Commitment Bag

After kickball today, I decided to stop at my favorite store, Hootenanny, to look for some funky accessories for both kickball, and life. After looking at the wall of tights and socks - I chose some black and white striped knee-high tights for weekday kickball - I wandered over to the sales section. That is where I happened upon the best bag ever:

How could I say no to this one. It was only $9.99 and now it is mine. The fabric feels water repellent and I decided it could be my library bag. Between the books and cds that I take out of the local public library, and movies from my college library, I need a designated bag to courier the items back and forth. I couldn't be happier with this splurge.

Best day of the year

What a commitment! I hope my DD has the lemon filled powdered doughnut...yummo

A little history compliments of wikipedia:

National Donut Day is on the first Friday of June each year, succeeding the Donut Day event created by the Salvation Army in 1938 to honor the women who served donuts to soldiers during World War I.

Donut mind if you got me this

Sunbeam makes a Donut Maker! In minutes you can go from no donuts in the house to FIVE fresh and warm circles of love!


The ad doesn't indicate if a recipe book comes with the machine itself, but I am sure Sunbeam wouldn't leave me hanging. Either way, I would have no issue researching the best way to create delicious donuts.

While this phenomenal machine is being sold for the low low price of $39.99. Normally, I would have no problem pulling out the credit card for this purchase, but it is the Christmas season. Therefore, not a ton of discretionary income laying around to provide myself with silly do-dads.

Maybe there are some Christmas (and birthday) elves (there are totally birthday elves out there don't try and argue me on that one) and I, too, can be a proud owner of a donut making machine.

Doughnuts and Tampons

I look down at my phone to check the time and see that I missed a call from a 302 number. Since there was no message, I figured I would just let it be, the area code is from Delaware and I couldn't think of anyone I know from that state. People call the wrong person all the time, nbd, I totally did that the other day and hung up on the person who picked up because I panicked when I realized my mistake.

An hour later I notice my phone going off, and again it is that same 302 number. I figure I better pick it up and just let this person know I do not know them. To my surprise it was a recording from Bank of America. The company was concerned that my credit card may have been compromised. Recent charges indicated that the account might have been hacked. To determine if there was fraudulent activity I had to confirm that the last three charges were in fact purchases I authorized.

My mind began to race as the data loaded on the phone. I was preparing to hear about big screen tvs, internet porn, designer splurges, something along these lines. I was ready to hear my credit card was maxed out and I was about to have a major headache. Nope.

What were these crazy three charges?

1. My bar tab from Phoenix Landing
2. A doughnut from DD
3. A small purchase at a locally owned drug store in the Southend (tampons)

They were all legit and all by me. I would love to know what algorithm is used at BoA to determine fraud. What is wrong with alcohol, doughnuts, and tampons being purchased in a 12 hour period of time?? I guess we will never know.

I do(ughnut)

First it was 7 tier cakes, then cupcake towers, and now doughnuts? Whenever my day gets a little slow at work, I will begin to peruse through my favorite wedding blogs. I like to see what is out there and often pass on cute ideas to friends. Recently I came across a couple who thought of using doughnuts as their dessert. I would have never thought to incorporate my favorite sweet morning treat with martial festivities, but who am I to judge?

In fact, this might be another detail to the wedding that my future self will have to plan out. I mean who can say no to a doughnut, especially since dessert always is paired with coffee!

100 Layer Cake

Bacon Doughnut???

I need to go to Portland OR.

I don't know what I would there besides visit VooDoo Doughnuts on a regular, possibly hourly, basis. This shop sells AMAZING doughnuts and treats. My friend sent me the link because she loves the Voodoo Doughnut. Yes, it comes with complementary pretzel stick to stab his little body to inflict discomfort for your victim. While, I agree that the Voodoo Doll sounds delish with his raspberry jelly filling, I would much prefer to try the Bacon Maple Bar.


I have yet to experience a bacon dessert, I will not count an occasional bacon chocolate bar as dessert, and would love to savor one. Sweet sweets are not my favorite, but we if we can find a way to add salt into that final course, I am all in!

I suggest you flip through their menu so that you can drool along with me.

Summer Fun

I can't believe I haven't blogged about the best thing that has happened to summer. Yes, I am referring to Dunkin Donuts' new summer doughnuts. Below is my first love, it is called a Beach Ball. They are munchkins with pink, orange and yellow little circle sugar things cover them. Just looking at them makes me smile.

When I first saw them - the morning I saw Eclipse - I bought a couple just before getting to the theater. I couldn't wait to show my friends in person, so I took a picture and quickly nommed them down.


There is also a regular sized doughnut that pairs with these munchkins rather nicely. It is essentially the chocolate frosted doughnut with these same sugar things covering the chocolate. Oh man, now I need a doughnut. STAT

Important Holiday!!!

Happy National Doughnut (or Donut if you will) Day!!!

I was going to try and finish the posts I had started earlier this week, but realized I need to be sure to give one of my favorite holidays a shout out. Go to your nearest DD and get a free doughnut with purchase of a beverage!!

Got something on my mind

Message received via gchat today from a friend down in DC:

Friend: you've got me seriously craving DD with all the donut web-talk this week!

As soon as I saw this, I laughed. The quickly reflected and realized that my facebook, blog and twitter accounts have all be focused on iced coffee and doughnuts for the last week or so. Currently, I can't decide if my need for coffee and recent love of doughnuts is awesome or slightly pathetic/disturbing...I'm going with awesome.

But just so you're up to date on the latest buzz, my intern brought in a box of doughnuts this morning. How sweet is that! He loves the chocolate frosted ones so half the box was made up of that flavor. Since my favorites were missing - chocalte glazed and pumpkin (which is seasonal) - I attacked the chocolate frosted ones. So gooooood. I was super pumped to see them arrive this mornong and quickly put my fresh fruit salad into the fridge.

Side note: I can find the area of the doughnut due to my degree in mathematics. That was always one of the big statements teachers in high school and professors in college made to help justify the impracticality of what we were currently studying. A doughnut in the math world is a torus.