Cake Cake Cake

Totally took advantage of Michael's sale and bought the Wilton fondant imprint mat ($19.99 with 50% off):

Which will allow you to make cakes that look like this:

 

Photo credit: Pastry Chef Central

Fireplace

So last year we moved into our new house with a gas fireplace, which I thought was awesome because in California there are actually days so bad you are not allowed to use your wood burning fireplace. Plus you can turn a gas fireplace on and off on demand instead of waiting for the wood to burn out. Ugh, well, the first month we went overboard and incurred a gas bill of $200. >_<

I wonder which uses more energy, fireplace DVD played on a big screen TV, or the actual fireplace.

Instead of just a fireplace, this one goes above and beyond the call of duty and have fish tank and lava float in addition to fireplace alone. :D

And Another Cute Cake

Photo Credit: Cakeflavor.net

My New Passion

So because I baked a cake from a boxed cake mix and used a hand mixer to make homemade whipped cream for a red velvet cake, all of a sudden that cake decoration will be my new hobby. A simple image search on google with "cake" as the keyword yield some interesting results. I don't even care if I can ever make a cake like this, I'll be happy to just buy a cake like this. Any offers? =D

Photo Credit: Instructables.com

Pie Rack - The Inglorious Baxters

I just really like this song from the sitcom Last Man Standing. :)

Gyu-Kaku Japanese BBQ

Finally one coming to the bay area!!! =D =D Can't wait!

Yet another reason why leaving the bay area is so difficult. T.T

Threw

According to Dictionary.com:

According to Microsoft (Outlook), this is not a word:

No wonder our literacy rate is going down. Heck, even the spell check that we rely on (half the reason people stopped even trying to learn to spell) is inaccurate.

If there's any bright side to this at all, it was the research I did while blogging this entry and found out that "thru" is a real word (which Blogger just highlighted as a misspelling) that has been in existence, allegedly, since 1839. And I always thought it was just a word people use on the internet because they can't spell "through."

Angry Bird Mooncakes

Speaking of angry birds, I cannot not mention the angry bird mooncakes. :o

This is the wrong season for mooncakes, but man, if only I know where to find them in US, specifically the bay area. Any one? :)

Photo credit: Internet Siao

Shopaholic Moments: Angry Bird Cupcake Toppers

I swear. When I got onto Amazon today, my intention was just to look for a simple, affordable (cheap) cake decoration set, mainly just to squeeze out the whipped cream/icing. Instead, I got to this. Evil Amazon. :(

Before today, I did not know that angry bird cupcake toppers exist. :( If only humans can stop having desires (for the stupidest things....)

Shopaholic Moments: Wolf Half Hood Animal Hat

So my friend HL, upon reading my slipper boot entry, wondered out loud whether she will be able to find a matching hat for me to go with the boots. I got curious and did a search on Amazon. Again, why do I think that's a good idea for a pathologic shopper with no resistance to fuzzy stuff to search for such a thing on Amazon?

Now that I have seen it, of course I want it. I blame HL! :(

Largest Commercially Available

Many years ago when we were ready to purchase our first real big screen TV, I had this discussion with my husband. I wanted the largest one available (yes, yes, most certainly trying to overcompensate for something :P) but he insisted that that was too big. (Really is that possible to have a TV that is too big?? :O) But he broke down when we were at the store and he said I could decide between the 65" and 73" (largest at the time), and the price difference was minimal.... and I made the mistake of choosing the smaller of the two.... never forgave myself for that... Okay it was humongous in our apartment and we sat waaaay too close to the TV, because of the size of the apartment, BUT now that we have moved into a HOUSE, AND the largest commercially available has been upgraded to 80".... :)

This beaut can be yours for the low, low price of $4399!

Photo credit: BHPhotoVideo

Money & Happiness

Whoever that said money cannot buy happiness have not ran into these awesome Petsmart tote bags yet:

I am very offended that there are more dog design than cat's. Still on the fence if I should be offended that the dog ones are $4.99 and the cats ones are only $3.99. :O I hope that's just a typo on their website. (Yes, I own 5 of these. :) Bringing your own tote bags to grocery shop = yuppie. :)

Photo Credit: Petsmart

Pier 1 Imports

What was I thinking following the link to their website.... :'( I hope Santa is bringing me all these....

Pretty candles:

LED candles:

Mini diffusers:

Photo credits: Pier 1 Imports

Tabasco? :o

Who would have thought Tabasco has so many random products? Here's a few I don't mind trying:

Tabasco Lollipop



Tabasco Chocolates



Tabasco Cinnamon Candies


Tabasco Praline

Tabasco Chips



Tabasco Pewter (Hahaha, this is so cute, wonder who would buy something like this? :D)



Photo Credit: Tabasco

Black Friday Shopping

Okay, so we avoided all the gun-shooting, pepper-spraying numbnuts and went out to do our black Friday shopping at noon. I would have been totally fine staying home all day long except the husband whined about new clothes from the Men's Warehouse. Ugh. To make the trip worth our while, we hit a few more places and purchased this:

Only took the hubby an hour to install but it looks so awesome. =D Next project: the entire kitchen sink.

Movie Review: Crazy, Stupid, Love

Love it!!! Absolutely loved it!! :)

[Spoiler alert: as if that is possible.] Absolutely love the part when the player guy spend the night chatting with the girl and fell in love with her. A lot better than other stupid romance comedy when these two people who started out hating each other just mysteriously turned into a couple at the end -- because that's the only way to end a romance comedy. Personally I think it would be better if he didn't disappear from the dad friend and actually expressed to him how he was actually in love (though he wouldn't know it's with his daughter) and the dad could see that he was a changed man since he met this girl, but I guess if everything just happens perfectly, there will be no stories and no movies. Haha. Even the husband liked the movie, though, of course, not as much as I did. So, watch it, Amazon stream, baby! Only $0.99 right now!!

Movie Review: Water for Elephant

[Spoiler Alert] This movie is better than expected. I will give it a four stars. It was less sad than expected. Not sure if the ending was forced... but I like happy endings, so to hell with that! :)

Shopping #6: Cute Japanese Erasers

I also found a new knickknack store (which I refer to as "junk store" because they sell all junk according to my husband) while I was wandering around the mall. A short trip into the mall caused more damage to my credit card:

The husband said there's a theme to it -- all desserts -- with the exception of maybe the hamster. :S

Photo Credit: Myself :)

Movie Review: Horrible Bosses

Ugh, God awful to say the least. So bad my brain shut down and didn't even bother analyzing which parts don't make sense. =.= But hey, always someone who likes a stupid movie, can't blame a girl for trying. :)

I am giving it a 2 stars.

Shopping #5: Tea Forte Cocktail Infusions

The Gap fuzzy slippers was an unplanned purchase, I was reeled into the store by all the fuzzy stuff in the windows while I was on the way to Tea Forte Cocktail Infusions.

After walking all the way across the mall and getting to one of the retailed location according to the website, the sales person told me that she "took a lot of those home" (employee purchased). Ugh. Such a wrong thing to tell to your customer. :( She could have just told me sold out. :'( Now I will have to purchase them online. :'(

Photo credit: Gabby's Gift