being away from home over Christmas has been really hard. but there are some things that made it just a little bit easier (or harder -elizabeth and i couldn't decide if familiar things made it harder or easier to cope). at home, baking is a big part of the holidays...here, it's a harder since we don't have an oven or a fred meyer to run to for last minute ingredients. but elizabeth and i were bound and determined to do our best, so one night we wrote out our grocery list and set out for itaewon, (a kind of foreigner's haven). after searching a couple different foreign food markets, we went home victorious (and broke).


evaporated milk -$2.50


chocolate -$2.50


marshmallows -$3.00


duncan hines frosting -$5.50


"sugar powder" (aka powdered sugar) -$3.00


sprinkles!! -$3.50


fudge, chex muddy buddies, and sugar cookies -priceless!