Obsessions

Okay, I just have to freak out for a moment.
I LOVE glitter. And suede. Mostly glitter.
Neiman Marcus is having a sale online (and in store, but I don't have one near me), so of course I clicked on the link. And then of course went immediately to the shoe section. Guess what greeted me?

These babies.

Suede & Glitter Bootie (Rachel Roy at NM)

They're perfection in shoe form. Gorgeous suede bootie with a fun sparkly twist. If I had the option (and the endurance), I'd wear these every.day.of my.life. At any rate, I have no where to wear them. I think they're a bit dressed up for statistics class, don't you?

Regardless of my shopping shortcomings- check out the awesome sale at NM, and purchase these (or other) fabulous shoes so that I can live vicariously through you.

XO,
Rachel

The Gold Standard

There comes a time of year when we have to put away the Scharffen-Berger (bummer, I just bought a bunch and it's amazing) and pull out the pumpkin desserts. It is a wonderful time filled with pumpkin pie, pumpkin cheesecake gelato (it's best from Coolato Gelato!), and pumpkin spice whipped cream (yeah, I know!) However, my favorite thing of all time ever is pumpkin cheesecake. When I go home for Thanksgiving, I try to get some from The Cheesecake Factory (I recently heard we're getting one in Knoxville: score!!), but sometimes I just can't wait. I really don't have the patience or brain capacity to do the whole water bath, springform pan routine that goes into real cheesecake, so I made pumpkin cheesecake bars and, bonus, I got to use my Goldtouch pan that I recieved for my birthday!

These were uber delicious and I can't wait for you to try them. And, for the record, the Goldtouch was totally awesome and lived up to its reputation. My edges and corners came out perfectly brown (not burnty brown like normal) and it was super non-stick. If you're in Williams-Sonoma soon, I would definetely suggest picking one up in every size!