Yay!  We here at Muddy’s get WAY into Valentine’s Day, both the lovey side and the sinister bitter side.  So this year, we have a series of contests and fun times leading up to the big day and we want YOU to participate!  Here’s what we’ve got coming up…

Wednesday Feb 8 through Tuesday Feb 14: Cupcake Guessing Contest!
We’ll have a guessing contest for y’all to guess how many cupcakes we’ll sell from the bakery case on Feb 14th. No limit on submissions per customer; to submit a guess, visit the bakery and fill out a guess form. The person who guesses the closest will receive a dozen cupcakes and a cherry pie!

THURSDAY FEB 9: entries due for poetry contest and best VDay gift.
Poetry contest:  Submit a short (6 lines or less) poem expressing the darker side of VDay (but still appropriate to share on the blog) for a chance to win a dozen voodoo cookies on VDay.  Email submissions to eat@muddysbakeshop.com; be sure to include your name and contact info.
Best VDay contest: Let us know the best VDay gift you ever received (again, keep it clean)  for a chance to win a conversation heart cake on VDay.  Email submissions to eat@muddysbakeshop.com; be sure to include your name and contact info.

FRIDAY FEB 10:
Dress up day!  The theme is anti-valentine’s, so get into the Anti VD spirit with your outfits, etc and come join us for the fun.
Poetry contest submissions published and winner announced!

SATURDAY FEB 11: lovey dovey Valentine’s… this is the time to break out your pink and red and be nauseatingly cute.
Best VDay gift winner announced!

TUESDAY FEB 14: VALENTINE’S DAY!!! Dress up with whichever theme you want and go all out! We hope you join us!!!!

Yikes!  We forgot that this weekend is fall break for lots of y’all and we baked too much!!!  We have about 350 cupcakes leftover from last night so Thomas and I are up here at the shop having an impromptu bake sale until we sell out.

1 cupcake = $1
a dozen cupcakes = $5
Fill your own bakery box!

ALL $$$ go to St. John’s Episcopal Church!!!!!!!!!!!

Cash only… we don’t have the register set up.  :)  I’ll post on facebook when we close up.  SO COME OVER NOW and get your super-cheap goodies and support a good cause!

and here’s Kip with the Zoo Rendezvous report…

Zoo Rendezvous this year rocked.

We made mini Shady Wake and Nancy’s Boy pie bites along with mini chocolate chip cookies and double chocolate sea salt cookies.

I took some of the crew along for the ride… from the Underground we have Leah and Karen! From the Sanderlin team we have Lea, Nicci, and Bill! I think it’d be safe to say they had a great time…

So let’s see.. some of my favorites from around town… the Bang Bang Shrimp from Bonefish Grill was superb. Beef Tenderloin from Folks Folly in East Memphis was as tender as ever! I’m a big shrimp and grits person. It’s my Michael Jordan dish. I gotta say, Owen Brennan’s has it goin’ on. Banana Pudding from Dixie Cafe, pasta salad from Cheffie’s, and fried goat cheese from Automatic Slim’s were a few of my favorites.

Now, it’s looking toward next year! What do you think would be a good sampler? Let me know!

Come check out Janine and Leah, two of our bakers extraordinaire, whip up a food demo at the Memphis Music and Heritage Festival this weekend!

They will be showing everyone how to make our delicious brown butter sea salt crispy rice treats and helping kids cut some plain crispy treats into shapes.  Fun!

We’re baaaaaaaack!!!
We all had such a great time getting some much needed R&R, but it’s always so great to be BACK in the shop! Within days, we find ourselves missing all of your happy, shining faces and getting excited about our triumphant return to the bakery.
Are we workaholics? Probably not.
Attention whores who feed on your goodwill and friendly banter like Kat feeds on pie? Absolutely.

Thanks for making us feel so loved and needed! And come by and say HI!!!

Hello.  My name is Kat and I am a terrible blogger.

Apologies all around for my scattered and inconsistent blogging habits lately!
Things have been BONKERS at the bakery AND we’re pretty short staffed in relation to how many orders we’re getting (check our careers page if interested) AND T and I moved to a new home AND I am just nuts in general, so not the best atmosphere to encourage on-the-ball investigatory journalism blogging.  I still love y’all and please don’t give up on me- things will inevitably settle a teeny bit and allow life to return to normal (or what passes for “normal” in Muddy’s World) 

Does this person look stable enough to be a dependable blogger?  No sirree.

ps. While not all small biz owners look like this, believe me, it’s what’s on the inside.