HAPPY LENT!!!! oh my gosh, I went for MAJOR retail therapy at 6pm tonight. Pottery Barn candles baby! I've been itching to buy them ever since the ruby and jasmine waterlily scents went on sale nearly a month ago! the 3x3 are now 5.49, 3x6 are 7.49 and 3x9 are 9.49!! here are the things I learned from my coworkers:
- after you burn them for three hours, blow them out and since the edges will be soft, roll them down so that your candle is always about an inch from the wick. This is only for our regular homescents, not the botanicals or the asha collection.
- Jasmine is apparently more relaxing than lavender - contrary to popular belief! So, if you need to de-stress, then go for jasmine as lavender is a bit of a sharper scent.
and here is an added tip: if you do purchase your candles from Pottery Barn, try to buy in the same color selection because if you burn them together, they will enhance each other's smells. They are all made with natural oils, but the asha collection is pure natural oils and the homescents have some modifications, which is why asha is more expensive. and our new summer line - sangria, citron rose, red ginger, moon grass, nightbloom, and dulce vanilla are simply GORGEOUS. The purple line - persian lilac and the matching homescent are going on sale soon!
Here is a bit of history on Pottery Barn and Williams-Sonoma, even though I know you're not interested really. haha.. too bad.
Williams-Sonoma was started in 1956 by Chuck Williams in Sonoma County, California. It began as a small specialized culinary arts store for high-end cooking products and utensils. They expanded until they had nearly 300 stores across America in the 1970s, and they were looking to purchase Pottery Barn which was actually begun and owned by the Gap Corporation at that time. They wanted to shut down all the Pottery Barn stores and open up Williams Sonoma stores in their locations. They bought it, ended up really liking the line of furniture and household items (as opposed to what most people think - no, we do not make and sell pottery and clay!!) so they kept it as an addition to the Williams-Sonoma line - as a complementary chain. In 1999, Pottery Barn Kids opened, and in 2000 they opened up in Canada. There are currently four locations of Pottery Barn in this country - three in Toronto, one in Vancouver opened up a week ago and another is set to open up in Toronto in the fall of 2003. Now if only I could answer why it's called Pottery Barn when it plainly doesn't have anything to do with either pottery and/or a barn.
Best line from Selina today:
"So, the rent thing. I leave on the 7th of May, and I get back on the 7th of September." To which I say, "Ooh that works out then! You just pay a full month and you don't have to calculate all the days and everything that you have to pay cuz that's really confusing." To which she replied, "But Shar, I'm here until the 7th, so that's 7 days.. and I come back on the 7th, so that's another 7 days - that's only 14 days that I'm here..." Exam pressure getting you down? hehe..
I swear, the phrase that any girl can say that will get her ANYTHING in the world are "I have my period." Even if you're the whiniest bitch, and you're bitching to a guy, and he's giving you no sympathy whatsoever, just watch. If, all of a sudden you say, "Don't be mean! I have my period!" He'll suddenly do a 180 and say "Awwww, are you okay??? Do you need anything? Go home and rest!" But, ladies, don't abuse this. It is physically impossible to have your period every day of your life.
Holy crap, maybe this whole lent thing was good for me. I went shopping today and I put back some candles I was planning on buying because they were extravagent... then Marianne and I went to Gap so that she could look at skirts. I tried on these white terry cloth capris that were really really hot! But I turned them down because I don't know where I'll wear them to, how often, and I know they're not that practical cuz they're white. Two months ago I would have just snapped them up - have I finally learned self-restraint???? I want white pants, but I'm just gonna wait until a pair comes up and grabs me around the neck, holding a big sign that says "Take me home." Oh, if only finding white pants were that easy.
ALL LORD OF THE RINGS FANS!! I got this link from Lorien - the FUNNIEST shit ever. Go here. Trust me on this - you will THANK me and your abs will never have had such a good laughing workout before.
So here's the thing. I am sick of betting for ice-cream, I am sick of betting for candles, I say we begin to bet for first-born children.. especially if you are betting with the mother or father of your first-born. Imagine this..
Shar: Parsons, let's make a bet. If you win, I'll give you my first-born child.
Parsons: Uhh, Shar, no offense, but I don't really want your first-born child. Thanks for offering though..
Shar: Oh come on! I don't want to bet for ice-cream, that's boring.
Parsons: Uhh, Shar, you might want to keep your first born... just in case, right? Like, you know what I mean right?
Shar: Like in case of what? In case of fire don't use the elevator 'in case of'?
There could even be a second market for it!!! Imagine...
Parsons: Uhh, Melly, let's make a bet. If you win, you can have Shar's first born child..
Melly: No way man! I still have my baby sister to look after!
Parsons: Yeah but you never know right? Like, if you think about it, it could come in handy.
Melly: Ahhhhh! *throws hands up and starts to rant in Chinese*
Oh my gosh, Marianne just gave me ANOTHER cd - such good music!!! Anggun I think it is... holy cow. this girl is classic. she comes over, asks if she minds if she has like, three crackers when Selina and I have HEAPS of food, and says she feels bad for eating our food. I'm like, hon, you give me cds, you take cabs home from my place cuz I'm too lazy to go to your place, and I've made you buy so many clothes just because they look fantastic when you try them on... as in denim jacket. haha... silly girl.