This morning after picking up my chai I decided to head out to find some non-candy items to stuff into plastic eggs for my nephew's annual Easter Egg Hunt. Charlie is 6, and to say I adore him, well, that's an understatement. I hope he won't be too disappointed that his Aunt has decided to eliminate candy from the eggs this year... The more I read about proper nutrition and take on as much of an organic lifestyle as possible, the more I just can't purchase "crap" food for those I love.
I love Easter. I really do. It's my second favorite holiday after Christmas. The pastel colors, bunnies everywhere, Spring flowers, greener grass, the smell of Hyacinths. The idea that the Easter bunny leaves eggs and baskets brimming with little goodies.
So I headed out to 3 stores and came home with practically Nothing. All I saw was a bunch of plastic, overpriced, low quality crap (there's that word again). I picked up a little plastic ring with a mustache on top...now this is cute I thought, until I saw the price...$2? For a little plastic ring? 25 cents was all I was willing to spend. Then it dawned on me, duh, why was I shopping elsewhere when my own store has the best and cutest things for Easter baskets and stuffing eggs? And scented to boot. And non-toxic. Where was my brain this morning? Every time Charlie comes to work with me he is in heaven. He has so much fun in the kid department with all the scented stickers, erasers, markers, pencil sharpeners, books, pens, bookmarks, necklaces, stamps. He even likes to pretend he's shopping and puts things in a bag, and then has fun restocking them.
I know where I'm going to shop for Easter this year, at
EverythingSmells. Charlie will not be disappointed!
Cheers,
Danielle
Owner/Scent Expert
www.EverythingSmells.com
