There are certain scents I associate with the holiday time. For example, if I smell pumpkin pie, I think Thanksgiving. If I smell pine needles, I think Christmas. Glade must know this, so they came out with some great holiday candles.  Some of the yummy (and I mean yummy flavors) Glade has this year include Bayberry Spice, Homemade Gingerbread, Hollyberry Wreath, Peppermint Crush, French Vanilla, and Apple Cinnamon.  There is nothing better than walking into your house and smelling gingerbread or cinnamon. It’s a great way to set the scene for some holiday parties and just enjoying the holiday overall.

This has also been posted on Lisa Cooking.

I am a fan of gift baskets. Where else can you get lots of yummy food and have it be called a present? It is also pretty nice when everybody in the house can enjoy something from it.  Hickory Farms gift baskets don’t disappoint.  We had one of these to try over Thanksgiving, and everybody loved it!  Besides the excellent cheese and sausage (which we are still munching on a week later), my husband is in love with the cheese cutter that this basket comes with.  How many gift basket come with what you need to cut the contents with?

The basket itself comes with (besides the slicer):

2 – 12 oz. Beef Summer Sausages
- 12 oz. Ham Summer Sausage
- 10 oz. Original Cheese Ball
- 7 oz. Pennsylvania Dutch Edam
- 2 – 6.5 oz. Apple Pie Cheddars
- 10 oz. Sweet Hot Mustard
- 5 oz. Flatbread Crackers

I have to admit that I loved the apple pie cheddar cheese.  It was beyond yummy.  That is a flavor I can readily admit I’ve never had before.  Bill was super excited about the mustard because well, he loves mustard.  My only complaint is that this doesn’t come with enough crackers!  This makes a great gift for a get together or house that is fan of cheese of sausage (which would be mine!).  If anybody wants to know what to get me for Christmas, please send me another! 

“I wrote this review while participating in a blog tour campaign by Mom Central on behalf of Hickory Farms and received a Hickory Farms gift basket to facilitate my review.”

This post was sponsored by Kmart. All the opinions are mine.

I love Kmart, and the great deals they often have which is why I have to pass along the great sale they are having on 8/8 (that’s this Saturday) where you can get great sales on everything from patio furniture to grills to jewelry. On top of that, there will be Bluelight Specials all day too! (Now, you have to remember the Blue Specials from when you were a kid. I know I do. You think the day after Thanksgiving is bad, but the stampede for the Blue Light Specials was often worse). Now, I hear that there will be at least 40 great Kmart Bluelight specials throughout the day in-store. You will also be able to find other great deals at kmart.com.

Some of the sales you will find include:

• Mens Athletec basketball shorts $3.00
• All patio furniture 70% off regular prices
• Womens Joe Boxer Flip Flops $4.00
• Extra 10% of diamonds that are already 70% off
• Filler paper 2 for $1

See at Kmart on Saturday for these great deals! Make sure you follow Kmart on Twitter too for other great deals!  (I’ll be the person looking for a new patio umbrella and hopefully some Christmas presents at some great prices!)