In the Words of Zorg

I don't know if many of you have seen The Fifth Element.  It's an awesome movie with Bruce Willis, Milla Jovovich and Gary Oldman.  Oldman plays Zorg.  Jean Baptiste Emmanuel Zorg.  I'm a huge fan of the movie and every now and then one of the lines is incredibly appropriate.  For instance, in the words of Mr. Zorg, villain extraordinaire:

"I am Very Disappointed!'

Remember my lovely granite?  The granite that I ordered for my kitchen.  Okay, not granite but paper that looks like granite?

Yeah... so when I received it, it was quite definitely not 1/12 scale as the listing suggested.  I was distinctly unthrilled.

So I set the paper aside and was grateful I hadn't spent a lot of money on it, and started looking for alternatives.  And today I went to Home Depot and took a look at their tile, the adhesive kind that you just press on. 

I think I've found my kitchen counters though I've got a couple contenders.  The marble is nice but a bit stark and I want some warmth to the kitchen.

This is more of a stone look, but they didn't have anything that looked like my granite except actual granite or quartz and I wasn't willing to pay for that.  It has some movement to it and it's still light looking.

The two above are full sized tiles. I couldn't find sample pieces of them.  The next ones are some sample pieces.  I like how warm the first one is... though I'm not sure about the texture.

The pattern isn't as obvious in this one, but it's the lightest one besides the marble.  I might have to go to Lowes tomorrow and see if I can find some other samples.

So...disappointed but I'm working on it.

Any thoughts?  I'd love some opinions or additional sources.  I'm just not willing to buy a box of tile so I can use one.  I have to draw the line somewhere right?

Thanks for listening!