The Woodlands Biotch

the ironic thing is, if anyone around here knew of more fun ways to spend the evening tonight, i’d be amazed. i’d only amassed the knowledge for the past month now. and yet…
 
…i’m spending the evening in, boyfriend and i lazily watching movies and having a quiet drink or two.
ah, to be a grown-up.
cheers!
happy new [...]

So this is Xmas
And what have you done?
Another year over
And a new one just begun
And so this is Xmas
I hope you have fun
The near and the dear ones
The old and the young
A very Merry Xmas
And a happy New Year
Let’s hope it’s a good one
Without any fear
And so this is Xmas
For weak and for strong
For rich [...]

so there i was… minding my own business, trying to get some last minute christmas shopping done. i was in the mall – a place i tend to avoid like the plague between thanksgiving and new years. it was crowded, but not overly so, thanks to boyfriend’s willingness to go shopping mid-day versus in the [...]

if you’ve been following along (and i trust you have) you’d know that i bake quite a bit. today’s moment of pride? when i pulled this glorious loaf of bread out of my oven…
 
note the golden crust, the perfectly rounded top, the mouth-watering aroma filling the house… well, okay, you’ll have to just take my [...]

decided to drop in on that new little italian place up off of research forest drive last night, la trattoria. on our way there, i told bf we needed to try someplace new, it’d been a while since i’d biotched about bad food or bad service or both. great, he says to me, now you’ve [...]