started the day off early with The Ring. this movie is just a classic for me. who else was forever scarred as a child by the cut to that girl's face in the beginning of the movie? 😂
currently at the drive-ins right now, will be watching Other Mommy & Obsession to tie up the night. 🤗
what's everyone else watching tonight? 👀🎬🍿
PB milkshake cookie 🥜
5/5 ⭐️ the perfect balance of peanut butter and butter finger. perfect amount of butter finger pieces on top and baked into the cookie, and the whipped cream was a nice touch. i’ve been wanting a good PB cookie as of lately and this scratched the itch.
do people complain when a crumbl cookie doesn’t taste exactly how the snack it’s inspired by tastes? if it were to taste exactly like the snack it’s inspired by, you would just buy the real product. there’s no creativity in that. they’re supposed to be inspired flavors, not exact replicas.
tonight was my first time ever seeing Iron Maiden live, and I was not prepared for how great of a show they put on 😲 they sound amazing, still have a lot energy, and the effort they put into their visuals and theatrics was 😙🤌🏽 definitely exceeded my expectations (knew it was going to be a great show either way but WOW)
yes, I’m 33.
yes, Hocus Pocus is one of my favorite movies ever & I still watch it multiple times a year.
YES, I HAD TO BUY THIS BOOK!
what a fun read for this spooky season 🤗🎃
”You know, I’ve always wanted a child. And now I think I’ll have one…. on toast!”
hey yall, i’m buying my concert ticket for megadeth and I need help choosing which section to sit in. I can’t do pit because I can’t stand that long without getting uncomfortable. i’m trying to choose between sections D/E or the lower bowl sections (circled in the pic). I really want to be as close as possible with a great view, but i’m also afraid that my view might be obstructed by tall people & their phones if i’m on the floor as i’m only 5’5 (I know i’m also going to want to record a few of my favorite songs). I haven’t been to a stadium concert in years since I usually do amphitheaters, so i’m wondering if any of you guys have any input from experience? the price difference for sections D & E is $200. sections E and the lower bowl are comparable in price. i’m being indecisive because it’s my favorite band and I know it’s the last time i’ll be able to see them so I just want the best seats possible 🥲
I was in the neighborhood, so you know what that means… 🍪
school brownie 🍫 meh, this one was super chocolatey, like bitter dark chocolate chocolatey. it’s not bad, but I think the sundae brownie from 2 weeks ago was much better. mind you I like dark chocolate, but personally not with my brownies. it isn’t bad, but just be prepared for the dark chocolate-esque of this one. ⭐️⭐️⭐️ out of 5.
strawberry milk 🍓🥛 this one was good, the mousse definitely gave strawberry milk vibes. only thing is I think the cookie base kind of overpowered the strawberry flavor, perhaps if they added more mousse? this could also just be a minis thing idk. I also like the uniqueness of this one. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ out of 5.
confetti cookie 🎉 solid cookie, the basic confetti/cake batter flavor that we all know. kinda boring, but it got the job done for what it’s supposed to be. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ out of 5.
really wish crumbl would do 4 packs for the minis instead of 3, as I would’ve liked to try the brown sugar pop tart cookie as well.
Alchemised, i’m looking at YOU.
$10 off on amazon so I finally pulled the trigger after constantly going back & forth about whether or not I wanted to actually read it. really hoping i’m one of the people who ends up loving it but idk 😭 guess it’s time to find out.
not too worried about Alchemy of Secrets seeing as I have a great track record with Stephanie.
anybody else have their own personal reasons for still buying physical books?
whenever I find that an e-book costs just about the same as the physical book, I prefer to buy the real book. I also prefer the real book when it’s a thickkk one, like Alchemised.
both Alchemy of Secrets & Alchemised were over $10 off on amazon, so I finally just pulled the trigger.
Alchemised has been teetering back & forth on my TBR list due to polar opposite mixed reviews. have any of ya’ll read this one?
today’s random pickups to add to the collection 🤟🏽
just a disclaimer, all off my cookies were practically falling apart, except the chocolate chip 😭
gelato cookie 🍨 this was good, but nothing memorable. I enjoyed the waffle cone pieces and the filling was nice and light. wish the base cookie was more firm. I was most interested in this cookie, but funny enough the other flavors took the spotlight ⭐️⭐️⭐️ out of 5
“tiramisu” cake 🍫 I will say, if you dismiss the idea of tiramisu, this is a yummy dessert on its own. the mousse is airy and makes this dessert much lighter than a normal cake. I enjoyed this one. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ out of 5
crème brûlée cookie 🍮 tbh I was a little nervous to try this one after frequently hearing how sweet it was, but I was pleasantly surprised with this one. yes it was sweet, but not too over the top. they really captured that crème brûlée flavor. would’ve been even better if I got the hard shell on top as in a real crème brûlée. you also get a little crunch from it being rolled in the turbinado sugar. this one was a ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ out of 5.
cannoli cookie 🇮🇹 man, this one was so close to being perfect, but the floppy cookies 😔 the taste of the cookies were delicious and the waffle pieces were 😙🤌🏽 but the dessert as a whole was just missing some crunch. you can see it was literally falling apart. i’m still going to give it ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️1/2 out of 5 for taste alone, losing half a star for the soggy cookies. if they get those cookies to a crisp, this would be a 5/5 for me.
chocolate chip 🍪 never tried the OG one, but this one didn’t impress me at all. it’s lacking depth, maybe some salt and that caramelized butter flavor you’d usually get from a good chocolate chip cookie. ⭐️⭐️ out of 5
didn’t try the stroopwafel cookie solely because it didn’t come in a mini.
hi guys. does anybody have any good book recommendations (if there are any) that are similar to the movie Midsommar?
thanks in advance :)
mississippi mud pie 🥧 - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️1/5 out of 5. the whipped filling is delightful and airy and for this reason this cookie is not overly sweet, which I love. the cookie base is the perfect texture with the whipped filling.
brownie sundae 🍒- ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ out of 5. surprisingly yummy. I wasn’t sold when I ordered it but needed a third mini from my box, especially after the cola brownie last week, but I was pleasantly surprised. very good.
PB bar 🥜- ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ I know it’s basic but it’s also delicious. the perfect PB oat chocolate cookie. (and yes Reese’s is my favorite candy soooo 🙂↕️)
also got the Glow Up 🥤 again, but with soda water this time. the first time I got it it was delicious, this time not so much. they used wayyyy too much creamer. I won’t rate it because I know this wasn’t made correctly compared to the last one I had (which was ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️).
looks like this week was a success guys 😂
peach ring 🍑 you definitely get that peach ring flavor in this cookie, they did a good job with that. worth a try if you’re interested. ⭐️⭐️⭐️1/2 out of 5
shirley temple 🍒 doesn’t really give a shirley temple flavor, reminds me more of like a cherry lemonade cookie. also the frosting melts into like a semi liquid form... this is the cookie I came for this week but it’s not my fav. ⭐️⭐️⭐️ out of 5
cola brownie - if i’m rating this for what it’s truly supposed to be (cola), then it gets a poor mark, ⭐️ out of 5. I don’t taste any cola in this. otherwise it’s just a brownie. not worth trying imo unless you’re just feeling a regular brownie, and the frosting was hard as if it’s been sitting out. ⭐️⭐️ out of 5 overall
dirty soda tres leche 🍋🟩 i’ll be the odd one out this week and I really don’t care… this was my favorite dessert out of this whole box. I see most people really disliked it, but I like it (my dad does too). if you’re thinking about it, i’d say try it. didn’t plan on trying it but im glad I did compared to the others. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ out of 5
also got the Glow Up 🥤 with my free soda voucher, but I substituted Fresca for the flat water since they don’t use soda water for some odd reason. (SF vanilla, SF coconut, strawberry puree, coconut cream). this drink was ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ out of 5, really good actually.
I was going to skip this week all together, but I was in the area & wanted to use my soda voucher & my rewards to try the shirley temple cookie, ended up saying screw it and went for the 4 pack. all in all, you should probably just save your money as I would’ve been perfectly content with just my free dirty soda 😂
and I can’t believe this is the cookie that people rave to no end about, it was so mid 😭 (was next door so decided to use my free cookie reward)
my book wish list was becoming much too expensive 😭 I LOVE a good physical book, and i’ll continue to read them, but I sure am excited about my new little gadget ☺️ I tend to read multiple books at once so this should make it easier.
waited all weekend for it to come in so I could finally start Darker Days by Thomas Olde Heuvelt 🤗
hi all, just wanted an outside opinion.
I was originally supposed to start a contract back in the beginning of may, but the BON was “so far behind” that it took much longer than expected for my license for that state to come through (facility signed me before I actually had the license). once it did finally go through, the facility said the cut off to start their next orientation was the day before, so i’d have to push it off another 2 weeks. I wasn’t able to do that orientation in 2 weeks because it was my brothers graduation the day before and it’s a 2 day drive for me to the state i’d be working in (plus i’d already had that week approved off in my original contract). so now it got pushed back ANOTHER 2 weeks.
since everything got pushed back, and I no longer needed that week off for my brothers graduation, I asked if I could take a different week off instead because my whole family is going away on vacation. well it’s been a back & forth for the last week or 2 of them not wanting to give me that week off, the only week i’d be off for the entire contract. I told my recruiter that’s fine just let me know what they decide, so it would be days without me hearing anything. & now that the dates have been pushed back a whole month the new contract dates are actually kind of inconvenient for me.
my recruiter called today to tell me they weren’t approving that week off, so I told him it’s okay we can cancel the contract. he called me back about an hour later stating that now the facility is saying they’re waiting on approval of that week off from somebody else. this is becoming too much of a waiting game, as i’m supposed to be leaving in a week if I do go (and I have nothing arranged because I wasn’t hearing anything back plus I haven’t even signed a new contract yet with the new dates), and after all the dates beings changed & becoming inconvenient plus the push back, I kind of have it in my head now that I don’t want to go and i’ll just wait until september once things calm down. plus if I do get to go on my vacation while on the contract, i’d have to figure out what to do with my 2 pets as obviously they can’t come with me (they’ve never been boarded before and i’m not sure if they’re even eligible to be boarded). i’d also be missing sending my brother off to college, which I wanted to be home for.
my recruiter is supposed to call me back with an answer tomorrow, but would I be wrong to say that these dates are no longer convenient for me after all of this? I feel bad but I also don’t want to put myself in an uncomfortable situation just because I “feel bad”. I don’t think it’s at the fault of anyone it’s just how unexpectedly long it took for the nursing license to come through which kind of changed everything.
3 of these colossal cookies for $7.99 at BJs by the way 🌝
this is the best lineup they’ve had in about a year, I can’t tell you the last time I ordered a 6 pack. i’ve been somewhat of a crumbl hater lately, but hopefully they keep back up with lineups like this 🔥
side note: also odd how they pick and choose which cookies to downsize, you’d think it’d be the same across the board. the pancake cookie was noticeably bigger than the poptart and nutella ones.
blueberry pancake 🥞 tasted just like a blueberry pancake! buttery & good ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
french toast 🍞 again, tasted just like french toast. wasn’t dry, nice texture (I added the maple syrup after I took the picture) ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
strawberry frosted pop tart 🍓 had barely any poptart filling. this cookie didn’t get good reviews but I chose it over the pink donut which seemed pretty boring imo. this cookie wasn’t absolutely terrible but it’s definitely nothing I would buy again. ⭐️⭐️
nutella 🌰 no idea how this fell into the breakfast theme, but I love hazelnut chocolate so it’s okay lol. good nutella flavor, nothing to write home about but it’s a solid, basic cookie. ⭐️⭐️⭐️
cereal milk tres leches 🥣 i’m a sucker for (real) tres leches and anything cereal milk flavored. fruit loops get soggy quickly, but that doesn’t bother me. this was yummy. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️