Here are my answers to the questions, copied from Lioness! sorry this is screwed up in terms of format but I can only make some basic adjustments now. Sigh.

 

Do you prefer dark or milk chocolate?

I like milk chocolate more, but dark chocolate has been growing on me. I don't really like chocolate unless it has things in it. Peanut butter and caramel are favorites, but all sorts of things are delicious--the odder the better! Fruit and nuts are wonderful, but I like chiles and bacon and sea salt and herbs (lavender!) too. Some of those things are better with dark chocolate, so I'm not against it.

 

Anise! My nemesis is anything licorice flavored, though I've eaten some holiday cookies with mild anise flavor and tolerated them ok. Cardamom is ok. I'm crazy about nutmeg. And ginger. And ginger bread!

Do you like artisan oils and vinegars?

Very much so!

 

 

I'm all full up on calenders, thank you!

 

 

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Those are kind of cool. Fair trade stuff esp.

 

Not big into tarts. I love candles though, any sort, but votives in particular are always useful in my house!

 

I don't know....I got some delicious cookies from my switch witch and she included the recipe which in my mind is brilliant! I would be thrilled recieving more baked good, though. I love christmas cookies! I'm not doing low sugar so I'm fine on that. Savory things are still delicious though!

 

 

I would love BPTP candles, but have not been keeping up with this development, but I would LOVE LOVE a Samhain candle as I love the scent but can't wear it. Really, any BPTP candles would rock my world.

 

 

Absolutely not--I'm all for recycling/upcycling.

 

 

Dogs. Utterly geeky about dogs. Esp. Japanese dogs.

 

 

LEMON! Oh, how I love lemon. Lemon pound cake? Would love it! When I got married two years ago on my birthday, I insisted we have a cake even though we were going with a very minimal type wedding, and it was....lemon! It's my favorite! Lemon curd, cookies, bring it on! I'm not crazy about marmalade of any kind, though.

 

I like fingerless gloves, but mittens can be good when it is super cold. Either is good! I'm always losing gloves, too (or dogs steal them and chew them), so can always use them

 

Yes, please! Well, if my snow fox is willing.<

 

Hmmm....don't know. I'm not big into stuffed animals or anything, but would probably like a fox or shiba type stuffed creature!<

 

 

???Don't know what it is.

 

black and grey for clothes, with splashes of color: purple, deep wine red. Jewel tones.

 

 

amethyst or garnet, though I like most colored gemstones. Citrine is lovely too.

 

Foxes, of course! And snowy owls and ravens. And Shibas! But I love animals in general.

 

centipedes.

not doing it this year.

 

no<

 

well, I do love A Christmas Carol.

 

No.

 

Let's just say this: any and all lush would be swooned over. I ADORE the bubble bars and bath bombs. Anything would be great. Flying fox is a favorite scent of mine, and I love the blue sky and clouds bubble bar.

 

Paintbox

 

I'm not crazy about the soap but would be happy to try some of the other products.

 

I have three dogs, but they don't really need anything, though they are quite capable of trying to steal things!

 

<I like honey but have a ton. Beeswax stuff, like candles, would be lovely.

 

I'm good on TJs, thanks. Have one near.

 

I haven't really looked.

 

Check my wishlist for my wants.

 

no.<

 

I have an amazon wishlist<

I'm not crazy about holiday music,

 

I would like rose in chocolate! Otherwise, not so much.

 

???I'm not sure.....Might be willing to try something small in that flavor.

 

 

Oh, I love wing sauce. I have a very high heat tolerance.

 

Sock Dreams? Some fabulous chocolate place? It would be up to my swapper I think.<

 

I like everything in chocolate unless it was licorice or hazelnuts, and even hazelnuts can be tolerated, I'm just not crazy about them. I'm not crazy about mint and chocolate though. I even like those chocolate creams: you know, ones with lemon or maple or whatever in them. I like nut brittles. Caramels (love love these!) toffee. ">

 

Fusion Sweets

 

um....all the caramels. the rose infused marshmallows. In fact most of the marshmallows. Oh, and peanut brittle. I love peanut brittle. That store looks very good.

 

 

not really.

 

I do usually, but we'll see this year. I will probably get a small one because we don't have a lot of room. It's not themed--I just put up ornaments.

 

Sure!

Absolutely!

 

 

I would LOVE homemade goodies!

 

I probably wouldn't use them.

 

 

Yes! And recipes for body products would be lovely too! I would probably like sugar rather than salt, and I don't have a preference about dry/moist. I like most EO scents, so any would be good.

 

<br style="color: rgb(81, 94, 13); font-family: georgia; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; text-align: left; background-color: rgb(243, 246, 225); ">LOVE candles, and use them a lot. I would not want decorations/sculpted though, as I mostly use them as candles! Scented--in almost any scent--holiday scents like evergreen etc are delightful, resins are fabulous, and foody scents are great too. No florals, please.

 

I like good soaps, but don't use little ones much. I like cold process soaps like from Arcana or BPTP or stuff like that. I can always use good, moisturizing soap. I don't like gylcerine soaps.

 

 

Yes, yes and I need decent socks rather terribly. I prefer natural fibers, though, so novelty printed socks aren't usually that great a choice for me. (An exception to the natural fiber preference would be for polar fleece socks. I'd like a pair of them!) I'd like some slipper-socks, even though I know they are kind of geeky!

 

Coffee, yes please. Whole bean. Not flavored unless it is something mild like cinnamon or vanilla. Drip. Strong flavors (french roast, italian roast etc) are best. I like Starbucks ok, but really love Peets and would love to try local coffees.

 

I also love tea and consume a lot. Mostly I drink herbal infusions these days. Ginger is my tea obsession and will take any and all ginger tea, but I like fruit teas too, and various herbal stuff. I like flavored black teas. And mate.

 

 

 

I wouldn't mind trying ends with benefits again (leave in conditioner?) if they still have it, or trying some of their other hair stuff. Scents I like would be vanillas/pumpkin etc.

 

Yep. True reds, purples, golds, silver, metallic browns.

 

 

I think I answered the rest in the thread.