My First Yankee Candle

Hellooooo there :) 

How are you all today? Hope all is fine and dandy and that you have had a lovely weekend! Did any of you get up to anything exciting? I've been working a lot and also held a surprise meal to celebrate my parent's 25th wedding anniversary! It went down well which is good. My dad has also been a super dad this weekend and rearranged my room for me, much happier now! I get a bit stressed if things aren't quite right so he has made it much better and I think the word is airier. 

Today's post is only going to be a short one (every time I say this it ends up being a long one) but it's something I wanted to do a post about....

Since I have become less anxious and panicky (thank you tablets) I have begun to like candles for the first time. I have always liked the thought of candles however until recently I was always convinced that the would set the house on fire. In the past when my mum would light candles I would wait for her to go out the room and then blow them all out. I would also make sure that there was someone always in a room when there are candles lit to supervise the candles. I still will not leave candles in a room lit when there is not someone in it. This may sound crazy but my brain would always over think and think of the worst possible outcome. It's no where near as bad now but when I'm going through a rough patch I start to over think again. 

Anyway as I'm now much more chilled than I used to be I have started to enjoy candles and am slowing building up a collection. They have to be smelly candles as I find them relaxing and well non smelly ones are just boring if you ask me. Primark do some really nice smelly candles that are really affordable so if you are after some new candles and are on a budget go and check the homeware department in Primark.

As I have got more used to candles and have realised that they won't always catch on fire, I have treated myself to my first Yankee candle!! I have always loved the smell of Yankee candles and my dad has been as massive fan of them for as long as I can remember, he always has one on the go in his office. One of the things I love about Yankee candles is that there is such a wide variety of smells, sizes and shapes etc, so it was a bit overwhelming choosing which one to pick. I happened to be in Clinton Card's with my dad one day and there was loads of Yankee candles for sale and one in particular caught my eye. I had gone round and smelt loads of other ones but nothing was quite as good as the one I had narrowed it down to. I'm not very good at describing scents but to me it is sort of a sweet floral smell. 

The one I went for was called LOVELY KIKU and is a light purple colour. I didn't buy one from Clinton's as they are quite expensive and my dad managed to get it much cheaper from amazon. Good old amazon hey! 

I'm super impressed with this candle so far. I haven't actually burnt it yet as I quite enjoy just looking at it how it is and smelling it. I sound weird I know! I will get round to burning it soon I am sure and my dad bless him even gave me some tips about the wick and burning the candle that I didn't understand but hey, the thought was there. 

I hope you all enjoyed this post. Do you like candles? Do you have a favourite candle? What is your favourite Yankee candle?

Today's Barney picture is one of him in a rather muddy state and next to a beautiful muddy puddle! He always manages to get covered in mud and I'm never a fan of cleaning it up. Bring on summer where the dogs are cleaner and there is no mud!

Barney and I hope that you are all well and jolly.

Anna-Louise

xx