I went in the early afternoon on Saturday and it was fun to see the store humming and buzzing with more customers than I had ever seen in it at one time. But I missed getting the one on personal attention that I usually get when I go in. It was just too busy for the employees to give a lot of personal attention to anyone shopping that day. I still enjoyed the experience and seeing the store decorated with the new Halloween items and came home with several fun items that I'm excited to add to my fall decorations.
I know I know I said I don't generally decorate with witches and skeletons but I couldn't resist buying the witch's hand jar holder. Last year they had a skeleton hand and I was never interested in buying it but I loved the witch hand and it was the first thing I selected when I arrived at the store. I had a buy-one-get one coupon so I chose the black Midsummer's night candle to go with it. I love the cologney scent of Midsummer's night so I decided it would make a good match with the hand of horror.
I also found two jack-o-lantern votive holder glasses with stems. I love vintage Halloween decorations so I thought these guys looked really cool and would make a nice addition to our mantle. I also caved and bought the jack-o-lantern Boney Bunch candy dish. It was only $10 and he's cute. Eventually I will put candy corn in him. Every year I buy a bag or two, so this little guy will be my designated candy corn holder.
With my buy-one-get-one coupon I also got a new large jar of Apple Pumpkin since I ran out last week. It's got nice marbling and some spots of oil on the top, so I think it will be a good one. I can't wait to start burning my fall candles! I would be burning them now but it's still almost 100 degrees out and it just doesn't feel like fall yet. I typically don't start burning them until October which is when the weather cools down to a comfortable temperature and the leaves start falling from the trees and it really starts feeling like fall. I get out my fall decorations at the beginning of October which marks the beginning of the holiday season for us. My daughter looks forward to it every year. Since I have more fall-ish decorations than halloween decorations, I leave everything up through Thanksgiving and the weekend after, I begin decorating for Christmas and that's when my Christmas burning season begins. The rest of the year anything goes, but in October and November I only burn fall scents and in December it's only holiday/Christmas scents.
Last fall we moved into a new house right before Halloween so I didn't have hardly any of my fall decorations up, but this year I have been working on a plan and I hope to add many new beautiful fall decorations throughout the house. The months of October through December are my favorite months because of the decorations, fun things to do and eat and because I know how much my kids appreciate the ways I try to make the holidays fun and memorable for them.
But while we are waiting for the fall burning season to officially begin, I have two mini reviews;
In the past week I have done two tarts in my electric tart warmer in an effort to decide if I want to invest in large jars of either one of them. I melted Candy Corn last weekend and found it to be nice, but a basic sweet vanilla scent. To me it didn't smell anything similar to real candy corn and it had a light throw so I opted not to buy a jar during the Witches' Ball sale.
Today I'm melting Pumpkin Ginger Bark and it is great! One of the store associates recently told me that PGB is last year's surprise winner for favorite fall scent. For some reason I wasn't interested in buying it last year but this year I think it might have to pick one up since I have never had a jar of this one. It's really nice. It has a good throw and is very strong on the ginger without smelling like gingerbread. Behind the ginger is a true pumpkin spice note and together they make a great combination. Eventually I will pick up a large jar. I'm hoping that there will be an accidental "glitch" sale online soon so I can stock up on some of the fall scents that I've been wanting to buy. I have plenty of fall scents but I'm sure I will be burning them a lot this year so I want to stock up. I have two scents that I want replacement jars of; Autumn Leaves and Autumn Wreath and I am thinking of getting a Sugar and Spice candle from the new fall line and maybe a Spiced Pumpkin candle. I never pay full retail price though. I always get them on sale using a coupon and sometimes stacking several different coupons when the system will accept it. Sometimes it happens and people are able to get jars for around $10 each. A lot of people think these are "glitches" that are accidents but I think that Yankee allows it to happen on purpose to boost sales and to get people to buy candles that they normally wouldn't just because of the frenzy it causes. The glitch sales always seem to happen during the weekend where there is a big sale going on and several coupons which have been offered at the same time. This weekend we've got a big Labor Day sale going on with free shipping and some other offers so I'm watching for news of a glitch going on.
However, I don't really need to buy anything else because just today I ordered two of these beauties;
New England Maple is a Deerfield exclusive candle. You can only get this candle at the flagship store in Deerfield, Massachusetts. They don't even sell them on the online site. Thankfully they have a great team who are willing to ship them to customers all over the country, so today I called the store and ordered two candles and used a buy one get one coupon and three $5 vouchers that I earned from being an avid Yankee Candle hoarder. Total I spent out of pocket for both candles was just $20, most of which was shipping. I'm ridiculously excited to get these special edition candles. They come in three different labels and I decided to get both of them in the Sugar Shack label. I think the fall leaves in the background portray the New England autumn perfectly. The reviews coming in on this candle have been good. Most say that this is a true maple scented candle without being a bakery scent like Maple Pancakes. I'm sure I will have more than a week to wait for my candle to arrive but I will surely light one of them the minute I take them out of the box! I think this will be a great specialty candle to add to my collection!
