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I think you will love Fearful Pleasure. It works great on my skin, but I can totally imagine this rocking on a guy's skin as well. I can't wait to hear how you like it. I rarely buy more than a single bottle of anything, but I had to have a backup of Fearful Pleasure. :-)

Congratulations. You looked gorgeous -and very very happy!! Wishing you and Zaiem a very long and happy life together.

And all your new nieces and nephews are just too cute for words!!

I am so sorry for your loss, Nightingale.

Max sounds like he was an extraordinary companion in this life. I am certain that he is comfortably at peace knowing that he was loved completely, and that he loved you unconditionally in return during his time here. May you find peace and comfort as well. Perhaps his spirit did not wish for you to suffer the long goodbye that aging and illness inevitably bring. Remember him in joy, at play, curled up at your feet, the wet nose kisses.

I am sorry to hear about your friend's passing. From your description, he sounds like a character I would have loved to have met. I am happy that your life was enriched by such a free soul, despite the short time he was able to be a part of your life. May your heart find comfort and peace.

umm...if it's your house and your party, the things you are serving as the hostess should be up to up and not anyone else. i think being asked to remove items or not serve them at all is incredibly rude. so, i can definitely relate to your feelings. if they don't want their kids to eat it, well...they should have left the kiddos at home. ;-)

From what I understand, the lab packs and fills orders in whatever order makes the most sense to them at the time. Obviously, orders with large number of imps can slow down packaging time since they don't keep imps of every single general catalog fragrance on hand. They do receive orders from two different methods, PayPal and CCNow, so sometimes that has something to do with it as well.

I wouldn't worry. It is well within the range. I also ordered on 4/1 and have yet to hear a peep from the lab about my order. But then again, I always feel like I'm the last person to receive my orders anyway. ;-)

I'm sure we'll hear something between now and Saturday, for sure. Then, we can squee with the rest of them.

You picked some pretty intense blends for a first-timer. Don't be dismayed. Even if you don't like the scent in the vial, try it on your skin. You'll be surprised how different a blend can smell from imp to skin. It's really the only way to test them. Also, don't despair if you don't like too many of your first picks. The same thing has happened to many of us. I liked my first imps well enough - but juuuusssst enough to try a couple more. And that was how I became a BPAL addict.

I'm glad that you found a new favorite in Jack. I don't think that I gave that one as much credit when I first tried it. I was too quick to swap it away without giving it a fair shake. I might have to revist this little pumpkiny goodness.

The trick to opening and closing imp is to go slowly. Don't pull the top straight up off the top. I made that mistake my first time out too. It was a disaster. I sorta do a slight tilt, twist to the side, then gently work it out of the top. All done slowly. It saves the precious from spillage.

Enjoy your new smellies!!

Oh please! Merging finances does not work for all couples. In fact, I've seen too many couples divorce needlessly because they chose to combine their finacnes when separate accounts could have solved the issue.

If separate accounts work for you, then by all means keep at it. My husband and I do combine our finances because that's what makes sense to us. There are times I wish I had more of money I earned (for more BPAL, of course), but I deal with it the best I can.

There is no need to explain yourself - or the way you choose to handle you finances - to anyone in this world.

And that's advice you can "take to the bank".