Are YOU Ready for the Holidays?

I am!! Well sort of. Although the next few days inevitably hold a trip to the mall in store for me, I am procrastinating at all costs. So much so, that I even took to baking (not drinking) tonight. After convincing myself that I HAD to bake some cookies in order to find the holiday spirit in me, I found this scrumptious and simple recipe from Williams-Sonoma: http://www.williams-sonoma.com/recipe/thumbprint-cookies.html
Since I do not have the best record in the kitchen, I was definitely tempting fate and playing with fire (both figuratively and literally) but I remained hopeful that I could redeem myself.
After gathering the ingredients and getting my Christmas playlist together I began to concoct the batter:

My playlist consisted of some classic holiday favorites along with Taylor Swift's rendition of Last Christmas, U2's Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) and I Believe in Father Christmas and DMB's Christmas Song. 

Many Hershey Kisses later both in my stomach and on the cookies.....

 ....and I was ready to place the final product in the oven.

I held my breath for approximately eighteen minutes and cleaned the kitchen too. I hit a rough patch  keeping the electric mixer under control early in the baking process so there were bits of batter in odd places, but it all paid off in the end!!!

On my way to becoming chef extraordinaire and owning my own bakery!!

I received raving reviews from my roommate who had not one, but two cookies! And after trying one myself, I think I have to agree with her.
Even though I failed to get any shopping done, I do believe I won a tiny victory tonight.