A Surprise On My Front Porch!

No, it's not a baby in a blanket. It's not even a basket of puppies. It's a box full of fun Christmas surprises from my sweet friend Dawn!! This box actually came before Christmas but I wanted to post about it because it brought me so much joy. It was full of thoughtful, little gifts she knew we would all love. Here's a sample of my gifts. I've been collecting snowman ornaments forever and she never forgets.

Aren't they cute? She always manages to find ones I've never seen before. She also sent these pretty candle holders.

And these sweet candles that I'll probably never open because I wouldn't want to ruin them!

Now, somehow (wink) she's found out I love nail polish.

One of them had a special note attached.

So I looked...

Aaaww! I miss you too, Dawn!! You want to know something kind of amazing? I didn't have any of these colors. You can bet I will be blogging about them very soon on my special little nail blog. Actually, I already blogged the Fergie one! Click this. There were lots of nice, fun gifts in our box and it was so fun for all of us to open them. So thank you to my lovely friend, Dawn! Here's to a wonderful New Year full of (good) surprises for everyone! Taniya

Gold Canyon Candle Party

I know all of you have heard of Tupperware parties, right? And maybe some of you have even been to some sort of jewelry party or maybe Mary Kay. But a CANDLE party? Well, I had never been to a candle party. Had never known of such a thing...until I heard of this Gold Canyon Candle party a friend of mine was hosting. I walked in and the whole house was full of amazing scents! Her counters were covered with samples in categories like "masculine" and "fruity", and there was a whole group that smelled like my favorite...FOOD! Not food like steak and potatoes, oh no, but Toasted Coconut Macaroon and Toffee Drizzled Popcorn! Oh yeah! There were so many I liked I couldn't decide on just one. So I didn't. I bought three! And they have arrived so I can show you.

This giant one is Salted Caramel. I can't even tell you how yummy this is! I could just lick it, but I won't! Next, I got tea lights in Brown Sugar Cookie.

I light just one of these teeny things and BAM! it smells like I've been baking all day. Quite lovely. Now number three you might think is a bit strange. It was in the "Masculine" section but reminded me of growing up in Orange County with our horses because this scent is called Leather.

It smells like saddles and bridles and cowboy boots and is just great! Kinda funny they're all brown. Hee hee! I have already decided that if I go to another Gold Canyon party I'm going to get some summery scents like Sparkling Apricot or Ginger Lime. So if you haven't ever heard of this company and want to check them out, they have a website.
Here's to a brown sugar cookie scented day! See you next time. Taniya