Epic summer swap squee post :)
On Saturday I finally made it to the post office to pick up the package I suspected was my summer swap box, and then had to run out the door again before I had time to write a proper post going ZOMG THANK YOU, so here it is, a little late! I don't actually own a camera, although I seriously wish I did because apart from anything else, I don't believe how awesome this package is, and a photograph would prove I'm not just imagining things!
I have :
* A veritable pile of CDs of 80s music, all of which I adore, and one of a Lisa Gerrard album, which I am so excited to listen to it's ridiculous :D Her voice is my hero, seriously.
* A pot of gorgeous purple glittery eyeshadow dust, one of those things I have frequently gone 'ooh' over in shops and then not got around to buying - I adore it :)
* Books! Books! Ohmygod. Un Lun Dun by China Miéville, whose books I have been wanting to get into for years, and The Light Ages by Ian R. Macleod, which looks amazing. Books!
* Not one but two jars of homemade preserves, both of which look divine. (I have really missed homemade stuff since moving out, I can't wait to try these. ♥ )
* A cascade of products from the evidently inspired Purple Dragon Emporium (currently closed for holidays - I'd never come across them before!) - bath melts in Vanilla Bean, Chocolate Truffle and Oatmeal, Milk & Honey, wax tarts in Baked Apple Pie, and perfume in Fairy Cakes and Oatmeal, Milk & Honey, which is indeed a dead ringer for BPAL's Dana O'Shee (one of my favourite scents ever) and all of which are extraordinarily true-to-life scents, taking me closer to fulfilling my ambition of smelling like baked goods and a chocolate factory ALL THE TIME :D
* You know how sometimes you can't even believe what you're typing? A pot of Arcana's Marshmallow Scrub, which I had long since given up on the idea of ever trying. Thank you thank you thank you!
* A whole bundle of perfumes and BPTP I'd never even thought of trying - a bottle of TKO massage oil, a bottle of Castitas bath oil, and samples from Possets (Pomona, which is gorgeous) and companies I'd never sniffed anything from, including three Starring! Fragrances samples which are absolutely stunning :)
All this and a lovely card, too. Thank you so, so much, bagfish, for all the thought you put into this amazing package - I love everything. (Books! :D)
And thank you emma2403 for coordinating everything - I was new at this this round, and I look forward to joining in everything in the future. :)
I have :
* A veritable pile of CDs of 80s music, all of which I adore, and one of a Lisa Gerrard album, which I am so excited to listen to it's ridiculous :D Her voice is my hero, seriously.
* A pot of gorgeous purple glittery eyeshadow dust, one of those things I have frequently gone 'ooh' over in shops and then not got around to buying - I adore it :)
* Books! Books! Ohmygod. Un Lun Dun by China Miéville, whose books I have been wanting to get into for years, and The Light Ages by Ian R. Macleod, which looks amazing. Books!
* Not one but two jars of homemade preserves, both of which look divine. (I have really missed homemade stuff since moving out, I can't wait to try these. ♥ )
* A cascade of products from the evidently inspired Purple Dragon Emporium (currently closed for holidays - I'd never come across them before!) - bath melts in Vanilla Bean, Chocolate Truffle and Oatmeal, Milk & Honey, wax tarts in Baked Apple Pie, and perfume in Fairy Cakes and Oatmeal, Milk & Honey, which is indeed a dead ringer for BPAL's Dana O'Shee (one of my favourite scents ever) and all of which are extraordinarily true-to-life scents, taking me closer to fulfilling my ambition of smelling like baked goods and a chocolate factory ALL THE TIME :D
* You know how sometimes you can't even believe what you're typing? A pot of Arcana's Marshmallow Scrub, which I had long since given up on the idea of ever trying. Thank you thank you thank you!
* A whole bundle of perfumes and BPTP I'd never even thought of trying - a bottle of TKO massage oil, a bottle of Castitas bath oil, and samples from Possets (Pomona, which is gorgeous) and companies I'd never sniffed anything from, including three Starring! Fragrances samples which are absolutely stunning :)
All this and a lovely card, too. Thank you so, so much, bagfish, for all the thought you put into this amazing package - I love everything. (Books! :D)
And thank you emma2403 for coordinating everything - I was new at this this round, and I look forward to joining in everything in the future. :)