i love cooking and everything during the holidays, but the funny thing is i don't look forward to it at all. i stress out to the max, i always spend TONs of money because i want the freshest, organic, and the best ingredients out there (yep i go to whole foods for holiday food shopping). for instance i am making apple pie right now. i could have bought frozen crust. i could have made regular crust but NO WAY!!! i am making flaky crust (lol) from scratch. i should be leaving in about 45 minutes, i'm not even dressed, the pie isn't even done, the dog has not been walked, i am a mess from all the cooking i've been doing, i haven't bought the ice cream yet...

but i LOVE it!!!!

and still there is the possibility of the pie coming out yucky lol.