Go Saints! Not because I like them...but since both of my teams didn't come close to making the Superbowl and the fact that I HATE the Colts..the Saints become the natural choice. Plus it's nice to have an "underdog" come and make Peyton eat it. We're going to Jeff and Andrea's house today for the game and I'm bringing a grasshopper sheet cake. It's basically a chocolate cake with mint frosting. The added detail that makes it Superbowl worthy are Andes mints in the shape of little footballs on each individual piece. You just have to cut the corners off of the mints and voila! Easy peasy. I was going to make the cake from scratch along with a new method of making frosting that I read about and wanted to try, but I am in Sandy at Jesse's dad's house today without my mixer (which henceforth shall be called Pistachio). Since the frosting involves warming egg whites then whipping them into oblivion (which is an amazing concept that makes the frosting fluffy yet firm with no raw egg-age) a hand held whisk would've taken me to the next century, and alas, no hand held mixer in Sandy.

So to the horror of myself, my boyfriend, and probably you, dear reader, I will be buying Pillsbury Devil's Food Cake Mix, which will stand in for my chocolate cake, and Pillsbury Vanilla Frosting which I will flavor with Peppermint extract as a ginormous substitute to the whipped-egg-creme de menthe-concept. I felt that I needed to confess this travesty to someone or something and here it is..in cyberspace. On a brighter note this will fulfill a strict personal belief that I have developed. Based on a past experience that will irk me till the day I die: Always ALWAYS bring something to a party/event/social gathering that you were personally invited to and that you did not help plan. It doesn't matter if it's a present, a bottle of wine, or food enough to share, just something. Even if the host says to bring nothing, you bring something anyways. It is just basic thoughtfulness, and to be honest (based on this past experience) I think it's ridiculously rude not to. Of course there may be exceptions, but very rare exceptions. In fact I think the guidelines mentioned earlier pretty much cover any exceptions.
Bring something if:
1. You did not plan or help plan the party.
2. You were invited, not doing the inviting.

I must sound pretty anal sometimes..but everyone has their pet peeves and personal preferences for everything. Well I'm off to the store for my cake. Pics up soon. Go Saints!