Something about the holidays makes me want to bake cookies. All different types normally, but this year, the only kind I felt like making were sugar cookies. With edible glitter. Because I think that glitter makes everything BEAUTIFUL! The restaurant I work at has the most amazing Christmas decorations (almost as awesome as my lovely Christmas tree, but not quite…). The restaurant has Christmas trees made out of FORKS! They are so cool! And covered in glitter, which means there is glitter EVERYWHERE! I love it!!!! Some say I have a strange obsession with glitter. I don’t know why anyone would think that…I mean, I only walk into the restaurant everyday and sprinkle glitter all over my hair and chest. That’s normal…right?

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I love fall in Chicago. Well, I love the two short weeks between 90 degree humid summers and -10 degree blustery winters. Those two weeks where there is a crisp, cool smell in the air. Leaves changing color and falling on the streets and sidewalks…those two weeks when you can get away with wearing a big puffy vest just because it is cute, not because you are doing everything in your power to keep your core warm. Yup, I love fall.

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