::work cupcakes::

I am not -- and have never been -- good at the whole self-control thing, especially when food is involved.  For instance, when I walked by the kitchen at work on the way to the bathroom and saw the counter top covered with an army of bold-colored cupcakes, instead of continuing on, I grabbed one and walked it to my desk before practically running back toward the bathroom (yeah, I had to go that badly, but clearly not bad enough to risk coming back to an empty counter top).

Offices are dangerous around holidays with all of the unhealthy sweets calling out everywhere you turn.  I mean honestly, after (thoroughly enjoying) the chocolate cupcake with homemade butter cream made with real raspberries (un.believe.able) that Allicia made, I ran across two more cupcakes -- in the same office -- on the same floor!

The one on the left was (before I got to it) Laura and Lindsay's red velvet cupcake with -- get this -- a hand-cut heart shaped strawberry cake in the middle of it and cream cheese frosting.  I can't even explain how this blows my mind.  I cut the cupcake in half and saw a pink heart in the red velvet!!!  The cupcake on the right with the edgy spiky frosting is another chocolate cupcake with coffee flavored frosting made by Meredith.

Let's just say I had a long way to come down from the sugar high I was on and after trying to eat healthy for the last few months, my body was not liking what my eyes and taste buds enjoyed so much.  *Sigh* like I said, holidays are health hazards in the workplace!