Happy New Year!

We hope everyone has a safe and Happy New Year!

Merry Christmas!

We hope everyone has a Merry Christmas and a Happy Holiday!

Single Serve Cookies

You are home alone, but you still want something sweet around the holidays.  Check out these single serve cookie recipes from The Kitchn.  These are great when you are having a craving for sweets.


You know the feeling: it's late at night, you have the place to yourself, and you just want something sweet. But just a little something. You don't want to make an entire cake, or a dozen cookies, or anything that you'll be tempted to eat the entire thing. Instead of busting out a pint of ice cream or a candy bar, treat yourself! Make one of these single-serve warm, gooey homemade cookies.
Yes, of course you could just prepare the whole batch and just freeze the rest of the dough if you have that kind of self-restraint. If, however, you just have one egg or you know yourself well enough that you couldn't resist making the whole batch, these recipes are here to help. 


1. Chocolate Peanut Butter Cookie for One - Good Life Eats 2. XXL Buttery Sugar Cookie - Sally's Baking Addiction 3. XXL Dark Chocolate Sea Salt Brownie Cookie - My Happy Place 4. Single-Serve Peanut Butter Cookie - Chocolate Covered Katie 5. Single-Serving Deep Dish Chocolate Chip Cookies - Chocolate Moosey
6. One Giant Snickerdoodle Cookie - Sally's Baking Addiction 7. Jumbo Cinnamon Butterscotch Oatmeal - Bake Your Day

Great Gift Ideas Under Ten Dollars

 Do you have secret santa and gift exchanges to go to this year?  Apartment Therapy has some great gifts for under ten dollars.  You can find all the details about these great gifts below.

Secret santas exchanges, office holiday parties, a little token for the the helpful neighbor next door...sometimes something small but special is in order. Here are our 10 picks for ultra inexpensive (all under $10!) goodies that are fun to give and even more fun to receive. (Full disclosure: I couldn't resist and gave myself the gift of those kitty cat hood knitting instructions...)

Read on for the gift ideas and to enter our Holiday Sweepstakes for a chance to win $1000 (a little help for buying your holiday gifts this year!)...



Monogrammed Ornament by Jonathan Adler, $8.39 at JCPenney
Money Tree, $6.99 at IKEA
Pale Blue & Red Vacuum Flask, $7.99 at IKEA
Everyday I'm Hustlin Temporary Tattoo By Arianna Orland, $5 at Tattly
Chunky Kitty Hood Knitting Pattern by Erin Blacks, $5.86 on Etsy
Metallic Zipper Pouch, $9 at West Elm
Made With Love Cookie Stamp, $8 at Anthropologie
Fortune Telling Book of Love, $9.95 at Nordstrom
Natural Pumice Stone, $9 at West Elm
Moon Night Light by Kikkerland, $9.73 on Amazon