So, can I just say that I am kind of sad for kids these days?
First of all, trying to toy shop for kids in today's world is a nightmare since 90% of the children I know are iPad zombies and don't actually play with toys anymore.
What happened to the days where girls played with Barbies and spent hours dressing them up or arranging their homes just-so? Or when boys built
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Gingerbread Biscoff Rugelach
A couple days ago, we had a minor emergency at work.
We were all tip-tapping away when a supervisor walked by and shouted "Evacuate!" We all stood up in our cubicles, clearly puzzled, and gave her a strange look. ""Evacuate!" she repeated. "Just take whatever is necessary!"
Without blinking, I grabbed my purse out of my little locker. In it contains my wallet (however
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Pumpkin Pie Brownie Bombs
A few days ago, I was invited to one of my best friend's son's birthday party. He was turning 3.
Prior to the event, however, I was having irrational anxiety about a 3 year old's birthday.
I spent a good hour browsing the boy toy aisles in Target trying to find the perfect toy for a child I didn't really know. Actually, I don't really know any children and always make
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Oatmeal Cookie Peanut Butter & Jelly Donut Bars
Terrible, Everyday Things That Are Painfully Awkward
1. You know that moment when you're walking down the office hallway and you see someone from a few yards away, and you don't know when to properly recognize them? Do you recognize them with a smile and a polite 'hello'/head nod when you're still a large distance away? Or do you casually pretend to look at the walls
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Pumpkin Cupcakes with Pumpkin Pie Frosting
Now that I'm single and being thrown into the dating world like a helpless rag doll, I am seeking advice high and low from anywhere I can get it. I haven't really had the chance to be in the adult dating world yet, and I'm finding that honestly, it's not all that it's cracked out to be thus far.
Who knew there were so many rules?! Not I.
And knowing me, rule-breaker
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Chocolate Donut Turkeys
So I'm kiiiiinda in a predicament, guys.
Well. A could-be predicament.
A week ago, I went to the store and bought a couple random things including some soup. This also happens to be the same soup I have been eating on a daily basis for a week. Actually, I bought eight cartons of said soup and am down to one carton left. I may or may not have a soup problem. Soup
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Snickers PB Cookies
Dear Parents of Middle Schoolers and High Schoolers,
I'm not trying to rat your kids out or anything (since I am almost positive you probably did the same thing yourselves when you were that age), but you know when you give your kid lunch money every week and think he's spending it on chicken nuggets or hamburgers in the cafeteria?
Well, you're wrong.
If he's like the
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100 Grand Krispy Treat Bark {Candy Bar Week!!}
So, as some of you guys know, I tried out for Season 10 of the Next Food Network Star last week.
I haven't heard anything yet -- but I'm hopeful, and if nothing else, SO glad I did it!
Anywho, while I was in the waiting room with the other hopefuls, I met an interesting breed of foodies: The Foodie One-Uppers.
This breed of foodies is much like any
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Kiss of Death Cupcakes
Halloween goes hand-in-hand with creepy things like blood-sucking vampires. But honestly, compared to my worst kiss, being eaten alive by a vampire sounds preferable. Allow me to tell you all the gruesome details...
I was fresh outta high school and hell-bent on the 'adult' dating world, which (spoiler alert!) years later, I have yet to enter STILL. I went to a coworker's
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Dark Chocolate Red Wine Brownies
Red, white, rose, green... wait, I forgot we were talking about wine.
Are you a wine person? I am slooooowly making my way into the world of wine.
There's just so many to choose from -- Cabs, Merlot, Sauvignon Blanc, Shiraz.. and all of them sound like they will be names of children in 2020.
Anywho, when Deadbolt Winery contacted me about doing a review of their wine
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