new fav

my latest obsession is marzipan. last year in london i picked up some marzipan tea in covent garden. it is one of my most fav teas and i was just about out when i decided to google it. turns out it isn't easy to find, so i ordered it from a place in london (not the covent garden shop, they don't have a website). i was happy to find that when it arrived it is the same tea i had. yum!

now i know a lot of people think that marzipan tea would be the same as almond tea but it isn't - i have had some almond teas and there is just something different about this.

just before that, i had found some marzipan hot chocolate from the vermont country store. it arrived just a few days before my tea and i had no idea they were made by the same company. both are delish!

and then there was the trip to ikea last friday with ellen. i picked up the marzipan logs - seriously, i told you i was obsessed! (and fyi, ritter dark chocolate with marzipan is also at the top of my list).

anyhoo, not much knitting this weekend. i gave my credit cards a workout by going to ikea one day and then drove to portland to pick up a bed set at west elm another day. i heart west elm. i got some really cool accessory stuff besides the dresser, bed and nightstand. it barely fit in the car (i had to borrow my parents highlander - my mini would not hold that much!). looking forward to finally getting my bedroom in the works!

**there will be a stitch marker sale this friday at 9 a.m. pacific. i have a small assortment of things, most of which are new designs. **