Went into Boston today with a sneezing, noseblowing Megan, poor thing! We walked thru Boston Common (in hopes of seeing the ice sculptures from New Year's Eve, but they'd been knocked down...so sad) on the way to Lush, where we both got a free gift for spending more than $45. Here's what I got:

Bath Bombs (4)

Youki-hi (jasmine, ylang ylang, cypress and palmarosa): Our Chinese New Year celebration Ballistic is named after one of the world's three most beautiful women ever, a Chinese woman called Youki-Hi, according to Japanese tradition. It has a gloriously sensual, jasmine flower fragrance and is regally decorated with gold sparkles and red sea salt in the colours of Chinese dragons which dance along the street for new year parades.

Sex Bomb (lavender, jasmine, ylang ylang): Clary sage essential oil, as well as being a reputed aphrodisiac, helps you to keep a balanced viewpoint and a clear mind. However, the Sex bomb is not just for nights out; it makes a wonderful start to a quiet night in.

Black Pearl: A dark, a mysterious Bath Bomb named in honour of Captain Jack Sparrow's ship in Pirates of the Caribbean. It's studded with crystals of sea salt and scented with lavender and blackcurrant. Inside each one is a wise saying. [oh, you know I just HAD to get this one!]

Hot Java (ginger, cinnamon, juniperberry): Jump into a Hot Java bath every time you need warming up. It's for cold days or days when you.ve got a cold or when you.ve been out in the cold and need warming up right through. It's good for when you're feeling creaky after exercising too. Run a warm bath, drop in the Hot Java and let the spices soak right in. Powdered cinnamon is traditionally used to relieve aches, ylang ylang relaxes your muscles and juniper berry oil is said to help relieve stiff joints. A week in the tropics would be lovely but a Hot Java will do nicely.

Bubble Bars (2)

Bathos: Bubbly Bathos is made with some of most sensual, relaxing essential oils on the planet - violet leaf, rose, jasmine, ylang ylang, bergamot, clove and lots of green glitter. Don't put one of these in the bath in the morning on a workday. Save it for later.

Ruby Red Slippers: This bubble bar has a the beautiful scent of rose and carnation (our Potion [oooh, potion!] fragrance) and a trail of sparkling red twinkles. Do not delay, order yours before they click their heels and disappear. [this one was my freebie]

Luxury Bath Melts (2)

Elixir: It's blue and sparkly! The Elixir is the bar to melt into your bath on mornings when your mind is a little sluggish and your body is trailing behind it. It warms and revives you with ginger essential oil and refreshes you with cardamon, which is said to help to clear confusion from your brain. Neroli, that powerful - and expensive - natural wonder of an essential oil, is said to help relieve headaches and stop you yawning and also soothes highly emotional states.

Ceridwen's Cauldron: Named after the Welsh sorceress from ancient mythology, works magic on your skin when you drop it into the bath tub, which is as close as most of us get to a cauldron. Each melt, wrapped in a square of muslin, contains more skin softeners than you can shake a wand at, including sandalwood, rose, walnut oil and cocoa butter. As your bath melt melts, the whole oats are caught in the muslin bag and the idea is that you then wash your body all over with this little pack of scented porridge, traditionally used to lighten the skin and gentle enough for all skin types. This is not your common or garden bathing experience; think of a Ceridwen's Cauldron bath as a modern day ritual to soften the skin.

We then walked down Newbury Street a bit further before deciding to head for the Pru Mall. Stopped for a bite to eat there and then walked down to Rickart (French chocolate store) where amazingly enough I ended up not buying a thing (still have a 2 pound box of See's chocolates at home). We wandered about, stopping to take pictures in front of some gigantic gold christmas ball ornaments and walked and walked and window shopped and walked (it was just the right temp for long walks outside). Finally we headed back to the T and home.

Now I'm going to relax in a Lush bath and retire to my bed for the evening, where I'll try to psyche myself up to go to work tomorrow...sigh...

***UPDATED***

Don't you just love winter in New England?

"oh.... I forgot you can't smell!" - hee hee.. thanks for a great day! You forgot about the Top of the Hub!

That's it! I'm mad at both of you! :-p

I'm using my bomb on Wednesday after skiing. Our friends are coming up and so I know I have to ski until they are tired! LOL So I will be wiped out. Jacuzzi anyone?

could you please fix that weather thing you have going on before the 14th, thank you.

looks the same in Jersey!

Looks like you found some real treasures. Soaking in a warm bath sounds lovely right now, much better than being at work after a 2 week vacation!

Thanks again Janet. Now I can use some of my "supply" with out feeling like Ill have to go without till my next visit! Sassy pants McLoo.

I don't remember ice sculptues when I lived there (left in 1978 after the blizzard) but I do remember Commons lit up and a few years back I was visiting and saw the "Enchanted Village." Just popping in to say Hi and see how you're doing.

omg, i have to get to that store, i have never been!

I love the sex bomb, I hope your bath was great!