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One couple's massage costs $360 for 2 hrs, so we've split up the cost.

We love how versatile these serving trays are, and we can already envision various sushi spreads, dim sum brunches, or tapas displays on these trays.

It may be a lot, but this tent will last a lifetime and shield us in all 4 seasons anywhere from the Boundary Waters to Patagonia. (It's also just 3 lbs!)

More than 296 people bought this, and not a single one gave it a one or two star review! We're so excited to see how these revolutionize our cooking.

Lydia's dad had a tradition of making pancakes for the family every Saturday morning, and she wants to carry this on to her own family in the future.

Since cooking is one of our favorite activities together, we've done our research on cookware sets and found this one offers the best value and best results. We know it's expensive, so we've enabled group-gifting. You can chip in without needing to coordinate with other people.

These can openers are incredible. If you haven't tried one, we highly recommend them.

No longer is a salad spinner just something that takes up space! OXO has made this one a salad bowl/salad spinner combo. Cool, right?

These would be for our fancier dinners...

These dishes would be for everyday use. Lydia's mom used corelle dishes, and since they're lighter, tougher, and more compact, we thought they could be great as a starting dinnerware set.

We have one set of the Lincoln flatware, and we want to add one more set to enable us to eat a meal with more than 2 friends (should we have more than that).

This has it all -- spray, steam, vertical steam... Ray is really excited about this one.

Ray is really excited about this sleeve board...

This is Lydia's top item. Having witnessed how easy her parent's Dyson makes the chore, she's hoping to start out marital bliss on the right foot with at least one chore that's easy to volunteer for on the regular.