absurdly peculiar

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So I was recently at Sephora and came upon a line of perfumes from Tocca. I guess what attracted me was the shape of the bottle. It is very demure compared to the way other fragrances are packaged. And the scent is absolutely fabulous. Don't you ever pass by people on the street and scrunch up your nose when you can smell that their perfume/cologne is way too strong?!? I feel like Tocca's scents are quite the opposite; they are light and sophisticated. And I am hoping to save enough money to buy one!

I made Red Velvet Cupcakes out of the box this weekend. But I attempted to make them pretty looking. For the frosting, I used 1 stick of 1/3 Reduced Fat Cream Cheese, Cinnamon, vanilla, 1/2 stick of unsalted butter, 1/2 C of powdered sugar and a little lemon. For the topping, I used toasted cinnamon, honey, sugar pecans (that I made myself!), dark chocolate shavings from Trader Joes, and strawberries. They turned out pretty good and I was impressed with the way it tasted and looked. I liked that the frosting was not too sweet or heavy... and I think next time I will just go with the pecan topping instead of chocolate shavings because the pecans were super yummy. Hopefully, I will be able to experiment with more baked goods as I wait for my working visa.