Okay guys, I need your advice on a very serious issue...

What is better for a book launch party--cake, cupcakes, or cookies?

All this time I've been thinking cake since a cake with the CROSS MY HEART AND HOPE TO SPY bookjacket made entirely out of icing would probably be the most awesome thing in the universe.

However, (as my very wise sister pointed out) do you really want to mess with cutting and serving cake at the launch party? I mean, seriously. I have personally been the official "cake server" at about two dozen weddings and it's a pretty icky job. And then you have to make sure there are plates...and forks... And it's really hard to party-hardy when you're worried about stocking the fork supply!

So that brings us to my good friend, the cupcake. All the delicious icy-ness of cake, but in a convenient paper wrapper. Of course it's probably not possible to have a Gallagher Girl on every single cupcake, but it's also not necessary to be on fork patrol either.

However, with cake, if there's a much larger-than-anticipated crowd you can cut the pieces smaller. With cupcakes, you're locked in to a number. Even if you've got people (and yes, Mom, I'm talking to you) who will only eat a half bite of a cupcake and then "be so full" (note to self: be more like your mother), so cupcakes can, on occasion, be sort of wasteful.

Which brings us to, perhaps, my favorite combo ever: the cupcake AND cookie tray option. You get cupcakes and their advantages and also cookies which can come in a variety of sizes and flavors. And, let's face it, most people will always pick up and enjoy a cookie.

But I can't decide!

Help!

Ally

ps....it's ONE WEEK AND COUNTING, by the way. That's seven days, people.

pps...I'm STILL freaking out!!!!