Another Direction?

so tonight was supposed to be the THIRD Wednesday in a row that I have tried a new recipe for the parents and Drew, in an attempt to become more domesticated before I become a wifey :)

It just so happened that Drew AND my dad had "prior commitments" and just couldn't make it to dinner. Coincidence? I think not... ;)

Soo.. there goes that. I decided FINE. I would make a dessert for my mom and I instead. :)

Backing up a little, Drew and I registered this weekend! (more on that later). Whoever would have thought that I would want a meat thermometer or a ramekin?

So when I came across this little recipe for chocolate souffles, I thought I would give my moms ramekins a little test drive and see just what these "hot items on Macy's Home Store Registry for Weddings" were all about. Seriously though. I thought the worker was going to kill us if we didn't register for these little bowls. She acted like any woman who does not have a set of 4 matching ramekins in her kitchen could not even be taken seriously. I didn't even know what a ramekin was. You either? They are little bowls? That's all I got to describe them... :)

this is what the recipe promised my little chocolate mousse things would look like.

delicious, right?

aaaaannnnddddd here is my creation.

ahahahaha. seriously? how did I mess this up? it had like 4 ingredients and CHOCOLATE MILK was one of them. How does one mess up a 10 minute long dessert that has chocolate milk as it's main ingredient?

i was also talking to my mom today about how I say this quote on twitter that I just LOVED. It said,

"Rejection is God's way of saying, "nope. wrong direction!"

I was being all "look at me, look at me" high and mighty and telling her how nice it would be if everyone could just consider not getting a job they applied for or getting dumped by their boyfriend as God telling them this! My mom was going off about how this is much easier said than done, blah blah blah.

when I showed my mom her dessert for the evening?

she looked at me and said, 'yeah, like the quote you were talking about. God is telling you wrong direction!" ruuuuude mother. last time I bake something for you. ;)

so yeah. here's to hoping the magical ramekins from Macy's will bring me some souffle luck...

well i should say... the ugliness didn't deter me from just having one bite... or a couple... ;)

moral of the story: I am going to go back through the registry and get rid of anything that she recommended would make me a "fabulous dinner host."

liar. :)