Special Delivery

So I have this awesome friend named Christine.  She's a busy bee and we seem to be on opposite schedules, but every now and then i get messages on my gchat of her raving about how she loves her cricut machine and wants to marry it and have its babies.  (Paraphrasing, of course.)

Last week she told me to look out in the mail for an early birthday/xmas present.

And so on Saturday morning it arrived.  And i of course ripped into it, not even taking care to open it like a lady.

And i found something awesome inside.  It was a very special delivery.

Do you know what these are?  These are hand made cupcake sleeves.  They go on the outside of the cupcake liner.  

There are so many cute ones it's ridiculous.  You just hook the back of it to itself and it fits around a cupcake all snuggly. 

I have no idea when I am going to use them yet.  Not because i don't like them, i do.   But i can't think of anyone that deserves these awesome little things. >.<  Not just anyone can get a pirate ship...

Then to top it off was when I unrolled this.

I literally got all ridiculously giddy.  No like really i did.  Notice how it is on my list of things i really wanted?  I'll have to take that off soon. <3  Luckily its contact paper and i can stick it more than once.  I'll need to move stuff around so i can stick it up somewhere in my room.  And (one day soon i hope) when I have a kitchen of my own, i can use it there too.

Summary and Conclusion of this post:  Christine is so awesome. <3<3<3

xoxo,

Anna

P.S.  And her bf San helped.  ;)  So he's awesome too.  

Baking is Expensive

It is.  The flour.  The sugar.  The eggs.  The 2011Kitchenaid 10 year anniversary Susan G. Komen stand mixer from Williams-Sonoma...

It looks so pretty and perfect in the kitchen! No i have not used it yet but it has only been four days!  And the possibilities are endless.  >.<

This is like Christmas for me.  Except better because i don't end up with anything awkward.  I end up with exactly what i wanted.  (And for fifty bucks less because of a price mistake!)

At the latest I will have to bake for my mom's birthday in the beginning of October.  And i hope it's the strawberry cheesecake cupcakes i have been dying to make. Can't wait!!!

xoxo,
Anna