My Chick Bad, My Chick Good

My chick do stuff that yo' chick wish she could...

I was a bad chick, now I'm a good chick. Wanna see why?

In my profession, the need to bake cupcakes / treats occurs about once a month. In months past, this would either cause me to plan on baking THE BEST CUPCAKES EVERRRRRR and planning and baking for 3 days OR me forgetting that I needed to bake, and going to the grocery store at 8 PM, and not going to bed until 11 because they needed to be frosted and put together because LORD KNOWS homegirl is not frosting 50 cupcakes in the morning before I leave.

Some of you are like... Um, why is going to bed at 11 a big deal? Well, I arrive to work around 7:00, so getting in bed at 11 means that I don't get my 8 hours of beauty sleep (or my 8 hours of "don't be a heinous brat" sleep).

This is me when I have not had enough sleep. Not a good look, Cameron D.

When I do get sleep. Hells yeah, I want more things piled on my plate!
Come at me, responsibility.

Anyhow, a few weeks ago I ran across some cute cupcake sets on sale at TJ Maxx. Holla at ya' girl, savings! Seriously, super cute, and about $3 each. I was pumped to step up my cup cake game.

But that didn't solve the problem of forgetting to buy mix and frosting (or ingredients if it's a crazy recipe). I was hoping that the cuteness would help me in forgetting this task, but no.

The only way to make sure that I wasn't making those last minutes cupcake trips to the grocers was to keep a small stockpile of what I needed to make them. But that would be a big expense, realistically. Over time, it wouldn't cost me any more, but in the short term, it really was not a financial priority to stockpile cake mix and frosting. Get real. 

(What's Gucci: The phrase "it's not a financial priority right now" gets me out of doing a lot of things, like going to a amateur soccer game or taking my car to get detailed. Almost as useful as telling someone "You are being argumentative" during a fight. There's no way not to win with that phrase.)

Enter Target. The greatest superstore of all time. I spent an obscene amount of money on a lot of things I "really needed", but one of the best purchases was cake mix and frosting.

I saw that for every four boxes of Betty Crocker mix or frosting you bought, you got a free frosting. Not a super crazy deal, but I'd take it. I was going to buy 2 boxes each of yellow and chocolate cake, and then pay for the frosting it would take to cover that (4 cans), and one can of frosting would be free. Not bad. 

BUT THEN! As I was gathering up the chocolate cake boxes, I noticed that one was on clearance. I checked the experation date, and it was all good. Maybe Betty had a packaging change? Either way, those suckers were only $1, so I grabbed four. That paid for one frosting (so $4 total for for boxes of mix and one frosting). I had already put the yellow cake mix in my cart, but I went back to see if there was any yellow on clearance. YES! (Actually, more like YESSSSS). Same thing, I pulled 4 boxes off the shelf and tossed them in my cart. That meant another free frosting. I also took 3 more frostings, which made one more free (YAY!) and bounced. 

This is now what my cupcake space looks like in my glorious pantry.