Butterlust

Since it's Valentine's Day, I'm going to take it upon myself to give you some relationship advice. It has to do with men and cars. Better yet, it has to do with men and driving. Did I mention I can't promise that it's good advice? Here goes:...

I have been avoiding fondant for a long time. It's so pretty and can make a cake look super classy BUT it tastes weird and always seemed really hard to make. Thus, avoidance. Recently I decided to revisit the idea of mastering the so-called art of...

Alright Team. It's time to step up to the plate. I have 72 HOURS to meet my fundraising goal and I still have $965 to go! I need YOUR help! No donation is too small and all are tax deductible! Click on the link below...

I have been slacking big time on the blog front. The holidays have been keeping me busy but they have also been keeping my life fairly predictable and uninteresting. My last few weeks have been spent eating ungodly amounts of food and spending ungodly amounts of money on Christmas...

Cake and booze, what could be better? I have been eating this cake for as long as a can remember. How long? Long enough that I can remember feeling very grown up for being allowed to eat dessert with alcohol as the star ingredient. In my point...

I am coming off of a fabulous weekend in Chicago full of the best friends a girl could ask for, amazing food and more alcohol than I care to admit. True to form, we took the town by storm. Chicago may never be the same. We...

I was a unicorn for Halloween. Yes, I'm a 25 yr old unicorn who lives with her parents. So what? I loved having an excuse to wear body glitter and hot pink lipstick. I've been waiting for an good opportunity to bedazzle myself since it went...

It seems like the older I get, the harder it is to come up with a good Halloween costume. I spent over an hour walking around the Halloween store last week, staring at row after row of cheaply made, over-priced costumes. All of them were either...

This weekend was the Texas vs Oklahoma football game - and since the game is too painful to talk about, we're going to get a little nostalgic. TX vs OU weekend is basically Christmas for Longhorn Football fans. In college it was by far, the biggest...

People with Irish heritage are everywhere, and I am no exception. My Nana (grandma for those of you non-Irish) was Mary Elizabeth Ryan, 100% Irish through and through. One of our first stops after leaving Dublin was a small town called Nenagh, which is just...