I'm Back

I'm back!  I know nobody misses me but I'm back, chocnut!  Reasons for the absence?  Disappearance of a computer to use and haggardness for daily posting.  I want to do blogging on a daily basis but my chubby body can't do it.  Oh well, here's what I've been up to lately.

top photo from A Beautiful Mess
bottom photo from The Fat Kid Inside

I love sweets; cakes and pastries, so I'm trying to bake some goodies for myself and my family and started with vanilla cupcakes with buttercream frosting then cakepops.  A little modification to the  ingredients and some more tool and the two will be perfect.  As per the cooking, well my chef brother is currently not present in the house so I'll do a lot of the cooking, I'm looking some recipes in The Fat Kid Inside and Ang Sarap.

top photo from A Beautiful Mess
bottom photo from Twinings

Tea, a substitute to my coffee since coffee can't maker me sleep (I love coffee but I guess the feeling is not mutual).  It's weird at first when I drink a hot cup of tea since I'm used to cold Milk Tea and Iced Tea but I begun to love it and is now looking for different kinds of tea.

Because of the planner, I'm now spending a little more just to get a stamp.  One more to go and freedom,i mean planner will be mine. Since I'm avoiding to drink coffee (as much as possible), I tried Double Chocolate which is super chocolatey but have to drop the whip cream next time and Matcha Green Tea Swirl which I think many will not like at first.  It's like eating grass with milk but I still like it! Yummy!

TCBTL "Tis The Season For Giving

It's the time  of the year once again when people of all ages collect stickers for the love of planner.  I joined the bandwagon last 2011 and this 2012, I will continue to participate with the craze but this time in the form of stamps from The Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf.

so christma~sy to me

and here's the mechanics

One will only be needing 12 stamps:  8 drinks of your choice + 4 what I call "should drinks" in order to get the 2013 Giving Journal planner.

photo from www.lifeafterbreakfast.com

What attracted me to get/avail  a Giving Journal planner are the monthly crafts and the posivity and colorful pages inside (please visit www.lifeafterbreakfast.com for more info).  The planner comes in two shades of brown and I'm eyeing the one with the lighter shade just for a change.  I noticed that my things are mostly in dark colors.

Red Velvet Ice Blended

For my first stamp, I chose the Red Velvet Ice Blended which is a complete...sorry to tell you this...a comple disappointment.  After spending P165 for a small cup, my expression was just a sad *sigh*.  The sweetness is okay but it lacks flavor; it's like I.m sipping a pink cotton candy.  I'm looking for something different, a kick that will make me remember it:  that red velvet is a special for christmas and will make me wish for another christmas.  Too much expectation for a drink huh?.  I will stop babbling about how i dislike the drink and focus more on getting the planner.

One down, 11 more to go!

Thanks for reading.  Till then.  Bye!