Happy #thinkingoutloud Thursday! No idea what I’m going on about? Click here!
1. I just realized that I never announced the winner of the Love Grown Foods giveaway! Gah! Here she be!
Congrats, Brenda! You’ve been e-mailed and can expect your Love Grown goodies soon 😀 And I’m sorry about the delay, you guys… but I honestly have no idea where the heck time is going — more often than not, I don’t even know what day of the week it is anymore 😆
2. On that note, are we believing that Christmas is exactly one week from today? One week. My mind is boggled. Remember when you were a little kid and Christmas felt like it took forever to arrive? Totally not the case anymore. If anything, I feel like last year’s Christmas was just a few short months ago.
3. I do know that for next year’s Christmas, I’m going to have to look into getting an Advent calendar that doesn’t involve chocolate. Why? Because the size of the chocolates that come in my peanut-free calendars are a cruel, cruel joke…
I mean… they’re great as far as counting down the days goes, but they’re so small that you barely manage to get the taste on your tongue before it’s all over and you’re left with nothing more than a huge chocolate craving 😥 So next year I’ll probably grab one from David’s Tea or The Body Shop.
4. Speaking of next year… I spent at least 20 minutes designing a planner from Personal-Planner.com the other day…
Christina over at The Athletarian recently did a post about them, and I was kind of hooked. I mean, you’re looking at a girl whose planner is permanently attached to her hip, and while I do love my Moleskine for its functionality, it’s not exactly the prettiest as far as looks go. The only problem is that I kind of already bought one for next year, buuuuuut another planner can’t hurt, right? One can never have too many 
5. One can never have too many Flourless Double Chocolate Brownies either…
There aren’t many recipes on Spoons that I’ll remake after I finish up with testing just because I’m constantly trying to come up with new ones, but these were too good not to make again… especially since I only managed a couple of brownies from the first batch before giving the others away for feedback purposes. But these? Mine.
6. A couple of ToLs ago, Reneé from Bendiful Blog brought up the meme game, which is basically where you type “[your name] meme” into Google and see what pops up. Of course I had to try it 😆 😆
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7. Is it just me, or is there something infinitely satisfying about wrapping Christmas presents? Lining up the edges just so. Getting those crisp, clean folds. And the corners — ohhhh those sharp corners. No? Just me? Fine. But I do love wrapping presents… to the point where I refuse to bag things and will go out of my way to find boxes for whatever it is that I need to gift just so I can wrap them. I should seriously volunteer at those wrapping services in the mall. Heaven.
8. So the final Hobbit movie came out yesterday, and I kind of, sort of need to see it…
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I know it hasn’t been getting the best reviews, buuuuut The Hobbit has been one of my favourite books since the first time I read it when I was a wee 10 year old Amanda, and I’d really love to see how they finished things off so I’ll be seeing it regardless.
9. We’re back to ending on #9 this week because my brain is kind of shot after studying all evening and I can’t for the life of me come up with a 10th coherent thought. Thank goodness the weekend is right around the corner because it means that I’ll have a chance to recharge in the mountains #happydance. Oh, and before I go, I just wanted to let you guys know that next week’s linkup will still be up, but since it falls on Christmas, I probably won’t be doing much thinking 😉
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The Hubby is already asking me when we’re going to make those flourless double chocolate brownies again. They were superb, and we added white chocolate chips to ours.
Hahaha , I totally jut read your post then went straight to buy my own planner! Right up my street – thanks! Love your blog, so entertaining 🙂 Have a wonderful time in Banff with your family xx
Oh god I’m afraid to play the meme game with my name haha… I wonder if there are even Cassie/Cassandra ones?
Only one way to find out 😉
I always love your round ups! Agreed on the Christmas thing. At what age does it go from, it took forever to be Christmas to It’s Christmas already?!?!?
I’m not ready for Christmas! I’m home and enjoying the time with my family, but I’m not in the spirit yet, so only a week left scares me! I better get on it!
I saw the Hobbit last week and I have to say, it was OKAY… Not the greatest movie on the face of the planet but not the worst either and if you have seen them all, then you must go see it!
And I truly cannot believe for even one second that Xmas is in a week, ay WHAT?! In LA, with the weather always in the 60s & 70s and no seasons, it just always kind of feels like spring or fall, ha!But I am going back home tomorrow, so I should feel more holiday-ish soon soon soon! Can you do me a favor and wrap my presents for me? LOL! I am terrible at it!
I’ve seen the other two so I definitely have to finish it off. I did the same thing with the Twilight movies, but I’m hoping this one is at least better than those 😆
I cannot believe that Christmas is so close!!! I cannot wait to have a little break from work.
For itty bitty chocolates like that I would suggest going a different route for an advent calendar. Those would be so disappointing. I didn’t realize that David’s Tea did an advent calendar!
ahh, I’m with you. There is something so satisfying about wrapping gifts just so 😉
Oh yummy! I need those flourless chocolate brownies in my life! I love this “format” of Thinking Out Loud Thursday’s! I hope I linked up correctly:) I’m a Newbie!
You sure did! Thanks for joining this week, Kara 🙂
I cannot believe it’s almost christmas! I’m not doing much, but time seriously flies. I need those brownies!
Los chocolates pequenos no son bueno. Necesitas los chocolates muy muy grande! Me gusta mas los chocolates de Trader Joes.
I have a Spanish final tomorrow. If I leave all comments in Spanish, does blog reading = studying? Eeeee.
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😆 At first I was like “what the…?!?” but that’s actually a brilliant way of studying! Good luck on your final!
I totally get that satisfaction from crisp corners on presents too. It drives me nuts when I have to wrap something odd shaped though!
We must have the same advent calendar – my chocolates are teensy too. 🙁
I LITERALLY (so overused word but I’m serious about it) can’t believe Christmas is a mere week away! It’s nutty, and also sad because I can’t go Christmas shopping this year with my broken ankle 🙁 we originally thought it would be 6 weeks off my feet, but the Doctor surprised me and said it’s at least 12+ weeks I’m crutches and a cast haha. Oh man…okay so off topic.
Ohhh I need a personal planner, I kind of want to do that now! I need to start planning things out better. That’s one of my NY resolutions actually.
Aww that sucks big time! Hope it’s not giving you too much trouble <3 But at least you could still do some online shopping! I actually think that I might switch over to that next year -- the malls are INSANITY.
I also love wrapping g Xmas gifts. I just can’t beliebe it’s next week! I feel like this year has gone by so fast. I have an Erin Condren planner and I absolutely love it. Going on three years with their life planner. Best investment for my personal life.
I absolutely love that you can design your own planner! How fun!!
I seriously NEED one of those planners. Like, NOW. I’m definitely a paper planner kind of gal.
Confession: I’m not wrapping presents this year. I have little things for my mom and it’s just not worth buying wrapping paper for. I’m awful 🙂
#StankEye 😛
I could lend you some wrapping paper Ange! 🙂
I so need your help with wrapping presents! Both my husband and I are horrible at wrapping presents and neither of us have the patients to make sure the edges are right – so they end up looking a bit saggy – and it’s hard to make paper look saggy!
Love your random thoughtS! I can’t believe Christmas is next week either— I still haven’t gone shopping EEEK
Haha that name meme is really funny. I got “Kelly said she’d feed my fish. She didn’t.” Too funny. I’m totally going to check out that planner site now!
I like wrapping presents too. But that’s only because I have like, 5 to wrap & it requires minimal effort/time.
I hope you have the best time at the Springs!! How long are you there for? Maybe the three of us could meet up for a tea/walk
I’ll be there from the 20th to the 23rd, so you and Sam should definitely drop by for a little while!
I love wrapping gifts too!!! But I think I’ve been losing my touch. Or maybe I’m just rushing through it too fast. I need to slow down and savor some of these holiday traditions 🙂
I’ve also been looking for a planner – I’m gonna have to check that out!!
LOL – the meme game. I just googled Rebecca Meme – and omg, so much Rebecca Black! But the first one is “rebecca has to pee really quickly? Tell me something I didn’t know” with Willy Wonka. That is just crazy and possibly true…..
I love my day planner! I would feel lost without it.