Howdy y’all!

I know it’s been a few days – I’m just giong to update you on the important stuff! 

Friday night – my mom and I went out and did some Christmas shopping – we were out for HOURS – but we got so much accomplished.   My mom had dinner waiting for me since I stopped and her house and we left together from there – some yummy pa-sghetti with turkey meat sauce!

Saturday – I got up early and did some cleaning – while Mike went down to the law library to study for finals.  Started the day of with some Kashi H2H:

Around 11am – I called my neighbor to see what she was up to – and we ended up chatting for a while and then decided to go shopping together!   Being a nice person to begin with – and then adding in the Christmas spirit – my neighbor decided to treat me to lunch – so we grabbed some always delicious Chipotle!

And then, we went shopping because she wanted to buy some toys for the local toy drive the Cleveland Firefighters were putting on.   She ended up giving $194 worth of toys to charity!!!!   While I wasn’t able to pitch in because times are so tight for me and Mike, it was really fun to help her, and I felt honored that she shared her good deed with me!

I came home to a package sitting outside our door – which is ALWAYS a good feeling!  

It was my first (hopefully of many) package from the the Foodbuzz Tastemakers program – where you sign up for the samples you want to try.   The first test – COWGIRL CHOCOLATES!

Look how pretty the packaging is –

Inside – there was a rainbow of wrappers – and a little “key” – that told you the flavor of the corresponding color

There was a Habanero Chocolate, and a a Habanero Caramel!   The chocolate was great – I couldn’t really taste the spice – and the caramel – was SUPER TRICKY!   When you started eating it – it tasted like a delicioius caramel – and then as soon as you swallowed it, you were HIT with that crazy pepper spice right in the back of your throat!   Fun for once in a while – definitely not a regular snack!

I also went straight for the Rasberry Lemon Creme – the flavor combo sounded so delicious…

And it was!  I could totally eat a whole box of this flavor!   Notice Lando in the bakground – waitingn for a morsel to fall – she apparently  hasn’t gotten the memo that dogs can’t eat chocolate! 

Overall – the chocolates were very cool, and would make a perfect little gift for someone – I totally recommend them!

Saturday night – we went over to my grandparents to hang their Christmas tree – and make the stuffed shells we eat at Christmas.  It was a really nice time – it was our whole family, just visiting and relaxing!   My dad snapped some pictures but I forgot to steal his pictures from his computer!   I did snap a picture of the tasty tasty pizza we had though:
That’s about it – those are the highlights from the weekend!  Sunday I just did some more running around and Christmas related errands!  

Hope ya’ll had a great weekend!  10 days until Christmas – EEK!