Is it just me or has time been FLYING lately? We’re already in 6th week! Goodness! Where does the time go? I graduate in 37 days!!! I just bought my cap and gown last week and my senioritis has officially kicked in… who am I kidding, I’ve had a bad case of senioritis ever since freshman year. My schedule has been so busy lately with midterm after midterm, baking & mailing out cookies, making my grad invites (see below), and spring cleaning! I actually got my boyfriend to vacuum and clean the bathroom today, which is probably one of my biggest accomplishments of my life. Haha.
Speaking of my boyfriend, his birthday just passed two days ago and I had the hardest time figuring out what to get him. I couldn’t bake him anything because he’s dieting (ridiculous, I know.. it’s like I’m dating a girl. Shhhh don’t tell him I said that) and he already has everything that he wants! I was going to buy him a Gucci wallet but then he wouldn’t appreciate it nearly as much as I would since he doesn’t know anything about brand names and can care less for them. He actually thinks it’s ridiculous, but of course being the girl that I am, I tend to differ. I have this die hard love for Chanel and have made quite the collection in the past couple of years. I long for the Chanel Cerf Tote and the Chanel Medallion Tote, which I think I’ll be selling a purse to get soon. Basically… he’ll never understand why I pay so much for a purse when I can get a decent working purse for less than ten bucks. Honestly, I have no idea either… all I know is that it makes me so gosh darn happy.
I ended up buying him some RVCA t shirts and shorts, and a button up t shirt. He needs to update his wardrobe and he hates shopping… so it all worked out nicely. I then took him to a restaurant called Buenos Aires Grill for dinner and it was delicious! One of the best salmon and sauteed vegetables plates that I’ve had (he had the rib eye steak with creamed spinach.. we’re big on our meat, can you tell?). I’m getting hungry just talking about it. Moving on…
This is actually one of the cookies I made to mail out this month, along with two others. This is my favorite cookie– it’s hard to eat just one! The cookie is not too sweet or too chocolatey; they’re soft and crumbly with the perfect amont of sweetness. I’m an avid fan of mint chocolate, so you should definitely give this recipe a try if you are, too! I’ve made this recipe before on my blog, found HERE. However, they were posted a million years ago and I didn’t post recipes back then. So here it is!
- 3/4 cup butter
- 1 1/2 cups packed brown sugar
- 2 tablespoons water
- 12 ounces semi-sweet chocolate chips (2 cups)
- 2 large eggs
- 2 1/2 cups AP flour
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 1/4 teaspoons baking soda
- Andes mints candies, broken in half
- Heat oven to 350°F.
- Over low heat, combine butter, sugar and water. Heat until melted and add chocolate chips until partly melted. Remove from heat and stir. Pour into large mixing bowl. Let stand 10 minutes to cool slightly.
- Beat in eggs one at a time on high speed. Reduce mixer to low speed and add flour, salt and baking soda. Beat until well-blended.
- Chill one hour.
- Roll into balls, place two inches apart on parchment paper-lined baking sheets. Bake for 10 minutes.
- Place an Andes Mint half on top after taking them out from the oven. Allow to melt slightly and spread with a spoon.
I took a lot of time making/decorating my graduation invitations because I’m a grandma like that and love scrapbooking & stationary. It’s also way cheaper than buying announcements from the school.. I mean, $40 for 25 cards?! I would’ve needed 50, spending $80 total just on cards… and they’re not even pretty! They’re actually pretty bland… so no, thank you. I’d much rather make my own since they’re more personalized and unique that way. I just had to share with you how they turned out!