some time back i was doing the work banking at anz in subiaco and noticed a particulary attractive clutch wallet being carried by the lady in front of me in the line. i'm not too fond of talking to complete strangers but plucked up the courage to tell her how in love with it i was and ask her where she had purchased it. she proceeded to tell me that she and her mother were the "brain-children" behind wild lily empire... one of my favourite shops! i mean seriously... i love that place. they have the cutest jewellery, homewares, knick-knacks, handbags etc... it is a fabulous place to find gift ideas!
so i went on my merry little way and kept dropping into the store on the odd occasion... and discovered on one of these occasions that a mailing list was being started and i could sign up to recieve updates via email... (which by the way i might add scored me a mini coin purse, just for signing up - how generous is that!!??) these grew to include updates about their online store and eventually a facebook page, which of course i "liked" about 5 minutes later :)
this christmas though, the lovely crew there decided to choose some lucky facebook "likers" to do a test run on some of their products. i threw my hand in the air and said "pickpickmepickmeee!!" and much to my utter delight they did!!
me with my gift, ready to rip it open...
so wednesday last week i ran on in to their northbridge store to collect my free gift and spent a while looking at the pretty wrapping before i tore it off to check out what was inside... yum yum yummmm. i lovvvvve candles and couldn't wait to get this one going.
as you can see from the picture i scored an organix tangerine and tea tree jar style candle... which smells like heaven... somehow i managed to hold off until today to light it, but i'm kind of in mixed emotions as to whether i should have burnt it earlier so my house would have smelt this good before today, or waited because now i can have it for longer. hmmmm it's a hard one.
but the best surprise was what my husband said when he walked in the door from work today. [quick background info on the husband... he
hates "smelly stuff".
hates it. when i want to go into dusk/ candle shope/ body shop/ shop with smells of soap/incense etc... he waits outside and says, "oh i'm good, i'll just wait here until you're done. no lies] he walked in, closed the door and says, and i quote "oh that smells nice. is that that candle you got from that shop?" yes husband. that is that candle i got from that shop. haha. anyone with a man in their life will understand the lack of enthusiasm about many, ehrm, most things.
but it is really that good. the house smells lovely!! put it this way... if there was a way to share smells via blog, i would attempt to upload it here for you all to smell. i think i'll have to go back and get another one when this one's done... or possibly buy a pile for aunties, cousins, female friends etc for christmas presents. i am positive that any female over the age of 13 would love one! so good... plus... i am sure there would be other scents as well. (i'll have to confirm that one with the shop when i go in next...)
so there you have it. my review of my free christmas gift from wild lily empire. if you haven't already been into the store, then go... there are
three stores, in nedlands, northbridge and leederville,
or you could always check out their
online store - here. well worth the look. lots of the the things on my christmas wish list are from their store, so maybe their staff will be seeing my unenthusiastic-about-smelly-things husband (bless him...) soon!
thanks guys for such a
lovely opportunity!!!! :)
p.s. if you're curious to see the clutch that caught my eye - you can still find it
here on the wild lily empire site!
