Cranberry Queen

I love cranberries. Enough even to eat them over chocolate sometimes, which is just crazy talk, because normally people who say they'd rather eat fruit than a Snickers bar freak me out. I mean, fruit is good and all, but it's no peanuts, caramel and chocolate. But for some reason, I just love everything about cranberries - the smell, the taste, the way they look... I think NJ is known for its cranberry bogs, so maybe it's just in my blood. Although I've never seen these bogs, so maybe that's just a urban legend, like the Jersey Devil. Or the fact that we all have high hair (Seriously, we're very stylish people. Well, most of us...). Either way, I pretty much love everything cranberry. (On a related side note, if anyone else likes cranberries, you have to try Trader Joe's Sparkling Cranberry Juice. It's amazing. The best drink ever, not containing alcohol). So imagine my delight when I walked into Sephora and saw Philosophy's new Memory Cranberry gift set. (Do you think I should be worried that so far, all of the Christmas gift sets I've bought have been presents to, uhm, myself?) It's a duo of their popular 3-in-1 Shampoo, Body Wash and Bubble Bath and a matching lotion, both in Cranberry. Awesome. They smell just like I imagine the alleged cranberry bogs would - sweet and tart. And I like that it's a matching set because it allows for the layering that I enjoy so much. Still, as much as I love it, I think this sentence in the Sephora description might be just a tad bit of overkill: "The sweet, tangy scent of cranberry will help you unwind and remember times of love, laughter and joy." Really? It does get me clean and make my shower smell pretty, but sadly, that's the extent of its power. But I have to say, cranberry is a nice change from the other fruity shower gels and lotions that I have and I like that Philosophy is thinking outside the box a little. (Or outside the gift set, as it were). Now, who wants to start placing bets on how long it'll be before I own the Memory Cranberry Candle too? I'll start the bidding at an even two days...