the good with the bad

so last night we went to max brenner to celebrate the first snow of 2013 with some of their hugmug hot chocolate.
 we all know this.

we met some friends and ordered our hot chocolate, excited to test out these hugmugs.  i stayed traditional and went with the milk chocolate topped with whipping cream.  when the waitress brought our drinks to us, 3 out of 4 of the them looked like this:

tall glass with a metal straw.  i was so disappointed. i still don't know why 3 of us had the tall glass with the metal straw and i wasn't assertive enough to find out or raise a big stink. well, at least one of us had the gem we were all expecting:

the hugmug

i think the only thing that made it all kind of okay was the fact that the hot chocolate was dreamy good.  so perfectly chocolate-y.  i'm still bugged that i didn't get the whole hugmug experience... but all in all it's alright.  there is more to life - way more to life. it means i can go back on another freezing cold day to warm my soul (and specifically ask for hot chocolate in the cool mug).  i can also experience it anytime i want because... i bought a hugmug on the way out! ha.

YAY!  how's that for problem-solving!?

there are even recipes for homemade hot chocolate on the box!  score.

grinchy night

last night we went to see How the Grinch Stole Christmas.

we loved it!  the Grinch was hilarious and Cindy Lou Who was adorable!

 what a way to kick off December?!

dipped

 last night we enjoyed some fantastic fondue!

we were brave this time and ordered something besides just milk chocolate
to dip the goodies. we got milk chocolate with crunchy peanut butter stirred in...
 and it was delicious! perfect ending to my birthday week.

according to cliff

cliff is jeremy's ipod touch that he got for his birthday. we named it after the triceratops fossil at
the museum of science that we saw for the occasion. the name has actually stuck, which is great because
it's way easier to say, "hey jeremy, can i see cliff?" instead of, "hey jeremy, can i see your ipod touch?"

anyways...

here are some pictures of tonight's date from cliff:

mini-golfing (we tied!) and ice cream at the same place. SCORE!
 jeremy got green monster and i got milky way. they were super delicious! (can you believe those are kiddie sizes??) we will definitely come back to this gem. they have the cows out back and they make everything on the spot. you can even buy fresh milk. how cool is that?