Travel Advisory

I am on my way to Canada soon.  Needless to say I am very much looking forward to spending the holidays with family and friends.  I have not been home for the holidays in quite some time and I am positively bursting with excitement.

The last two times I went to Canada my luggage got lost.  I mean really lost.  In June, this year, I went about five days without my bag.   Five days in a pair of capri sweats and bronze gladiator sandals - imagine my excitement.  My own luggage tags and the airline tag had been caught in something and if it had not been for my "persistence" I probably ,would never have seen my clothes again.

Now, I buy the goofiest and brightest luggage tags I can.  Hence the dancing polar bears.  The other thing I never forget to do is keep a stash of business cards inside all of my bags - that way if the tags get torn off again there is some hope!

Canadian Shopping

I was thinking this week of doing a post on some of the companies that I really admire, which have roots in Canada.  However, I figured before I do that I would need to do a little research - I have a preliminary list in mind, so I promise I will eventually get to it.

Anyway, imagine my surprise and delight to stumble upon a Fruits & Passion store here in Scottsdale!  For those of you who don't know F&P, its a Canadian retailer and producer of wonderful bath, body and home products.  I love it because the smells are very light and fresh - not at all overpowering.

Here is the storefront.  Fruits and Passion is headquartered in Quebec and I found the look and feel of the boutique to be 100% consistent with what I had experienced in Canada.  Even better, because it was Black Friday, everything in the store was 40% off and if you spent $40 you got a 500 ml bottle of hand soap.

I thought these little mini bubble baths in holiday light bottles were so cute I bought some to use as stocking stuffers and I bought a few candles in my favourite scent - orange cantaloupe.  S gets to benefit from the $42 I spent and keep the olive oil handsoap.

If you are wondering how the holidays feel in the desert check out this cute Christmas bear hanging out among the agave plants!

Cheers! d