Some random pictures and today's scent

I have lots of goodies today! 

Let's start with some pictures that I have taken in the last few days. 

Sunrise, sunrise!

I captured this beautiful sunrise one morning as I was walking out the door to take Cyn to the bus stop.  That is surprising in itself, because I don't even think I had touched coffee yet that morning, lol. 

 These next ones are a few of the deer that wander around.  This one had lost his velvet no too long ago.

Slurp!

 As you can see, they like to come up and drink the water from our water container for the dog and outside cats as well as the rain barrels when they have enough in them. 

Refreshing!

  Haha!  I got him licking his lips!

 This one just decided to lay down and take a rest. Sounds like a plan to me!

Love Birds 16 oz

 Now, onto the scent of the day!  Since I was home all day working on my last Cost Accounting exam and starting on the project for that class, I decided I would light up a candle.  After seeing a post on the CBV Addicts Unite FB page about Love Birds in soap form, I was inspired to light my candle of that scent.  I love the soap as well!  This scent is a CAS created by Tina and Kayla and let me tell you, it is amazing! This one has been added to the regular scent list, so you can order it without doing a CAS now.  It is a mix of Love Spell ( a Victoria Secret dupe, fruity and citrus) and Birds of Paradise (strawberries & cream with other goodies).  Even though pomegranate is not in either description, that is what it smells like, mixed with strawberries, vanilla, musk.. and just goodness! 

Love Birds soap!

 The towel you see under my candle is the lovely "Keep Calm" towel I won on the FB page, made by the lovely BG Chin Taylor.  I love it!  It is a great reminder when I get stressed just to take a breath, enjoy my CBV, and calm down.  Plus, it is embroidered with my favorite color.. royal purple!



Jeez.. this was a long post!  Sorry about that, but I hope you enjoyed it none-the-less. 

Last but no least, please take a moment to send thoughts to those affected by Sandy on the East Coast.  It was amazing to see all the outpouring of love and concern today on the CBVAU FB page as well as on The Pouring Pot.  I am so proud to be a part of a community like that.  Hugs and best wishes to all!

Champagne Pomegranate

Fruity and fizzy!  That are the words I would use to describe this scent.  This fragrance is described as a blend of pomegranate and fizzy pop. 

This smells like you just popped the top off of a bottle of pomegranate ginger ale.  This is a really fun frangrance... and what is even cooler is that you can get this in soap as well.

 
The picture of the soap is not the best picture... sorry about that.  The one at the  Candles By Victoria website is much better!  I do think I like it better in candle form, but I know it is one of Cynthia's favorite soaps.. and I do love the look of it! 

Cashmere

Sorry for the delay... I would have posted this yesterday, but for some reason I couldn't get blogger to pull up for me.  I would just get a blank page.  Anywho.... last night I started melting Cashmere from CBV. 
The description for this scent is a sensual, exotic blend of saffron, pimento berries, while pepper, a blend of floral, patchouli, and vanilla. 

Even though this is not a favorite for me, I have to say that it does make a nice bedroom scent.  It is one of the powdery scents... probably from the patchouli.. but it is not overpowering in the least.  Every once in a while, I pick up a scent that reminds me of black licorice even though anise is not listed in the description.  I can't really pick out any of the other scents except for some really light floral notes... maybe gardenia?  If you enjoy soft, powdery scents, I think you would like this one. 

Gold/Silver Glitter Tureen - Peace

Today was cold and gloomy, so it seemed like the perfect time to light up my glitter tureen! 

This candle is 22 oz and the glitter is the gold and silver mix.  You can get these in any fragrance, even a CAS, and in many different colors and kinds of glitter.  I got this in Peace, one of my all time favorite scents.  I cannot be without this fragrance!  I have it in crumbs also, lol.  If you haven't tried it, you should.  I know there are some that do not like it, but it is on the favorites list of many as well.  It is really hard to describe... a bit earthy/musky, a bit citrus, but not the typical citrus that you find in scents.  It is SO comforting! 

Until my next scent review, I will leave a candle burning for you!

Cozy up with Caramel Latte

Tonight's scent is Caramel Latte.  It is pretty much what the description says it is..... the aroma of a fresh brewed cappuccino, with heavy cream and sweetened with caramel.

 This is not one of my favorite coffee scents, but it is pretty good. 

Gotta share these squirrel pics!

I finally got a few great pictures of one of the black squirrels that scurry around here.  I just love their tufted ears!  We have two black inside cats and one black outside cat, so seeing one of these out of the corner of your eye makes you think it might be one of the cats, lol. 

Getting a drink of water

Look at those ears!  So stinking cute!

Hope you enjoy the pics... I can add taking photographs to my addictions!

Create-A-Scent: Glass Slippers

Yesterday was a stressful day for me.  I have been working on budget variances in my cost accounting class.  I had planned on getting around to taking my next exam yesterday but that didn't happen because I was having such a hard time grasping how to calculate all these different variances using different methods.  The good news, is that after all that stress and wanting to just sit down and cry, I took my test this morning with a fresh head, and made a 100%!  Yay!  Two more chapters, one more exam and a project and this class will be behind me.  Before I started my test this morning, I decided it was a candle type of day.
                                   

The candle I chose to light is a CAS (16 oz jar) I ordered  a while back called Glass Slippers.  I don't think this is part of the regular line of scents, so you have to order it as a CAS.  It was created by Summer and is a mix of Vanilla Bean Noel and Sexy in Stilettos.  VBN is a creamy, sweet marshmallow type of scent while Sexy in Stilettos is a perfume-like fragrance similar to Pink Sugar and Love Spell.  These two mix beautifully and I think Glass Slippers is perfect name.  :)