the mother of all rubber bands. A roll of lively patterned wrapping paper and iPod stickers are wonderful cubicle decorations that will set you back only a few.

Treat yourself to adorable animal earrings, which feature dangling pandas, kitties, or chickens. Then sit back and relax with a Twinkie burrito.

We hope we managed to convince you.

But enough from us. Because apparently talk is cheap, too.