Happy Holidays (and if you're reading this on Friday, happy Festivus for the Rest of Us)! We'll be back on Tuesday.
In the meantime, feel free to talk about whatever you like: what perfume you’re wearing today, what you're cooking (or eating) over the holidays, anything at all.
Or, ask a question about fragrance, then see if anyone else has asked a question that you can answer…
Note: top image is Silent Night [cropped] by Roy Harryman at flickr; .
I just put on Wings of Flame, a perfume oil from Alkemia. On my skin the most obvious scent is a very realistic coffee. So if anyone wants to smell like coffee you might try Alkemia. Seriously though, Alkemia’s perfume oils last a very long time on my skin and have decent silage.
Alkemia is great, I have their Yellow Book and I get compliments whenever I wear it.
Thanks for the tip! I’ve been hunting for a coffee scent. ☕️
Thanks for the info. Not familiar with Alkemia but will have to check out Wings of Flame – I ❤️ coffee scents!
I am wearing Black Cashmere which is always perfect for extremely cold weather (currently -7°F in Denver). Fortunately, my flight to Texas is on Christmas and it should warm up by then so hopefully no flight cancelation for us
You smell wonderful, what a great perfume. Hope your travel is smooth..
Very good luck, hope the flight takes off as planned! And of course you smell fantastic.
Have a safe and smooth trip!
Good luck getting out of DIA!
Almost scent twins. Black Cashmere is one of my go-to’s when it is really cold and it was 15 this AM. But at the last second I reached for Heeley Cardinal.
I’m wearing Spell 125. One last package to wrap up and I’m done. Glad to be having a quiet werkend at home.
Lucky you! We were out last night and then will be out of town Sunday and Monday. As always, I’d rather be home in my slippers.
Enjoy your quiet weekend and hope you have a wonderful holiday!
Happy Holidays everyone!
Wearing Rosendo Mateu’s No 5 (how he got away with that name is beyond me) and for all its hype online, it’s really just a nice (slightly floral) vanilla.
“Chanel No. 5” is a trademark but possibly “No. 5” isn’t. (I do know many other brands skip the number though.)
I thought it was pleasant but not hype-worthy as well.
Happy holidays, all!
We were out this morning getting the provisions for Christmas dinner (although we don’t really celebrate the holiday in any meaningful way, but a nice meal is a nice meal). Now I’m in Parfum d’Hermès extrait, probably my favourite scent of all time, one of those oversized chypre orientals I associate with the eighties: it actually has a sort of Christmasy vibe to it — the red-and-gold box, the rose-and-incense plushness of it, like sitting in front of a fireplace on a fur rug.
Great description, and you do smell magnificent!
We were grocery shopping this morning too, it was a madhouse!
That sounds like a gorgeous scent.
I’m wafting Memoirs of a Trespasser this morning, after a rather sleepless night. Between the howling wind and a low-battery chirp in our security system going off hourly, I might have gotten a solid 2 hours. 😒 But this too shall pass, as my mother has told me repeatedly over the years. Merry Christmas Eve Eve, everyone!
Ugh, hope you get fantastic sleep tonight SheriG!
Those chirps are the WORST.
They ARE. They don’t bother Mr. G because he’s a bit hard of hearing. I don’t know whether to be relieved about that or mad at him for it. 😆
I hope you have an extremely peaceful night tonight!
Urgh, those chirps!! They always start up at the worst possible time too. I hope you’ll sleep extra deeply tonight!
ARGH! Those stupid low battery chirps always happen at the most inconvenient time. Or it is the detector in the most inaccessible place. What a total pain.
Wearing Chanel no 5 edp today. Roads are icy and I am at work. Will be getting some stocking stuffers when I get off work since I work at a grocery store.
Hope you get home safely, Dawn… it is getting really cold here.
Have a safe trip home!
Yes drive safe, and you smell great! Love wearing Chanel No. 5 at Christmastime because when I was growing up, my dad would often buy my mom a bottle for christmas so it just smells like the holidays to me.
Love No. 5. May have to wear it this weekend sometime.
You smell fabulous! I haven’t owned a bottle of No. 5 and you and others have convinced me that I’m missing out…so I’m waiting for a mini bottle in the mail. Thank you for the inspiration and I hope you enjoy your holidays!
Wearing Mitsouko today. Has anyone checked out the brand Snif? They seem to have unusually reasonable prices. Not that I need more perfume, but I am always curious.
I purchased two of their perfumes, both blind. One I absolutely hated (the Harry Hudson one) and one I love (Pacifico). I’d buy another bottle of Pacifico if I could. They were limited editions and didn’t come with the option to sample, unfortunately. My friend has two of their regular-line scents and really likes them. (I think she has Sweet Ash and Way with Woods?).
Wearing Replica By the Fireplace. I have a travel spray but stumbled over a sample I could thunk , yay. I’m going to pay more attention to working through my samples and decants.
I want to sit on my heated porch and watch the snow but all the windows are frosted over. We have to get new storm windows!
Enjoy your day, everyone:)
A heated porch sounds lovely!
Happy holidays, one and all! I’ve been cooking non-stop for days, it seems, but now I am done. (Nearly.) I even got the presents wrapped yesterday, so today will actually be a quiet day. Tomorrow evening is our big holiday celebration, looking forward to that, for sure! But the best news (you will understand) is that I finally got my winter perfumes out of the basement so I can be properly scented, yessss.
Hope everyone stays safe and warm!
😀 Love all of this!
Hooray for finishing holiday cooking and reuniting with winter perfumes!
Happy holidays, Pixel!
And I forgot to say what I’ve been wearing! Yesterday’s SOTD was Guerlain AA Winter Delice. Today, Theorema. Tomorrow will be AG Nuit Etoilee; I always dither about what to wear for the big get-together and then end up with Nuit Etoilee so I might as well skip the dithering and just admit that this is my Xmas Eve scent.
Great choice, I may join you! I normally wear Nuit de Noel but I’m up for something different.
A quiet day after all the holiday hubbub is A Very Good Thing!
Best news ever! The winter perfumes can take their rightful place in the inimitable, the legendary, PERFUME CABINET!
Have a wonderful gathering tomorrow!😊
Yay for all your jolly preparations! You and your house will smell wonderful!
🎶 Reunited and it smells so good! 🎶
Congrats on getting your cooking done, reacquainting yourself with your winter perfumes and celebrating the holidays with your family!
Happy Holidays! Wearing CdG Avignon. One more hour at work and on my way home. I am glad for the long holiday weekend. We are off on Monday. We will have a very early, quick simple Christmas dinner tomorrow evening in my apartment. There is a mix of deep sadness and gratitude for our holidays this year. We will try our best to make it as joyful as possible for mom, since this will be her last with us. I am planning to start wrapping presents tonight and probably watch a holiday movie on tv. Looking forward to a quiet Christmas day. Stay warm and safe, everyone!
I hope your celebration is wonderful. Sending warm hugs to you during a difficult time.
Sending warm 🤗🤗 to you and wishing you peace ☮️.
Peace and love to you and your family.
Merry Christmas, M! Best to you and your family.
Holding good thoughts for you on this bittersweet Xmas. Hugs.
I hope you enjoy and soak in every moment. Not easy, but just to know your mother will be with you this Christmas is a gift she is giving you. I’m sorry it is so difficult. Bittersweet.
You do smell perfect for the season!
Holding you close in my heart as you celebrate this holiday with your beloved mother.
I will sure be thinking of you and your mother. I am on my second Christmas without my mother. Miss her so much. Love her up💕 Make memories to hold onto.
Wearing your Dame Honeysuckle today. Very nice and thanks again for the freebies!
Hugs. Your comment about your Mom’s last Xmas with you made me tear up. Definitely bittersweet.
Sending more hugs❤️
I hope you spend a peaceful and special time together and find moments of joy during a bittersweet time
I’m keeping you and your family in my thoughts as you celebrate the holidays together. Sending you hugs.
I’m in vintage Coco parfum and enjoying it thoroughly. Still wrapping and cooking. A bit tense today due to the ice here (thin layer of ice on EVERYthing) and family trying to get to our house. I feel like my sons are not taking it seriously but it’s a mess out there and we live at the bottom of a very long and steep hill. Buses are not even running. We are supposed to warm up this afternoon so that will help.
I know this has been a crazy storm for all. Please take care!
Fingers crossed for your sons to arrive without incident!
Hope they are there safely very soon! Our temps are plummeting even as I type this, glad yours are warming up.
I hope everyone arrives safely!
I can totally understand being a bit tense. I hope they all arrive safe and sound!
I hope everyone arrives safe and sound, ready to enjoy the amazing feast you’ve lovingly prepared❤️
You smell lovely. I hope everyone gets home safely and that you all enjoy the holiday.
Prayers for safe travels.
Hope that everyone is now at your place safe and sound!
It’s a mellow day. I went to yoga and the bagel shop this morning, and am now drinking tea and listening to the wind. SOTD is the fabulous Oliver Peoples.
I think I may look for a perfumed Christmas present from me to myself.
Everyone stay safe and warm!
Oohh… what perfumes are in the running?
Seconding lillyjo!
Sounds like a great idea! You will know exactly what to get for yourself.😊
You smell great, looking forward to hearing about your fragrant gift to yourself.
This whole day plus possible gift to self sounds wonderful.
I am wearing Balenciaga Quadrille vintage perfume , I find it Christmas time appropriate, smells amazing.
I have so much to do, i cleaned the house today, tomorrow i will cook. My daughter is baking Basque cheesecake today. The weather is crazy, it snowed last night, it is raining right now , luckily I don’t have to go out .
Sounds like crazy weather in SO many places! Glad you don’t have to go out.
Stay warm and safe! That cheesecake sounds yumly.
I’m in Glossier You, because sistine wore it yesterday.
We were negative 11 when I got up and have now warmed to a balmy negative 5. The sun is out though, so at least we have a few rays coming in through the windows.
It’s another day of hunkering down. Maybe I’ll get my daughters to bake some Christmas cookies. Tonight I’ll make chicken and dumplings, which is one of my favorite comfort foods.
Stay safe and warm my perfume friends! Happy Holidays!🎄
I haven’t figured out what we will have for dinner tonight but yours already sounds better!
I think I am at -10 windchill.
Stay warm!
Good day for working over the oven! Your food plans sound delicious.
Chicken and dumplings is one of the perfect “hunkering down” foods. Glad that everyone is at your place safe and sound now.
I stayed home from work today. All retail is still open. All trying to get those last minute Christmas dollars. The roads are all ice but checking the live road condition cameras shows people out and about. I’m still not sure if I will go to work tomorrow.
Thanks to a generous nster I am trying Chanel No.5 body cream.
It is very fragrant. I don’t even need perfume. It seems pretty moisturizing too.
As usual my daughter is impatient for Christmas day. I gave her one present this morning and she will get one tomorrow.
Merry Christmas Lillyjo!
Merry Christmas!
It is good to “see” you!
No5 and the ancillary products are always a good choice for Xmas/New Year.
Stay warm.
It’s my first try of an ancillary product by Chanel. I hope to try more.
So glad you are home safe, I just found a mini of Chanel No. 5 body cream in my fridge, need to try it out.
Does the refrigerator make it last longer?
Most definitely. They will last for many years in the fridge.
The body cream is great. I wore the Coco Noir body cream yesterday. You really don’t need to add perfume.
Another cream I need to try!
Yes, you do. It is wonderful!
Merry Christmas lillyjo! Glad that you are hunkered down at home.
My brother and I were allowed to open 1 gift late on Christmas Eve as kids. We had to wait until Christmas proper to open everything else and get goodies in our stockings. That did not prevent my brother from waking up one year at oh-dark-hundred, opening up and plugging in the Atari video game, playing it for about an hour, and then waking me up to join in the fun. We let our parents sleep in.
Oh my brother and I were very good at getting up early and sneaking peeks.
I can’t believe yours actually started playing! Lol.
We had the exact same tradition. My parents would steer us to a gift that would keep us occupied and out of their hair.
Stockings were a big favorite for us. Even my “kids” in their 20’s get stockings. Surprising also how those little items add up in cost.
A very Merry Christmas to you, lillyjo!
Merry Christmas allo!
SO happy you stayed home and off the roads! No last minute dollars are worth injuries to people and/or their cars. Hope you and your family have a warm and cozy holiday! 🎄
Thanks Deva. I feel so guilty though. I’ve half talked myself into going tomorrow.
Wishing you safe travels, Robin, and a wonderful holiday when you get there!
SOTD is Guerlain Aqua Allegoria Winter Délice, my favorite December fragrance and, wow, does it ever fit the day! Glad I could smell the pine and 🌲 forest w/o going outside – it was -8 when I woke up and has warmed to -2 now. Luckily we only got about 2” of snow last night, which is blowing about wildly due to gusty winds – I think the windchill is -35. But we’ve had quite a few peeks of unpredicted ☀️today and I am grateful for that!
We’re having a low-key quiet holiday this year, which will be a nice change-of-pace. For various reasons, we’re skipping much of our traditional feasting/hosting this Christmas and going out for dinner that day with my son and family – so no one has to cook for once. 👍 I’ll be making another batch of kolaczki and my Hot Apple Cider Punch this afternoon but that’s it for me.
Last year my then 14-year old grandson requested Eau Sauvage as one of his presents which, of course I bought, so this year I put together a package of men’s fragrance samples for him, so we’ll see where that goes? Maybe he’ll become a ‘perfum-mister?’ 🤞
Wishing everyone a wonderful Christmas 🎅if you celebrate and a safe and warm weekend ahead!
Your perfume sounds lovely. Merry Christmas and stay warm!
Pine and resin, sugar and vanilla, Winter Délice always reminds me of a snowy walk in the wintry woods. I don’t remember where or when or why I bought it as it’s been d/c for a long time, just glad I did! I also smell a hint of spice and like to wear it layered over a ginger-vanilla body lotion to enhance that effect.
Thank you Laila! I envy your dinner out, I have angled for that quite a few times but my husband is too traditional.
I cannot imagine -8. We have dropped to 17 here, and supposed to drop to 8 in the middle of the night. Very unusual for this time of year.
Hope the grandson loves playing with the samples!
No one loves tradition more than me but sometimes it’s nice to take a break. I usually host a Polish Christmas Eve for my son’s family and DIL’s family from out of town, then he hosts dinner the next day for all of us. This year none of her family are coming in, and the kids have school and finals up to today (so does dad who’s a teacher), so I skipped the Christmas Eve supper to give them time to themselves and we’re going out to dinner tomorrow because they don’t have time to prepare. Works for me!
I think it’s a great idea! Hope you all have a great time.
The bomb cyclone has arrived, and I’m watching the blizzard outside. I have more of a Thanksgiving feeling, instead of Christmas: grateful for my warm house, for all my perfume, for the fact I don’t have to go out for the next few days. Looking forward to playing cards and eating cookies. Happy holidays to all!
Sounds perfect!
2nd that! Enjoy, SarahN.
Yay for not having to be out in the nasty weather!
Yours is about the best description of cozy I can imagine. Enjoy!
Staying in and eating cookies sounds perfect!
In vintage Joy for my christmassy mood. Feeling grateful and cozy on this cold, icy day.
Joy, how elegant.
I wish I still had my mother’s bottle from the 60’s but I’m grateful for my mini.
I’ve heard that vintage is the way to go with that one.
Definitely!
Love Joy!
Happy holidays to all, I hope everyone is staying safe and warm!
Off to the city today to have a late lunch and check out some shops and the holiday lights once it gets dark. Trying my best to lean into the festive mood and not my usual fear-of-crowds and dealing-with-parking negative voice! 😝
I’m testing out Radio Bombay from hajusuuri’s recent generous freebie. It’s very reminiscent of Escentric Molecules, modern sandalwood type scents. Very faint on me, maybe I’m slightly anosmic. I’ll definitely be wearing something else later today.
Good luck with the fear facing!
Hope it was a nice outing.
SOTD = Olfactive Studio Woody Mood
Woody amber patchouli! Matching the W in white to Woody!
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As I suspected, with the weather being the way it is, our family get-together moved from today to every date between tomorrow and January 3rd but we somehow managed to stick with today except 2 hours earlier. Hopefully, it wouldn’t be too bad. It did snow earlier but now it’s the wicked wind and the temps dropped from 40F to 25F in < 2 hours and it will keep going down by another 15 degrees by the time the day is over. I may now be text-damaged by almost 100 texts discussing the subject…
You smell great, love that one! Good luck with your family meal.
Hope your holiday meal goes off as planned!
Oh geez! Hope that things worked out for the best! Stay safe.
Hope you have a great time.
Stay safe!
Enjoy the time with your family!
My brother is here fir the holidays and we had carrots and parsnips for dinner. I baked an almond and apple cake, it’s cooling at the moment, I hope it’s good.
Vanira Moorea during the day, love that petitgrain and orange vanilla, it lasts but doesn’t project much, tonight I’m smelling Christmassy in I Profumi di Firenze Spezie de’ Medici, orange and cloves just like a pomander, it’s the concentrated version and a dab is enough.
Your supper sounds delicious, as well as your perfume!
Thank you Cazaubon, dinner turned up well.
Spezie de Medici is the perfect holiday fragrance! Have not had any in years and I should get another bottle.
Enjoy your time with your brother, Aurora!
The good news it, this one is firmly in production, the little bottle of concentrated is 10ml perfect for you, Robin.
Ah, thank you, forgot they did those!
Aw, enjoy spending the holidays with your brother!
Thank you Jalapeno, we’re now preparing for a pre-Christmas walk to the park.
Have a great holiday with your brother!
Thank you Lillyjo, enjoy your Xmas too, stay safe and warm.
Happy Holidays to you and your brother, Aurora!
Thank you so much, stay safe and warm.
What a wonderful gathering and fragrance!
Thank you allo, dinner turned out well, I was just recommending the spezie in 10ml concentrate to Robin who doesn’t have any left.
I’m wearing Une Nuit a Doha (for the third day in a row). I love this one around Christmas time.
Atlanta woke up to about 20F with a wind chill of 1F, but thankfully no ice on the roads. It’s otherwise a sunny, beautiful day.
You want to go for a walk but then you open the door and immediately change your mind about it, make some hot tea and help yourself to another slice of panettone.
Happy Holidays everyone!
Mmm, panettone – miss that.
YUM, panettone! 😋
I third the Pannetone! 😋
I have a chocolate cream-filled Panettone and a classic one calling my name already. I may join you with a slice in a few!
Happy Holidays and stay warm!
Happy Holidays to All!
Am wearing Coco Parfum from one of those Chanel parfum sets, I think this one is from the mid-90s or early 2000s, it has n.5, n.19, n.22, Coco & Allure parfum. I got it from ebay. n.19 is off, and the very first top notes of Coco and n.5 are a little wonky, but once the first minute passes it is fabulous 😀
That is neat to have a set with all those included.
A Chanel set sounds so fun! I hope you’re staying warm and safe in these icy conditions (if you’re here in Seattle for the holidays).
Stayed super safe and warm – was working too much so ended up staying inside during the whole mess. All the ice is gone now, thakn goodness! Now just to brave the grocery store for some last minute items and will be good to go!
Hope you were nice and safe and cozy too. What a messy mess!
I hope your grocery trip went well; I had a couple of produce items I needed, so got out before 8am. It wasn’t bad!
I’ve seen that set. It’s nice to have even if a little off.
We are at the edge of the dramatic polar whatever they are calling it. A little rain yesterday. 5 degrees when we got up which dropped down to 1 degree over the course of the morning and then started to rise again! I think we are up to about 6 degrees now. Maybe 3 inches of snow, some gusts of window, but overall not too bad here. My sister in Wyoming has -38 at her house yesterday, so I really feel like I can’t complain! Wearing VC&A Bois Iris (spell checker won’t let me put the other letter there -it keeps completing it with my husband’s name but you know what I mean. Woody and floral and sweet- perfume for the occasion! Which is two hours early release for the holiday, time to take a nap!
Winter in Wyoming is no joke. I’ve been there a couple of times. 🥶
The coldest I remember was 52 below. I was up in Yellowstone so that doesn’t really count. The worst was one time when the high temp was -13 below for 14 days in a row, with the lows much colder, of course. Everyone found out if their plumbing pipes really were 7 ft underground or not quite deep enough!
I made it through minus 40 in Denver a couple of times and really did not care for the experience! On the plus side, I still know how to layer for stupid cold temps.
Frozen pipes are a nightmare!
Lol! Yes you can always take a layer off if you need to, if you start with enough layers to begin with! And you might as well put the plumbing seven feet down, it is not going to hurt anything!
SOTD is Parfums de Nicolai which feels perfect for a cold, christmas-y day.
You smell great!
Happy Holidays!
It’s still below freezing here but thankfully, the wind has dropped and the expected freezing rain has been much less than predicted. I shoveled the driveway and now I’m making cookies to warm myself up and I’ll bring some to my friend’s house tomorrow. I’m wearing SL A la Nuit, Fils de Joie, and Sarrasins all at once, I was doing a comparison. One of the cats took a whiff of me and bolted for another room.
Sending Holiday Wishes that everyone has a warm and happy weekend.
I would LOVE to get a whiff of your jasmine vapor trail right now!
LOL. I would have loved to see the cat take off.
Ha! Humans think you smell great, cats make a run for it! Lol!
My kind of jasmine wearer! I’m envious of your Sarrasins and am hoping I can remedy that in Paris this summer. But I have A La Nuit and Fils de Dieu so I’m doing a double wrister in jasmine solidarity😊
We smell good!
😊
Seventeen degrees here, and the temp is still dropping like a rock. I did see a bit of snow earlier today, but I’ve seen more white stuff on a powdered sugar donut. I did not bother walking down to the mailbox today. Whatever is in there will be safe enough.
The cats have been parked on either their kitty cat heating pad, or the heat vents today.
SOTD = still in Cuir de Lancome. This one would definitely make my “Perfume Unicorn” list!
It is 17 degrees here right now and feeling -2. We also saw some flurries in the afternoon followed by almost an hour of sun. I hate the thought of having to go outside tomorrow morning when the real temps will be below zero, but I just realized that I don’t have enough wrapping paper! 😫
Oh no! What a bummer!
Thankful that we bought wrapping paper from Costco ages ago for that very reason.
What are a few others on your unicorn list?
YSL M7, Opium Fleur de Shanghai, and the original formulation of Samsara in the coffin bottle. I’m avoiding eBay for the time being.
Dear Jalapeno, I can send 10ml of FdS posted from France this summer, it will be a pleasure.
That would be wonderful! We can hammer out details as that time gets closer, OK?
Take care Jalapeno and Happy Holidays to you!
Thanks adanst! Happy Holidays to you!
Happy Holidays, jalapeño!
Happy Holidays to you!
Still reporting from the frozen tundra. Many interstates were closed the last few days with people stuck all over, but they are starting to open back up today.
Wearing Dame Honeysuckle from PL67 today. Very nice fragrance.
Will probably wear my best purchase this year for Christmas Eve which is FM Iris Poudre.
The 26th is my birthday. I got my name Kristi because I was born 30 minutes after Christmas. That day will be quiet for us and that is fine by me.
Have a happy holiday season friends and be safe out there.
Signing off from the frozen tundra 😊
Merry Christmas and Happy early Birthday!
Thanks Lillyjo.
Merry Christmas to you, Kris! 🎄⭐
Thanks Jalapeno.
Merry Christmas!
Thanks and I sure appreciate your freebies!
Enjoy them! 🌻
Merry Christmas and Happy Birthday, Kris! Iris Poudre is a great scent.
Thanks Gail. Yes, it is a great scent.
So glad you enjoy Iris Poudre,such a gorgeous perfume and perfect for the season.
Have a great festive season!
🤗🤗
Thanks so much JB.
Happy birthday and merry christmas! My husband was born on the 26th as well. 🙂
Happy Birthday to your husband as well!
Happy birthday tomorrow Kris.
Thank you Aurora.
Hope it was a wonderful birthday today Kris!!
I’m sporting La Couche du Diable by SL today.
Bitter cold last night with rain that fell and immediately turned to ice. A couple of staff members on their way in to work ended up in the ditch with (thankfully!) no injuries to their person. Cars fared worse. I came out around 3am to let doggo out and looked like a cartoon character trying to keep my balance- kind of like this:
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It has warmed up today and we’re are just getting some non-feeezing. Be careful out there folks!
Happy Holidays!
Ha! I’ve done that ice dance many times.
Stay safe and Happy Holidays!
Yikes! Glad that none of your coworkers were injured going into the ditch.
So glad it has warmed up and that you weren’t in a ditch!
Spending Christmas Eve morning in Alahine. My WORD, I should wear this more often — so gorgeous! I keep my bottle sequestered in parafilm and a ziplock because its sprayer has a tendency to leak/evaporate a bit, and I often forget I have it.
Our street is still a sheet of half-inch-thick ice right now, but we’re headed for a high of 45 so it should all be gone by this evening … which is good because our mailbox is across that ice and probably needs to be emptied! Stay safe and warm, everyone. 🧑🎄 ⛄️
Merry Christmas SheriG!
Stay safe and warm too!
Good luck with the ice and have a happy day!
Ugh! I am so surprised we don’t have more ice, and do hope yours is gone by now!
Happy Holidays SheriG!Stay safe and cozy!🤗🌹
Hope that your area thaws out completely today SheriG!
OMG! The wind this morning is fierce! Driving sheets of rain, thankfully it’s warmed up so no ice. Zipped to the beach just to see the majesty of it all, and now am in a very large area with NO trees! The flip side of that is no blocking the wind which is rocking my van just like a row boat on 20 foot seas! Thrilling weather, this! As long as I’m warm and dry…
Box of eels today for me. Happy Christa-Hana-Rama-Kwanza to all and Happy Festivus for the rest of us! T-Rex firmly believes God is a Dog. 🐶
Happy Holidays Deva!
Stay warm and dry!
Being by the sea in this weather sounds awe-inspiring, stay safe and toasty Deva.
Happy Christmas to you. Hope things don’t get too bumpy and your nest stays cosy.
Deva, Happy Festivus to you and T-Rex! Stay warm!
Have a good festive season Deva!
XO’s🌹🤗
Happy Holidays Deva! Stay safe and warm and good luck with your new assignment.
Yuck, wind! Happy Holidays Deva, and thank you for what you are doing.
Happy holidays, dear Deva! Stay safe and warm, and give T a snuggle for me. 🐶
Smelling good Deva!
I decided to stay home from work again today and am beating myself up it. It’s not even the snow so much but the ice.
Anyway I will be listening to my daughter ask for presents all day. Lol. This year I decided to let her pick out everything. I thought it would curb her curiosity and anxiousness, but it didn’t work. My sotd is No.5 L’eau. This is what snow should smell like.
Merry Christmas Lillyjo! Don’t beat yourself up but enjoy the extra time at home during such a stressful weather. You give so much of yourself to others at work and home so just relax all day and give yourself a big hug from me.
Merry Christmas Kanuka!
I know you are right. I will do my best to relax.
Hugs back to you!
Merry Christmas, Lillyjo! Enjoy the day off!
Merry Christmas!
You are smelling great in l’eau. Glad you stayed home, lillyjo! The icy roads make it worth not going out.
Merry Christmas to you and your family! I love that your daughter picked out her own gifts; does she know what you got her or were her choices just “suggestions”?
She knows everything she is getting, except a few ” boring things” that she needs but won’t care about. Her major present was her first phone. I gave that to her a few weeks ago.
Merry Christmas to you!
It is not worth beating yourself up about, enjoy the extra time!
Thanks Robin. It’s getting worse out again so I am feeling more like I made the right call.
Happy Holidays!
21:16 pm
XO’s🌹🤗
I need the regular o’clock time! Lol.
Happy Holidays!🌷
9:16 pm for those of us on the 12-hour clock. 😉
Thanks Jalapeno.. I am never going to be good at the conversion. Lol
Haha!I usually do a double-take just to be sure too!Haha!
07:21 am.christmas morning.
I love a good time log.
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You smell wonderful. May you and your family have a wonderful Christmas!
Thank you hajusuuri!
Merry Christmas!
I’m glad to hear that you stayed home. Ice is horrible to deal with on roads and in parking lots. Don’t stress about being safe!
Merry Christmas to you and yours!
Thank you. Merry Christmas!
Enjoy your day off, you deserve it! Better to be safe at home, the mad shoppers can manage without you. 🙂
Thank you, I am trying to enjoy it.
I was scrolling through the comments, hoping you’d be staying home. So glad you did! Echoing everyone else’s comments; wise choice to stay safe at home. Merry Christmas! 🎄🎁
Thank you!
Merry Christmas!
They should be beating THEMSELVES up for expecting workers to arrive during a bomb blast of North Pole nastiness! Enjoy your day off with your family and don’t waste a SINGLE minute thinking about the job. Your daughter’s lucky you are such a great mom! Mine went ballistic if we even rearranged the gifts under the tree. Lol!
Thanks for having my back Deva.
We can’t put presents under the tree. She can’t handle the pressure of just looking at them.
She’s trying to go to bed right now because she knows sleeping will bring Christmas faster. Lol.
One of favorite scents!
Happy Holidays!
I am so grateful for all your support this year, and I wish you all peace, health, hapiness and prosperity in the coming year.
Dear Glannys,
A merry Christmas to your mother and you and your cat, you handle your difficult situation with such grace.
Happy Holidays to you and I hope you have a peaceful day with your mum and cat.
Happy Holidays, Glannys!
Merry Christmas, Glannys. Wishing you, your mom and sweet Kora a peaceful season.
Happy Holidays!
Same to you Glannys,and Happy Holidays!
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Happy Holidays Glannys! Best wishes to you and your family for the upcoming year.
Happy holidays, Glannys!
Happy Holidays and a prosperous, healthy New Year to you Glannys!
Merry Christmas! Wishing you a happy holiday and new year!
Good to see you and hope you, mom, and kitty Kora have a heartwarming and peaceful holiday!
Happy Holidays to you and your mom and kitty, Glannys!
Happy holidays, Glannys! I know it’s nothing like home but the holidays are lovely in Sweden, so I hope you, your mom, and kitty are enjoying them as much as you can.
Merry Christmas Glannys!
Merry Christmas every one. It’s warm outside and I hope everyone facing the bitterly cold winter keeps safe and warm. We will take the dogs out for a bike ride up the hill and then come home and drink champagne on the deck I think. Might take a picnic to the park and sit under the gum trees. Wearing The Yard Next Door.
Yay – finally some better summer weather for you? Sounds like a lovely day.
Merry Christmas!
Enjoy your summer!🌞
That sounds so lovely!
Yay for Summer!
Your day sounds delightful!
Merry Christmas Kanuka! Sounds like a beautiful day.
Merry Christmas Kanuka!
Merry Christmas! Sounds like a perfect day.
Tea for Two for Christmas Eve. Sons made it safely and all is well. Grapefruit, cinnamon rolls and egg casserole for breakfast!
Oh – and we don’t eat that way every Saturday! 😀 We’re having a bit of an early Christmas as one couple is leaving this afternoon.
Merry Christmas!
I’m glad your sons made it safely!
Every year I plan on making an egg casserole and every year I forget.
So glad, and jealous of your breakfast!
Glad your family is safe!
Have a great festive season!
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Yay for having everyone arrive safely!
Hopefully their return trips will be uneventful.
Glad they got home safe!
Glad everyone made it safely and a good time is being had by all🌲❤️
Thank you, everyone, for all your kind words yesterday. They are always very soothing and comforting.
Next year I will make sure that I get enough wrapping paper to last me for years. I just came back from outside and it is brutally cold. Feeling minus 3 degrees right now.
I am commando right now, but I am thinking about wearing Chanel Coromandel tonight.
Wishing you all a warm, safe happy, and healthy day! 🎄
Perfect fragrance for tonight. I was thinking of wearing that too, but then decided on FM Iris Poudre for today.
I have worn Iris Poudre for Christmas day before and it is gorgeous! Very classy! You will smell amazing!
I picked up something like 10 rolls at Ikea last year! They will last me. But I had to go out today anyway so if it isn’t one thing it’s another.
Enjoy the rest of the holiday!
Thank you, Robin!
I have decided to grab more wrapping paper when they get discounted next week. I may forget next year that I don’t have enough and have the same problem again! 😕
Happy Holidays M!
Huuuuugs!
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Happy Holidays to you too, J B! 💕
Have a wonderful celebration!
Thank you, Hajusuuri!
Glad that you are back inside where it’s warm! I had a quick trip outside to check the mailbox and throw out the cat poops. That was enough for me. 🥶🥶🥶
Happy Holidays and Merry Christmas to those who celebrate!
I am on standby this holiday weekend,and we have been quite busy since thursday with emergency OR cases.
I plan to catch up on sleep tomorrow.
Wearing Reine du Volcan from Wick today,almost at thunking and this one shall definitely be replaced with a fb!
Rest well,eat well and keep warm up north,I saw on the news it is brutal in the US!
Summer so far has been very wet and quite mild,but still very pleasant.
Love you guys!
XO’s
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We love you, too J B! ❤️🎄
Happy Holidays!
We love you too!
Happy Holidays JB! Hope you get some rest.
Happy Holidays JB! Hopefully you won’t get called in this weekend.
Merry Christmas JB!
Thanks for all you do JB!
Happy Holidays! Hope you can rest from your holiday labors soon❤️
Thank you all for the messages!
Christmas morning,07:17 am.
Beautiful clear day,sunny blue sky.
Breakfast will be oatmeal with honey and almond milk.
At least no power cuts today either,which has been a nightmare this past year.
Thankful.
XO’s🌹🤗✌🏻🕯️🎄
Merry Christmas!
Oh, so nice that they’re sparing you the power cuts! Learning to navigate those was an experience, and we were only there a week. Now we’re in the UK and learning to navigate train cuts due to the strikes. Everyone’s got something, it seems! 🙂
Happy holidays!
Merry Christmas JB, a day late! It is already boxing day here, and that is done and dusted and I am in pjs & slippers 🙂
Happy Holidays and Merry Christmas, everyone! I’m actually sitting down for a late lunch, a turkey and Swiss sandwich.
Been happily busy in the kitchen today, making pickled onions, beans and an applesauce cake. I’ll take all of this to my sister’s across town tomorrow. We’re having lasagna and green salad for the meal and a ridiculous assortment of cookies and candy I’ve made with the peeps over the last two weeks. Oh, and cake. 😂
The weather has warmed a little today, and there’s still no precipitation forecasted, which is a blessing. I’m very grateful I’ll be able to travel safely tomorrow. Y’all be safe out there and stay warm! 🎄❤️🎅🏻 🌟
Merry Christmas to you! Enjoy that grand feast with your sister tomorrow!
I will! Really looking forward to it. I hope your back is back to normal very soon!
Sounds wonderful! Glad for barely any precipitation but the wind and the cold are brutal!
So far, we only had wind when the front came through, and that was more than enough!
Merry Christmas!
Your lasagna dinner sounds great. Ridiculous amounts of cookies and candy sounds even better!
I’m like that big yellow cat – can never turn down lasagna. My sister knows me well!
Yikes, forgot my SOTD: Organza Indecence. ❤️
Merry Christmas Nancy!
Have a great time Nancy!🌹🤗
Merry Christmas to those who celebrate and Happy Holidays to those who celebrate other festive occasions!
SOTD = Le Labo Vanille 44
Oh my! I haven’t worn this in a while and wow, what a beauty! On Day 24, I chose to match the L in lapis lazuli with Le Labo.
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Dinner last night was wonderful! There were 12 of us and it is the perfect size – we didn’t have to yell across the table or perhaps I sat at a good center spot.
I am off to my sister’s in a little bit for a prime rib Christmas Eve dinner. And tomorrow is lunch with my sister + fam and my other sister, BIL and one of the nieces. Looking forward to these get-togethers!
Merry Christmas!
Enjoy your time with your family and travel safe!
You smell great!
Good to hear that last night’s dinner went off well! Enjoy all the other family events this weekend.
Merry Christmas H! Enjoy the festivities!
Posted my comment on the wrong day’s comments, but I remembered the name of the scent I am wearing: Geisha Rouge from Aroma M. I wear it at Christmas because it smells like Christmas baking: cinnamon and cloves. Yum.
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays ScentSpirit!
Thanks Lillyjo, same to you and your family.
Taking it easy today because somehow I tweaked my back in the last 12 hours. It is making its displeasure known. Gentle stretching so far to try and loosen things up. 😖
Tomorrow Mr. Jalapeno and I will be having Xmas dinner with a couple of friends. I am rather happy at the prospect of not having to cook anything at all for Xmas this year.
SOTD = still in Cuir de Lancome. It’s really floral today, instead of being leather-forward.
Merry Christmas!
Have a great non-cooking dinner!
Thank you lillyjo! I am doing some cooking tonight, just for regular eats.
Hope your back eases up soon!
Thank you ringthing! My back finally decided to forgive me today.
Oh dear, I am late and hope the back is better already!
Happy Christmas Eve! I’m in Kilian Amber Oud. I’ve completely gone off oud, but I don’t believe any actual oud was harmed in the making of this fragrance. 😉
Happy Christmas Eve!
Happy Christmas Eve!
Happy Christmas Eve, cazaubon! You smell lovely.
Happy Christmas Eve, a very good smelling one at that!
Amber Oud is really nice
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to you all! I’m way behind on comments as I’ve been away for a family visit and vacation to the Florida panhandle. Yes, it’s cold but I knew it would likely be. I love me a bundled beach walk! And the sun has been out. Winding down and heading back in a day or two. I’ve been thinking of all my NST pals because I took many samples and decants we’ve shared. Wrappings, Lush Confetti and Iris Ganache to name a few!! Christmas dinner will be red snapper. Don’t even want to count all the fresh shrimp I’ve eaten – gulf shrimp are the best. Off to read comments for a while ❤️🎄😸🌺
Merry Christmas!
Enjoy your vacation!
Meet Christmas L – hope you had a good week and maybe even Monday off? ✨🎄
Merry Christmas and safe travels home to you!
Thanks J! Merry Christmas to you!
Merry Christmas MB! Sounds like you’ve had a lovely vacation.
Thanks and Merry Christmas to you! We did have a good week. North Florida is very beautiful and has many memories for me!
Happy Holidays MB!
And YAY for packing Iris Ganache,now THAT is festive!
XO’s
Hello JB hope your weekend was quiet! Merry Christmas and if you have to go in to work may your break room be filled with holiday treats. I know you don’t like to *cook* 😸. 🎄✨❤️
Merry Christmas, MossyBerry! 🎄
You too, PL67! 😸🎄
Flight delayed a couple of hours so we’re just chilling in an airport lounge. Wearing Lann-ael today which is a nice easy scent for travel. We went to a bakery and stocked up on pastries yesterday in case nothing was open in the airport but we got hot food from the buffet in the lounge so I guess we’ve got snacks 🙂
Oh dear, hope you did take off yesterday!
Merry Christmas everyone. We’re having a very quiet day, slightly melancholy as we remember those we lost too soon who we would normally spend the holiday with. I hope everyone is having a day full of comfort and peace. My SOTD is Incense Water from Sana Jardin.
Thanks to every bright soul who posts here and shares their lives. You really make dark days better.
You smell lovely. I enjoy your presence here as well, wishing you peace and comfort.
Thanks for your posts as well. I agree — all here make the dark a bit brighter.
Belated Christmas Day hugs for you sistine.
Sistine, I hope you found some joy too. But we are missing family members too and it is hard. We did a toast at dinner last night to all those we have lost.
Merry Christmas 🎄
SOTD = Molinard Habanita
Very nice! I matched the M in Merry Christmas to Molinard.
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Had a nice get together with the sisters and family yesterday and today. It feels weird for Christmas to fall on a Sunday but I suppose it has to fall on all the days at some point.
I am now home relaxing and looking forward to another week off!
You smell wonderful! I matched the M to Pure Distance M for the morning festivities. The quiet evening turned the M upside down with Wrappings. Merry Christmas to you and holidays with sisters are the best!✨🎄
Merry Christmas everyone, I’m happy to read of all of your plans, and scents, and foods, especially! I wore Nuit de Noel last night and Bois de Paradis today. The good news is that I tested negative for Covid yesterday! I’m still tired, though. But I got out to visit Mom today and delivered cookies and gifts. Tonight I am making glazed salmon, scalloped corn, and broccoli salad, with my home-made pumpkin cookies for dessert. It’s been very frigid but is supposed to improve a lot over the next few days. Enjoy your gatherings and the holidays, friends!
So happy you were able to see your mom! Merry Christmas to you!
Mmmmm. Pumpkin cookies. I can’t say I have had those before. Are they easy to make?
Yes, pretty easy; here’s the recipe I followed. The icing came out pretty thick and I just used it as a frosting rather than a drizzle, so maybe you would want to use a bit more milk in it. https://www.verybestbaking.com/libbys/recipes/old-fashioned-soft-pumpkin-cookies/
Thanks so much for the recipe. They look pretty simple to make.
YAY for finally testing negative for COVID!
I’m so glad you tested negative and got to see your mom on Christmas!
Yay, that’s great news!
Merry Christmas! SOTD is Shalimar Millésime Tonka. It’s wonderful grey day here, very blowy with the ocean in an uproar and it’s just stunning! This area is know as the “Graveyard of the Pacific” and between the skies, the wind, and the waves, I can see why. It’s here that the mighty Columbia empties into the Pacific and the waters are treacherous. There are signs posted everywhere about this.
Ships must have a certified bar pilot to enter or depart the mouth of the Columbia due shifting of the seas, sand bars, and changes in weather. The jetty on north and south side were both built to mitigate the danger, but bar pilots (all 16 of them!) oftentimes must be helicoptered onto the boat/ship to bring it safely through the area.
Also located here is the Coast Guard Station at Cape Disappointment which is renowned worldwide for its preeminent rough weather and surf rescue operation as well as heavy boat operations! Thanks wiki!
Anyway, very cool area to explore. T-Rex and I had a very low key Christmas watching all the photographers that came out to get some good shots of the dramatic seas. They are a very patient group, waiting out in the mist and rain for hours to get the perfect shot.
Hope everyone had a wonderful day filled with family, friends, good food and lots of laughter! May 2023 be a better year for all!
My friend Deb grew up in the Pacific Northwest. Her father was a pilot, and I was so impressed by the work he did to help prevent daily disasters.
Your beach sounds amazing. I hope you and T-Rex have lots of good times there.
Merry Christmas!
We were twins yesterday. I think I like it better than MVP; it’s richer than MVP and not as sweet. But I’m still glad I have a dab of both! 😊
Merry Christmas, everyone! I wore Tabac Blond extrait early on, and then switched (or layered on, really) Broken Theories after we opened presents. The two play well together! No big meal for us today — we celebrated with a little dim sum, mini quiches and champagne. What a combo, huh? 😆
Merry Christmas!
Thanks, lillyjo!
Sounds like a perfect meal!
It was — delicious, and very little cleanup required!
Wow, I like your Xmas dinner idea! That’s some mad styling!
That sounds delicious. Happy holidays!
Merry Christmas! I wore Pearlescent Baklava today, topping up with Maison de la Vanille Vanille Absolue tonight.
I hadn’t heard of Pearlescent Baklava — the notes sound delicious! Do you recommend?
It’s quite good, I find it very honeyed, so if you like that you might enjoy it.
Thanks!
Merry Christmas!
Same to you lillyjo!
Belated Christmas wishes for you!
Happy holidays to everyone, and happy Boxing Day for today in particular! I’m behind a bit on comments as we’ve been travelling and have all managed to get sick. Fortunately (well, not so much for him), just Mr. Ockeghem was sick in Germany, but then by the time we got to the UK we were all coughing and hacking. It’s not COVID, thankfully, but probably RSV given how long Mr. Ockeghem’s been down.
Anyway, we’ve been chilling out with family here, which is nice, though trying hard not to try to infect them (although they’ve dealt with the flu this month, and my nephew is just over COVID, so seems we’ve had the full trilogy of viruses).
SOTD for Christmas was the solid perfume of Tauer LADDM (perfect for travel!). Today will probably be AS Saturday once I get going.
The good news is that I just happened to notice that Hermes sells 30 ml bottles over here, so I picked up a small FB of Un Jardin sur le Nil at Ludwig Beck (and tried to stay away from all the other temptation 🙂 ). I’m excited to get all the perfumed gifts and packages I have waiting for me when I get to Seattle on NYE.
I hope everyone’s melting out like it appears we are at home (I will have missed all the shoveling!). Happy holidays!
High five for missing shoveling! Hope you and the fam get over your sickness asap! Traveling while sick is a bummer, but I hope that otherwise you had a great time!
Yay for finding 30mL bottles of Hermes! Boo hiss for all the holiday germs and viruses. 😣🤧
So sorry you all got sick! Hope everyone is in good shape to fly next week.
Happy Boxing day! I’m wearing my sample of Matière Prémière Néroli Oranger today. It’s DH’s birthday, been awake since 3am unfortunately, waiting for him to wake up to fix him breakfast and give him his gifts. His birthday treat is butter tarts, a Canadian classic which he loves.
What are butter tarts? I’m intrigued! Happy Boxing Day to you, too, and Happy Birthday to DH!
They’re kind of like tiny pecan pies. I use raisins and pecans in mine because that’s what we like. 🙂
Butter tarts are sort of like the filling in a pecan pie. Some have nuts and raisins, some don’t. Email me at luanne.teall in the land of gee mail if you want my recipe. My husband was a professor and taught an accounting case called “Butter tarts” to his MBA’s, who were often international students. I would make 12 dozen butter tarts so everyone could experience them. Years later the alumnae couldn’t remember much about what they learned, but they remembered the butter tarts.
I love this! Happy Birthday to your hubby!
Happy Birthday to your husband!
Ooh, butter tarts, my all-time favorite treat. I had a co-worker at my last job who loved them also, and we would mule them back for each other over the border 🙂
I love butter tarts. Happy birthday to your husband!
Happy Birthday to your husband. Butter tarts sound delicious.
Happy Birthday to your husband! Hope he enjoys the love you put into those butter tarts.
Just catching up on the comments, living vicariously through you great smelling peeps. I’ve been unscented the last several days as my hubby and I seemed to catch some ‘ick’ late last week. We’ve been kinda down and out, and missed having a Christmas dinner this year. I have my suspicions that his brother passed some germs onto us, but he’d never admit to it. He managed to tell us he was sick the day we were going to an outside event, and that we should take our own vehicle. But what about the few days before?
I’m feeling so much better today so will try to get outside for some fresh air. Not up to fragrance today but I have a nice clean bed to climb into tonight. We will have to do a New Years dinner instead!
Glad you are feeling a bit better! One of my big pet peeves is people who don’t immediately tell you they’re sick and stay home. You’d think after Covid people would be more respectful, haven’t we all learned that lesson?
Seriously! He’s very selfish and a few other things!
I hope you recover quickly!
Thank you, sistine! Tea and more tea have been my friends.
Sending you well wishes Gail!
Your BiL seems to really be racking up an iou bill.
Thank you, lillyjo! He sure is! 😄
Commando twins with you today. Hope that you ditch the “ick” ASAP!
Hi twin! Thank you for the get well wishes. I hope your back is feeling better!
So sorry you missed Xmas dinner, but glad to hear you’re already one a mend. Do a makeup dinner next week!
My SOTD is Replica’s Coffee Break. It’s a nice lavender coffee scent (mainly lavender) and I thought it would be appropriate for a manicure. I now have sparkly indigo fingernails and am quite pleased with myself.
A few of us die hards still here and posting! I love it. ❤️
No SOTD yet for me. I’m slow getting started this morning. Didn’t sleep much due to ferocious storms last night. I’m at the state park and parked in the only spot with no trees and OMG! The wind was like a cyclone sitting just off shore! Rain lashing down nonstop and driven by that howling wind…didn’t make for east sleeping, but we are in one piece and now it has stopped, everything calm- for the moment..!
Anyway, I have now decided to go with a happy yet calming scent, which means Fils de Dieu.
Happy day to all! Stay safe and warm in this crazy weather.
Oh, sorry Sistine! Wrong place to post but I’m loving your nail color! 💅
Sparkly indigo nails sound great!
Hello Hello!
I have today off thank goodness. It stopped snowing but the roads are still icky. We have had 66 inches of snow so far since November. I feel so bad for the people in Buffalo NY. I think they have over 5 feet from this storm.
My sotd is YSL In Love Again, which is a Christmas present. I wore it yesterday too.
A miracle happened last night when I got the whole family to sit and watch A Christmas Story Christmas movie. I really enjoyed it. A really sweet movie.
Hope everyone is well!
“Fra-GEE-lay!” always cracks me up!
66 inches!! That’s crazy. We have had some serious cold, but no snow to speak of.
Happy Boxing Day, everyone! I celebrated Christmas with my sisters and BIL with a lovely dinner and desserts….many desserts. I kinda overdid it, so am eating carefully today.
It’s a gorgeous but cool day here, with one more night below freezing before it warms up into the 70’s over the week. I’m in Samsara EdP from a decant; it says it’s vintage and I believe the label. ❤️
Happy Boxing Day to you Nancyleandros!
Thanks Jalapeno! I’m glad to hear your back is feeling better. 😊
My careful eating starts tomorrow after 5 days of feasting! I am not looking forward to getting on the scale tomorrow morning.
Hello there NST!
Back to posting today after taking yesterday off from my laptop. We did have dinner with our friends last night at an excellent Indian restaurant. Afterwards, we exchanged gifts. And I even had leftovers, so no cooking for me again today! 😋😍🤩
SOTD = commando. Sad to say, I have not worn perfume either yesterday or today. I broke out a little in my typical perfume wearing spot, so I decided to take a couple days off to let things calm down.
On the plus side, my back is feeling much better! 🤣🤣🤣
So glad the back is better, and a day when you don’t have to cook is always good.
So glad our flight yesterday was only delayed 4 hours and not cancelled since I was reading today about how Southwest has been cancelling over 60% the past couple of days. My MIL has been overcooking–we said dinner yesterday could be simple–just pick up the steak pinwheels from the market and maybe a vegetable. She made a turkey, stuffing, gravy, cranberry sauce, twice baked potatoes, a salad and a couple of the pinwheels. There’s apple pie, homemade fudge, orange balls and various storebought candy. I don’t think she made the cinnamon rolls but we were sent back to our airbnb with a tray of them. There will probably also be an excess of food for the family taco dinner tomorrow.
I brought a handful of samples with me so today’s was Scandalwood which is a nice straightforward sandalwood scent
Yay, so glad you made it! And wow, that is some serious food.
I have not had twice stuffed potato in years, I should make some next week. We had mashed and hasselback already this week though.