Chili for the boys and moving.

Derek and I have been SUPER busy this week packing our apartment for the move tomorrow.  We are for the most part all set to move.  Unfortunately, some of the stuff will be absolutely last minute because we ran out of boxes.  We did manage to get all of this...

Half of our stuff.

into our storage closet.  Then we made it look pretty much the same with the rest of our things.  We are really excited for our new place especially since we going to be able to have a dog (more on that when it happens)!

Well since my folks are not helping us move for the third time, some of Derek's coworkers are amazing enough to come help us out.  Thank you guys!!!  Well you have to feed guys if they help you with something so instead of the typical pizza I made chili!  

Some of the ingredients.  Garlic, lots of peppers, and cilantro.

I recommend checking to see if you have any cuts on your fingers before you start cutting peppers!  I did not and had one.  Well and the fact that I used hotter peppers this time per Derek's request.  As I am typing my left finger tips are BURNING from cutting the peppers.  Next time I am totally investing in some latex gloves and not making that mistake again.  OUCH!

The chili is ready for the guys!

Derek tried it and said it was spicy and delicious!  So I'm hoping the guys tomorrow will enjoy it.  I also decided since it will be Halloween to make a quick (and I mean really quick) cake for dessert.

By no means is it level!  (I was kind of in a hurry)

I did quick little rosettes on the top and nothing fancy for the bottom.  Again I was kind of in a hurry.

For the top I decided sprinkles.  People who really know me know that I pretty much NEVER use sprinkles on a cake because for me it lacks creativity.  And the fact that it took me close to 20 minutes to find the Halloween sprinkles in WalMart (I hate that place) is another reason I don't like to use sprinkles.  Well I found these little orange and green jimmies with black spiders that I thought would look perfect with contrasting the orange frosting.

Edible Spiders!

I guess it turned out alright for me taking only about 20 minutes to do the decorating.  Derek and I have wanted to cut into it SO bad but felt it was only right to wait for the guys that are helping us.  And since we are in the weight loss challenge it will only be small sliver pieces for us and then an hour or two at the gym to burn it off.  TOTALLY worth it though!

On other notes tomorrow is Halloween!  I'm sad that this will be the very first year ever that I will not be carving a pumpkin.  I also can't believe it has been 20 years since the blizzard of '91!  I remember that week well as we were having a birthday party for my brother but had to cancel it.  I wore my mom's prom dress and was a princess for the one and only year I wanted to be a princess.  My brother and I went trick-or-treating pretty much without costumes and just our winter gear.  We were also some of the only kids out because our parents rock!  Tons of candy that year!!!

So with that... Happy Anniversary (tomorrow) Grandma & Grandpa!  Happy Anniversary of your first date (tomorrow) Mom and Dad!  Happy birthday big brother (Monday) hope you got my card!

To everybody else... Happy Halloween!  Be safe and eat a Kit Kat/Smarties/3 Musketeers for me since I can't!

Back to packing since we have to head over to get our new keys in a few!