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It’s time for another Thursday Thoughts! If you want to participate, but have no idea what a link-up is, you can check out my explanation of it here.
~Yay! It snowed yesterday! The boys were OMGSOEXCITED. L must have told me a dozen times how much he loved it and how it’s his favorite time of year. As soon as he got home from school he went outside and played. And much to my surprise, WB wanted to go out too! We seriously had to drag WB in. He looked frozen but insisted he was fine. Keep snowing because we love it!
~Does anyone watch Tori & Dean’s show? I stopped watching for a bit and then picked it back up and uhh, that’s a complete train wreck right there. I can only hope that they are just acting and it’s not a real reality show, but I don’t know. I don’t either either of them are good enough actors for that. What a mess.
~This had been, by far, the busiest subscription box week of the month. I got a bunch of boxes yesterday and I am still expecting Austin Lloyd, Escape Monthly, Loot Crate, Nerd Block Jr and OMG Nina Garcia’s Quarterly Box finally billed! So many delays with that one, but now that everyone has been charged we should be seeing it in a week or two. I so hope it’s amazing!
~The Allure Winter 2014 Beauty Box will go on sale on November 25th at 12pm EST. It’s $44.95 plus $10 shipping and handling. According to someone on MUT who did the calculations, the box has a value of $217. The Allure website says it has a value of $250, but I would assume they used retail prices while MUT used actual online prices. I am for real sitting this one out, but if you want to snag one, make sure to set an alarm. I don’t think it will go as fast as some of the ones in the past have, but it will sell out (it always does).
~I got an e-mail yesterday from Birchbox saying that they noticed my November Birchbox had shipped late (it was “Born” on the 11th and started moving on the 12th) so they were adding 100 points to my account (which is equal to $10 to spend in the Birchbox shop) to make up for it. I know it’s suppose to ship before the 10th, but whatever, I didn’t think it was a huge deal and was shocked (and impressed) that they did that. They really do have awesome customer service.
~This is super random, but I was on the Food Network website last night looking for Tyler Florence’s Spiced Apple Brine we got in a box a while back (we want more) and I noticed that they sell candles. Has anyone smelled these? Where can I find them in person? I feel like this might be like a Kohl’s thing or something?
~I don’t know about you, but I am so hoping that today is the day we get a spoiler for the PopSugar Must Have Holiday boxes! Can we get some scoop on what’s in those things already???
That’s it from here! What are your weekend plans?
Ugh. Nina garcia. I have been one of the most keyed up for this box. Waited very impatiently. They billed me and i forgot my card was updated and didnt change it on the site so it failed. And now the box sub is off my account. I emailed them half dozen yines. But it takes days for a reply. And facebooked them. Im mortified i may miss out. I was SOOOOOOOOOOO upset yesterday.
*times. Sorry. Im so distraut i didnt spell check :/. I never spell check haha.
OMG! I hope you get it all straightened out!
we did. I was in a state, as you can imagine, for a full day and half haha. I take my nina garci box very seriously!!!! Well im embarassed to say many emails and two facebook messages they did thank me for my “patience” and i was billed last night. Phewwww i could sleep last night.
I am cracking up!!!!!! I can only imagine the state you were in!!!!
The Food Network candles are at Kohl’s :). I didn’t get a chance to smell any of them though, but they had a good selection. Wax melts too.
Awesome! They seemed like a Kohls item!
We buy the candles at Kohls all the time for the past year or so.they are usually by the checkout,or in home area,and most of the time 80% off. Come in a varity of sizes,our fave is the Sunday Morning Pancakes one.
Awesome!!!!!
I see the Food Network candles at Lowe’s too.
Oh, that is good to know!
Oh my Tori is a mess. I watch the show and then I keep hearing what is in the news. I think its just time she and Dean call it quits. I do give it to her for giving it a try but I think we can all say its over. Then if she wants another reality show it can be her trying to make it on her “own”. Even Mehran I think is over it and her girlfriends are too. They are all trying to be diplomatic on screen but they are just so done.
How could you not be annoyed with those two? It’s constant drama.
I’m so bummed that I cannot get my stuff together to do Thursday Thoughts! But I can still join in the comments! i bought the womens ps le box but not the men’s one. i think we’re more likely to see a spoiler for that one.
I got that e-mail from them yesterday about the Men’s box and couldn’t open it fast enough. I thought there would be a spoiler in there. NOTHING. Whomp whomp.
ALSO on my mind – where to send my boxes? we are taking off for disney evening of dec 17. i think FFF & my LEs need to go to florida, yes? i travel too much!
Ha! I would agree. They need to go to FL!
That was awesome of Birchbox! Any idea if they are releasing any more limited edition boxes for the holidays? I thought at one point they said they were.
I did the same thing with that email from popsugar yesterday thinking it was a spoiler. Dang it! They must be selling ok if they haven’t released a spoiler right?
I don’t know if they are or not?? I kind of hope they do!
I’ve bought the Food Network candles at Kohl’s. I bought a red velvet cake one recently.
I have seen those Food Network Candles at Kohl’s and the Red Velvet one I smelled was divine! I bet that their holiday scents are amazing. Birchbox customer service is wonderful, which is what keeps me subscribed. I actually signed my fiance’ up for BB man when they had that free $20 credit promo last week. It was supposed to come as a separate code that you could apply to your basket, but I guess it wasn’t working so they just credited 200 points to my account, which is 10x better in my opinion. Now I can stack a 20% off code with my points and get more bang for my buck.
Next time I get a Kohl’s coupon, I am there!
And I agree, that is a WAY better deal!
Random.. but i love your blog, i check it multiple times a day, but you should do a whats in your bag post!! I think those are so fun to read/see what bag everyone is carrying and what they carry about in their bag.. 🙂
I actually did one once a LONG time ago. It’s such a disaster now though!
The allure box looks like it has a few duplicates from the last one! no thanks!
I thought so too! I’m going to pass – need to use up what I’ve got.
I am shamefully addicted to True Tori! I hope it is fake because that will be awful for her children to watch when they are older – see the complete destruction of their family. I really doubt it is though, or else they are both much much MUCH better actors than I ever thought they were. I think they should call it quits too but I think Tori is trying to get as much money as she can before she does with all these shows and interviews.
I agree on the money thing! She’s trying to cash in while she can. And if they are acting, they should win an Oscar for that.
I think I’m going for the Allure box this time. We haven’t had enough snow to play in yet, I’m sure my girls will be so excited when it finally does!
I bought my red velvet cupcake food network candle at Target.
Ohh, I need to look!
What do you do with Tyler Florence apple brine, I have some & don’t know what to do with it?
My husband used it to brine a turkey!
My Birchbox just shipped as well. I hope I get 100 points for the delay. It’s hard to wait so long. My estimated delivery is now December 1st for the November box. 🙁 do you think I should email their customer service?
Did you just subscribe this month? If not, you could e-mail. They will probably actually e-mail you though!
I really like Birchbox. I had an item backordered that they could not send. They refunded the item price and added 100 Birchbox points to my account for the trouble. I have been very happy with their customer service.
They rock!
Birchbox is amazing with customer service. I emailed them one night and they responded 2 mins later. That never happens with another business. Took me 2 1/2 weeks to hear back from Popsugar.
They have AMAZING customer service. I have called them and they actually answer right away too!
I have a big bag of the apple brine I got in a fancy box and haven’t used, may not if you are having trouble finding it?
I can’t figure out where his stuff is sold!
Ebates has 4.5% cash back for Food Network Shop. The candles just fell into my cart…..
I hate when that happens ;).
It’s been spitting snow all week, but nothing is laying. It’s been a cold week. This has been a wonderful week for boxes. Not sure what the plans are for the weekend beyond making lots of cookies and driving my older son around. The Food Network candles sound nice; I can’t burn them fast enough.
Making a lot of cookies sounds like a good weekend plan to me!
I totally got sucked into watching “True Tori”…LOL Do I believe it? not sure, but I can’t stop watching now…LOL
also just saw that Tori & Dean will be on Dr Oz on Monday…
Oh my. I wonder what a mess that will be!