How do you feel about winter-themed but not really holiday type decorations? Things like snowflakes and fake icicles and the like? Those are all very good!

Do you have a personal 'Good Luck' charm? Maybe you have a goddess figure to remind you of your Inner Goddess, or maybe you have a beautiful Cross to represent your faith...Or maybe you wear a Hand of Fatimah for protection....That kind of thing. Not really, although I don't tend to leave the house without wearing my Cheshire Cat locket and silver bracelets.

If you were to attend Hogwarts, into which House would you be sorted? Gryffindor...

Would you be interested in some knitted wire jewelry, like this? Sure

This is kind of a getting-to-know-you-type-thingie, but I always find it illuminating--what's on your computer desktop? Images? Color scheme? A Tori Amos desktop wallpaper from the American Doll Posse album and colour scheme is silver/grey.

What do you collect...besides BPAL? I don't really actively collect anything although I've ended up with loads of things with sheep on them.

Anyone a fan of Goddess art? Yes, just nothing overly tacky... I like the more darker ones - Nene Thomas especially.

Anyone else a Luis Royo fan? Who?!

What are your favorite websites (i.e., the ones you visit every day, or almost every day)? bpal.org, Live Journal, Facebook, Possets forum, Gmail, icanhazcheezburger (lolcats), a couple of news sites and others

How do you feel about Lush? Anything you want to try? Like them although the soaps haven't impressed me (compared to Villainess or Arcana etc.) I love their Karma fragrance and everything in that scent. Interested in trying more of their face stuff, I tried Angels On Bare Skin and that didn't really work for me. Can't really use bath bombs or bubble bars or the shower emotibombs either. I'm a fan of their shampoo bars and Jungle conditioner.

How do you feel about home made lip balm, salt or sugar scrubs, soap, bath salts, etc? All good as long as you know what you're doing with them, I don't want anything that will kill me.

if you were to receive a hand-knitted item, what color(s) would you prefer AND are there any types of yarn that you just cannot handle (e.g. wool, llama, etc.) Black, grey or purple would probably be best. Wool is ok as long as it's not super itchy.

Do you like coffee mugs? Travel or stay at home? How big? Do you like ones from Starbucks?

Not for coffee but for tea, yes! A travel mug would be amazingly useful for taking my own tea to uni.

If you drink coffee, do you like whole bean coffee or prefer ground? What grind? What roast (mild, medium, bold, extra bold)? Do you like flavored coffee? No coffee for me please!

Do you like tea? What kinds of tea (green, red, white, black, decaf, herbal infusions)? Feel free to get specific on brands and tea types. Loose or bagged? Do you need any kind of tea accessories? Pots/cozys/presses/strainers? Yes, love tea. Chai, roobois, flavoured black tea, herbal infusions and tisanes, love them all. Starting to prefer loose, they just taste so much better now that I'm used to them. Black tea is ok bagged though because that's just so much easier.

What is your favorite hot chocolate or drinking chocolate? Do you need Vegan or no? Just ordinary ones or flavoured ones, too. Not vegan but vegetarian please.

Do you need any decanting supplies? Pipettes? Vials? How about any wand caps? Roller bottles? Some spray bottles (for oils mixed with alcohol?) Would love vials and pipettes although I have a stash left still from when Wren08 was still selling them. Would also love to get some rollerballs - about 3-5 ml size and glass. I don't use spray bottles or wand caps.

I wanted to ask a question: are there any rare (or even uber-rare) scents that you'd really like to try? Bakeneko, Champagne & Roses, Storyville, Crypt Queen, Orange, Noir... I'm not that fussed about rares, though - I'd rather get a full bottle of something more easily obtainable LE or a GC so that I can actually enjoy wearing them rather than just having a drop in the vial...

Does your forum name have a special significance? Refer to something or someone you admire? Reflect your interests? Come on, spill! It's from the Tori Amos song "Etienne Trilogy". I know it's a male name really but who cares... I also like the "look" and sound of it - it's simple enough and actually to me looks feminine because it ends with an "e" but I'm sure there's no logic to that...

What's your favorite texture? A cat. Soft things mostly. If it's to touch, obviously, and not to eat or something... (in which case a cat wouldn't be the right answer!)

What's one luxury item you want to pamper yourself with but haven't yet? I don't think there's anything in particular... I have no self-restraint and if I want something, I'll usually end up getting it sooner or later. Well expect the travel mug, actually. (Like a thermos style one that I could carry to uni with me.)

Do you prefer arm warmers to the wrist, to the base of the fingers, or half fingered? Base of fingers with a thumb hole for winter, or to the wrist if they're more lighter ones.

Any favorite cartoon characters? Disney, Sanrio, etc? Not really into cartoon characters much.

Have you (or maybe the younguns in your family) been exposed to the Webkinz craze? No

Who's your favorite playwright? I don't think I have a favourite really...

Anyone into physical activities? For instance- I'm training to become a Combat Archer in the SCA, and something I would use would be an Archers glove...is there anything you do as a sport/hobby in which you might need equipment? Not really no.

Are there any witchy type supplies you're in need of, or would like to try etc.? Herbs, smudge sticks, resins, tarot/oracle cards, incense burners, pretty tools, stuff like that? Resins and stuff for burning loose incense is always welcome.

How do you like your chocolate? White, milk, bittersweet, as dark as possible? Plain, with flavoring, with chunks of stuff in? Fairly traditional, or weird and experimental? Prefer milk, flavourings or stuff inside is good - truffels or nougats or the strawberry ones from Quality Street. Experimental is good too.

Favorite animals? Least favorite? Favourites: cats, dogs, sheep - Least favourite: spiders, rats

How do you feel about Heifer International? Or do you have other favorite charities not mentioned in your application? I don't know who they are... All no-kill cat rescue places are good.

So for all witches of the shimmying types- would you like tassel belts/jingle belts/ ect and if so, how big are your hips? Not a shimmying type...

What are 3 places that you'd like to visit, or re-visit? New York, Stonehenge, Paris

Literary erotica. Who doesn't love it? Can't say I've read much of it but sure, sounds good.

Are you planning on buying anything off your BPAL wishlist during the round? No, not from the wishlist but possibly from the next lunacy and more Snake Charmer and Lines Written Among the Euganean Hills.

Do you read graphic novels/comics? Which ones? No

Which witches would want Bpal boxes? Or imp cases? I might have said before that I don't need boxes but actually my collection is expanding so a bottle for my non-BPAL bottles would be amazingly helpful to make room for more BPAL in the usual box where I keep it. I'm a-okay for imp storage.

How about a short - or longer - piece of fanfic? Not really very me I don't think...

What is the weirdest and/or most practical thing you are not buying for yourself right now? The thing that you probably should be buying, but have been putting off in lieu of something else? Hehe, the travel mug gets a 3rd mention (although I might get one for my own witchee actually!).

Would you like handmade piece of calligraphy as a gift? Sure if my witch does calligraphy.

What jewelry are you wearing now? What jewelry do you wear everyday-or do you change jewelry all the time? Right now just my Cheshire Cat locket. On a daily basis: the locket, 2 silver bracelets my mum got me, a silver snake ring, my black/silver watch and a pair of earrings from my huge collection of mostly self-made earrings.

Boxes, baskets, etc.? Anything for storing things is always good in this household.

Chia Pet, do you need one? What are they? Probably not...

Houseplants and/or things to put them in: thoughts? No, the cat would eat plants if I had them. Except maybe grass for cats...

Do you like baskets, jars and other interesting containers? Filled or Empty? Sure, filled or empty is fine, I'm sure I could soon enough empty it if it was filled with chocolate for example.