Fun on a Difficult Day

Today I met with my oncologist.  You can read about that at My Journey with Teal. Anyways, it was not the best appointment, but my dear hubby made the day special for me.  He is a Groupon lover.  And he had purchased one for this Tea store in Phoenix.

What a darling place.  I had so much fun picking out my bags of loose tea.  They have green, black, oolong and white, all various combinations of flavors.  I tell you it is amazing.

Oh, if they had this in orange...it would have come home with me.  Have you ever seen anything like it?

We were looking for a place to have lunch and voila...there was this adorable Cupcake store.  I love me a good cupcake.

You can see they were pretty well sold out....but I found 2 to take home.

Here are my four purchased bags of tea.  They gave me the birthday tea in honor of their 1st year anniversary.  They also gave us each a glass of ice tea that was fabulous!

One of the teas I picked was Indulge Yourself....yep, that says it for me!

Who wouldn't buy this, just for the name?

So here is my treat.....slices from the cupcakes...chocolate with bavarian cream and chocolate buttercream icing - my favorite icing! and Tropical Summer - Coconut cupcake with pineapple bavarian cream filling and coconut buttercream icing...OH TO DIE FOR! Oh, I should also mention the little black tea pot.  I have had it for a while.  I believe I bought it in SC.  Anyways, she sells them and as I was walking out I mentioned that I had one but never used it.  She said, "You need to use it...you will love how hot it keeps the tea."  She was correct!  Mine is an individual size and believe me, they are not inexpensive in my opinion, but now I know, it is worth it..plus, come on, it is cute!

My cup of Indulge Yourself tea...now, let me tell you.  I love Earl Gray.  But this tea, seriously, could knock it out of first place.  I told my husband he is in serious trouble.  This tea is so delicious, it doesn't need any sugar.
We ate lunch at Zipps, a local Sports Bar and Grill.  The salads were delicious.

All in all, it turned out to be fun time.  Oh, I almost forgot to tell you this.  When I was eyeing the teapots at the store, my husband says, "honey, how many teapots do you need?"  Isn't that hilarious?