2 more sleeps!

Only 2 more sleeps till Christmas. Are you ready? cause I am not. I don't really know why this always happens to me as I know Christmas is coming and the fact that the day doesn't change I should be prepared after all these years. I just figured out last night what to get for my sister who is incredibly hard to buy for. I can't really say what I am getting as she might read this :-) Let's just say I don't know why I didn't think of it like over a week ago. Now all I have to do is go buy some vegan peanut butter to make peanut butter balls for my brother and then I am done, I think? Oh well, at least Superstore is open 24 hours now! I can head on over there once my daughter is asleep and husband is watching hockey.

Lovely Scribbles

Checking out some blogs today to get some inspiration for the upcoming year and all the candy buffets we are going to be doing :-) I came across this "lovely scribbles" blog and the girl does the most amazing cards and tags with all hand drawn calligraphy. I wish I had nice hand writing to start with but maybe with practice I can create some beautiful fonts of my own. Then use them for our candy buffets and goody bags, or maybe even make and sell some cards in the store? Why not. I think it starts with the pen so I will head on over to Staples and buy a nice pen then practice practice practice :-)

Vosges

I just nibbled on some Vosges Blood Orange Caramel Bar and boy was it divine. I was reading on the back of the packaging and it explains how to enjoy an exotic candy bar. So here it goes.

Breathe...Engage your senses. Take three deep ujjayi breaths, quiet the chattering mind and be in the present moment.

See...There should be a glossy shine to the chocolate bar indication a tight bond between the cocoa butter and the cocoa mass.

Smell...Rub your thumb in the chocolate bar's surface to help release the peppermint notes. Inhale deeply.

Snap...Break the bar in two pieces. Hear a crisp, ringing pop, which indicates a well-tempered bar of chocolate. You will hear the loudest snap with dark chocolate, soft break with milk and a faint whisper with white.

Taste...Place a small piece of chocolate on your tongue and press it to the roof of your mouth. Within thirty seconds the chocolate square will begin to melt, revealing layers of revitalizing peppermint amongst deep, dark chocolate.

Peace, Love and chocolate.

Enjoy.

Tea for Two

I brought some cotton candy home to see how long it stays fluffy as I would like to start using it in our candy buffets. Instead of just leaving the bag open or puting some on the table I saw my tea cups and thought, cute! I love the contrast of the dainty, pretty and poised tea cups filled with fun and crazy cotton candy. I can`t wait to use them in

my next candy buffet. Then after seeing how amazing the tea cups looked I grabbed one of my buffet jars and voila cotton candy in a giant martini glass. So much fun for any party, I`m going on half and hour now so I`m crossing my fingers it last at least an hour more.

All sorts of yummies

It's Saturday and I'm working but at least it's blue sky's outside. I have Elf playing on tv and a store full of customers buying all sorts of treats to fill stockings for there loved ones. A popular item today has been the Crave Vancouver, the ultimate guide of the places women crave in Vancouver including more than 150 women you need to know. It's a great gift for the savvy mom or daughter who wants to know about some amazing business plus a tonne of discounts. Of course Frankies is featured in the book and we are so happy to be apart of all the wonderful ladies. We can't wait to meet them all and hopefully do business with them. I need to get my act together asap as I'd like to approach a few of them to see if they would want to sell our Frankies Surprise Cones. I beautiful decorative paper cone filled with all sort of sweets from Frankies all wrapped in cello with an array of ribbons and a hand made tag by me.

Oh I just saw a scene on Elf where Buddy drinks a whole 2 litre of coke and then pours a whole bottle of syrup on his spaghetti! Yuck. I love sugar but that is just a little too much for me. But it does make me want some pancakes :-)

Baby it's cold outside

Brrrrr it's cold outside, glad to be inside today. Last night I had a craving for a big bag full of gummies and I didn't have any stock at home so I had some Breyers Brownie fudge ice cream. It didn't satisfies my craving but it helped :-) I will still have to wait to have my big bag of candy as tomorrow I'm getting in my favorite candy CENTIPEDES from Haribo. So yummy I love them. But I will have to have something today and that candy shall be clotted cream fudge. An English treat that's creamy, caramely and fudgie all wrapped into one. Another yummy English candy are millions chewy candies, kind of like nerds but chewy.