Prepping for Christmas

Cutting back on some spending this year for Christmas.  In that grand effort, I have declared that I shall bake presents for everyone on my list except for a select few for whom I am actually buying some sort of small gift.  Spent this morning going over the recipes that I'd picked out, changed out two of them and then sat down with a spreadsheet to figure up just how much total of each ingredient I needed.  I have to say, this is the first time I've ever bought 15 lbs. of flour or 10 lbs. of sugar in one trip to the store.  I did succeed in finding a good stainless steel cookie dough baller.  What surprised me was the lack of cookie cutters or mini loaf pans.  Will make forays to find those either tomorrow or later this week along with the rest of my baking supplies.

I'd gone to the gym and done my workout before going hunting for supplies.  Hit the Dollar Tree and Big Lots before making my way to Wal-mart.  By the time I finished looking for things in the department store side of things and headed for groceries, hunger was setting in.  Bought some baking supplies and general groceries for the month and came home.  Going to go eat left over pork chops and friend potatoes, then get ready for Temple's alternative dance night at Legacy in Knoxville.  It's my friend CJ's birthday this weekend and since we didn't get to meet up last weekend we're doing it tonight.  Will be getting to meet a friend I've made from MySpace there as well.  Luckily, he's someone that CJ knows already.

Oh well, off to eat some supper and get ready to go!