Packing Up & Shipping Out

Cookies, of course. And cupcake bites. Lots and lots of cupcake bites.

Today, I braved the post office on the busiest day of the year to ship out some very special packages to a handful of family and friends--both near(er) and far.

Those cupcake bites that I made on Friday night? Last night, I packed most of them in little candy boxes so that they can hit the road... out of our house, and out of my sight! Eight of them fit perfectly in every box. I was really happy with how these turned out, and I hope our recipients will be happy, too!

I tied each box up with a festive ribbon. I also tucked them into a gallon-size ziplock bag to keep them fresh until they get to their destination.

But wouldn't you know it? Those Priority Mail boxes had a lot of room in them. So I couldn't just let the cupcake bites go off on their own. After all of the baking I did over the weekend, I wanted to share some of the other goodies, too.

Each shipment included a box of the cupcake bites, two sugar cookie cutouts, and two peanut butter cup cookies (I will post that recipe tomorrow!). Oh, and a shitload of packing peanuts. You know, for protection. Each cookie was bagged and tied with more holiday ribbon. And again, I stuck the cookies in a ziploc bag to further help keep them soft and chewy.

The dining room table (and kitchen!) were definitely messy throughout this whole process, but in the end, with major help from my husband, we got it all cleaned up. After all of that baking craziness, the house is back to normal.

I was happy to drop those boxes in the mail today, and I'll be even happier when they start arriving and being enjoyed. Because I'll tell you... all of the Christmas spirit?

I think I might be running out of it.

I have just enough time to recharge before next week.