No More Event Planning For Me...

Long story short, nothing is as they led us to believe. We've been told we're having pizza and we had a list of what items we had to order to pass out to the associates. =/  All in all, it just turned out to be a big waste of time and in the end I have pulled out from volunteering on these things. It's not at all how they said it would be and had turned into more of an obligation instead of a fun experience. Yes, I'm a little saddened by it but in the end the company is the same as it's always been...

New Order Fit For a Princess

I was asked about possibly coming up with ideas for a Snow White themed birthday party for a young lady. =) I still need to go searching and see what I can find... At first she wanted Snow White faces on all of the cupcakes, unfortunately I foresee that taking such a long time and so many supplies that I don't think they would be very affordable for a child's birthday party. I suggested we stay in the Snow White vein and try a theme, something from the movie. So she's going to look for ideas and so am I, then we'll get together and see what we find for what price. I'm excited!!

Event Planning?

So it seems that nothing was really thought out beforehand about these "events" we're supposed to be putting together. I've changed the proposal many times now and we've still not gotten approval... when this is supposed to take place on the 31st. I think at this point I've done all I can to expedite the process and see what can be done, but I've passed it up the chain here and will wait for them to let us know which way to go next. It might end up that nothing comes together and if that's the case I'll be sad. I've not only dedicated many hours to this, but all of the associates at our location deserve to be appreciated and that is what this was supposed to be about. Here's to crossing fingers that the best thing will happen!

Chocolatey Hearts

The other day when I made those monkey cupcakes, I made a full batch of mix so I had some left over after making the 15 that were ordered. I went ahead and cooked them up and decorated them a bit different to deliver to my "neighbors" at work (the cubies next to me). I thought it would be cute to do them with some piping, so I piped hearts on them... then some little swirlies... then added some edible pearls to make them prettier, haha. They were loved. =)  My neighbors really enjoyed them at 7 in the morning, lol. No matter the time... that's what I look forward to, my creations being enjoyed. =)

"Event" planner

I've been super busy this week working to help plan an associate appreciation event at work. Due to the short amount of time we had to put it together, I've been pretty scatterbrained. We put together quite the affair (mostly my ideas, if I may brag) and then were told upon submitting it for approval to disperse the funds, that most things we'd planned we're not allowed to do... Couldn't someone have told us this beforehand???!!!! Anyhow, we (I) changed plans and took some things out, put different ones in and it still sounded like a pretty good time. Then we were told we probably didn't have time to order all of the items. :sigh:  I did my best not to be defeated and yet again changed the plans. Now it's not so much a grand affair as it is just catering and presents/prizes... no more taco man, no more folkloricos, no more limbo, no more ring toss, no more relay, no more, no more. =(  BUT, we (I) still managed to find some (what we think are) awesome things to make goodie bags for all of the associates, we found a caterer who we could book on short notice, and we'll still have have a raffle and prizes. Not nearly what we'd planned nor as fun or team-building but nonetheless we were able to show appreciation for all of the people here and hopefully they feel loved by the company afterwards. =)

Monkeys, monkeys, everywhere!

I've finished the monkey cupcakes! I'm so happy with how they turned out. As usual, with my perfectionist ways I can think of things I could do differently next time to make them better. ;) But I love them for the little monkeys they are! Hope you like them too! =) 

Seafood Gumbo

I think my brain has been stuck on seafood recently... I was so inclined to make seafood gumbo for dinner last night that I looked all over the internet for bunches and bunches of recipes. I scanned through them all and found the common ingredients and went with that... with my own spin, of course. The one I made ended up containing okra, white onion, green bell pepper, tomato, chicken broth, shrimp, crab, turkey sausage, Zattarain's Gumbo base, and some Sriracha. I served it over some brown rice. It was DELICIOUS! Dustin and I both had seconds! lol The best part? The amount that I made allowed us a nice size first serving, a good size helping of seconds, and still enough left over for another dinner for us both and lunch for him one day. =0 Isn't that a ton?! It ended up costing more than we thought it would, but I accidently bought extra ingredients so that probably contributed to the higher price as well. So, was it worth making again? Yes. Will I soon? No. lol. Why not? you ask... Well, we both ate a lot! So I think we'll be sated for this food for some time. ;)