Sometimes...

...I set myself up for disappointment...

...I get resentful about the silliest little things and can't shake it off
even though I know its so silly...

...I feel like crying all day but I just can't...

...I get completely overwhelmed and panic...

...I wish I could stay in bed all day...

...I miss people so much it hurts...

...I am so cold my toes ache...

and sometimes

...I have a chocolate brownie for breakfast...

...which makes everything better...

(hehe I realise that the picture above by the talented Chromatophobe is not a chocolate brownie and I should be upset that there is cream on top of such a pretty camera but it really made me laugh when I needed to - so hopefully this will make you laugh too!)

Bourbon Truffles - so yummy!

I love love love bourbon biscuits - to the point of where I don't buy them anymore as I can happily eat 5 in one go without any guilt or shame. However when I saw these Oreo truffles I knew I had to try them with bourbon biscuits...

Oh my... they were so so yummy! Totally worth getting covered in chocolate (I'm such a messy cook!) and Boyfriend loved them too! I could easily have eaten 5 of these in one go as well. Yum!

I wonder what other biscuits this would work well with...

Chocolate Macarons

After not having the time to go to Laduree when we were in London, we decided that now was the time to try making our own Macarons...

First I should admit that I'm a really messy and somewhat novice baker - I had no idea that the mixture would spread as much as it did or that it would spread even further when in the oven - oops!

So in the end we ended up with 8 large complete macarons that despite not looking the best tasted abolutely amazing!!

and heres the proof that I'm messy!!

Find the recipe I used and pictures of what they should have looked at here - I used a basic chocolate butter icing in the middle. Maybe they will look like that next time I try making them?

Reason I love Leeds #3

Bon Bons of Leeds

I'll admit that in almost two years of living in Leeds that I had not been into Bon Bon's until Saturday... I had read about it here and here though.

For a chocolate lover like me it was heaven - so many delicious looking chocolate and sweets in one small adorable shop! It was almost too much to take in.

Unfortunately we weren't there to get chocolate for us, we were there to get a birthday present and for £5 we got 9 chocolates in the cutest box and we got it gift wrapped, bargain!

They all looked delicious so it was hard to pick just 9 especially when you are picking for someone else - it would have been so easy to pick ones I wanted (Salt caramel, chocolate mousse... I could go on.)

The birthday girl did let me have one though - an amaretto one that looked like a little cupcake and yes, it was amazing!!