Whilst I was slogging it away at the day job, the boyfriend called to say that I had two parcels arrive for me at home. I was expecting my gorgeous new fascinator from Imogen's Imagination (more on that later) but for the life of me I couldn't work out what the other one was! I was actually wondering if I had ordered something and completely forgotten about it! I have been known to spend money like it's going out of fashion but to not even remember...that was a little worrying!
I refused to let the boyfriend open the package (maybe I bought something for him and forgotten about it??) so it had to wait until I got home! And when I got home I was very confused indeed...there was a package...addressed to me...and I still couldn't work out what it was...
Well no wonder I didn't remember buying anything...I didn't order this!
Inside the mystery package were two gorgeous candles from the fabulous Cards and Candles for All Occasions! Who you may remember from a previous blog post :) The wonderful Laura sent me two candles to cheer me up because she knows I've been a wee bit down lately! How lovely?!
I have to say that, before even opening the candles, they smelt gorgeous! And with the wrapper off...simply divine! The strawberry (blue) candle is beautifully sweet and fruity and the chocolate cake (black) smells like sumptuous home-baked yumminess!
Here is the strawberry candle in action! Now the candle had been burning for around 3 minutes when this picture was taken, the scent was instantly intensified and quickly filled the room. One thing I did notice was how little of the candle had melted..I think these candles have some serious burning time!
I also love that they're square! Something a little bit different from the norm and very pretty! Unfortunately I couldn't find my candle plates (appear to be lost in the moving house abys!)and so had to use a crème brule pot instead! Serves a purpose right?
I'm so grateful for Laura for this treat! Cheered me right and up and will make mine and the boyfriends new home smell gorgeous for hours on end :)
You can grab yourself some of these beautiful treats from Cards and Candles for All Occasions :)
I'm sure I'll be buying a few some time in the near future!
On a side note...do you like my retro telephone in the background? Was a birthday treat from my fabulous boyfriend! :)
Soooo glad that you liked your surprise... as you said, we knew you'd been feeling down and just wanted to cheer you up, definitely sounds like it worked!! Fab!!!
ReplyDeleteTake care lovely, and thank you for the fab blog review :)
Love Laura xxx