{January 20, 2011}

This candle is the BOMB! A few years ago I went in to a Bath & Body Works and found a Mint Chocolate Chip Ice Cream candle made by White Barn. When I opened the lid and took a whiff I was instantly transported back to my childhood days, eating my favorite ice cream at Baskin 'n Robbins. I had to have that candle and have it I did. As soon as I got back home I lit each wick, letting the scent fill the entire upstairs of the house. The kids came home from school, sniffed the air, and remarked how awesome and delicious it smelled. Ryan, on the other hand, thought it stunk...but that's only because he doesn't like mint chocolate anything (crazy, no?!). Of course it couldn't last forever and soon there wasn't much of my yummy candle left. I began frantically searching for more to replace the one quickly dwindling away, yet kept coming up empty. Bath & Body Works no longer carried it and I couldn't find anywhere online that did. Then by sheer luck I happened upon a website that had three of them for sale. As it was close to Christmas, and my dad had requested a wish list from me, I added one Mint Chocolate Chip Ice Cream candle to the "wished for" items. Upon learning that these candles were both hard to come by, and also my favorites, my dad shocked me by ordering all three! I've already gone through one, but I'm trying to burn the second one less often so I don't have to move on to the third any time soon. I hold out hope that by the time they're all gone I will have found a suitable replacement--or maybe I'll get really lucky and White Barn will start making them again.

I think I picked up that adorable candle holder at the Canterbury Shaker Village gift shop, but it's possible I got it somewhere else. I do know that I bought it when my in-laws were in town and we hit multiple destinations and stores as we all played "tourist" throughout New Hampshire and Massachusetts. Either way the candle fits perfectly in it and it looks oh-so-quaint!

On to the pic...{click to view full size}