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Well, after partyin' with my work buddies last night till the wee hours I'm not going to beat myself up too much about being lame and curling up on the couch tonight. I did manage to get my ass up at a decent hour this morning, hit the Met Foods and pick up stuff to make cookies and muffins with.

I cranked out a huge batch (96 cookies!) of these amazing date filled goodies I make 'round Christmas. (I figured I'd make some things early and freeze them, otherwise I'd be scrambling to make things or just give up and have to narrow down my list, which ain't very kwishmashey.) They're my adaptation of a traditional Italian fig filled cookie my family makes. They go over pretty big, so I figured I'd make lots so I can give a lot away, bring some to work and still have a bunch for Christmas. I'll try to remember to take a pic and post it soon. In fact, maybe I'll be nice and post the recipe, which, as part of my adaptation, actually incorporates The Punk Rock Kitchen's signature Rock-Out Cut-Out recipe.

I also whipped up a batch of orange date walnut muffins for my man to take to work for breakfast. Of course, half the time he forgets to eat the damn things and he'll find a stray muffin lurking in some dank corner of his bag at the end of the week. He doesn't forget Quiznos or White Castle or any of the other vile crap they dish out near his office though! Bitter? Not really. Well, maybe a tad.