I snapped this picture in Trader Joe's yesterday: It is OFFICIALLY pumpkin season! Yay!!! Today, we review Trader Joe's Pumpkin Macarons. You'll find these in[...]

Birthdays...when we were growing up, my parents instituted a "birthday party rule." Birthday PARTIES were every other year...on the "off years," we could[...]

Last week I finally ( FINALLY! ) got my hands on some copies of Decorating Cookies Party ! Yay! {Spike is VERY into cookie decorating, as you will see.} Just a[...]

Hopefully, you're old enough to remember that commercial. Remember the person walking down the street eating peanut butter from a jar? I mean, Nutella I get,[...]

Our very first Trader Joe's review was Cowboy Bark , so when I spied this bag of CowGIRL Bark on our last visit, I just had to pick it up. To tell you the[...]

It's not easy to surprise your husband with a 50th birthday trip. Heck, I could barely click "purchase now" for the airline tickets without asking his opinion[...]

This post is making me so happy...and I'm only on the first sentence. ;) Today, we're talking about a fantastic new cookbook, we're talking about chocolate[...]

Time to review a little something new this week...one of Trader Joe's baking mixes. We've never tried a TJ's baking mix before, but I always think it's a good[...]

I have been the biggest cherry lover for the longest time. I guess it all stems back from my days working for Mary Engelbreit . You just can't get those[...]

Did you love your locker in school? I loved going to m y locker because that's where my friends and I would pass notes between classes. We'd write notes during[...]

This week's review: Trader Joe's (or Trader Giotto's) Chocolate Almond Biscotti The only description on the bag is "dipping cookies." An 8-ounce bag,[...]

Ah, books! I love, love, love a good book. The amount of cookbooks in my house at this point might just land me on an episode of Hoarders. I have SO many books[...]

I feel like we should sound the trumpets for this week's Trader Joe's dessert review. When I posted this picture on Instagram , I think it garnered more[...]

It's true. I've already moved on from summer a bit. There have been soft pumpkin cookies , and back-to-school cookies , but this week, it's the last hurrah of[...]

Ah, does anything say summer like a cocktail sipped poolside under a big umbrella? {Recipe at the end of the post.} When the resort in your town asks if you'd[...]