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I remember this one, it was good cold!

Cold brewed, or steeped hot and left to get cold? :D

lol more of the later. But I imagine cold brew would be ok!

Haha. I’ll probably end up having today’s cup cold, since I went and got a coffee instead of drinking tea on my morning break. :D

ah well let me know what you thought!

It was cold by the end of the day, and was pretty good! I didn’t have enough mugs to bring it to work today, but I see going through the tea pretty fast.

sounds like an upcoming sipdown :P

Migraines are utterly miserable. Hope you feel better soon.

feel better!

I had all the painkillers too. Haha. Feeling pretty good right now, but useless for anything except drinking tea and very carefully puttering in the kitchen. :D

Eeesh. Good luck getting rid of that headache, those are the worst :/

I used a tennis ball on my neck to release some of the tension, and with all the painkillers and all the herbal teas, I’m feeling decent today! Still recovering from The Sick, but no migraine! Woohoo!

Glad you are on the mend!

Ha. Procrastination sometimes rocks. Now I have a car to go to the mall. And for Costco in the morning. Sweet.

Capsule wardrobes—reminds me of spaceship gear. :)

Also, brilliant idea separating everything.

I used to be able to wear whatever to work – PJs, workout gear, jeans, whatever. But I can’t at my new job, so my closet needed to be reorganized. And the really shabby stuff needs to be replaced!

Thankfully, I can be fairly dress-up casual at work, but I tend towards more casual casual. My shabbier items go in the home ‘cleaning’ and crafting pile. That pile is growing.

I have to wear nylons, Evol! I used to be able to wear leggings and casual skirts, but now I have to wear nylons. The horror! (It’s really too bad Costco only sells sheers – I really only wear opaque tights.)

What, no leggings? That sucks!

UGH I KNOW! I do on “casual Fridays”, but it’s not “professional attire”. Boo. (Seriously, it’s not like I’m wearing leggings and a crop top. Or pretending my semi opaque tights are pants… :D )

Seriously, I don’t get why you can’t wear leggings in place of tights. Do they also make you wear more formal shoes too or can you wear something nice yet comfy?

Hahaha. I wear Clarks mary janes. Old lady shoes FTW. I think it’s the “socks + leggings” thing that isn’t business enough. If I had ankle boots, no one would know. :D I’ve been looking, but I haven’t found anything that works for my sore feet yet.

I prefer opaque tights myself, although I usually buy the warm kind and only wear them in the winter with skirts or dresses.

I was going to specifically ask about Clarks! Well hey, they make some nice ones. Have you tried Rieker? They make some fabulously comfy, stylish shoes.

If I had to wear tights, I’d take the opaque route too.

I haven’t found anything, unfortunately. The Clarks I have are good, but I tried on another style yesterday at Winners, and nope. So ouchie. I also tried a super cute pair of ankle boots, but I needed 1 size bigger… they only had an 8. Oh well.

I can never find ones I really like in my size at Winners. But Marshalls tends to have a much better shoe selection. Have you tried there?

We actually only have one Marshalls here, and it’s in a really weird to get to area of town.

Honestly, I googled. I had no idea the store existed here.

Nylons! The horror. The expense.

Ankle boots. I suggest Blundstones. Expensive, but they’ll last for three or four years if not longer.

Ah, I see where it is. That would be so annoying for you, for sure. Too bad they didn’t put it in Richmond already, eh? Like one of the shopping centres along the sky train line so the trip would be more worthwhile.

Ours is at the extreme south end but at least there are many other interesting stores around (IKEA!) so the trip seems worthwhile.

Actually, I thought Metropolis would have one but I see they have a Winners already. That would be sweet too.

Yeah. Brentwood is mega renovating so maybe there? But as it is it’s just over an hour from home, longer if I go after work. Meh. I’ll check it out one day I’m sure!

Sadly Blundstones aren’t really work suitable! I need something a bit dressier, and those look like work boots. I mean, I’d LOVE to have a pair, but they’d be weekend/Friday wear.

:(

Although the heat does build. Still not spicy enough.

hahahahaha

Are you laughing at my inability to taste? :P

Jealous!

nice. i have ONE butiki flavoured tea left :(

Muahaha. I have this one, and So Long and Thanks for all the Licorice, and Praline Horizon. :D And possibly dregs of others that I haven’t found and moved to my “DRINK NOW OMG” pile.

i was going to say i want new teas..but i don’t. i want the retail therapy of buying new teas…. life is all upside down right now. I’m being pulled in to re-org conversations for our larger team…ie i’m on one team that reports in to a guy who oversees 5 teams…i’m looking at how the 5 teams are going to be restructured….. and working on 2 projects that need to be delivered in 3 weeks.

Sil- you said when you wanted to buy new tea you were going to open one of the ones you haven’t tried yet- this is just a friendly reminder to NOT BUY TEA!! :)) (hope work calms down for you)

Sil, shop your stash!!!

Also- good luck with that work stuff. Sounds stressful. :/

I think I have close t 4 oz of Hello Sweetie

Excellent. I’m so glad I’m not the only one hoarding these, VariaTEA. :)

Now I am working on trying to drink it all up. So much tea. So much old tea.

i have not succumbed to purchases OR shopping my stash…yet. I don’t even really want new teas…just want to spend money lol but save we must…for travel!

Sil, I know the feeling. I keep checking out tea websites and teaware sites and all sorts of things because I want to shop. I was even on Red Leaf Tea the other day despite not drinking matcha in forever, and Damann Freres.

Tea people needing interventions.
Lol—no! Let’s just all go to the tea festival instead. Because we will be very strong there and resist all the temptations.

Sil, I hope work lets up a bit for you. Or at least, you can find a way to make it all manageable.

VariaTEA, I totally get that. SO MUCH TEA. So I’m busy drinking it. :)

i still have lots too. Must stop hoarding…. Must drink…

thanks guys – yeah right now, balance seems to be tea during the day, wine in the evening and long walks on the weekend haha

I steeped this again this morning because I was too tired for tea last night (I had hot honey and lemon instead). SO GOOD. Gah, this tea.

Feel better.

^ That.

Some get well better soon vibes are heading your way, ZOMG!

Thanks tea friends! :D Soon it is the weekend and I can spend the WHOLE TIME IN BED. It will be glorious.

Truly the best way to deal. And drink all the teas and sleep and repeat. Glorious—yes.

MMMMmmmmmmmmmmmm Golden Fleece is a really nice fluffy black

It’s definitely good, but its missing a certain je ne sais quois that some of the others I’ve tried have.

interesting

It’s just a medicinal herbal tea. Doesn’t have licorice in it, but hyssop tastes licorice-y and the berry leaves make it taste kinda like berries. IDK. I like these kinds of things.