deluxe coconut chocolate chip coffee cake, a reading bunny, and awesome swag

this post is going to be very varied. let's start with the dessert i made for tonight's dinner with clara's nanny family! deluxe coconut chocolate chip coffee cake (i kid you not, that's what joy of cooking calls it)!! i had started mixing all the dry ingredients together, when lo and behold, i ran out of sugar. it was 9:38 pm. giant closes at 10 pm sharp. i call clara in a panic, thinking i could bribe her with fancy wine from my boss in exchange for some sugar. no response. i panic some more. i grab my wallet and sprint through the underground parking lot system that connects my building to giant, grab some sugar, sprint to the registers, and exit giant at 9:45 sharp. not bad, not bad, considering i did used to run track. hehe. this is the cake before going into the oven:here's the end result. recipe called for 50-65 min, but at 40 min, it already smelled a little burnt, so i took it out. hope it tastes ok!!!

so i think i caught your attention when i said that i have a reading bunny. well, i do. he reads books by ingesting their pages, including the covers. how he got to the bottom cover, i'm not sure because the book was lying on the bedside table. i was so embarassed to carry the book around that i bought a new copy at my school's rummage sale yesterday for 25c! but the best find from the rummage sale is an $1800 christian dior clutch for just $45!!!!