Screw the bakeries; I held my own cookie exchange.

The mini-me got to have some friends over and eat endless amounts of sugar, so mommy got hers as well. Except mine included alcohol-induced boob pictures. Amongst the many privileged guests were Katie (owner extraordinaire of House of Tattoo), Mojitomamma JCB (Jessica Corey-Butler), Jenny Fab (Jennifer Johnson), Snoops (My Tacoma Beer Society co-founder), The Fitz and his wife Joy (Tacoma’s very own beer snob), my favorite cousin Shelly (We’re both married into the DeRosa family, so we like to stick together), and of course The KAke! (Like I would have anything involving liquor and not have her there, duh.)

So, we all chowed on a brunch whipped up by Mr.Steffie and downed mimosas, Townshend T3 red wine, Baileys and coffee, and Alaskan Winter Ale. The cookies were to die for. There were sugar cookies, mod-inspired sugar cookies, maple nut bars, peanut butter balls, ornament sugar cookies, chocolate cookies, candy cane cookies, truffles, and stained glass cookies. That’s what I’m talkin’ ‘bout! Give me the peanut butter thumbprints, the ginger snaps, the chocolate bourbon balls, cream cheese almond poinsettia drops, honey balls, popcorn balls, merengue cookies, Night Before Christmas Mice, nutmeg logs, and ribbon cookies.

And what about sugarplum cookies? Can anyone tell me where I can find some good, old fashioned, traditional cookies like the ones I listed? No, you probably can’t. Those are the kinds of cookies that come from our friends and from our families. And from alcohol-induced cookie exchanges with a bunch of MAWGW (Middle Aged Women Gone Wild). â€" Steph DeRosa

MORE COOKIES: See what's already in our cookie jar.