One of THOSE weeks.

I hear that's it's been one of those weeks for a lot of folks, in the blogosphere and out. And I have a miraculous remedy for just such a thing.

We've all seen Chocolat, right? And wiped the drool from our chins when Juliette Binoche pours the hot chocolate into the cup, right? And then tried to satisfy ourselves with some piss poor powdered "hot chocolate"? If you answered yes to all of these questions (you get a bonus point for the aforementioned week), you need this. (I'm guessing even is you didn't answer yes to those questions, you could use a dose of this.)

Take about 1/2 cup Dark Chocolate chips (Ghiradelli makes NICE ones) and throw them into a small saucepan. Add about 2 TBSPs of milk chocolate chips. Add enough half and half to just cover the chips. Melt slowly while whisking constantly. When it's all uniformly delicious, stir in a pinch of chili powder. Top with a little whipped cream, if you're into that (who isn't into THAT?).

And finally know what they mean when they say that chocolate produces the same chemicals as an orgasm.

Seriously. Try it.


And (I forgot, sorry!) since I was finally able to give Roo her Christmas gift, I can finally show it here:

And the rest:

If your wondering what the hell it is, it's a spiral scarf. And it looked fabulous on her! :)