Bitten By The Baking Bug - Not Once, Not Twice...

Yesterday wasn't the best day.....it was exactly a year ago since Mr. Misery lost his job.

I've been doing my Misery to Happiness challenge for one month now and I learned that self pity, hate and depression won't get you anything.

So I told Mr. Misery that he can look at it 2 ways:

1. One year of misery, unemployment and sadness

or

2. One year anniversary of new beginning and new experiences.

After little talk down the memory lane he picked the second one.

It was such a miserable and ugly day yesterday that depression and self pity were the perfect companion. I locked my front door and didn't let them in.

Instead I was busy making cookies, cupcakes and even a birthday cake (my best friend's hubby was born on Halloween - and yes, he is properly twisted, but we love him anyway).

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, WEIRDO....LOVE YOU....

We live outside the town so we don't get any kids trick-or-treating. Every year I make little packages of candy and cookies for the 7 children in my life.

This year I decided to bring it up a notch and I made them Halloween Cookie arrangements. They turned out pretty well.

I also made some Worms'n'Dirt Cupcakes for my son's class. Mr. Misery loved these cupcakes. Apparently they were the best I ever made. Since it's Fall I decided to get away from typical white cupcake and I made Spice Cake Cupcakes with not overly sweet Cream Cheese Frosting and I dipped them in crushed Oreo Cookies.

Since my kitchen was destroyed anyway I decided to make more cookies. I baked some Fall/Harvest Cookies. These beauties were for my mom and my best friend. I did tell them I need the containers back thou...for future use, lol.

I had fun making all of these cookies and cupcakes, but I was so exhausted.I know they are not the best looking....yet, but practice makes perfect, right?

Today I have to finish the birthday cake and re-fix the Scarecrow costume. LP wore it on Thursday to his school Halloween dance, yesterday to his class Halloween party and he will be wearing it tonight to Scareview. Somebody alert the fashion police. I am sure he must be breaking some law.

Before I leave you and go back to my baking I need to share little conversation I had last night with LP.

Mr. Misery took LP to his hockey practice. After they came home Mr. Misery says:

"L told me to say Hi to you"

Not sure which L he was referring to I asked."L who?"

LP responds for his dad: "Your friend L the barber"

Me: "Oh, thank you, but L is a hairdresser"

LP: "No, she is a barber because she always barbers my hair"

Me: "No, she's a hairdresser and she cuts your hair"

LP: "Sometimes she barbers it"

OK, it was clear I wasn't going to win this one. Sorry, L. I love ya, but you barber hair...

I am off to finish the Birthday Cake....Have a great and SAFE HALLOWEEN everyone.