Blizzardy Birthday

Hello everybody and welcome to New England, which is buried underneath something like 18 inches of snow right now.  But don't you worry, it's going to keep pouring snow through the night and we will likely be unable to dig our way out until at least...May.

My older sister's fiance, Nick came home from Afghanistan yesterday!  Welcome home, I'm sure you're glad to be stuck in this after months of being in a desert! =)  

Also, my birthday is on Sunday.  At first, I thought all of my plans for my birthday were going to be ruined by the blizzard, which made for a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day.  However, My friend, Kaeley, is the best person ever and drove an hour up to my parents' house a day early and kidnap me for two night before I spend a night with another friend.

So far, Kaeley and I have planned and listed a lot of the things (and spent numerous hours on Pinterest looking at) things we need or could do for the house once I move in with her.  Productive, right?  We've also consumed almost an entire jug of Sunny D, half a gallon of Snapple iced tea and the majority of a box of chocolate covered banana slices, not to mention the baking projects we started a couple of hours ago.

This, my friends, is one of the baking projects we started.  At first, we were a little skeptical about it.  When making this cupcake, we wondered and doubted about (and were pleasantly surprised by) the outcome.  Zebra cupcakes!

I will be back Sunday to update on whether or not birthday plans commence, and to let you know all about my act of kindness this week!  Be safe if you're in the way of this blizzard!