Exams > My Will Power

Last year during exams I managed to exercise great restraint and will power from eating my feelings. However, last year I was trying to squeeze myself into an eensy bridesmaid dress and my stepmom wasn't on a baking kick of creating irresistibly delicious desserts, so it was all good. This year is a different story.

For starters, I have twice the number of exams this year which means I have twice the stress, and twice the opportunity to satiate that stress with food. Specifically, chocolate. (There are other reasons chocolate is very appealing right now, but they are best left off the blogosphere).

I happen to be lucky enough to have parents that, a) are awesome; b) live in Charleston part-timel and c) like feeding me during exams. Which means after days where the group spends all day in the library putting together things like this:


we get to eat our feelings/stress away with delicious homemade treats like this:


and this:


The blondies were great, but the oatmeal raisin cookies became my snack, a significant portion of my dinner, and my after-dinner dessert. So much for rocking a hot post-exam bod...