What I've Learned (So Far) From Online Dating:
There's more to the profile than meets the eye. And this is both a good and bad thing. I've met guys with so-so profiles who were a ton of fun on the date. I've also met guys with informative, well-written profiles who were total duds. My only requisite for profile skimming? They must use appropriate grammar and spelling.
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{Guiltless} Key Lime Pie
Key Lime Pie fans -- or KLPF for short -- rejoice. Y'all have a guiltless version of your favorite treat starting now.
I am a recent convert of KLP. While it's not my favorite pie flavor, and I certainly wouldn't choose it over say, apple or coconut cream, I do like it. I like that tangy, sour bite and the creamy texture. And I like limes, but usually only in margaritas,
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Guiltless Lemon Coconut Cake
Have you guys heard of Poshmark?
It's kind of like eBay but pretty much consists of girlie clothes, shoes and accessories. People sell things in their "closets" that they no longer want, but you can also work out trades or bundles with the sellers, and there's no bidding required. In other words, it's pretty much my new favorite website. However, there's something eerily
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Homemade Churros
You guys.
I just did something ground-breaking. I made churros at home. And they actually taste like churros!
You know when you get something super-cool and fun, like a snow-cone machine and think I'm going to be eating cherry snow cones at home for the remainder of my lifeeeee! But then you operate it and it gives you like, two shards of ice and the cherry juice just
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Sticky Toffee Pudding Cookies
So as you know, I've been doing the online dating thing for awhile now. And in this short time, I have come to figure out some key things guys should NOT do when it comes to dating sites and the photography they choose to portray themselves.
Seriously, if I had a dollar for every time I actually saw a decent picture where I actually KNEW what the guy looked like, I would
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CopyCat Oatmeal Creme Pies {Oatmeal Creme Pie Week!!}
The past few days I've admittedly been a little MIA... only because something very serious happened and I feel like I owe it to you guys to tell you about it.
Well, here goes.
I started watching Breaking Bad. And I. Cannot. Stop.
For the life of me, I cannot peel my eyeballs away from the TV for any extended period of time. I'm sure by the time it's all said and
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Cookie Dough Chess Pie {Cookie Dough Week!!}
Cookie Dough Week. AKA, the best week of your freakin' lyffffeeeee.
It's no surprise I loooove me some cookie dough. Classic chocolate chip, salty peanut butter, overloaded monster, sweet sugar... I love it all and am a complete cookie dough eating equal opportunist. And if you hover over the 'Browse by Recipe' tab at the top of my page, you'll even see I have a
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Vanilla Bean Cadbury Creme Cupcakes
Growing up, my diet consisted of Happy Meals, Nutty Bars and Circus Animal Cookies. Throw in the occasional slice (yes, slice) of orange & vanilla checkered ice cream (courtesy of my grandpa and grandma who loved buying the ice cream in a box) aaaand the nutrition of fruit cocktail and you have yourself my childhood food pyramid.
So with that in mind, it was no surprise
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Golden Oreo Overload Cake
I have the worst guilt when it comes to being mean to people... even if I don't like them.
Don't get me wrong: if someone's a total jerkface, my inner beyatch will come out like a rabid hyena ready to strike. But if someone's just slightly annoying or neutral, I feel like the biggest asshat in the world when I feel like I have to be 'mean'...even though most people wouldn't
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Toffee Tiramisu Brookies
So, remember when I told you about OkCupid? Yeah, it got worse.
And remember when I told you about my hatred of monkeys? Well, in case you didn't know (or don't remember all my weird idiosyncrasies) I hate monkeys. I positively loathe them. I think they're hideous, I think they're evil, I think they're gross and I just absolutely HATE them. Always have. It's in my DNA
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