I asked my friend of 9 years, Whit to be my maid of honor in my wedding.  At first she sounded like she was okay with it, but now she’s ignoring my calls and won’t answer any of my emails.  She ignores me unless she needs something, and even though I’ve always been there for her when she needed me, but any time I need her to be my friend, she’s not there.  I don’t understand why our friendship has become so one-sided; she’s willing to take but not give in our relationship.

I’ve tried to fix things, to tell her how I feel…nothing.  She won’t even return my damn phone calls.  It’s like our friendship is getting shittier and shittier.  I’m ready to give up on her, but I don’t know if I can.

As some of might know, my dear readers, Matt and I are in dire need of a new computer and won’t be able to afford one for a while.  My laptop needs a new processor and hard drive and lord knows we can’t afford either.  It really looked like we wouldn’t be getting a new computer for at least another two years, so I was pretty excited when I came across freeimacoffer.com.

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If you do, I’ll love you forever and bake you cookies (serious!). Remember though, you have to go through the previously mentioned link in order for me to receive credits.

…but magic erasers  are pretty rad!

Matt and I are moving across town Saturday, so my house is lying in shambles (well boxes really…) and it’s making me really anxious.  It’s really hard to put all of your belongings into boxes, seal them up, and trust other people to get them to your new location safely and all in one piece.  Nerve-wracking if you ask me.

I’ll be without the internet starting Friday, but only for a couple of days.  Fear not my dear readers, you won’t be without me for too long!

About  the wedding, and to be completely truthful, Matt and I want no part in getting married in my parents’ church.

From the beginning we’ve wanted an outdoor wedding, somewhere with a natrual feel, not a stuffy church.  We began searching in some of the places we thought would have this kind of a feel.  Estes Park, Beaver Creek, Vail, Winter Park, Red Rocks, Garden of the Gods, need I go on?  We thought we were out of luck on the outdoor venue, so we gave up and settled for my parents’ church.  It never felt like it was the right place for us to get married, we had longed for so long to be married outdoors, and now were left to a stuffy church.

Yesterday Matt and I started talking once again about the ceremony venue and how we still wanted it to be outdoors.  Matt suggested jokingly that we try Washington Park, and it hit me.  Washington Park would be absolutely perfect…it is absolutely gorgeous during the first part of October and Matt literally grew up in that park.  So many memories lie in that park for the two of us, and to have the ceremony by the lake would be reminicient of something out of a dream.  Just think: a quiet little ceremony of 75 people on the bank of a lake, with the leaves turning colors all around on a perfect autumn afternoon.  Sounds perfect if you ask me.

So now that we’ve talked this over between the two of us, we have to break it to my parents that we don’t want to get married in their church.  I honestly don’t have any idea how they’re going to take the news…could be good, could be bad.  We would eliminate the need for flower arrangements in the church and such, but would have to pay for chair rentals and a site fee of $200, which my parents will most likely be less than thrilled about.  There is also the issue of the church, being as the Catholic church has some riddiculous rule (as they do about everything) about wedding ceremonies outside of the church not being valid.  If there were some way around the church thing and maybe Matt and I cover the cost of the ceremony then maybe, just maybe our ceremony dreams can come true.

We’ll have to see how it works out.

Since you all saw my embarrassing vacuum photo in this post here is an important announcement:

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Like I haven’t heard that one a million times.  Working in a coffee shop (a rather well known coffee shop to be precise), I’ve heard them all.  “Have a grande”  “Thanks a latte”  “It’s in my mochachinos”  Customers think they are being witty, but instead they show how ridiculous they really are.  That aside, I had this craving for coffee this morning and it could not be satisfied by the usual cup of joe.  No, this time it had to come in the form of an icy creamy treat.

Instead of rushing to the nearest Starbucks to spend $4.00 on one of their 1,500-calorie frozen nightmares (which my dad reffers to as flappachunos), I decided to invent my own version.  I started with a “base” of iced coffee, milk, and a dash of coffee creamer, then added ice.  It didn’t come out with the creamy texture I had hoped for the first time around, so I added a little whipped topping to the mixture, and ta-da!  A creamy icy coffee treat ready in minutes that doesn’t have 1,500 calories or cost $4.00 to make.

I got to thinking after downing my blended coffee treat, and came up with the idea of doing a coffee-drink week here at sweetsugarspice.  I think it would be fun to share some of my coffee recipies with you, dear readers.  My coffee addiction spans far more than the occiasional latte or black coffee, so here we go: the launch of Coffee Week at Sweetsugarspice.net!  Seems appropriate for me to launch something fun with the return of my cooking blog, and this time it’s going to be better than before.

‘Nuff said, onto the coffee!

Moch-a-Chinos

2c.  brewed double-strength iced coffee
1/4c. milk
2tbs. coffee creamer (I used international delight marshmallow mocha)
3 c. ice
2 tbs. low-fat whipped topping (I used cool whip)

Blend ingredients on low to crush ice, then on higher setting to whip.  Pour into glass and top with more whipped topping and serve with straw.  Makes 2 servings.  Enjoy!

As always, happy baking!

You wouldn’t believe Matt’s surprise when I told him he would be getting a groom’s cake in addition to our traditional wedding cake.  It launched a new excitement in him, and for me to say that he is more excited than me to taste cakes would not be a lie.

He’s thinking a golf-themed cake, seeing as golf is his favorite activity.  Groom’s cakes are traditionally chocolate, but for Matt, it might have to be a Bailey’s chocolate cake!  He’s been considering something along these lines, but we’ll have to see which baker we decide on:

The search for the perfect wedding cake.

As a baker, I feel as though I have a duty in finding a baker to bake my wedding cake.  It seems like everyone offers a wide selection of flavors, fillings, and icings, all for a price.  But when is the price right, especially when you are on a budget?  I’ve been researching tons of bakers in the Denver area over the past few weeks, and currently have called about 6.  The real test will be when the tastings begin, because as most of you know, nearly everything looks good on paper.

Matt and I really want a two-tiered cake (we’re doing a groom’s cake as well) with ivory butter cream icing, covered in chocolate-dipped strawberries to match our color scheme.  I’m sure any baker can create this cake, but the real question is, who’s cake will take the cake in taste?

It must be what Allie thinks each time the vacuum starts up.

That Dirty Devil is at it again!