Even more shopping

Since I hit the outlets yesterday, I felt like it was only fair to hit the malls today to make sure I didn't miss any good deals there! Jen was my partner in crime and influenced in part by our Fruits & Passion gift cards, we decided to head west to the Natick collection (aka fancy name for a mall) and Shoppers World.

At the Fruits & Passion store, I was faced with a dilemma. Due to my cold, I had a hard time distinguishing different scents. This was definitely a problem since I'm very picky about scents. In the end, I went with their classic Cucina hand soap and lotion combo in lime zest and cypress since I usually like citrus as a scent.



Jen got a tube of their regenerating Cucina hand cream.

Four hours later, after doing a lot of walking and browsing, Jen and I were ready for dinner. As Jen was in the mood for a burger and a new restaurant, we headed to the British Beer Company. I was really impressed with this restaurant - although we didn't try any of the British beer on tap, Jen's burger was big and juicy, my French Dip sandwich was tasty and the fries were great (especially with malt vinegar on the side).

I think Sunday will be devoted to being lazy with Andrew as I'm getting worn out just thinking about all the shopping I've done this weekend. The good news is that I'm almost done buying gifts.

Fruits & Passion Campaign

I had a package waiting for me when I got home tonight. I tore into it and realized it was from BzzAgent with everything I needed to participate in their Fruits & Passion campaign.

As you can see, it was loaded with goodies, including:

• Their famous Cucina hand soap in coriander and olive oil
• A small sample of Cucina regenerating hand cream
• A sample of their Argan nourishing butter
• A sample of their cooling cream gel to be used on feet
• And the best part - $75 in gift cards to be used at the Fruits & Passion store

What exactly is Fruits & Passion? It's a chain of stores that began in Canada and have now expanded globally to locations like Japan. I think of them kind of like The Body Shop or Bath and Body Works as they sell a variety of lotions, soaps, aromatherapy products, candles, perfume and all sorts of nicely scented products. There's five locations in the US, and I happen to live very close to the Fruits & Passion store in the Natick Collection, the fancy new mall that just opened up 20 minutes away from me.

Although I had never heard of them before, I'm excited to check out the store and put those gift cards to use. From their website, the store layout look colorful, light and airy and they have colorful packaging and bags that prominetly feature the color green, yay! At first glance, I'm eager to check these products out:

Their Green Tea perfume. I love Green Tea as a scent and since my favorite perfumes seem to be discontinued left and right, this may serve as a good replacement.

Fruiting Foaming Bath in Grapefruit - Guava

Not only does the scent sound heavenly, the bottle just looks cool!



Cucina Countertop cleaner - It's biodegradable and has no phosphates, ammonia, chlorine and alcohol

HOTdog Eau de Toilette - Perfume for dogs! I think the packaging is adorable even though I think it's unfair that they don't have a line for cats.

So, I was going to warn everyone to expect Fruits & Passion stocking stuffers for Christmas but I think it may be too easy to buy stuff for myself!