Maple Leaf Cookies!

If you live near a Trader Joes, I strongly urge you to run there straight away and purchase these yummy cookies.

I LOVE maple-flavored stuff. A few years ago Starbucks made a maple latte available and I could not get enough of it. Seriously, that drink was made for me. These cookies are just regular, tasty sandwich cookies with a little maple flavoring. Just enough to make them smell slightly like a stack of pancakes and not so much that they are overly sugary. The problem with maple stuff is that too much of the sugary flavoring can ruin it. Like real maple candy or maple walnut fudge, both delicious but too much sugar. One bite and it feels like your teeth are going to fall right out! Anywho, try these cookies, they are super!

Shakabrah!

 
Last week Fig and I had breakfast/brunch twice at an awesome breakfast cafe on 6th ave in Tacoma.  The french toast at Shakabrah Java is perfect. Seriously. The. Best. French. Toast. EVER.

The weekend is too short...but at least I have this beautiful new mug!

I want to lobby for a 3-day weekend. I think 4 days is more than enough time to get work-related stuff done. I'm sad the weekend is nearly over...it goes too fast! Valentine's day is almost here and the pink and red stuff have been in the stores for weeks. I'm not sure if I'll be sending out many valentines this year, (though I should make a decision soon!) but I was at the market and saw these pickled treats, which immediately made me think of a dear friend and I will be sending them to her for V-day.

 I've never seen pickles to go! It cracks me up and I'm sure she will get a kick out of them, too.
Also, I noticed one of my favorite Etsy shops had a few "slightly imperfect" items for sale so I snapped them up! I received the first item in the mail this weekend and I think its perfect! I can't find a single flaw. Beautiful work and packaging. If you are a Jane Austen fan or you just love pretty, well-made goods, check out Brookish!

Mr. Darcy proposal mug from Brookish

New cards in the shop

Listed these cards in the shop this morning:

Hello You Card

Kitty Loves Books Card

Mushrooms Card

Frost/Nixon

Saturday night, Fig, my mom, and I went to see a wonderful production of Frost/Nixon at the Tacoma Little Theater. This was Fig's first show with the theater; he worked on props. The production is just shy of 2 hours and there is no intermission. I thought it might be a long night, but the actors were so engaging and the play was so well directed that time flew by! It did not feel like 2 hours. I loved it and totally to recommend it to anyone reading this who lives in the Tacoma area. Go see it, it is wonderful.

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Mushrooms

New cards in the shop!

Just posted these new cards:

Rabbit Card

Wombat Hearts Card

This is the original Wombat Hearts painting.

It is snowing here tonight, though it is supposed to be washed away by rain later on tonight. This is the view from my desk window. There are people in the street and in the park across from us throwing snowballs and frolicking in the snow. Time for more tea!