juushika

'Tis the season of letters and packages.

delicatetruth and lupanotte, I received both letter and card. I shall write back to the letter shortly. The card is adorable, and I must find somewhere to put the miniature sitting horse. Top of my monitor, maybe?

vaga42bond, I got the package. The veggies look quite scary wrapped in bubblewrap—like little alien egg pods, really. Either that, or I have an overactive imagination.

I'm also starting to receive my BPAL orders, most of which were purchased with the boyfriends BPAL Christmas cash. He's giving me a much smaller gifty on the day itself as well, which is a good thing, as these will arrive very spread out. I ordered—with my own cash—Ivanushka decants from a Long Night Moon decant circle (plus a decant of Wezwanie / Hold retail only salon)(by habiliments which arrived today, I won a pack of various imps, sent for free, from nyxluna (what a nice holiday idea!), which arrived today. I ordered—with the BPAL gift funds—a few LEs and GCs from voyeurwithwings which arrived yesterday. I'm still waiting on three LE decants—ordered with gift funds—from whiskeryluxury, three Poe decants—ordered with my own cash—from a decant circle by syrenemyst, and a set of six GC imps—ordered with gift funds— from the Lab itself, which I expect will arrive last, probably in early January, but I may be surprised.

*Takes a deep breath.*

So I'm in the middle of wading through a huge row of new BPAL smellies that need to be tried, tested, sorted, and fully enjoyed. This also means that my pile of imps is swiftly outgrowing the tiny box that I store them in—a shipping container from a lab order.

Photographic evidence? Well, it just so happens that I did take pictures in celebration...

( Two pictures of my stash. )

That makes 46 unique scents and one sniffy. Not bad, for a newbie. It is oddly exciting to watch the collection grow, and even more wonderful as I do actively use these. Some collections—like My Little Ponies, like stuffed bears—are decorative, and since I'm no longer six, are rarely interactive. BPAL is at once a collectible and a commodity. They get used. It's a joy to sort out all my favorites and to make orders and to receive packages, but it's also a joy to lean in close to myself and sniff deep, or to have the boy tell me that I smell good.

If all of this talk of BPAL interests you at all: I do have those few reject imps to pass off, and I bet there will be more as I start to test the ones I've recently acquired. I'm thinking primarily of circle_of_ashes and delicatetruth, as I exchange mail with both of you already, and lupanotte since I know you own some. kaimetso, I believe you were interested in maybe sampling one or two? Since I only have a few, and as I am both unreliable and scared of strangers, I would rather make these imps free samples to friends rather than sell them.

( The list of imps I'm looking to pass off, with descriptions. )

If any of them sound tempting, please do let me know. I make no promises, but if I send out a few holiday letters or packages, I'd love to get rid of these in the process. They don't work for me, but they may work for you. I'd love to get them in the hands of people that would enjoy them. (I will add to, revise, and repost this list every now and then, when I test and sort out new rejects.)