Day 105/365 (October 30, 2014)

Today turned into a crazy busy day because of the fact I am going to be selling baked goods at a Halloween party! The morning started with a brainstorming sessions with Sasha about what my Halloween costume would be for the party since I don't want to wear my Alice costume... well it tuned into what I think will b e my baking company name... The Sugar Fairy! its all about the Faith, Trust, and Disco dust!

I went to work and before I left I made my extensive shopping list and to do list for supplies. Then after work I set off to accomplish all tasks. I went to the cake store, and to Michael;s an to Trader Joe's. I came home and began my baking explosion... 3 batches of the pumpkin snickerdoodles and 2 red velvet cakes. I did laundry and accidentally shrunk my apron for the costume, so improvised with a shirt. I wrapped all the snickerdoodle cookies individually and did most of my list!

Day 103/365 (October 28, 2014)

The day began by rushing Pippin. I got there earlier than I actually thought I needed to but I was awake and why not be safe than sorry. While rushing I gave Ally her shirt since she was there for the filming of the show for CBS' Thanksgiving Day Parade segment. I got my favorite seat AA109 and then headed home to make a change, then off to work for a bit. Later I came home and did a quick apartment tidy because I wasn't sure if I had a visitor coming over or not. Then i dropped some baked goods off at Pippin and came home to work on the cookies for my fall s'mores idea and making the cake balls for my first official order. The cookies were tasty but i really hate rolling out cookie dough for cookie cutters, i always forget how much I hate it until i do it again... fail! The cake ball making went pretty smoothly, I am a well oiled machine in that respect now!

Then Ravi and Josh came over for a bit to pick up some baked goodies and hang out. It was nice to see them and to show off the place, especially with all of the decorations Karen and Sasha have done for the party on Saturday. Then as I was in a baking madness for the rest of the night I realized the time and went to meet up to deliver my first order and on the way back I ran into the friend I was planning on meeting later, Rochelle,, and Ben was also with her. We chatted for a bit then I headed home, stuffed dinner in my face, changed, and headed back out to meet them. I gave them some cookies and went to see Pippin. When Ben tried the Pumpkin Snickerdoodles he was like I would place an order for these... success!

The show was lovely and I am so happy I was in "my seat" Then after the show I waited at the SD area per usual. I finally told Mike how much I enjoy his glitter confetti audience sprinkling in the beginning of Act Two and he told me how he has also been throwing it into people's faces if they aren't paying attention and the other night a lady was drinking water and he threw it in her face and yelled "MAGIC" with his Fosse hands and I just about lost it. I waited way too long after Pippin at the Stage Door for KDM to come (like an hour) oops.... sometimes I do crazy things but it was nice to see him for a quick moment. Ally had met u with me since she was staying over to make rush easier and give KDM something... then we headed back home and she helped me put together my fall s'mores which were gingersnap cookies in t shape of pumpkins with pumpkin shaped pumpkin marshmallows dipped in chocolate on top... so delicious! Karen and Sasha had the ladder out for decorations and left it there and I found Charlie stuck at the top not sure how to get down. Then after a long time we finally went to bed at like 2:30 am! oops!

Day 102/365 (October 27, 2014)

It was a self imposed busy day. After i left work (later than I meant to) i headed to the gym for a tiny bit, then Trader Joe's and came home and spent the rest of the night baking/doing dishes, dying a t-shirt and making a goodbye card for Kyle Dean.

Baking is something that helps me work through sadness and is very calming and i went off the deepend... I also ate WAY MORE than i should have, sugar overload is an understatement! I made pumpkin snickerdoodle cookies with white chocolate chips and pumpkin oatmeal cookies with dried cranberries and white chocolate chips. both were so moist and tasty! I also made pumpkin flavored marshmallows for an idea i had and they needed to sit out overnight. I made a bunch of dishes through this process so there was that too. Ally asked if I could dye her shirt to be the Pippin color for her Halloween costume since she didn't have a place to do it at school... I squeezed that in and everything said that the color it looks like when it first comes out will be darker when than when it has had time to set and be washed... thankfully that was true because I was freaked when I saw how dark it looked! it was pretty but the perfectionist in me was like I messed up. Then I made a goodbye card for Kyle Dean... My artistic skills are lacking but i thought making my card light purple with red and gold glitter was clever since there is a song lyric that says "crimson, gold, and lavender"