fun confessions

Today I am linking up with Kathy 

for a couple of fun confessions. 

I am obsessed right now with Fruit Loops cereal WITH Marshmallows. 

Where was this stuff when I was a kid?!

I have seriously had this for supper more than once in the past couple of weeks. 

source

I turn 30 on Monday and it does not bother me one bit. 

All of my friends that have turned 30 

or are close to turning 30 are 

freaking the hell out. 

And I am over here like ...

what's so bad about 30. 

I guess my philosophy is that I cannot prevent turning 30 

why freak out about it. 

So, you know ... logic! 

This also means I get to eat Chipotle at some point this weekend ... and ice cream cake ... win,win!  

{Sorry Lauren} ;)

Source

Have any of you freaked out when turning a certain age? 

And yes, I know these confessions have absolutely nothing to do with each other. 

I do have random in my blog name for a reason. 

stress relief

Baking is my favorite form of stress relief.

There is something about the process that

just calms my mind. 

My little sister's birthday was at the beginning of July

and I had a lot of fun baking for her.

She requested my Cream-filled Red Velvet Cupcakes

instead of a birthday cake.

I also wanted to try a new recipe I found on Pinterest:

Cream Cheese Chocolate Chip Cookies.

{talk about alliteration}

I LOVE anything with cream cheese in it

and these cookies did not disappoint.

They do have more of a cakey texture to them

and I was not thrilled with that.

But they had a great flavor!

I had some extra cream cheese icing from the cupcakes.

And I discovered something heavenly!

I made a cream cheese chocolate chip cookie sandwich.
{sigh}

I do not even want to know how many calories were in that concoction.

I am dreaming of baked goods right now.

Between my sister's birthday & mine in early August

I am doing the "No Junk Food Challenge."

It is really not that hard because I do not eat

that many sweets.
Not that you can tell from this post.

The hardest thing to give up is

peanut butter & nutella.

I think I will be having a PB&J for my birthday lunch!

Source: myfitnesspal.com via liz on Pinterest



the food

We ate our way across the country;)

{so it seems}

I have this nifty app on my phone

called Urbanspoon. 

We used it to find some excellent places to eat. 

 No trip is complete without a stop at Chipotle.

This was in Montgomery, AL.

 Excellent creole restaurant in Little Rock, Arkansas.

 3/4 of the group order the shrimp & grits. 

I am not a fan of shrimp so I was not one of them.

However, I did try the grits and they were AMAZING.

 Great local hangout in Oklahoma. 

 This place was awesomely tacky!

Amarillo, TX

 You just gotta love Texas!

 Mothers in NOLa lived up to its reputation.

 Three of us wound up sharing this and we still did not finish it!

 We had beignets for supper while we were in New Orleans. 

Totally worth the calories!

 Tasty Mexican food in Ft. Worth, TX. 

I got a chocolate chimichanga and it was delicious!

 Birmingham, AL

This place had the best cheese biscuits.

baking=yummy goodies

I have been on a baking kick lately.

Much to the chagrin of my roommates;)

Although the BFF's boyfriend LOVES it!

I have always liked to cook but I love baking.

It relaxes me and I love seeing people enjoy my desserts.

Granted it is not very good for the waist line,

but I try to give as much of it away as I can.

I am the office favorite on those days;)

A couple of weeks ago, by request, I made some of my cream cheese filled red velvet cupcakes.

Last weekend I baked a triple chocolate cake with cream cheese icing.

Yesterday was a homemade apple pie.

I think next I want to try a peach cobbler.

This is actually one thing I have never baked before so it will be an experiment!

What are your favorite things to bake or

if you do not bake, what are your favorite desserts?

yay chipotle! and shoes!

We had a blast yesterday. We decided to go to Jacksonville because it is a shorter drive than Atlanta. I told them I did not care where we go as long as I got Chipotle. And I did. And it was delicious! 

Then we went shopping! Well, more like window shopping...since all three of us are broke college students! But I did get some awesome new shoes! They were on sale and I decided to reward myself for making all A's this semester. I am not much of a high heel girl. I always look at the high heels in shoe stores and dream a little bit over some of them. I just cannot walk in them but I do love my converse! The majority of my shoe collection is flip-flops but when it gets too cold for those I am a converse and boot girl. You know the whole week that it is cold in south GA!                                                                    

                                                                                                                                           

It has been raining a lot here lately. So I have been wanting to buy some rain boots. It takes me forever to make up my mind. So here a few that I am waffling between.

Any suggestions?

lovely plaid sperrys

I am just worried that the light color will get dirty very quickly.

really cute funky design

These are really retro and I love them!

fun polka dot design

these again have a lighter base but are totally cute!

 charming daisy design

To quote You've Got Mail, "aren't daisies the friendliest flower?!"