
The BOGO 50% off Yankee Candle sale is perfect for summer hostess gifts 🕯️
Summer is the perfect time to refresh your home with a few new accents, updated furnishings and of course, fragrances. People are absolutely obsessed with Yankee Candle scents and honestly, I get it. The candles not only smell great, but they last forever. A large, 22-ounce Yankee Candle can provide over 110 hours of fragrance.
Yankee Candle's limited-time BOGO 50% off sale on Large Original and Signature Candles is here to help you stock up on seasonal scents, best-selling candles and brand new releases for less. Whether you're a long-time fan or new to Yankee Candle, this summer sale is a must-shop.
Pro-tip: It might not sound super exciting but, you cannot go wrong with giving a Yankee Candle as a hostess gift (perhaps for an upcoming Memorial Day party or a summer housewarming). I always keep a few candles handy for last-minute gifts!
Yankee Candle's best-selling scents are beloved for their true-to-life fragrances and long-lasting quality. Here are some top 22-ounce candles to shop during the brand's current sale:
Buy one large Lilac Blossoms candle for $31 and get the second one 50% off during this Yankee Candle sale.
Buy one large Belgian Waffles candle for $31 and get the second one 50% off during this Yankee Candle sale.
Buy one large Pink Sands candle for $31 and get the second one 50% off during this Yankee Candle sale.
Buy one large Lemon Lavender candle for $31 and get the second one 50% off during this Yankee Candle sale.
Buy one large Sage and Citrus candle for $31 and get the second one 50% off during this Yankee Candle sale.
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Buy one large Honey Be a Tea candle for $31 and get the second one 50% off during this Yankee Candle sale.
Introducing the Honey Tea collection, a sweet new addition to Yankee Candle's lineup. This new collection is featured in the BOGO 50% off sale and the scents include:
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But on one morning just before 10:30 a.m., we found a safe enough parking spot along Wheaton Street, just east of downtown Savannah, and sidled up to the little blue building—a former car wash—and stood in the line that had already formed. We were jonesing for the combo plate of ribs and chicken ($10) with a side of deviled crabs, but the man at the window said they were out of crabs that day. You could hear Antwan Middleton, who has worked with owner Randy Frazier since the place opened nearly 17 years ago, chopping ribs every time the door opened as loaves of white bread and boxes of canned sodas were loaded in. Frazier was moving between the cinderblock building, his car and the smokers on the side, making sure everything was ready for the 11 a.m. opening. Already the sun was beating down. Customers with cash in hand called out their orders to the server in the window, who started filling Styrofoam containers with chicken legs and smoking bones slathered in a tart mustard sauce that Frazier makes daily. (Note: You have to request your sauce on the side if you want to control the meat-to-sauce ratio.) We carried our combo to the car and ate off the hood, realizing we needed a whole lot more napkins. Randy's BBQ, 750 Wheaton St., Savannah, Ga., 31401; 912-412-2671 Full disclosure: I have a soft spot for Wiley McCrary. He was one of the first people I met when I moved to Savannah in 2009. I sat at the bar of his then-pocket of a barbecue restaurant on Whitemarsh Island (again in a strip mall just down from a convenience store/gas station) while my computer was being worked on at another store. He was sitting in a director's chair with 'The General' embroidered on its back at the end of the bar, smoking a cigar. He asked if I liked barbecue and thus began a long conversation that lasted for years as he and his recipes became the subject of my master's thesis and, ultimately, an award-winning cookbook. When McCrary passed away in 2018, he was buried with his family Bible and the first cookbook we unboxed. Wiley's widow and partner in all the championships he won, Janet, sold the restaurant to Nate Shaffer and his wife, Melinda, who have kept the spirit of Wiley alive. Pitmaster Marion Woodberry is the common denominator, still stoking the fires that deliver some of the best brisket east of the Mississippi and clever specials such as Smoked Meatloaf, Smoked Fried Chicken and Smoked Prime Rib. The Redneck Nachos with jalapeños (don't skimp) are always a favorite. No other barbecue restaurant we tried takes as much care with their sides as Wiley's. The potato salad, based on one of Janet's family recipes, is unique in its taste and creamy texture: No mustard and relish here. 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And their ribs and chicken legs are just as flavorful as I remember from that first taste. So much so, that I often don't even use the sauce because the meat is so unctuous and well-seasoned. The baked beans are satisfying without being cloyingly sweet and the potato salad recalls some church picnic in distant memory. But the made-fresh-daily seafood salad is singular among the area's barbecue joints. Three Savannah-Chatham Public School bus drivers ahead of us in line were talking about it. They only had one more day of school to go and were getting a head start on celebrating. Two of them newbies to Tricks but now that they knew where it was and had tasted its bounty, they assured us they were coming back even during summer vacation. Tricks BBQ, 1901 W. 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