13 Aug 2008, 10:46am
shoes shopping
by froogal
46 comments

Kate Spade shoes - I am impressed!

I am not generally a Kate Spade fan - I don’t really like her handbags all that much - and because of that, she is one designer that I am quick to pass through. That is, until I saw a few of her shoes! Now I’m really dying for a pair! Or five :)

Check them out after the jump! more »

9 Aug 2008, 10:43pm
101 in 1001 food
by froogal
31 comments

Completed #13 - Bake cupcakes!

My Vanilla cupcakes! Completed: Bake Cupcakes

It’s a friend of mine’s going away and birthday party tomorrow, and I am in charge of bringing in some desserts, so I thought I’d cross one item off of my 101 things in 1001 days list - bake cupcakes.

I wanted my first batch of cupcakes to be tasty cupcakes made from scratch, and it has totally been accomplished! These babies are SO tasty! They are vanilla cupcakes with vanilla buttercream topping and a sprinkling of chocolate! A darling coworker of mine forwarded me a recipe for Magnolia Vanilla cupcakes so I knew those would probably be killer cupcakes. I think the use of pure vanilla over artificial vanilla extract made a fairly large difference.

This experience has turned on some sort of switch in me - I told the BF that I’ll be baking a WHOLE lot more nowadays! :) Thank goodness for the gym membership!

The recipe can be found on this website. Happy baking!!

5 Aug 2008, 10:07pm
101 in 1001
by froogal
33 comments

Completed: #12

Completed: Hit the Driving Range

I have completed item #12 in my 101 things in 1001 days list. I look like such a dork in the pic! And I am positive I looked even dorkier trying to swing that club… or whatever it is. I realized within 20 minutes of trying this particular adventure that I am in no way any sort of golfer. I hated mini-putting, and I hated this. I am not really sure how some folks find this kind of thing relaxing - but to each their own, yeah? At least this made me realize that it’s just not my thing.

And about that 101 things list - I accidentally deleted it. I am such a geek!! I had a pretty lengthy list and I clicked on “delete”… my head was elsewhere. It’s been happening a lot lately. I need to stop and think just a little more before I act.

I’ve been trying to work on the list but it’s a lot harder than I thought! I can barely make a list of 101 things… there are a ton of things that I wanted to do, but I live in a city that makes it pretty easy to go to a musical or something equally funtastic any day of the week. Regardless, I will complete that list - sooner or later :)