America's Next Top Model winner

Well, it was a Battle of the Blondes last night as Tyra Bank's announced America's Next Top Model is 21 year old CariDee from Fargo, North Dakota. After Eugena was eliminated in the first half hour, CariDee and Melrose faced off in an outdoor fashion show featuring ghost brides. While neither of them were any of my favorites this Cycle, I am glad CariDee beat the superficial and rather annoying Melrose. CariDee made her first live appearance as the ANTM winner on Regis and Kelly this morning where she revealed that she actually won way back on June 10th, but had to return to her normal life and keep everything a secret until the show aired on the new CW network last night.

Please cover your mouth while you watch this...

Moving past the whole Clay Aiken thing, the new reason to tune in to Regis and Kelly in the morning are the segments they are featuring on inexpensive gift ideas. Today, they had some unique ideas for hostess gifts that are bargain alternatives to your traditional bottle of wine. One that I thought that was rather clever was taking a decorative glass bottle of olive oil (which could be found at stores like Pier 1, a long-time favorite of mine) and wrapping it in a new decorative dish towel. Both clever, and functional, and in the end, quite a bargain!