Awesome topic idea! You all have no idea how much better this is making me feel. I will admit, that these aren't actually my very first cookies...I took a little workshop one summer evening from a friend and made a few cookies there, but there is no photographic evidence. I ate them before anyone could take pictures because they were so truly awful. It took me 6 months to get up the courage to do some more, and these are a big improvement believe me! I didn't have the right kind of food colouring either, so they are pink stockings instead of the red ones I had envisioned! LOL