These might be the best fancy chocolates (I put those in a separate category from, say, Snickers) that I have ever eaten in my life. I would have taken a picture of the selection that Melissa brought me the other day as a Pre-Baby gift...but it's gone.

Please order some, so you can see what I'm talking about for yourself. Recommended: the Mint Cream Patty (oh my god), the chocolate-covered Oreos, and the Marzipan Rolls. Check out their entire selection here.

And apparently there's a location in Grand Central, which means that a trip to Midtown is happening today. You think I'm kidding? I'm not.

I love hearing from readers who have started their own companies - love it. It's brave, and fantastic, and such an inspiration.

As an example: reader Susannah recently wrote to tell me that she started producing a line of balms called The Lipper, and that they sell...wait for it...a lavender flavor. Boom.

She sent some over for me to try, and it's lovely stuff - non-greasy, perfectly moisturizing, and, yes, smells exactly like lavender. I'm way early on this one, but it bears mentioning that this would make quite the stocking stuffer for those who are similarly obsessed with the stuff.

Lots more flavors available; check out the entire Acoustic Handmade shop here. (Susannah would also like to offer you free shipping on any order with the coupon code "ramshackleglam".)

Aside from the fact that the song is great...wonder what inspired a reader to send me this video?

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