Cookies are my currency. 

Nabbed an HBO GO subscription for a couple cups of flour, a bag of M&Ms and an hour in the kitchen. 

Either I've got really generous friends or these cookies are that good. 

Plowed through an entire season of Girls. (I don't care what you think about the show - love it, hate it, secretly love it but say you hate it - the music is spot on).  

Now I'm onto Newsroom. Kind of/sort of my (work) life in a nutshell. Minus the actual news part, a level of seriousness and obvious control room gaffes. (Producers aren't hand-typing graphics to smite talent ten seconds before hitting air. They just aren't). Either way, plugs the gaping Sunday night programming hole. 

YEAH BARTERING. 

{Recipe: Mini Rainbow M&M Cookie Sandwiches with Peanut Butter Buttercream Filling via Sally's Baking Addiction}

Evening exercisers often do so because they want to be “tired out” by the time they hit the sack. However, the thermal effect of exercise is the same at any time of day; body temperature rises during and after physical activity. So the body will be "alert" when you're trying to sleep. Working out close to three hours before your bedtime can disrupt the body's circadian clock and may affect your ability to fall asleep and stay asleep. 

THIS. This is how these cookies came to be. Thanks a ton, circadian clock.

And don't ask where I got that scientific nugget. (Cough. AskMen.com). Yep. Answers that sound factual enough to regurgitate, but I wouldn't put money on the factual part. Like, beef-cake Wikipedia.

Also. Can I just say... hiccups on the treadmill are deceptively hazardous.

And mini chocolate chips are adorable.

And if you know a chocolate fiend, it'd be a disservice not to mail them a batch. 

{Chewy Triple Chocolate Cookie Recipe via Annie's Eats}