New obsessions, new season, new nail polish, new moves; New Post!!

It's been so long since I've updated. I'm blaming it on the fact that I've been dragging my feet along in a disconnected stupor ever since I activated my friend's old dumb phone in lieu of replacing my smart phone ($90 deductible? Nah). But anyway, I have changed just so much since the last time I updated! Firstly, I am moving to New Orleans in 1 week! I have a job as an assistant electrician with St. Bernard's Project. Even though this is a serious pay and prestige drop, it is my dream. For now anyway. Still trying to figure the whole thing out but I think my end dream will involve ex-convicts, affordable housing, and cupcakes. In the meantime, I have new obsessions! Ombre cakes and accent nails! So, please take some time to get to new the New Kate by looking at these websites.

Can I just have my wedding dress be an Ombre cake?

Ok but for real, I am going to master the art of Ombre cupcakes.

I am also very obsessed with accent nails, and my new favorite thing to do on a lazy night is peruse hello giggles nails of the day and then attempt it on my nails and my room mates' nails. Here's one of my personal favorites, and one I attempted last night while watching Princess and the Frog!

Fall is finally filling the air and it is definitely my favorite season of the year. I am figuring I am not getting much of an autumn out of NOLA, so I kick started the autumn in Cville this weekend by making pumpkin chocolate chip cookies, pumpkin pancakes, and pumpkin chili. They were all pretty good except I could have amped up the pumpkin in the chili some more. I think I was having commitment issues (the chili smelled so good before I put the pumpkin in and I got scared!).

So, I am pledging to continue to update my blog with my ombre cupcake attempts while I am in NOLA. Even though I'm in a new city, I will NEVER loose my dream to be the Cupcake Authority, a dream started by utter disappointment in Cville vegan baked goods selections that led to the sheer drive to bake a better cupcake than Cville has ever known (at a reasonable price, not $3/cupcake coughcoughCappellinoscoughcough). I have a new sense of freedom writing about my dreams now that I have quit my corporate job and can come out of the closet with my unabashed stickittothemaneosis. I've got an illness and the only cure is: more Jack Black.



Until next cupcake or nail polish endeavor...I'm out.