my favorite things

I’ve noticed that a number of bloggers have giveaways and while I’d love to spoil my fabulous readers with a goodie or two I don’t think that will be happening until maybe I publish my book and in that case I’ll offer up a signed copy :)

the recent giveaway that I’ve seen is entitled “My Favorite Things Giveaway” and when I thought about some of the little jewles that I often tell people about or that I would like to share with people I came up with:

1. Burts Bees Lemon Butter Cuticle Creme:  not only does this stuff smell amazing it will soften your cuticles and strengthen your nails but I think that the lemon in here helps to whiten your nails too.

2. a “Quoteable Quotes” card:  I love these things.  just the other day I bought three of them (and one envelope) and the guy at the register pointed that out to me, I told him that they are all for me and really I’m just getting the envelope just in case I need one at a later time.  my current favorite quote, though I do own a few of these, “What would you attempt to do if you knew you could not fail?”

3. a gift card to Argo Tea:  I do think that even for non-tea drinkers there is something in this place that will appeal to you unless of course you are simply not willing to try  something different.  just today I tried their “Valintea” which is hibiscus and passion fruit and was very pleasantly surprised.  my favorite though is an “Earl Gray Vanilla Creme” but I have been known to switch it up from time to time.

4. Dove Dark Chocolate bar:  I cannot emphasize this enough, I LUUUVVV dark chocolate, the way it excites my taste buds and then melts away into a beautiful finish that leaves me satisfied even though often time my insatiable self has more . . . this is a great chocolate for cheap!  Hershey’s Special Dark is just too sweet but the Dove bar isn’t bitter, it’s just perfect for a deep chocolate craving.

5. tickets to the Siskal Film Center: I haven’t gone yet but I will. you can catch an indie or foreign flick, have a glass of wine before or after the film and enjoy a cultural adventure in downtown Chicago that many have probably never even thought of.

6. my sixth and you were only asked to have five would be Sandstone by L.U.S.H. Cosmetics:  I wrote a piece on this, mainly because the caricature of the guy on the sticker who made my soap was funny looking but really this soap is AMAZING, so long as you don’t mind a little sand in the tub.

so I’m not giving anything other than a heart felt endorsement but there’s my list of favorite things that if nothing else always put a smile on my face.  simple little indulgences (like a brand new lip gloss) that I’m happy to have found since none of them are really main stream.

so tell me, what are some of your favorite things?