Oh, snickerdoodles. Why must you taste so good?

This is why I only make them once a year.

They are my favorite part of my Christmas baking. Today alone I finished making 5 kinds of cookies. I made the dough in advance and baked off 5 kinds. I have three more kinds to make on Wednesday, just in time for my company's Christmas party on Thursday.

On Wednesday, I will try to mail several tins of cookies off to some of you. I have several tins that are designated for bloggers. Who wants one? If I don't already have your address from the Holiday cards, email it to me at Amanda234 at gmail dot com, and maybe I'll send you some.

Tonight, I am having a dinner of snickerdoodles and wine. I am super classy. Then, I will go see I Am Legend. More on that tomorrow.

Ugh. Snow.

We're supposed to get upwards of 10". Thankfully, due to Al Gore, I'm pretty sure we won't be getting 10", but I'm pretty sure we have at least 4 and it's supposed to snow for another 6 hours or so.

My boyfriend just left to go home before the roads get even worse, so I'm home alone. On a Saturday night. We went to dinner but I thought we were going to die on the way home, the highways aren't usually that bad, but its pretty messy out there.

Whoohoo.

Thank You....

..... to my doctor for saying "that's how you stay so skinny, isn't it?" after he watched me make one piece of peanut brittle last for 15 minutes.

..... to our property manager for bringing us a huge tin of homemade peanut brittle.

.....to my radio station for playing "All Mixed Up" on my drive to work, then playing "Down" on my drive home. It was like 6th grade all over again. I had such a crush on Nick. (Seriously, what up with the 311 air time?)

..... to my boyfriend for sending me a text message telling me he was proud of me for hitting 100% of the notes in Mississippi Queen. I'm not a natural at Guitar Hero, so 100% is a big accomplishment for me.

..... to my favorite baseball players for not being on that list. Pujols is naturally awesome.

..... to my teacher for promptly posting our grades less than 24 hours after our final. I go crazy not knowing.

Have a great Friday, everyone.

I have fallen way behind in talking about the movies I've seen recently.

August Rush:

The story of an orphan as he tries to find his parents through music, starring Freddy Highmore, Keri Russell, Robin Williams, Terrence Howard.
This was probably the cheesiest movie I've ever seen. I'm not saying it was bad... but damn. Some of those lines had to have been written by preteen girls, there's no other excuse for that kind of cheesiness. It did have a feel good ending to it, but overall, I'd pass. The soundtrack is pretty good, however.

Enchanted:

Enchanted is about an animated fairy princess who is cast into the real world by her future mother in law.
It was absolutely adorable. It was funny, heartfelt, and romantic. I'm not generally a fan of romantic comedies, but this one was different. I highly recommend it.
Everytime I see both Amy Adams and James Marsden I love them more.

The Mist:

The Mist is about a mysterious fog that rolls into a small town. With it come creatures that want to destroy the town and it's inhabitants.
It was surprisingly character driven and dramatic. It didn't rely too heavily on the sci-fi nature to distract from the plot like some movies do, and it also didn't employ cheap scares to entertain.
Overall, I'd say it was one of the best "horror" movies I've seen in a long time. It wasn't really scary, but that's okay.
It has a surprise ending that didn't really surprise me. In my head I was thinking "Wouldn't it be funny if...?" and then it actually happened, however, I do like the ending. It was definitely one that had us discussing it long after the movie was over.
That Stephen King knows his stuff.

Do you remember the song The Cheater, by Bob Kuban? Yeah, me neither. However, I do feel bad for Bob Kuban. I guess he had mediocre one hit wonder success with that song in the 60s, but now he performs at Christmas parties all through St. Louis.

Last night was the 4th time I've seen Bob Kuban, which sadly ties for the most times I've seen any artist. It was the third holiday party in a row that he preformed at, and once he was at a wedding I went to.

This dude cracks me up. He has one of the worst toupees I've ever seen, and he always wears a velvet blue or purple jacket. He sings for maybe two hours of his four hour set. There's a blonde chick who does most of the work. He mumbles inaudibly between songs to introduce them, but we never have any idea what he's talking about.

Anyways.. I guess it's good that he still is preforming music and making a living doing so, but damn, that's a long way to fall.

I wish I had pictures to show you of my pretty green dress, but my boyfriend forgot to bring the camera... so I don't.

Have a great weekend!

Done!

I am officially finished with my Christmas shopping. I'm proud of myself because when I was growing up, my mom would make me go to the mall with her on Christmas Eve where she would start her shopping. She'd make me walk to a different department or store while she purchased my presents. So I'm overcoming years of procrastination and irresponsibility when it comes to my Christmas shopping. Finishing three weeks early is a major achievement for me.

And I am finished with wrapping as well, with the exception of a few articles of clothing I ordered for my boyfriend online, but those will fit in boxes that will wrap very easily. Here's some logic for you. My boyfriend hates clothes shopping. He hates the act of it, and he hates spending his money on clothes. So instead of me buying him the video games I was going to, I'm buying him pants and shirts, and he's going to spend the money he had for clothes on video games. Smart thinking, tiger.

Now, I move on to the more daunting task. Every year I make an exceptional amount of cookies. I make them specifically for my work Christmas party, but I end up with so many, I have to start begging people to take them. I send them to to my boyfriend's family, to friends, to random people on the street.

Every year I tell myself to make less. I don't need to make ten different kinds. Five kinds will be plenty. But every time I try to take one off the list, I add a new one. So as of right now, I have the list narrowed down to eight different kinds.

Chocolate Espresso Cookies
Buckeyes
Chocolate Chip
Sugar
Wedding Cookies
Snickerdoodles
Peppermint snowballs
Gingerbread

Some of you may be receiving a very special package from me soon.

It's supposed to snow today... this makes me sad. Although now I'm looking at the forecast and it doesn't say anything about snow. That kind of makes this post irrelevant, huh?

Oh well. If you haven't sent me your address for a holiday card, please do so. I'll send them out in the next few days. Just e-mail me at Amanda234 at gmail dot com.

P.S.- Yay Dave and Jasmine.

Edit: It's flurrying. Damn Weather channel.