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1.10.2012

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I made cookies today -- because when that chocolate craving strikes, you can't possibly ignore it. An hour, a few spoonfuls of dough, and a mess of a kitchen later, I bit into a warm cookie. The perfectly crackly crust gave way to a soft, chewy interior...and there was much rejoicing in the land. (see the recipe for chocolate chunk cookies)

It's safe to say I've hit that inevitable January slump (which is most likely why I've been consuming so much chocolate). It's only the second week back to class and I'm already wishing for a second Christmas break. I've become a pro at stressing over exams and, consequently, finding ways to evade studying. It's an art, really. Needless to say, I'll be more than relieved once January is over.

In the meantime, though, I'm making due by enjoying the unseasonably warm weather and watching this Lucy Chadwick video over and over. Magical.

25 comments:

  1. oh, they look SO good carlotta!
    i ♥ making cookies, especially chocolate too! they're just something that you never tire of : D

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  2. Those look delicious and your pictures of them are great! I totally relate to you when you just want to get past January. Well, I actually am just ready for April, when I graduate but right now I'm stressing over taking my first online college English class. Ahhh! It's terrifyingly confusing.

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  3. I, too, am in the process of exams. Christmas break is surely missed. Not to mention, the weather here is warm to be January as well. Nonetheless, beautiful post. The cookies look so very yummy.

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  4. Oh dear. Those cookies look too, too amazing.

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  5. Yum! :)

    I know what you mean about January...at least it's been a warmer winter where I am, and I think in other places, too.

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  6. those look delicious! i am in a January slump, too. eager for spring!

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    1. oh, i cannot tell you how much i agree with you.

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  7. I'm a MAJOR chocoholic! I don't think I've gone even ONE day in the past YEAR without eating some form of chocolate. XD

    ~Miranda

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  8. i had a chocolate craving today. the funny thing is, thought, i'm not a chocolate person. whatsoever. {except for white chocolate. that is the best.} so, i made chocolate chip cookies today. and they were the bomb.
    anywho, lovely post as always, m'dear :))
    -jocee <3

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  9. Ahh, yes. Exams are no fun. Our's our coming up in a couple of weeks. Thank goodness for chocolate! Come bring me a cookie and we can find news ways to procrastinate together. ;)

    xo,
    twin sister.

    ps. i've swooned over that lucy chadwick video countless times, but you just convinced me to watch it again. yep - still in love.

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  10. those look so delicious! And beautiful pictures :)

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  11. those look amazing! i think i need to make some of those for us!

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  12. Okay, now I'm craving chocolate. Yum.

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  13. Those look way too good to be true! :) Great pictures, Carlotta!

    JC <3
    http://jesuschick13.blogspot.com/

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  14. Oh man. Those look so good! And that plate? Love it. I shall have to make them soon and then there will be much rejoicing in this land too (so glad to know we're not the only family that says that!).
    much love

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  15. Do I spy Polish pottery? :) I like the dusting of powdered sugar on the cookies.

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  16. Mmm, those look delicious. Much better than the leftover Christmas hershey kisses that I have been eating...oh homework, what is it about you that is so unapealing? :)

    xoxo,
    ~Bree

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  17. I think I'm trying to pull myself out of my January slump by staring at photos of chocolate and pretending I'm not lactose intolerant.

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  18. I feel the same way about being back to school and having to study for exams. I am officially in I-need-Summer-break-to-come-NOW mode. I also need a cookie. :P

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  19. i made those just the other day! haha i love them soo much! :)

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  20. i wish i could bake ;) but that talent seems to have escaped me. praise God there are people like you in this world!

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  21. Good luck with your exams! Today is my last day for finals week. Those cookies look delish...

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  22. Yummm! Send me some so we can share in our winter blues misery? ;)

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