Bath & Body Works | December 31st - Last day of 2023 Store Visit

Bath and Body Works new things found in store today on a very quick visit.  Not something planned, but my husband said I needed a change of scenery and this is where I ended up.

 

Spring 2024 Post UPDATED.

 

The new wallflower tester caps - a much better way to experience fragrances - when not wearing a mask.  The headline for the newspaper here read "Everyone's Sick!"... so I am still in mask mode...which is helpful for tending to two furry Golden's when you are allergic to dogs...and the whole germ thing.

 

Bath & Body Works | Large Candle Drop - December 30th - Champagne Toast Ft. Lauderdale Florida

 

Bath & Body Works | Spring 2024

Because of what’s happened, I have not shopped at any Bath and Body Works stores for the Semi-Annual Sale.

Scented Musings | My Sister

In Loving Memory of Ruthie

Our beloved sister Ruthie passed away on December 26th, after a short but incredibly intense battle with Glioblastoma, an aggressive brain tumor.

She faced this cruel diagnosis with unimaginable strength, and while our hearts are shattered, we are comforted knowing she is no longer in pain.

To everyone who took the time to donate, pray, or simply keep Ruthie in your thoughts — thank you. Your generosity and kindness have carried us through some of the darkest days of our lives.

Your support now helps us lay Ruthie to rest with the dignity and love she deserves, and for that, we are deeply, humbly grateful.

Please continue to keep our family in your prayers as we move through this immense loss.
God bless you all.

With love and thanks,
Our family

🌿 Original Poem: For Ruthie

You were the quiet kind of light—
the kind that doesn’t boast or burn,
but warms a room by simply being in it.
You were the soft laugh at just the right time,
the hand held out without needing to be asked,
the loyal heart that never turned away.

Now the light has shifted,
but it has not gone.
It lingers in fur-covered footprints,
in the quiet stillness of early morning,
in the way we still speak your name with love.

You were — and still are — deeply loved.
Always.

Bath & Body Works | Archive 2024

Bath and Body Works Archive Page for 2024

Links to all seasons will be added here, and posted on the blog footer page. 

Bath & Body Works | Extra 25% Off Discount Online Only Begins Today

Bath and Body Works Two Days, Online Only With Code JUSTFORYOU

Bath & Body Works | Store Visit - Unicorn Cosmetic Bag & SAS Scents

Bath & Body Works | Fall 2024 Men's Collection Body Care Possibilities

A few possible names for Men's Fall Collection Body Care scents:

 

Denim Inspired Look / Colored Packaging - Notes: fresh ginger, blue chamomile, and cedarwood

fresh threads

distressed denim

blue cedar and ginger

 

Shades of Brown Corduroy/ Leather  Packaging - Notes: tobacco leaves, crushed pepper, and lavender incense

leatherbound

golden embers

tobacco and pepper

Bath & Body Works | Candle Crate Size Tote Bags Coming Soon

Bath and Body Works will be adding another Tote Bag for sale soon for purchase...and the new one will be like the CANDLE DAY crate holding size....in this exact coloring.  Blue straps and the tan plaid.  I find plenty of uses for all kinds/styles of tote bags and the "candle crate size" will just expand the list more.  I will get the price and update this posting.

Bath & Body Works | Winter Semi-Annual Sale Price Chart 2023

 Bath and Body Works Semi-Annual Sale Price Chart employee Card for at a glance quick sale pricing.

Bath & Body Works | Winter Semi-Annual Sale Body Care & Home Fragrance Card 2023

 Bath and Body Works employee Scent Names Card shows what we could see for this sale.

Bath & Body Works | New Pocketbacs In Store - Cloud Rainbow and Lotus Flower

Bath and Body Works New Pocketbacs In Store Now.

Cloud Rainbow

Lotus Flower

Bath & Body Works | New Wallflower Units And Pocketbac Holder

Bath & Body Works | New Wallflower Units And Pocketbac Holder

Spring 1/ SAS

Bath & Body Works | SPRING 1 2024 Product Photos

Bath & Body Works Spring 1 Release Dates: all subject to change

(from colored charts of items releasing - may be different for select stores.  I will add the items for each color)

Pink- 1/8, Orange 1/15, Yellow 1/19, Green 1/31, and Blue 2/4

Bath & Body Works | Spring 2024 Release Dates

Subject to change, release dates may vary store to store, as Semi-Annual Sale merchandise sells down. This is to give us an idea of what to watch for when we visit the stores...and to help us make it a point to check out the stores when we are looking for something special.

Dated Color Codes and What Could Be Set Then

Pink 1/8

Hand Cream, Lips and Smalls

Greenhouse,White Barn Spring 3 Wick, Estate Decor Foaming Hand Soap

Good To Be Home Candles, Gel Soaps, White Barn 3 Wick Neutrals,White Barn Neutrals Candles,Soaps & Pocketbacs

Soulcation Candles and Soaps, White Barn Core

Wallflowers

White Barn Color Run Cross Category

Luminous + After Dark

Valentine's Day 2024

Gel Exclusive Feature

Diffusers ,Sinkside, Estate Decor Soap

Lip

Sale Fixture, Cleansing Bar Soap

Sale Fixture, Pocketbac, Sanitizers, and Clips

Smalls, Hand Cream, Lips, and Gifts

 

Walls & Other Updates - Wallflower, Candle, Hand Soap, Car Fragrance, Gifts, Walls

 

 

Orange 1/15

Total Body Care Restage Cleansers, Total Body Care Restage Moisturizers

Soap Refills, Decanters and 8.75 Tie Backs

Hair  and Matching Fine Fragrance Mist

Trailblazer Black History Month

Hand Soap Refills

Moisturizing Body Wash

Greenhouse

Men's Roadtripping to Father's Day, Core & Men's Shop Relaunch

FFM Bar, Fragrance Body Care, Florals 

Walls & Other Updates -FBC, Men's Walls, Sinks, Cashwrap, Windows, Lightboxes

 

Yellow 1/19

Calypso Clementine,SFL, Resort

Valentine's Day Cross Category, Rose and Beveled Body Care

Aroma Spas Around the World, Ingredient Led

 

 

Green  1/31

Set Diffusers

 

Blue 2/4

Set Single Wick White Barn Destination
Stores without Lip 1/8 Sale Fixture and Updates to Top 6 Fragrances on 2/4

Bath & Body Works | Winter Semi- Annual Sale Sneak Peek Reward Members APP

 Bath & Body Works | Winter Semi- Annual Sale Sneak Peek Reward Members APP

 

 

Bath & Body Works | New Pocketbac Holders & Cosmetic Bag - Spring 2024

Bath & Body Works | New Pocketbac Holders & Cosmetic Bag - Spring 2024 

Bath & Body Works | New Yoga Frog & Swan Candle Holders

Bath & Body Works | New Yoga Frog & Swan Candle Holders

Bath and Body Works | Upcoming Hand Sanitizers and Pocketbac Holders

Bath and Body Works | Upcoming Hand Sanitizers and Pocketbac Holders

 

 

 

Bath & Body Works | Upcoming Fragrance Candle Collections 2024

 Bath & Body Works | Upcoming Fragrance Candle Collections 2024

Bath & Body Works | New Body Care Fragrances & Returning Favorites For Spring 2024

Here are some of the New Fragrances and Returning Favorites that are coming back for Spring 2024.  The exact release dates will be shared when confirmed.

 

Bath & Body Works | Super Saturday Purchase With Purchase Gift Boxes - December 15th, 16th, and 17th

Bath and Body Works Super Saturday Purchase with Purchase Holiday Gift Boxes.  Choose from fragrances: Champagne Toast or Eucalyptus Spearmint.

 

 

 

Bath & Body Works | Perfumer Fragrance Collaboration - Created By Gwen Gonzalez Candle Collection

If you remember back to the posting of these Candle name finds from the ingredients list I thought they could be quilt names...with quilt labels.  It was an incorrect guess then, but now I do know what they look like, and who they are about.

 

Bath & Body Works | Let's Talk Marriage

Bunches of info on some upcoming Wedding Themed products for the Spring '24 Collection.  If you remember, there were some sneak peek photos shared a while back regarding body care...( I had them too) and in seeing some of the new, we may have a small collection of nuptial related items coming our way.

I will add the list and keep it updated as I find more!

Here is what I know so far...and again, please share the link to the post, and not screen shots of my lists.  

Bath & Body Works | Two Day Smalls Sale - Pocketbacs, Hand Cream, Scentportable Refills, Travel Size and Lips

Bath & Body Works | Two Day Smalls Sale - Pocketbacs, Hand Cream, Scentportable Refills, Travel Size and Lips.  $1, $2, $3 pricing.  Two Days Only, December 13th and 14th.

Bath & Body Works | Semi-Annual Sale Lists & New FRAGRANCE SP'24 Info

Spring 2024 Made 12/12/23

 

I am going to take the time over these next few days to add lists of Semi-Annual Sale information along with New Fragrances and Items to come for Spring ' 24.

Here's what I know so far: 

Bath & Body Works | Rewards Members Early Access - Annual Body Care Day - All Body Care $4.95 Exclusions Apply

Bath and Body Works Rewards Members Early Access Annual Body Care Day - Friday, December 8th 

Bath & Body Works | Upcoming Sale Items And More!

A peek at the new I mentioned was coming for sale, and more. 

 

Bath & Body Works | Wednesday's Sale - Room Sprays With Email Bar Code

 

Bath & Body Works | Post Candle Day Store Visit - December 4th

I never made it to all three days of the Bath and Body Works Annual Candle Day sales.  As much as I would have liked to be a part of this yearly celebration as I have done for the past 11 years, other things pulled me away. So while I was at the mall doing banking business, I stopped for a piece of pizza to go for my birthday, and a quick peek at the remaining candles in store.   

Bath & Body Works | Hand Soap Sale - December 5th

Bath and Body Works Hand Soap Sale Today!  $10.95 for the 3.6 times refill size, and $3.25 for the bottles.

 

Bath & Body Works | Bring Their Story To Life - Wallflower Sale $3.50

 

Bath & Body Works | Annual Body Care Sale - Early Access To Reward App Members 12/8

Bath and Body Works Annual Body Care Day Sale - With Reward APP Members Getting Early Access Friday, December 8th!

Bath & Body Works | Valentine's Day 2024 List Of Items

Archive List of Bath and Body Works Valentine's Day 2024 Items

Bath & Body Works | Spring-Inspired New Product Lists - Valentine's Day Too!

Here is a list of some new still to come from Bath and Body Works.  When?  I cannot say for sure, but I wanted to get this list archived of the newness I saw.

This list is for numerous products and will be updated.  The Body Care Scent Names To Come!

Scented Musings | My Sisters Keeper

"What Happens When the System Says You're Not Worth Saving?"

I stare at the blinking cursor, hands frozen on the keyboard, unsure of how to begin describing this nightmare. The knot in my stomach tightens with every phone call, every update. Each new piece of information only deepens the pain.

The past fifteen days have taken a tremendous toll on my family, and the weight of it is only growing heavier.

My sister is very sick.

No — terminal.
What’s happening to her is beyond illness. An aggressive Glioblastoma is slowly erasing who she is, piece by piece. It’s a cruel, consuming cancer that’s taken hold of her frontal lobe. Though only discovered two weeks ago, it had been lurking in silence for months — likely longer.

She had a seizure at work in June — serious enough that she was life-flighted to a trauma center. But because she had a history of seizures as a child, doctors chalked it up as unrelated and only performed a basic scan. It missed the tumor entirely. An MRI wasn’t done until months later. And now... now the tumor has grown large and strong.

She is 54. Independent. Living alone. But not anymore — not truly. The tumor has stripped her of basic life skills: she forgets to eat, to take medications, to do even the most routine things. She's exhausted constantly. A recent ER visit confirmed that she cannot care for herself alone.

Her care team has confirmed it's either a Grade 3 or Grade 4 Glioblastoma. The plan is radiation and oral chemotherapy to slow it down. She's on steroids now, which have restored some of her ability to speak and understand.

But here’s the cruel twist: the treatment will be outpatient only.

She lives alone.
She can't remember to eat or take pills — and chemo will likely induce seizures.
How is outpatient treatment even an option?

We, her family, suggested she stay in a skilled nursing facility during treatment — just until she completes radiation and chemotherapy safely. That would ensure she’s supervised, medicated correctly, and protected. It seems like a logical, humane solution.

But we were told no.

Because she’s not 65, she doesn't have Medicare. Her private insurance doesn’t come close to covering the cost of skilled care. Every nursing home we've approached has declined. One administrator described it as “being upside down in a car.” The care is too expensive, the reimbursement too low, and her case isn't profitable.

They won’t accept her — unless she declines treatment and enters hospice.

Yes, you read that correctly. If we can get her to say she no longer wants to fight, if we can accept that she's actively dying, then she can have a bed. Then she becomes "worthy" of care.

They’ll welcome her with open arms... in her final days.

But what if those final days don’t come soon?
What if she has months of suffering left?
Where is the dignity in this system?

We were even told that even if we could sell her home or assets to cover costs, it would take too long. Too much red tape. No time to spare. And so, our options have collapsed.

We’ve seen people lose everything from this kind of cancer. We’ve read the end-stage descriptions. We know what’s coming. The idea that there's any “comfort” at the end is wishful thinking — a cruel fantasy in this case.

And so, we ask:

• What happens to people like her — too young for Medicare, too ill for independent life, too poor for private pay?

• What kind of country allows you to suffer simply because your death isn’t yet "cost-effective"?

• How many more people are quietly cast aside in this way?

We’re not asking for a handout. We’re asking for time. Dignity. Compassion.

Where has it gone?