twenty-two... and a half

i'm officially 22.5 today - i don't generally observe half-birthdays, but this year i actually remembered. and i can't say that i celebrated, but i did make a cake because really, i'll use any excuse to bake. i wanted to try out a wedding cake recipe from my new blogfriend abby, but i was too lazy to go to the store (typical) and decided to make something with things already in the pantry. i went with pioneer woman's sheet cake recipe. have i mentioned that i want to be her child? because i do.

once again, pioneer woman delivered excellent results. then again, how can you go wrong shoving 2 sticks of butter into an 8x8 pan. i'm thinking i should probably dust off my sneakers and reacquaint myself with the Y this week...

in other news, today is my first day off work in TWELVE DAYS. having to work last weekend was just NOT okay. i cherish my veg time way too much to go without it for so long. had a major "working mom" moment this week whenever i used REFRIGERATED SUGAR COOKIE DOUGH. granted, i made homemade icing, but still, i felt guilty. sidenote: has anyone noticed that the refrigerated sugar cookie dough is 1000x yummier than homemade sugar cookie dough (pre-baking)? i wasn't introduced to the wonder of eating store-bought cookie dough until freshman year at baylor when leigh anne & emily kept it stocked in their fridge... main cause of the freshman 15? i think so.