Lake Sunset is one of my all time favorites. During the last SAS (Semi Anual Sale) in the spring I was sniffing around and I found this one on the treasures shelf. Intially I wasn't sure about it, in fact, out of all the candles I took home that day, Lake Sunset was the one that I really wasn't sure I would like. There is just something about it that grew on me though and over the past several months that I've burned it, it has grown on me. It has such a different scent for me. I'm usually one to gravitate to florals and some fruits but this year I've been trying to branch out to pick up more fresh and beachy scents. This one falls in the category of fresh. The best way I can describe it would be powdery, sweet and floral. I love Lake sunset so much that I have also picked it up in the two wick tumbler form when it was sold out of the large jar form and now I am getting my third large jar of it. This is one that I will select when I have had a particularly difficult day and I'm in need of some TLC and comfort. It's a very comforting and peaceful scent to me. I hope I never have to be without it.
I also bought two medium jars. Normally I don't buy medium jars because I want to get as much wax as I can for the money. Now, you do the math. Large jars are currently $27.99 each and medium jars are $24.99. For $3 more you can get nearly twice as much wax and twice as much burn time. So it stands to reason that the best way to purchase the candles are by buying the large jars. But I'm starting to refine that mindset. There are a couple of scents that I'm not sure I will like but I want to try. Patchouli is one of those scents. I've melted a Patchouli votive before (eons ago) and I really liked it because it was so fall-ish and spicy and different. My husband, however hated it and basically told me never to burn that candle in our home again. That was many years ago and I've never forgotten that exchange and as a result I've always been interested in buying Patchouli based scents (Witch's Brew) but I've never taken the plunge to buy one. So today I rebelled and bought a medium jar. Dear husband, please forgive my transgression. I'm looking forward to getting it mostly because I want to see how my husband will react when I burn it. Yeah, I'm wicked that way.
Also on my list is a new-to-to me scent Harvest Welcome. I love fall scents and I know a couple of years ago, somewhere along the road I smelled this one and for some reason I opted not to buy it. Someone recently was talking about how delicious it is so I decided to take a leap and pick one up. Now both of these jars (Patchouli and Harvest Welcome) weren't at the full retail price but were both drastically discounted. One was 12.00 and the other 10.00. I felt both were good deals so I'm eagerly looking forward to them arriving in the mail next week. In this shipment I also ordered a Leather Car Jar. Leather is the only scent I will put into my van. It just makes sense.
But I didn't stop there, Oh no. I also went to visit my local store. I love going to my local YC store. I feel like Norm in Cheers who is greeted jovially by all the employees and patrons as he walks into the bar. Today I was very happily greeted by the store manager and for a half hour or so we chewed the fat before I even got around to selecting my candles. I finally got around to buying my candles. I Again I selected two large jars for the buy-one-get one deal (us pros know how to take advantage of any and all coupons offered by Yankee!) and I picked up my fall favorites Crisp Morning Air and Vanilla Bourbon. Crisp Morning Air has been a stunner in our home with a delicious minty-citrus throw that goes on and on and on so I knew I had to have a large jar of it. Vanilla Bourbon seems to be a repackage of Warm Chestnut which is one of my favorite fall scents so I had to have one of these as well.
In transaction number two (Yankee candle buying hint number 1; split your coupons into separate transactions. you will get more bang for your buck.)
I selected a recent favorite Mango Peach Salsa.
I love peach based scents and this one is a winner. I bought this scent in a Meltcup recently and I loved it because it reminded me of how the model home smelled when we went to select the new house that we built last year. I loved the meltcup very much so I really wanted to have a large jar of it, I have the jar going right now and it smells wonderful but not quite as wonderful as the meltcup did. It just feels like there is a tad bit of something missing in the actual candle. It still smells great though and it has a good throw. It's just that the meltcup is better. I don't regret buying the large jar though.
I also picked up several new meltcups to get to my $45 dollar limit. I got Pink Sands, Vanilla Cupcake, Berrylicous and Red Raspberry. Tomorrow I will be trying out Red Raspberry. As a bonus, Yankee is offering a medium jar for $10 for some obscure qualification. Who am I to argue? Any time I have the opportunity to pick up a medium jar for ten bucks I'm going to take advantage of it (case in point; this morning's online purchase) I quickly realized that French Vanilla is what I needed to pick up.
All in all I feel like I got a great deal. I got three large jar candles, one medium jar candle, four melt cups and two (free) votives for about $65.
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