Something Saturdays (12/26/15)

Last weekend was fun! Saturday we hung out with Michael's mom and his siblings and we saw Star Wars (I thought it was pretty ok, Michael hated it---but he has a lot of emotional investment in the original movies so...he had a lot of issues with this new one. We won't get into it.) Sunday went with his dad, stepmom, aunt and uncle, and brother and sister-in-law to see the a capella group Straight No Chaser (they were super funny. My fave song they did was "Take Me to Church".) Then we went to Whitey's for burgers...they were pretty good (mine was smothered in caramelized onions!)

Monday I worked. Tuesday I hung out with my aunt and uncle and teenaged cousins and then we went to my grandma's and decorated cookies with more cousins and my other aunt and my brother and his friend Bryan. Wednesday I went over to my cousin Lindsey's to hang out with her, her husband, her daughter, and my brother. Thursday (Christmas Eve!) Michael and I went over to my Blogna grandparents and we had a delicious Italian dinner, opened gifts, hung out, and then Michael and I went over to his dad's to spend a few hours with his stepmom's family. On CHRISTMAS we had our first Christmas morning together and it was wonderful. Michael got me the 6th season of Buffy the Vampire Slayer (I get Buffy every year :P) and 2 pairs of adorable and perfect elephant earrings! I looove them. And I got him a couple T-shirts and a sweater and he said he loved them too :). Then we headed over to his dad's to exchange presents with them and then we went to my mom's to spend a little time with her and Josh. My mom gave us a beautiful 1st Christmas ornament and Josh got me a BB&B gift card and Michael a couple T-shirts (Nightwing and Pink Floyd) and then we went over to my aunt and uncle's house to enjoy some food and mimosas. THEN we went over to Michael's mom's house and we exchanged gifts with his siblings and mom. We got a ton of DVD's among other things. We were then supposed to go to his grandpa's but Michael's sister, Shannan, was feeling sick so instead we decided to just hang out and spend time together there. We ate, watched a movie, played games. It was nice :)

And nooow today we have Crofford Christmas (Michael's dad's side of the family) and tomorrow is my mom's side of the family. Woo! I hope your Christmas is/was as full of love as mine <3

Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas my friends!! I'll be spending this time enjoying my loved ones (as I hope you are able to do as well!) so I won't be posting again (aside from Something Saturday) for a smidgen bit.

Eat, drink, love, be merry!

Double Chocolate Peanut Butter Cookies

TOMORROW IS CHRISTMAS EVE! YAY YAY YAY! And I'm sure you probably have all your holiday cookie stuff figured out...but...in case you don't....might I recommend these lovelies?

These miiight be my current fave choc/pb cookie. Cuz....they're a super chocolatey base with a hint of peanut butter flavor, and they're loaded with melt-y chocolate and peanut butter chips! Double the chocolate, double the peanut butter!They're nice and sturdy on the outside (so great for gift giving or putting on a cookie plate) but chewy and delicious inside. This recipe also makes a good amount of cookies--I actually froze half the batch when I made them so that I could easily just pop them in the oven for Michael's work Christmas party (and we just ate the first half of the batch ourselves :P).

I loved them. Michael loved them. My brother loved them. Michael's coworkers gobbled them up. 

Look...what I'm saying here is...Santa works hard all year and he deserves some of these cookies left out for him tomorrow night!!! Mkayyyy?