bikini killers

so Dave and I went to a birthday party this last friday night, and I didn't want to show up empty handed so...

I gave in and made these delicious looking cookies

they didn't turn out quite as pretty as the ones on Bakers Royale...

(our oven is still a bit of mystery to me)

but they taste pretty darn good, regardless.

I think we're going to try milky ways or twix in there next time.

I like peanuts and everything, but not so much in my cookies.

p.s. the slice of bread in the cookie jar is to help keep the baked goods soft.

        just in case anyone was wondering.

timeline

When I saw this save the date I said to myself,

"That is adorable.  I wish I had one for us."

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a couple minutes of tinkering later...

Crisis averted.

pret for brunch

bowl

the good stuff:

vanilla yogurt

pomegranate seeds

apple shavings

granola

honey

A favorite impersonation from a favorite kitchen.

Now serving this side of the pond in NY, DC & Chicago.

Please excuse my while I close my eyes and pretend I'm in Hyde Park.

 

ponytails & pigtails

Upon going through some old pictures I came across these little treasures:

Did you guys know my hair used to be this short?

I decided to cut my hair the summer before my sophomore year in college.

It was great idea.

Fresh.

Cute.

A-line.

Darling.

I love the feeling of a new haircut.

The new ways to style it, curl it and play with it.

The problem is, when you go as short as I did...there aren't a lot of options.

This is definitely a Pro & a Con (depending on the morning)

I loved my short hair,

but sometimes a girl misses pulling her hair back into ponytails (notsomuchpigtails...)

So since that summer of short, short short hair, I've been growing her out.

And you can finally see my progress some 2+ years later:

Check out that ponytail.

It's all downhill from here, my friends.

holy smokes!

It's 3:00 in the afternoon and it's 36 degrees out there!

We're not even a week into October yet!

Who okayed this?

On the plus side, the weather was a perfect excuse for me to come home from school, make some lemon/honey tea, slip on some socks and take a 20 minute cat nap.

So I'm only going to gripe  a little bit.

Anyways,

I mentioned the other, other day that David and I are in a bowling league.

Well, we played our second match last night and...

we won!!

And it's probably only because of Dave.  Check out that kid's score:

He bowled a 205!

We were all ridiculously impressed.  Our team.  The other team.  And guys from teams three lanes down.

They came from all around to admire his turkey among strikes and spares.

Yep.

He's with me.

And so are these great girls.

Cheers!