Friday:
2 bags of farm-fresh organic food picked up from our CSA
$40 spent at the supermarket, mostly on baking supplies
2 “failed” batches of Earl Grey infused shortbread, later rescued by my husband’s genius and more time in the KitchenAid
5 total batches of Earl Grey infused shortbread baked
72 Earl Grey infused shortbread cookies made for the Capital District NY Eat Drink Blog cookie swap Saturday night
1 delicious polenta casserole baked to share at the cookie swap
1 can of Select Harvest soup consumed for dinner, because I didn’t have time to cook a real meal
3 hours spent playing games at a friend’s house
Saturday:
36 lime sugar cookies with pumpkin seeds baked and packaged by sixes, for Sunday night’s local cookie swap
3 hours, total, in the car to get to and from the CDNY cookie swap (Also, we arrived 30 minutes early)
20 fantastic bloggers and their significant others squeezed into Heather’s apartment (total number of males in attendance: 4)
2 plates full of amazing food and 1 yummy cup of spiced hot Musselman’s cider consumed
3 answers I got correct in the 22 question game of “Guess the Holiday Movie Quote”
5 pairs of socks won for having the closest correct guesses for the number of m&ms in 2 different jars (30-something and 70-something)
57 cookies received from the cookie swap, 50% of which went into the freezer
1 black cardigan left in Heather’s apartment (luckily I have another one!)
Sunday:
1 lovely morning spent at church
38 Christmas letters printed (finally!)
47 pieces of biscotti made to be given to my awesome classroom aides
36 cookies received at the cookie swap
Total:
3 late (for us) nights having lots of fun
2 cookie swaps attended
5 recipes (2 cookies, 2 biscotti and a polenta casserole) baked
over 93 cookies now in our possession
0 hours of lesson planning because there are only 2 more days of school until Christmas break!
3 times I had to use spell checker to correct my spelling of “received” in this post
your cookies were so good! I can’t wait to dip them in my tea tomorrow morning :D
Aw, thanks Emily!
Such a fun recap. I can’t believe you went to two cookie swaps.
Oh and I have your cardigan should you choose to come rescue it before you leave :-)
LOVE this recap :)
ALSO – Cynthia has your cardigan :) and i just noticed she just told you that.
ALSO – I simply adore you guys! And I’m having polenta caserole for lunch! WOOT WOOT! xo
i would also like to point out how much adoration Dan and Julie seem to have for me in that photo. ;)
You’re just so adore-able :)
Thanks for passing along my cardigan!
I’m so glad we finally got to meet!!
Me too! We’ll have to hang out again soon!