Made in my timolino while spending the afternoon finishing Christmas shopping. I hate shopping; it just stresses me out. So, it was pretty nice to have a hot cup of tea with me on the slightly miserable, cold day – and on top of that not only was it a warm cup of tea but also a soothing jasmine one!
And I know I said I had done that a while ago but I wound up with some surprise things I needed to pick up: namely a Secret Santa gift for a coworker. I was at Cuppa’T which is in the Cathedral area of Regina. For everyone who isn’t Lala or tigress_al that’s basically the really cool aesthetic/hipster-y/artsy area of town. If I could afford it, that’s where I’d want to live in Regina out of all the different neighborhoods.
At Cuppa’T I picked up some tea for myself, of course. Hiatus be damned. I nabbed 50g of Pink Beauty because I wanted to restock that one and then I got 50g of two new teas: a white tea called Nights in Paris and a fruit blend called The Great Gatsby. I also looked for Ice Princess or Dragonfruit Cranberry to restock those blends but they weren’t in stock. For my Secret Santa gift I got this really cute small/personal sized blue bubble teapot and 50g of Chamomile. The woman I got for the exchange is pretty pregnant so I thought something caffeine free and soothing might be a nice gift for her.
Then, after Cuppa’T we stopped at Dessart, which is a super cool candy store. I didn’t actually buy much for me but I did get something like $40 of candy to make into these little stocking stuffer/gift bags for my coworkers. That was a gift I definitely didn’t expect to be grabbing but am really happy I did. I love giving gifts; I just wish I could afford to do so more often…
Final stop was a bust: we were gonna go look at this Chinese herbal store because a friend from work said she saw teaware there the other day. Sure enough, we got to the store and there were several gorgeous Gaiwans in the front window that had me practically salivating! However, turns out they were closed so I’ll need to sate my tea addiction some time in the future.
But overall, it was a good shopping trip as far as shopping trips go.
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You got a lot of great gifts!
Those gaiwans are nice aren’t they? I hesitated last time, but next time I’m totally picking one up!
Do you remember how much they were? I need to go back when they’re actually open so I can scope out the teaware more closely ^^
Also, it had been over a year since I’d been to Cuppa’T and it surprised me that they actually had a few yixing pots from when Jule went to China a while back. They were all quite pretty, but don’t know if I’d buy either because I didn’t love the shape.
I think he said they were around $25? That was awhile ago though…
When I went to Cuppa T in November, it had been ages since I had been in there as well, and I really enjoyed all the te aware…I was a good girl and didn’t buy any though ;p
You got a lot of great gifts!
Those gaiwans are nice aren’t they? I hesitated last time, but next time I’m totally picking one up!
Do you remember how much they were? I need to go back when they’re actually open so I can scope out the teaware more closely ^^
Also, it had been over a year since I’d been to Cuppa’T and it surprised me that they actually had a few yixing pots from when Jule went to China a while back. They were all quite pretty, but don’t know if I’d buy either because I didn’t love the shape.
Ahhh this tea would help me with shopping too. :D
I think he said they were around $25? That was awhile ago though…
When I went to Cuppa T in November, it had been ages since I had been in there as well, and I really enjoyed all the te aware…I was a good girl and didn’t buy any though ;p
Haha autocorrect— *tea ware