The Soul Sisters got together last week for lunch and a craft! We had great food, laughs and came away with something cute, as usual.
Tassel Necklaces seem to be everywhere lately and we wanted to try to make them for ourselves. One problem...tassels are hard to make and expensive to buy.
The Soul Sisters got together a few weeks ago for a birthday. Marzipan turned another year older so we showered her with hand made gifts:
Joy made this sweet little bag from a skirt!
Treat Girl knit this sweater pillow!
While there, we ate the BEST sugar cookies while there and have been trying to duplicate them ever since. We analyzed the taste, texture, color, and shape over Chai and coffee and googled the heck out of it and FINALLY came up with this recipe! They were perfect! (Thanks, DelectablyMine!)
Thick and Chewy Sugar Cookies
Ingredients
1 1/4 cup (250 g) granulated sugar
2 sticks (225 g) butter, melted browned butter
3 egg yolks (large)
2 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 1/2 cups (180 g) all-purpose flour
1 cup (127 g) bread flour
1/4 cup (20 g) nonfat dry milk powder (I found a can of buttermilk powder in the baking aisle)
1/4 cup (30-35 g) cornstarch
1 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon kosher salt
Directions
Cream together the butter and sugar. Add in eggs and vanilla.
In a separate bowl mix together the dry ingredients. Add to the wet
mixture and mix until combined. Chill the dough in the fridge for at
least an hour.
Using a scoop, scoop the cookie dough onto a parchment covered cookie sheet. Don't press down, and bake at 350 for 8-10 minutes until almost done, then pull them out and
let them finish baking and set on the baking sheet (5-10 minutes).
Transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.
Is it totally crazy that the two movies I really want to see this season are actually commercials??
Is it even crazier that I get tricked in the beginning of each commercial and still think they are movies??
So, anyway, I'm dying to see the fun, quirky comedy called Connecting Flights:
And, now I'm dying to see the Prabal Gurung for Target movie:
Anyhoo, my Soul Sisters and I did see an actual movie last week in an actual theater! We went to a noon showing of Silver Linings Playbook on Tuesday (which happened to be $5 movie day, WOOT!).
Because we were "sneaking out" to "play hooky" we were discussing if we would spill the beans to our husbands. As we entered the theater (thinking it would be empty at noon on a Tuesday) I was making a big show of stuffing my ticket into my mouth to eat the evidence as we rounded the low wall into the theater...
which happened to have stadium seating...
and we were entering in the center of the theater...
and the seats were packed with a sea of blue haired ladies...
who all stopped and looked down at us in unison...
So, we did the only think we could do - we burst out laughing, ducked, and ran back out of the theater! We were pretty out of control with all the laughing and tears and it took a bit to get under control but we pulled it together enough to get ourselves seated. We were whispering a bit during the trailers about which movies looked good and everyone in the seats around us was dead silent UNTIL the trailer for Quartet came on!
Holy smokes! Those old ladies started pointing and giggling and making plans like a bunch of teenagers who just heard a Justin Bieber concert announcement! So....we started laughing again. Honestly, you can't take us anywhere!
Well, we loved Silver Linings, of course. Here is my favorite scene:
What movie should we see next? Side Effects looks good!
