When real things happen to imaginary people

Whoo, the coffee from Besalu was particularly nummy today. I kinda-sorta wish I had another one, but no. I will just have to "make do" with more tea. Oh woe, not the chocolate-rose truffle tea!

I am not going dancing tonight, as my usual dancing companions have other plans. But! I AM going to see Blackbird Orchestra (with Nathaniel Johnstone and guests!) and Robert Riel's Bakelite 78 tonight, so yay! (A big thank you to marc17 for the suggestion and being willing to play chauffeur for me!)

But before that, I get to go for sushi, and then for a babycake from Cupcake Royale. Buttercream frosting, oh thank goodness. Plus I get to see minim_calibre, her charming spouse, and my beloved Princess Tickybox.

This weekend involves stuff for Mothers' Day (hi, cupcakegothmom!), and possibly going to IKEA to look for organizing-type furniture for my storage room. If I get my way, there are pink chests of drawers in my future, oh yes.

When the Stroppy One asked if I wanted to get coffee this morning, at first I said no, I'll have a pot of tea at work. But as I was standing in front of the mirror applying my eyeliner, I realized that coffee was very desperately needed. Dear Lighthouse Coffee, I less-than-three you. Mmmm, double-tall Americano.

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I am still working up to writing a review of the Tim Burton Alice In Wonderland. The very short form is this: it's very pretty. But the farther away I get from the viewing experience, the more dissatisfied with it I become. I am NOT planning on purchasing it when it is released for the home market. I will purchase the big art book instead, which will let me look at the pretty as much as I want without having to grit my teeth at the "plot".

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As the Goth At The Office photo (coming later) will show, I am indeed wearing yet another military-style jacket. And my pink fingerless gloves with GOTH CAKE embroidered on them. They make me happy, and I suspect today is a day I am going to need all of the little amusements I can get.

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Speaking of little amusements, my Keep Calm And Have A Cupcake (clicky-link!) journal arrived in the mail yesterday. I don't know what I'm going to use it for, but I had to have it. (I also really like the matching stationery (clicky-link!), but I am still dithering about ordering it.)

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I hope you folks are having a good day. Anything exciting going on?

I'm still gathering my strength for that. No, this is a post to say I have found what may be the perfect present for me, ever. If anyone ever felt like spending $25K on a present for me, which I admit is very unlikely.

A cupcake car! (clicky-link of AMAZEMENT!) From Neiman Marcus. OF COURSE I WANT ONE. WHY WOULDN'T I?

::reads the sales copy::

Eeee! They're customizable! I could have a pink and black one!

If you listen closely, not only will you be able to hear the Stroppy One rolling his eyes, but also muttering "Good God woman, NO" under his breath.

Cupcake car! CUPCAKE CAR!

Mirrored skull cameo necklace, with pink details! http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=9261675

Stripey skull necklace! http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=9731052

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Yesterday's recipe on the Cupcake-A-Day calendar was for balsamic vinegar & strawberry cupcakes. I think I need to bat my eyes at domestinatrix to see if I can sweet-talk her into making a batch.

Dear Publishing Company that produced the Cupcake page-a-day calendar:

Look, just because something can be made in a paper baking cup does not mean it's a cupcake. Sure, s'more "cupcakes" sound good, but they're not REAL cupcakes. They're just s'mores made in the oven, and everyone knows that half the fun of making s'mores is setting fire to the damn marshmallows.

(Yes, a very nice person gave me the Cupcake calendar. I feel strangely compelled to bake more. Will I manage to actually do so? Who knows!?)

(Y'know, I really need to get a photo taken of me holding a cupcake, so I can turn it into an LJ icon.)

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serenada and stroppy_baggage both noticed the total looked odd when they went to vote for me in the MAC contest. MAC has added this note (emphasis serenada's: Contest Notice Through the monitoring of votes for this contest, we have identified duplicate votes. Votes have been reset to eliminate duplicate votes. As a reminder the voting rules are: customers must be signed into their MAC Cosmetics online account; each customer can only vote once per day; and each customer can only vote for each entry once.

Well drat. Thank you to everyone that did vote for me!

queeniex pointed me at this dress from FanPlusFriend. (Clicky link!) It has cupcakes printed on the bottom hem. It is available in black.

::tries to recover from the swooning::

It's so cute! Of course, even *I* am worried that it would be just a shade too whimsical for my own good. Not to mention that I don't know if that collar and those sleeves would be as flattering as I hope. But that doesn't stop my hindbrain from flailing about while shrieking "Cupcake dress! Cupcake dress!"