Ice Cream, Bags & Crumbs

Yesterday was Ben & Jerry's Free Cone giveaway in celebration for they (insert year) anniversary! So after work, I went to the nearest participating shop, which was in Macy's Herald Sq (4th Fl). When I went on the queue, there were like 20 ppl ahead of me, but in like 2 mins, I was up to the counter cuz there were like 10 scoopers on call. My lil sis finished volunteering at Beth Israel Med Cntr and joined as well. She got there before me, but she asked for chocolate. She regretted this flavor immediately and asked me to get her the strawberry so we can switch. Being the elder sister that I am and since there weren't that many flavors available (chocolate, vanilla, strawberry, late-nite snack, cookie n' cream, and maybe 1 or 2 more), I didn't mind switching. Sorry for the bad quality, I was using my phone cam.

Every time I'm in Macy's, I can't resist taking a look around the 1st floor collection of hand bags. I'm starting to really like these mini-cross-body bags and love see the different styles they come in:

I don't know why so many women like COACH, but the reason I don't is b/c I don't like it's logo all over the bag. But the only COACH bag that I've come to like and would buy was this one. This bag is sooo small that I probably can only fit 2 fists in here but it looks so unique tho, kinda like a beetle lols

And if the bag is vintage style, I like them even MORE!!!!! so i almost had a bag-gasm when i saw FOSSIL's collection of vintage bags. I just love the leather straps, leather material, double-buckle thing, etc <3

I saw a nice lil knapsack and green purse that would be perfect for looking cute in the summer season:
 

Then I made my way into the scarves section and I couldn't resist looking and feeling them. I really liked this silky-wavy brown scarf from Ralph Lauren. I'm also starting to like these scarves that has this tapestry feel to it.

Ralph Lauren silky scarf

tapestry-like scarf

Finally, there was a new Crumbs bake shop opening on 2 Park Ave (betw. 32&33 St). And apparently, every time a new shop opens up, they give away free cupcakes and they were doing just that for the first 1000 visitors.

They open at 7am and when I got there at around 8:45 am, there was a line of course. But luckily, I was customer #150 something b/c when I left the store, I heard the cashier tell a lady she was #161. There were so many toppings/flavors and the cupcakes were huge too. They weren't the taster's size, but the signature size, which is like bigger than my fist! I overheard that the carrot cake one was sold out, so that one must be a popular one, and I saw that the red velvet was running out as well. I was tempted by the cappucino and tiramisu and peanut butter flavors, but I eventually decided on one =D

Can you guess which one was inside? ^_^

GRASSHOPPER!
Rich chocolate cake filled with chocolate fudge and topped with mint flavored cream cheese frosting with chocolate cake crumbs, edged in mini chocolate chips with a vanilla buttercream rosette.

top-view
or just more cupcake cam whoring
just looking at this pic again makes me want to pick out those chocolate chips one by one

My review of the GRASSHOPPER:
I didn't know what I was expecting, but from the rave reviews about Crumbs cupcakes, I think I may have been expecting too much. It had the texture taste of any cupcake I've eaten before, but with just the right amount of moisture that I like. I mean, you can see the moisture glistening on the chocolate cake after so many hours. I like mint, but a lot of ppl think it tastes like toothpaste, and for me, the mint flavored creme cheese they used here did leave a toothpaste-like taste on my tongue. It wasn't a particularly bad thing, but it was a factor that made me decide not to get this one again. But I had no problem at with the mint chocolate chips. This cupcake looks like sugar overload (but what cupcake isn't?), but I didn't think the cake part tasted as sweet as I thought it would be, which was better for me. The part that you can really taste the excess sweetness would prolly be in the green cream.

Anyways, this was a nice Crumbs experience. I think this cupcake has satisfied my cupcake craving for the year too! I'm more of a person into the cake rather than the cupcake. But I do want to try Magnolia Bakery, so that will be my next stop! =D

I ate it at home after work b/c I didn't want a sugar rush so early in the morning.
Boy, don't I look like a hot mess!
and I did share this with my lil sister, hahas