its that time of year

im back.

i have completely embraced the holiday season. i spend my evenings mostly in the comforts of my cozy apartment in sweat pants and wool socks. embracing the christmas spirit, i made cut-out sugar cookies to give away to friends and indulge in over homemade hot chocolate and a movie. i thought it would be hilarious to purposely break off these sugar cookies arms and legs and frost on painful faces. to say the least, they definitely were a conversation starter and definitely showcased exactly how weird i can really be.

ive got the blogging itch back, finally.
it didn't have anything to do with my family complaining about looking at the stupid porcelain rooster every morning either.

wednesdays with favorites

at some point in the week k and em come over and we have family dinner and catch up on tv shows we love.

kayla had the genius idea of making stuffed peppers for dinner, so i let her have at it.

she even got to use my brand new tongs i got from ikea last weekend!

they were AMAZING.

em took care of the cookies.

:)

sunday night creations

i spent sunday evening on clark place watching em make the perfect batch of chocolate chip cookies, and hanging out with kayla and darren while they made us all gormet pizzas.

(ems chocolate cookies)

(parmesan basil crust/red sauce/fresh motzerla/tomatoe/asparagus/spinach pizza)

(tribute to becca ciacchi- naan bread/cream cheese/crab meat and provolone cheese)

we all have a pretty strong addiction to anything niptuck. last winter break when i was still in college i think i watched the entire series in one month. emily just did the same thing. and now, i don't think we can go anywhere in public without em thinking she sees someone from niptuck.

the point i had from that mini story was that after dinner, we watched The Stepfather, starring who else but "Sean McNamara". originially a thriller from 1987, the 2009 remake was pretty good. definietly stressed me out though. good redbox buy.

thee perfect cut-out cookies

new obsession: cookie cutters!!

nothing like some music, stars, hearts and kisses on a november evening listening to some jams.

look at the lips! i love that.

i am not sure whether i have ever made a better batch of cookies. i dont know whether it was a combination of actually following the reciepe, actually refridgerating the dough over night, or the awesome cookie cutters i bought off high street this weekend, but all in all they came out perfect browned on the underside.

frosting from scratch too!

i brought some into work today, just ate one and personally i think they are better today than they were yesterday. weird.