sprinkles cupcakes

seeing as how much i adore cupcakes, i decided to scout out cupcake destinations in dallas...and came across sprinkles cupcakes from beverly hills.  score!!  this is the same company that sells its cupcake mixes at williams-sonoma, so i definitely took note and made sure to stop by there. 

internet, my dedication was rewarded more than i had imagined possible.

clockwise from top left: chocolate marshmallow (so-so), chocolate peppermint (festive), black and white (SOOOO GOOD), lemon coconut (SOOOO GOOD), red velvet (delish), and strawberry (so-so)

cute menu card on the flavours of the day, postcards, and a red velvet cupcake mix...everything looks like so much fun and so delicious!

texan christmas

This year was the first year ever that I did not spend Christmas with my family, and this is the ruckus that I found - 

- from 0 degrees Celsius in Dallas the day we landed, to 28 degrees on Friday - hello up there, can you make up your mind on the weather?

- Republican bumper stickers like "YOUR WALLET - the only place Democrats want to drill", "SARAH!", and other interesting sayings countered by a few Obama/Biden ones around town.  My favourite was "Texan Democrat" - talk about oxymoron, haha

- Texan POV's such as "well if he (Obama) wants to take the guns away I'm going to make sure he doesn't take mine.  Otherwise only criminals will have guns and I can't let that happen..." on and on...

Continuing with the theme of oxymorons, we also had a very traditional British Christmas feast despite being in Texas!  (Lori, we used plenty of salt & pepper...you'd be proud of your heritage.)

Grandma making the best roasted potatoes!

Mr Helpful in PJ's all day until Christmas dinner

Brussels sprouts...yum yum

The silverware makes its annual appearance

They even have different colour themes for tree decorations in Texas ;)

Real trees in Texas cost about $400, hence the fake one!!

Lovely message left for us in the coach house

The turkey being roasted in the coach house

Merry Christmas!