a cupcake party

after weeks of preparation (on their part) and agonizing decision-making (on mine), i met up with my girlfriends last saturday for an overnight of fun and laughter. they all chipped in to make it happen. i feel so honored, yet embarrassed, that i dont know how to return the favor, being jobless and all.

while waiting for everyone to show up, i was treated to a massage. it turned out that they were baking up a storm  at a friend's apartment, which i why some of them had to keep me occupied.

we, then, trooped to dinner at a local restaurant. we would have taken pictures but we were so hungry that we wouldn't look good in it. a friend is training to be a food photographer but she couldnt take pictures of the food because we gobbled them up as soon as they hit the table. she was able to swat our hands long enough to take this, but we had more dishes than that.

pineapple fried rice*

we headed back to the apartment after dinner and was greeted with this. rather, i was greeted with "akin yung cupcake sa gitna, ha!" (i want the one in the middle!) and then this.

mia's cupcake tower*

that would be my college roommate. sweet, yes? i wouldnt expect anything less from her. besides who can blame her?

yes, she wants the one with the flowers

these cupcakes were made from scratch and had buttercream and fudge frosting. i am a chocolate person, but the buttercream frosting became my favorite. it was that good! i having one as i write this post.

the night went on with booze and belly dancing tutorials but i dare not post pictures of that, lest i lose my friends. i have said before that i dont have many friends, but these girls i'll treasure.

*all photos courtesy of jan narciso