October Musings From My World

I'm looking for a vintage buffet/sideboard to antique and put on a long wall in my family room for all my table linens.  Currently they're stored in four different places and I'd like to have them all together. In searching for the buffet/sideboard I went to Facebook's Marketplace. Have you ever shopped there?  I haven't found the right one to bring home yet, but I did find a like-new Farberware 36-cup stainless steel urn.  

I use my own urns at The Whitney because I don't want to brew tea in a vessel that was preceded by coffee.  Yuck!  I have four Farberware urns already [I love them!].  We've got a Halloween Tea coming up on Oct. 31st where I'll be serving three different teas, so another urn will be great.

On Monday, my hubby and I drove out to the small rural-like community of Leonard, Mi [about 32 miles away] to purchase the urn for $40 - a good price considering they're over $100 new.  We enjoyed the beautiful fall scenery along the way, including pumpkin patches.  Did you know Michigan ranks fourth in the US in pumpkin production?  I do my part to bolster pumpkin sales by putting 1/4 c. pureed pumpkin in my oatmeal every single morning.  I'd have a hard time eating oatmeal now without it.  It's yummy and healthy - rich in Vitamin A.

I gave my new urn a baking soda cleansing and it's all ready for use on October 31st.

On the way home, we stopped for an early dinner at P.F. Chang's.  They no longer serve White Tangerine Tea but our server recommended Dragon Eye Oolong.  It was so-o-o good!  We each ordered their Signature Chicken Lo Mein [a first for us] along with Lettuce Wraps, and it was a very enjoyable meal.  My fortune cookie said, "You will live a long life and eat many fortune cookies."  ;-)

Merchandise sales seems to be abounding everywhere.  My sale order from Harney Tea arrived on Monday - one bag [50 sachets] of Citron Green Tea and one bag [50 sachets] of organic Green with Citrus & Ginkgo Tea.  I think I'm set for green tea for awhile.  Green tea is all I drink anymore.  At the recent virtual World Tea Summit, one of the presenters said tests show that green tea prevents the formation of kidney stones.  Since I take cranberry capsules daily for UTI issues - and cranberries can contribute to the formation of kidney stones - drinking lots of green tea is a must for me.  I love that it yields multiple steeps too.

I'm looking forward to sitting down with the two newest publications I received from Hoffman Media over a cup of tea.  Can you believe the Christmas issue of Teatime magazine is out!  While I hate to think of it, Christmas is right around the corner!

Speaking of sales... I had two $50 gift cards for Chico's, and I'd been receiving e-mails from them highlighting flash sales, so I decided to make some online purchases.  I'm very pleased with what I got.  I wore this leopard print jacket to work last Saturday.

I'm saving these black and gold scroll print ankle pants for Christmas.  They so comfortable and very slimming [I'll take all the optical illusions I can get! ;-)].  Last year at Christmas time I purchased a gold sequined jacket at Chico's to wear at the Christmas teas at The Whitney, but I found a dress I liked even better, so the jacket is still hanging in the garment bag with the tags still attached.  I think it will go perfectly with these slacks.

It's a bit glitzier than what I'm accustomed to wearing, but hey!  It's Christmas, and we can sparkle at Christmas, right?

While in Sam's Club yesterday I found a warm fleece Eddie Bauer hoodie jacket and long sleeve tee to wear at home this winter.  The two together came to only $25.  They were out of the pants in my size, so I'm off to another Sam's Club as soon as I finish this post.  Hopefully I'll find them.  I get so cold in the winter months [can't convince hubby to put the thermostat above 70 degrees], so this ensemble will keep me nice and comfy.

That brings you up to speed with life in my world.  Hope all is well with you and yours!