Resolutions and a Cupcake Challenge

 Sorry if I am boring anyone with my lists of needs. It's how I mentally organize. And beginning a life at 33 is more about organization than daydreams. Many of my New Year's Resolutions are in full-swing and they mostly revolve around the subject of this blog.

1. Pay off credit bills (halfway there)
2. Get business license with new name
3. Open business bank account
4. Start a Website with the new business name
5. Perfect my menu (sooooo many ideas!)
6. Compete in the annual L.A. Cupcake Challenge
7. WIN the L.A. Cupcake Challenge
8. Open my shop

(Other resolutions are to stop swearing, work out every day, avoid soda and nix fried food. But that ain't gonna F@#$%7* happen.)

I've not mentioned the cupcake challenge before but this is a big thing for me. I can kick the paper wrappers off most of those fools! Wannabes! I'm determined to win but I need an established name, Website and commercial kitchen to bake my product before they let me into the competition. I've had a name in mind since culinary school but I'm keeping it a secret for now. Not until I'm ready because I don't want anyone to steal it before I've saved up enough cake cash to buy it!

This year's challenge is Feb. 20th and I think my boyfriend and I are just going to go and do some recon. I want to get a feel for what it's like on the inside. I was headed there last year with a shop I worked at but she axed my boyfriend and I the night before (we both moonlighted there). I think she was on to us. We didn't do anything wrong but we both intentionally worked there to understand small bakery business. We asked too many technical questions, I think. Plus, we were a little too excited about the challenge and the red flags went off, I'm sure. Oh well. Haha. It's funny to think about it now. It seems ages ago.

We'll get there, I know it. It's just a matter of perseverance. And maybe a winning Lotto ticket.