When life gives you lemons, light a lemon scented candle
Lemon scented candles lightly scented with ginger, grapefruit and lemongrass
Some days, things just don’t go your way.
You realize your umbrella has a hole in it during a tropical storm.
You grab a doorknob at Disney World and get sick for a month.
The coffee maker splurts coffee grounds all over you.
You find out there’s 50lbs of honey in the walls of your house.
When life gives me lemons, I don’t make lemonade (too much sugar). Instead, I do two things.
1. I take a lemon-flavored Emergen-C packet for a burst of Vitamin C.
2. I light my Ginger, Grapefruit and Lemon Scented Candles from Nice Aromas.
It works every time.
Just what the doctor ordered
Personalized candies hidden in personalized medicine bottles for aging patients
Today is my birthday.
My birthday had better make up for the agony I’ve endured this past month. I had to have a tooth pulled last week and unfortunately for me, my dentist doesn’t believe in pain medication. Thanks for nothing Doc. I’ve been in agony for days, but nothing in my medicine cabinet seems to help.
Still in pain, I walk into my office this morning to find my desk decorated with a dazzling array of birthday treats from my co-workers. My eyes focus on a white pharmacy bag sitting on my keyboard. Say it isn’t so! My dear co-workers knew I didn’t have time for the pain, so they got me a prescription for pain relievers!
I love them.
I read the bag, anxious for sweet relief and realize, this isn’t Vicodin… it’s a prescription from the Fountain of Youth Pharmacy with a couple of vials filled with Personalized candies from Personalization Mall. The Name on the prescription? U. R. Ancient.
I hate them.
Mini brownie me
Mini brownies in tasty mini sampler sizes
They say good things come in small packages. This is true for some things, but not all…
When it comes to my daughter’s skirts, I prefer maxi over mini.
When it comes to evening heels…the bigger the heel, the sexier the shoe.
Diamonds… enough said.
When it comes to brownies, normally I say the bigger the better… unless you’re on a diet. In that case, mini works out just fine. Now I can have my brownie cakes and eat them too with this Half Dozen Sampler of Mini Brownies from The Exceptional Brownie. I love getting to sample three delicious flavors, and so does my waistline.
I loveth my James Sadler teapot
James Sadler teapots add Bard worthy charm to your Sadler teapot collection
Teapot, teapot, wherefore art thou teapot?
O! Where’st have I puteth my teapot filled with traditional English Earl Grey tea? I thinketh I doth have another teapot somewhere within my humble cottage by the sea, but would a spot of tea poured by any other teapot taste as sweet?
I thinketh not.
And…scene.
If you fancy all things English, you’ll fancy the English Tea Store’s collection of James Sadler teapots featuring the likeness of our beloved Bard, William Shakespeare.
Up to date
Stuffed dates stuffed with tasty pecans and chocolate dipped dates
When it comes to dates, I say stuff it.
If you’re a fruit that’s healthy or good for me, I’m generally not that into you. Apples I like, other fruits, not so much, and don’t even think of giving me a piece of melon. Although dates are considered healthy, they’re also considered sweet, plump, juicy and delicious, especially the Medjool varieties which are often jumbo sized which makes them perfect for stuffing.
Everything tastes better with a pecan or other tasty nut stuffed inside of it. Everything tastes even better when you smother it in rich, delicious chocolate. These Pecan Stuffed Dates and Chocolate Dipped Dates from Sphinx Date Ranch & Southwest Market are a match made in dating heaven.
Fragrance ball of honey
Fragrance balls filled with honey scented fragrance sachets
When I walk in the front door after a hard day at work, I would love to be greeted with the smells of clean linens, warm cookies in the oven and spicy, intoxicating fragrances. Since I live with a teenage son and a fiesty labrador retriever, I’m usually greeted with the scent of eau de wet dog or parfum de dirty sneakers.
I love lighting sweet smelling candles around the house, but leaving a flame unattended while I’m at work isn’t an option, (especially considering my quirky smoke detectors) which is why I am obsessed with this lovely Fragrance ball from Chesapeake Bay Candle. It’s a fragrant life saver, making my home sweet home smell like a home sweet home, masking and overpowering any other disenchanting aromas.
This beer has your name on it
Custom beer glass for custom beer drinking
I completely missed the beer boat this Father’s Day.
When looking for the perfect masculine gift, it never really occurred to me to gift dear old Dad with personalized barware. An ideal gift for any man who has had his brewski swiped from right under his nose, this Custom Beer Glass from Personal Creations not only looks cool (like some awesome beer experiment you wish you could have worked on in physics class), but it can be personalized with up to 9 characters and can hold up to 32 ounces of ice cold beer.
Now we’re talking beer business.
ET Phone Flask home
Phone flask that makes you want to answer every phone call
I love my phone. I love martinis. Best of all, I love martinis in my phone.
This innovative Phone Flask from Gunther Gifts is better than any iPhone app I’ve downloaded in the past few months. It allows you to conveniently carry your spirits wherever you go, and if people on the street give you a dirty look for taking a mid-day swig, you can simply pretend you’re on the phone with your mother.
Oy vey
Yiddish with Dick and Jane for Yiddish fun for everyone
My Yiddish isn’t great. Every time I go home to visit my mother she kvetches about it, which makes me feel like a total putz. So I’ve made a pledge to brush up on my Yiddish before my next trip home with a little help from Yiddish with Dick and Jane, an adorable little gift book from Challah Connection.
Jane is in real estate.
Today is Saturday.
Jane has an open house.
She must schlep the Open House signs to the car.
See Jane schlep.
Schlep, Jane. Schlep.
Schlep, schlep, schlep.
It’s all in the card cases
Crystal business card holder holds women’s business cards in style
We’re all getting new business cards this week, and I’m excited. I love making new business contacts, almost as much as I love me a good peach martini (and the inevitable karaoke that soon follows). So in preparation of my brand spanking new executive business cards, I’m rewarding myself with this pretty women’s Crystal Business card holder from Add A Link of Charm that will express my love for both business, and pleasure.
I have balls of steel
Golf ball sets featuring cool metallic golf balls
Things can get pretty stressful here at work, especially at the end of the month. I’m working overtime closing deals, helping clients and dealing with a dog at home who’s losing his teeth. When times are tough and I’m feeling overwhelmed, I have a secret for staying calm, cool and collected. I just squeeze my ball.
Whether I’m squeezing my therapeutic stress balls or hitting golf balls down the fairway, playing with my balls always makes my problems go away, especially when I’m playing with my Chrome Golf Ball Sets from Tattoo Golf - the masters of aggressive golf wear and accessories.
Off the cuff
Forever necklace cuffs to wear forever and a day
I’m guilty… of love in the first degree.
Formerly I was your average, ordinary law abiding citizen, but I have since been accused of various crimes of passion. If loving my boyfriend is wrong, I don’t want to be right. So go ahead and cuff me officers, preferably with these Forever Necklace Handcuffs from Add a Link of Charm.
