Bring It On!

IN THE NEWS: Iowa inmates may make toilet paper to save money. Read more HERE.
Christmas Gifts left to buy: 5 (hubby added one on me) Grrr...


'Tis the season and all that, so...BRING ON THE COOKIES ALREADY!

I confess I'm a foodie, so naturally I bake/make about 7 different kinds of Christmas cookies every year. Yes, love the Christmas cookies. In fact, you might even say I'm a bit of a cookie snob. This is how picky I am:

Two years ago I was invited to a "cookie swap". I baked my little heart out for it, making I forget how many dozens of this very one type of very intricate pecan cookie that is by no means a pleasure to bake. But I did it, figuring everybody was probably putting in the same effort so we all could take home some really nice cookies.

Well. WRONGO. One woman ended up buying cookies and bringing them to the swap. Another woman bought the Pillsbury "plop and drop" dough and baked them. I was stunned. Seriously. (And had to throw out almost all of them because they were inedible) They must of have been inedible because even my non picky hubby wouldn't touch them.

Needless to say, when I got invited last year to the same swap, I did not go. Well, all the women there felt bad about the previous year and were looking to make it up to me. (And I'm sure they were looking for my cookies too) LOL

This year, my friend running the cookie swap has decided to step it up a bit and charge $20 a woman. She's going to get an impartial judge and whoever has the best cookie wins the pot.

Well, I won't lie.
I WANT TO WIN THAT COOKIE CONTEST.
But then on the invite I noticed that my friend wrote that I would be coming and bringing my famous pecan cookies.

Um, helllllllo?
Now I can't show up at her party with that cookie! It's like walking into a poker game showing everybody your full house! Sheesh! But don't worry. I have a backup cookie. I just need to test it out again this weekend.

I don't know. Maybe I'm over thinking this. I mean, it's only a cookie swap. Yeah, just a cookie swap...

A cookie swap where I could walk away with $200!!


I'll be sure to give you the lowdown of what happens. (The swap is Dec 14)

What cookie would you bring to a cookie swap like that?
What's your favorite Christmas cookie ?

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Also, this Monday, Dec 6th I'm going to be at Rula Sinara's blog: A Writer's Rush, talking about...myself. LOL

And because Christmas is fast approaching, I'll be doing a little book giveaway to some lucky commenter (winner's choice).

So come on over then!