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Hard to Step In, Easy to Wear

Picture this: A small gift box is left for you by that special someone. You open the lid, peer inside, and find ...moose dung?

It may not be romantic. It may even be disgusting. But at Grizzly's Gifts, in Anchorage, Alaska, it's selling like crazy. Although moose dung has never been a favorite outdoors, it has proved surprisingly profitable indoors. Here are just a few popular-selling items: tie tacks, perfume, and — inhale deeply now — lip balm. It's the earrings, however, that are all the rage.

Claims store manager Cathy Jackson: "These moose-poop earrings are truly enticing — not just for holidays, but for all times of the year. People just love them!"

The dried and shellacked brown nugget earrings are attractively set on a card reassuring customers that they are "genuine" (no artificial dung for you). Each pair sells for $1.50 to $2.95, depending on size. According to records, Grizzly's sells between 10,000 to 20,000 pairs a year. No bull.

Undercover Gardening

For those of you who spend considerable time pushing a wheelbarrow around, here's something to make your life a little easier—a lightweight, reinforced wheelbarrow cover.

"The Professional Gardener's Wheelbarrow Cover," is designed to help protect your valuable materials from all sorts of weather. So you can leave fertilizer mixture outside and remain carefree if it rains. So you can store home project materials and dry loads of firewood outside during the winter. And, most importantly, so you don't have to run outside at 3 A.M. during a hailstorm to bring your tools inside. To order, send $9.95 plus $1.50 shipping and handling to "The Loft Collection," 123 Randall Rd., Berlin, MA 01503.

Just Say No to Outrageous Cages

Is your pet simply not satisfied with handfuls of treats or extra—long walks? Well, now you can purchase Spot his own luxury abode. A Pennsylvania-based company has manufactured the chic PetCondo.

The selection ranges from the "Efficiency unit" ($329) all the way up to the "Highrise" ($695). The "Suite" ($495) features a first floor powder room (that's a litterbox to you and me). Your puppy or iguana will thrill to such style options as skylight panels, and/or personalized nameplates. (They come in peach, almond, teal, mauve, or wedgewood blue—you know how finicky animals can be.)

So rent out Spot's doghouse and start pricing condos; if you're lucky, maybe he'll invite you over sometime.

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