BPG FORMAL!

Juniors :)

Me and Rachel breaking it down

Lovely Juniors Prom Date Pose

More pictures to come potentially but I figured I would keep you entertained with these for now.  I really really should be preparing for my finals today, so at noon I am heading over to trusty Panera and making my way to a booth and really DIGGING into finals studying. Can't wait!  

Caramel Corn

I never really took much liking to Caramel Corn until I came across this recipe by How Sweet It Is which incorporated any and all favorite halloween candy.  I immediately fell in love.  What a triumph to make my own caramel and turn it into an ooey gooey popcorn treat?

I made this last week but am just posting now since it was a secret santa sort of gift for my Baller-ina.  (Baller-ina's are secret gift givers to get all of BPG pumped for the big semester show.)

Check out the recipe over at How Sweet It Is and give it a try.

For the candy I chose Crunch Bars, Kit Kat, Snickers and Milkyway. The different chocolatey textures really added to the whole mix.

I also figured I should throw in some of my nutrition interest when I recognized this new "easy read" label. It breaks down the main nutritional values for you in big bold print. Makes me not want to eat this candy anymore!

Light Corn Syrup. An evil enemy. This stuff is ridiculously sticky and thick. yuck! Sure does make a good caramel when mixed with butter and brown sugar though!

Finally, mix everything in together and volia! Caramel corn :)

Hell Week: Ballet Performance Group

This coming week, beginning today actually, is hell week for BPG. Hell week is the week prior to our show (this coming friday!) where we do full run throughs every night and really solidify all we have been working on this semester.  The name itself sounds rather daunting but I am really excited to meet more dancers and spend countless hours sitting in an auditorium. gymnasium. Fun stuff.

Over the weekend we had some serious dance bonding which started with an Alpha Phi "Alpha Traz" philanthropy night.  Our club president was jailed and was required to participate in all types of events to earn points and money for charity.

Last night we had a "kick-off" party at one of the guy's suites across the river which really made my saturday night.  What more could I ask for? Friends, funfetti cake, games and the like.

Did I mention that last night we all added some lovely BPG tattoos to our wrists? Yeah. I was pleasantly surprised to find it still on when I woke up this morning.  Rachel and I thought we should go ahead and show our dancer pride to the world.

Some of the girls pitched in and painted the tunnels to advertise for the show and I thought I would share an image of that also:

 How adorable right? I am so so excited!