Merry Christmas!

Today is Christmas! We always spend the mornings opening presents at my dads, drinking coffee, and watching cartoons. Then around 10-11 we head down to New Orleans to go and open Christmas presents with my dads side of the family and then eat a large lunch! I'm so excited. Do you have any Christmas traditions? 

Merry Christmas Eve!

Today, it's tradition to go to my moms house and open presents and then eat a big meal and watch A Christmas Carol. I can't wait! I hope you have a wonderful Christmas Eve as well!

Music of the Moment: All I want for Christmas is You

Baking

To say that this past weekend was eventful would be to say the least. Friday night, after my final exam, I convinced boyfriend to come and bake with me. It's tradition for me to give presents to my friends every year, regardless of the size of the gift. This year, I decided that since there were a lot more people I was close with, I was going to do gift bags of baked goods. I didn't realize at the time how much of a feat this would be. I enlisted in boyfriends help and even called in backup with my good friend A. (Needless to say, the night wouldn't have gone half as smoothly if A wasn't there). We started cooking at about 8 pm and didn't finish till about 1:30 am. However, it still left me two things to bake the next day. 

We ended up making 10 giftbags for friends and one for the boyfriends parents. They all included oreo balls, pumpkin or banana bread, chocolate chip cookies, snickerdoodle cookies, christmas cookies, fudge, mint chocolate chip cookies, and mini spiced raisin muffins. I'd have to say that the night was a success, and the look of joy on our friends faces when we gave them the bags made it all worth it.

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Ch ch changes

Soon enough, my little blog here will be going under some changes. I'll probably end up changing a lot, actually. But it's about due time! I have some free time now that exams and school and sorority things are done with and I plan on using it to my full advantages. I'll be playing with the format, background and header. So if things get messy, I'm terribly sorry! I'll get it back to normal (except better) soon enough! 

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