It's been a good holiday. Last week I sent out Easter cards, and everyone received them. I got to talk to all my card recipients, and I was thanked by all of them. The highlight of the evening was having a nice talk with my parents.
As for earlier this week, I received my anniversary handbag in the mail. I had gotten it off e-bay, and while it didn't seem so much in the picture, it seems that the bag was either well-loved, or not loved at all. It was a little disappointing, but also inspiring--I have another project! I did some research on automotive leather products, and eventually ordered two products by Leatherique--the Rejuvenator Oil and Pristine Clean. Eventually I hope to post "before/during/after" photos.
I felt a little silly, because the leather cleaning products cost as much as the handbag, more if you count the shipping. Did I really just double the price of my handbag? Eventually I came to the conclusion that it's a separate project. I wouldn't have problems with wearing the new handbag as is. I've got other handbags that could use a little cleaning. Plus, I have leather gloves that could use some TLC before I put them away for the summer.
And gloves! I've taken out my unlined leather gloves for spring. And now that it's after Easter, I can bring out the white ones and the pastels. I'll wear them over my freshly cleaned rings.
I've been eating out of boxes, bags, and cans, it seems, for a while. I started cooking again. Yesterday, I made a flourless chocolate cake. The recipe was from the Whole Foods website. I bought a springform pan specially for the occasion.
I used Hershey's Special Dark chocolate chips, as well as their Special Dark cocoa powder. I only used 1 cup of sugar, instead of the 1 and 1/4 cup in the recipe. Also, I partly used liquid egg whites--I had the equivalent of 3 eggs worth of liquid whites in my refrigerator. I thought I had enough for the entire recipe, but then my carton was empty, and I had to run to the store to buy (regular) eggs to finish the mix. Luckily, the store had them in stock. (I have been to a store where the eggs sold out on the evening before Easter.) I guess that's the danger of using liquid eggs.
Here it is 1) right out of the oven, 2) with the glaze on top, and 3) with a slice removed. And yes, the cake deflated a little when it cooled.
The penny remains.
