Stilettos With My Latte: Recipes

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What if I told you I was still celebrating my birthday?! This weekend Bogs took me to brunch at one of my fave places and we caught up (I hadn't seen her since we celebrated her bday in January). You can never go wrong with strawberry bellinis and girl talk.

And let's not forget the endless food we ordered - please don't tell me my friends and I are the only ones who order a ton of food to share so we can taste everything?! (Not pictured are the beignets. I actually sent them back. I will wait until I get to New Orleans to experience the authentic version.) I also needed fuel for energy because I had a wild goose chase for my mother and I.

Let's start from the beginning. We went to see Love the Coopers. Bogs is one of my few friends who can indulge in the Hallmark/Lifetime Christmas movies endlessly (just like me). As we were watching this movie, I fell in love with their table decor for their Christmas Eve dinner. I looked at her with huge eyes excitedly and she says, "you are going to do that, huh?!" - how did she know??? The ideas for our dining room table were taking shape as we laughed and held back tears through the rest of the movie.

I couldn't wait to get home and show my mom pictures. The magic of google; a simple search told me all I needed to know. She knew I would drive her crazy, so on Sunday the hunt ensued as we began our Thanksgiving dinner shopping. After 4 stores, I successfully purchased some battery operated wire LED lights. Now I am anxiously waiting for Black Friday for my vision to come to life.

In the mean time, back to Thanksgiving. And recipes. More specifically dessert recipes.

I get so excited in October because it means Rae is going to make her homemade salted caramel, which always guarantees Price & I a jar.

This may or may not have been full 2 weeks ago

I think this caramel will also be a perfect addition to this recipe I saw a few weeks ago on another blog - apple crisp pizza. More than likely if I make this for Thanksgiving, I will use my own crisp recipe; then drizzle with Rae's caramel; and finally top with a scoop of vanilla ice cream. Sounds like perfection to me.

Are you hosting Thanksgiving? What dishes are you most looking forward to devouring? Are you trying any new dishes this year?

I guess my mom and I should finalize our menu for dinner and dessert. Oh and drinks. I need to find some good punch recipes. If you run across any, please send them my way.

But right now, excuse me while I go crawl under my blanket and watch this video for the millionth time. I will not see the kid for SEVEN days. SEVEN. ENTIRE. DAYS. What am I going to do???

Thanksgiving definitely pulled a sneak attack this year - for some reason, I feel like it was earlier than usual. Nevertheless, I had to scramble to figure out a dessert menu and I did not know where to start. I finally settled on classics - sweet potato pie (but I used Brown Betty's recipe for a filling), apple pie (I experimented with a lattice crust), and a plain cheesecake - I also made caramel white chocolate stuffed brownies (these should be banned from my home - they are that darn good), Magnolia's Bakery vanilla cupcakes (I made them funfetti) with Brown Betty's vanilla buttercream icing, along with Brown Betty's sour cream pound cake w/ their sour cream filling (minus the coconut) with their white chocolate butter cream icing.

And of course I also made fried chicken, potato salad and Brown Betty's sweet potato pudding along with greens for our Wednesday night dinner. After over 12 hours in the kitchen, I could relax around 4:30 on Wednesday afternoon - and of course I had to have a glass of wine - I told my mom I was starting a new tradition when she questioned the fact I was drinking after cooking all day. I had to unwind to tackle my hair and nails. SMH! Just thinking about it makes me tired all over again.

My sick taste tester - at least he ate something, right?!

Essie's Penny Talk and A Cut Above

Pricey on Thanksgiving

Me and Pricey on Thanksgiving

Mochs on Thanksgiving

I woke up Friday morning for work and I felt like I may be coming down with something - while I worked, I definitely knew something was up between my chills & hot flashes...and every day this weekend I woke up feeling progressively worse - not to mention night time meds resulted in me simply taking a nap instead of me sleeping for hours - today I have not moved too far from my bed and I still do not feel like I am on the mend - daycare germs are the devil. I can deal with the chills, coughing, and constantly sneezing, but this sore throat HAS TO GO!!! I must say I really appreciate my mom making dinner tonight even though she is still on the mend from her surgery - she allowed me to just sleep - I had no idea what she was up to until I woke up.

Nevertheless, I enjoyed my Thanksgiving with family although many were missing - we have to all get together soon, but first thing is first - I need to feel at least 85% and I need to start decorating for Christmas and get my shopping done. Is anyone else's to-do list never ending????