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Redfin: The Greatest Real Estate Website Ever
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The 2010 Gift Wrapping Challenge
In 2009, a friend and I successfully met a challenge to wrap all gifts with alternatives to new gift paper and gift bags. Here are the results of the challenge, along with a few ti