Chocolate Chip Cookies, always brighten a dreary afternoon :)

Well yesterday I spent the whole morning driving back and forth from Annapolis to meet with a girl that is going to camp with me.  It was great to meet her and I was excited to explore Annapolis a bit...unfortunately as soon as we got out of lunch it started to rain :(  So after the hour and a half ride home (not fun) I wanted to do something to cheer myself up from all of the dreary weather...

And so I decided to make the one and only Nestle Toll House chocolate chip cookies!  You see I'm not the best cook but I do love to bake (although I never do) and want to one day own my own cupcake shop (after the fad has come and gone).  But one of my most favorite things to bake is chocolate chip cookies!  I guess because I've been baking them forever and ever and only good memories are associated with chocolate chip cookies :)

So I got home and whipped out all of the lovely ingredients (one of the perks of living at home) and got to work!

I definitely had a few bites of the batter...oops!

Self-timer pic...yup I am quite the nerd (thank goodness
no one came down while I was doing it or they would've
really thought I've gone off the deep end!)

Before I knew I was pulling these gems out of the oven looking like this:

Yum yum yum!!

I even made one batch with pecans because my mom loves loves them (and we have tons and tons left over from a party we had over Memorial Day).

Anyway, just thought I'd share my love of chocolate chip cookies, one of my best friends and I used to make them when we were little and she used to always say that the secret ingredient was to add lots more vanilla, I still do that to this day!  

Do you have a special thing you like to bake or make when it's gloomy outside and you just need a little pick me up?

Chocolate chip cookies can only bring smiles to the world (in my opinion!), have a great day!