My temp job already ended yesterday (tentatively starting again at the end of the month/beginning of next month), so I had a whole day to do whatever I wanted! And I took full advantage of it. First, I woke up and made these Reese's Cup cookies which are definitely going to be added to my list of favorites! I got the recipe from the Smashed Peas and Carrots blog and just adapted it a little bit since I didn't have all the ingredients. Basically I used twice as much butter and no shortening. Also, I didn't really have enough peanut butter cups so I added about half a bag of milk chocolate chips...delicious!
After that, I spent about two hours trying to figure out how to load the thread into my mom's ancient Sears Roebuck sewing machine that I inherited in the move out east. (Thanks again!) Then I set to cutting and sewing and generally attempting things that I don't have any experience doing!
...and voila! I have a cute new skirt that I made all on my own! And, did you notice, it has pockets! Can't get any better than that!
If you would like to make your own click
here (from Freshly Picked). I followed her directions pretty much to the T and found it surprisingly easy. Then when I put it on, it seemed really big and poofy so I ended up taking out about 3 inches in the waist and 9 down at the bottom to make it a little more streamlined.
Plus I did some laundry and dishes all by 3:00 pm! I had to take the opportunity to pat myself on the back!
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