Does This Blog Make Me Look Fat?

I used to work for a candle manufacturer so I like to think I know a little bit about candles. Trapp Candles are my absolute favorite candles! (No, I didn't work for them but, boy, do I wish I did!) My sister in law turned me onto them a few years back when she owned a flower shop. The old adage "you get what you pay for" certainly rings true where candles are concerned. Trapp candles burn long and smell wonderful and smoke very little!

My personal favorites are: Bamboo Sugar Cane, Orange Vanilla, and Sexy Cinnamon but with so many different fragrances to choose from I bet you can find at least one you like!

The house across the street from me is empty. Last March, two weeks after we moved into our house, the owner left and no one has been by it unless they are leaving flyers or business cards on the door. It’s a nice house on a big corner lot with a pool and built in barbecue in the back. The other day I went over there to clean up the trash that had accumulated in the front yard and found these stepping stones. Aren’t they adorable?


Unfortunately, someone had smashed one of each of the pair so naturally I rescued the remaining two and brought them home. I’m not sure who made up rules like “your shoes have to match” or “people with two left feet can’t dance”, but I would like to find matching pieces. I’ve looked online and found something similar but nothing like these.

But then I thought...I don't really have any place to put 4 of these anyway, so I put them in the most logical place I could think of where I had room for exactly two...the flower bed!