Something old, something new.... wait what? Nope - wrong criteria!!! Geez!!! hahaha

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Well, Dreems would go and mess with the rhyme, right? hahaha

I specifically went out to the store today to take part in the Dreemport Challenge collaboration with

#marketfriday with @dswigle

You can see the related contest posts here if you want to look out for the similar posts for next week's challenge as today's challenge is almost finished:

Is it time for the ladies!?!?! woooooooo... methinks that's a YES!!! Winners, and Week 2 for Market Friday DreemPort Challenge!

Market Friday Goes House Hunting

Yep... you heard right... I didn't need to go to the shop... but I did anyway! ... I dragged my hot and tired sorry ass to the Sainsburys store a few miles down the road from me (and I can say THAT because it was 31 degrees Celcius a.k.a 88 Fahrenheit, and I had just worked a full day sat in my office chair ugh... and it was the end of a long week...). What's worse is I was working all afternoon whilst my youngest was swimming in his friend's pool after school and the eldest was down at the river swimming with the hubby and hanging with his classmates... aaah the joys... I know where I would rather have been lol

And it has been a long week... I have been so tired every night, literally crashing into bed and asleep within 0-10 minutes of my head hitting the pillow! My mind has also been preoccupied with a big off-chain meeting that I had to attend (which ended up going better than expected thank goodness) and some on-chain stuff that I have been working on that had me feeling a bit up and down all week but the week has ended on the up 🙂.

But finally... the weekend... and to #marketfriday we go...

Now Dreems gave us a scavenger hunt for this week, and we had to go find:

Something bubbly to enjoy,

Something prickly to explain
Something nice to sit and smell
Something calling out our name

hehe see what I did there...

Right, so let's see how I did as I explored my local supermarket looking for my little precious treasures 😂😂😂

Something bubbly

Now I found a few bubbly things that I liked...what do you think of these?

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Can you guess my favourite?... what do you think I couldn't keep my eyes off? Well my favourite 'healthy' cola is amongst these... a gorgeous rose lemonade which is to die for... and some really yummy looking flavoured tonic waters for summer. However it definitely has to be that beautiful lime breeze candle that wins the day! It had preserved pressed flowers in resin around the edges and then a beautiful scented candle in the middle... the funny thing is... all the other candles DID NOT have bubbles in the resin... so this one must have been defective... but I was drawn to it... It was super pretty in the hand and smelt glorious... in fact I think I may need to go back tomorrow and buy it!!! In hindsight, I actually cannot believe that I put it down... I mean I only spent like 10 minutes turning it over, admiring it, and breathing in its beautiful scent... (and it won the bubbly award...go figure!!!) ❤️

Something prickly

I came across these little prickly plants, which were cute, but... I reckon I could even kill a succulent or cactus given half the chance🤣 (although I have to say that my baby Sherman is alive and flourishing... so I do get some things right!!!) so for my something prickly it had to be a lovely juicy pineapple... so so yum... I cut one up 2 days ago and now I am lus for more... haha what you think @penderis ?

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Something nice to smell

Oh man... I was wondering around in the homestyle aisles of the supermarket, rounded the corner and the wave of scent hit me straight up the nostrils haha. Gosh it was a confusion of mixed sweet scents all vying for the space to compete... lots of shelves of scented candles including the famous Yankee candles. I particularly loved the Daisy fields and Lemon scented ones. The Cherry and Tropical Fruit versions were also rather attractive. They had a nice variety of actual candles with wicks, wax melts, and airosols.

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Something calling out my name

ok - haha bad joke, right?! @dreemsteem 🤣

But these things really did call out to me as I walked past them in the store today... and I could not resist 3 of them... can you guess which 3 I actually bought today? The first person to guess right wins 2 HBI. (one guess each)

Calling my name....jpg

Well that was my #marketfriday post for this week. I really enjoyed exploring my local supermarket in search of these treasures... it was a fun way to end my working week.

See you next time... come and join in the fun...follow @dreemsteem and @dswigle to keep up to speed with what is happening for next week's challenge.


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I agree you and Dreem can probably kill cacti. !PIZZA !LUV

🤣 you are hilarious... and you are not far off the truth! !LUV !ALIVE !PIZZA

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Why do I feel like the book was what actually called your name the loudest and you couldn't resist not buying it 😃😜. I love scented candles especially at night, it makes the whole place smell really nice and I feel like some scents are aphrodisiacs...hehehe. anyways pineapple is definitely something prickly. The lime breeze candle kinda seemed like it was an answer to the scavenger hunt. It was bubbly, smelt nice and also called your name.

hahaha yes, that book really did call my name Zyzy 💗 I bought it! I went back for the lime breeze candle too and managed to get the only one with the bubbles !LOLZ ... and so true... it ticked all the boxes, right??? and maybe if I count the wick...it was a soft prickle hehe... thank you for your lovely comment !LUV

Yaay! I was right. I'm dancing right now😃😃🎶. Oh that just reminded me of Dreemport dance video. I'm yet to make one. Anyways thanks for the gifts♥️

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Oh, glorious 🕯 candles; anticipation of sublime aromatherapy. 🙃
I don’t think that I could’ve put that candle with the defective bubbles in it down, no way (shame on you, go back and fetch it). 😍
😋😋🍍🍍🍍💐💯 I’m a pineapple junky, too 🙃
The cola sounds funky especially if paired with a book of ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️🤩🤩🤩💓💕

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I know I cannot believe I didn't bring it home with me ugh...now I just hope it is still there tomorrow haha. And lime breeze...oh man it smelt divine... so can you guess which 3 items, calling my name, were actually brought home with me from the store?

Books

Can you count haha?

300 books and a pineapple. Haha

hahahahaha... nice guess but nope. I did buy a boook and a pineapple but the pineapple was not in the final picture, so you got 1/3 hehe

I know🤗💓🤗💓🙃🙃🙃

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Despite a very busy week, I hope you are doing fine sam. I could feel you, because I have been so tired, that every time I go to my bed, my body wants to rest. Yet it is a relief to scroll in different communities here in hive while scrolling and seeing awesome people with different interests. Have a great day sam!

I hope you get a really restful weekend 😍 would you like to try guess which 3 items I came home with from the bottom collage? !PIZZA !ALIVE

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Thank you sam. Hehe. I guess you came home with books, root beer, and something with a Lime scent for relaxation.

oooh soooo close...hahaha... I actually lamented in my post that I didn't come home with the lime-scented candle haha... 2/3 ain't bad though! !LOLZ

Awww hahah. I made a mistake. But one thing is for sure, you came home very happy during the Market Friday.

Great Market Friday post, @samsmith1971!

Oh I’m with you — wow, what a week. I think @dswigle should consider changing the name to Thank God It’s Market Friday. Ha ha.

Sounds like you had a very nice shopping excursion! Ooh —- rose lemonade sounds amazing. And all the fun things you found!!

haha Denise should absolutely change the contest name !LOLZ

Rose lemonade...so yum...haven't had it in a while...Sometimes these challenges can be rewarding in themselves haha

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Beautiful post @samsmith1971.
I took a walk to specifically for this post too just like yourself, yours turned out really great.
I bet those candles smell amazingggg🥰.

You also found everything which is really great. Dreemie's challenge details also reminded of the something old, something new, something blue saying and that cracked me up too.

Plus the store looks really niceeee, if i actually go there I don't think I'd want to leave.😁🤗

hehe how funny is that about the rhyme...😂

any idea which 3 things i bought from the last collage?

The rhyme is really funny!!😂😂
I'm really sorry for the late reply 🥺, offline activities restricted me from replying in time.

Umm...I guessing you bought the book, you took two pictures if it so that may be an indication that you loved it so much. I'm also guessing you bought the root beer and the lime breeze candles?

How'd I do??🙃

Oh, I love candles too. They smell divine and take you on a trip. I felt like I was shopping with you while I read. You had a beautiful shopping experience after a very long week.

Well done.

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I think it was the book, candle, and drink.

well you were close... a few people think I bought the candle...I meanI loved the candle but I said that I didn't buy it and I should have bought it haha. !LOLZ

I missed it then😭😭😭

Well done. I enjoyed reading your post about what you found. I love scented candles, i wish i could guess that which is calling your name and take the 2HBD. 😂

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I love Sainsburys! I havent been there in ages. I wonder if Jamie Oliver is still their frontman!?

I guess you bought the scented candle with bubbles (Lime Breeze), the passion fruit and book.

Have a great weekend! Great report!
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hehe Jamie is still around in Sainsburys...I don't know if he is still their frontman but his stuff sells there... have a great weekend Steve!

2/3 is not a bad guess... but I specifically said i did not get the lime scented candle hehe.

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I MISS Sainsbury's! Sooooo much! It's one of the things I miss most. Yours looks like a particularly good Sainsbury's.

I won't judge you for not buying the lime candle with bubbles. It's the sort of thing I'd do 😂, and then, like you, regret it almost straight away. Hopefully, it will still be there for you when you visit again 🙏. It sounds like you deserve a treat after your long week.

As for the three things you possibly took home with you, I'll play!

As you have two pics of Jojo Moyes, The Giver of Stars, that's definitely my first guess. Then, after using my eagle eye ability, I'm going to say you put some passion fruit in your basket. And then, well, I'll just have to toss a coin on whether you picked A&J root beer or Dr. Pepper. Give me a sec, I'll have to go find a coin now...

Sooooooo, root beer wins the toss! Lol! Who know's if it will win your fun competition. Either way, it was fun playing!

Gotta love you, Julia❣️ You were spot on haha. And I went back for the lime-scented candle today ... and the bubbly one was still there. It smells divine. We love granadillas in our home aka passion fruit so those were a definite into the trolley... and finally... yep the root beer hehe... after trying it in California, I thought my boys would like the experience too! I need to see if I can suss out some more variety though. Sainbury's only had this one brand... and I have no idea what it is like! And yeah, I like Sainsbury's too! Our local store is a medium size store... they have a bigger one about 5-10 miles away that has a much better selection of things, but I can't stand the drive through the town centre, and the layout of the store is unfamiliar to me so shopping takes me too long if I go in person. Your 2HBI has been purchased and should reflect in your PeakD wallet balance soon... it is like the old SBI (Steem Basic Income) instead it is HBI (Hive Basic Income) !LUV !ALIVE

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I so like some of the scents of Yankee candles.
Great you found all of the challenge. Thanks for sharing and have a wonderful Sunday 👋🏻😁☀️

I had never given them much time...like they are just another candle, right? But there were some nice natural scents in the range. Have a great weekend yourself, thanks❣️ !ALIVE

Indeed there are some nice smells. 😎 I have the wood wick version of summer berries at the moment. Love that smell.
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My guess is that the books won :) ...

That was a nice hunt, I hope you still have the chance to get your candle ❤️

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Thank you for the curation 🤗 hehe yes the book was one of my take homes... a nice lightish read for summer... Picoult researches her pieces extensively so I always enjoy the believability factor and the interesting social, moral, and spiritual dilemmas that she addresses in her writing. The other two items were the root beer and the passion fruits. @juliamulcahy won the 2 HBI hehe. Her powers of deduction elude me hehe. !PIZZA

I've never heard of her, does she write science fiction???

And it's my pleasure ❤️

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Thank you, @wrestlingdesires! Sam sure knows how to write a fun and exciting post! 💛

Yes she does 🙌

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The Yankee Candle?? Is it also juice or what? In fact the Green cola looks strange to me too 😂😂 I haven't seen them before.

I could see even despite being tired, you still went out to find something blubbly, prickly, nice and calling you back to come pick “pick me please”😅😅
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hehe no, the Yankee candle is actually just a candle... I thought it was a resin around the inside of the glass preserving the flowers but I felt it yesterday and it is like a squishy but firm gel. The green cola is really nice...it has natural caffeine from green coffee beans, and uses stevia plant and sucralose for sweetness, has no preservatives, no sugar, no aspartame. So as healthy as you can get, IMHO. !ALIVE

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Woah, this was a beautiful scavenger hunt you did Sam, for the something bubbly I think the one you love more is the lime breeze, I hope I guess that right.

It would be nice to have some pineapple, it looks really tempting 😍.

For the things you bought I think it's the A&W, Lime breeze and the soft drink 🤭😜, I hope I got at least one 😂.

This was beautiful to read @samsmith1971, I'm happy you took out time to go to the market for the hunt 😍🥰.

Ah root beer that was cool Sam. Those Yankee Candles I have never got over the price of them. I get local shops if I want something similar but that do have a cracking smell :)

Yeah they are stupid expensive for how big they are !LOLZ... some divine scents though. !PIZZA

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Yes the scents are divine, I will give you that :)

Oh my! I'm so glad you dragged your ass to the store 😅 I got to see these beautifully and sumptuous looking pictures especially the one with the candies!!!

You completed your search! And did have great time at the market... Nice reading from you Sam 🥰

Hahahaha, "Well, Dreems would go and mess with the rhyme, right? hahaha" first the title caught my attention a little @samsmith1971, but this sentence really pulled me in hahahahaha!!!
First picture and "Can you guess my favourite?... what do you think I couldn't keep my eyes off?" and I did not even read anything else, and saw the way that you shot the pic of the candle, and that was my first guess immediately hahahahaha!
So, in all fairness, I knew which 3 you had purchased, but as a prerequisite on all posts for an upvote, 100% for answering the comments with some really witty answers, or 99.9% for not answering all of them or answering so-so hahahahahahahaha!!!!!!!!!
It wouldn't be fair for me to say it when someone else had the correct answer!!!
The humour in your post is indescribable, I loved reading it Sam!