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 | 	- I'm a yelp star snob.  When I see a lot of mixed user reviews and a less-than-4* rating for an establishment, I'm hesitant to try said establishment.  After all, my time is important to me and my money even more so....
That said, I needed to bring something dessert-y to a dinner party.  Where?  After a quick search, I learned that there is a cupcake shop close to UNLV (where I work).  Gigi's is fairly easy to find and has a lot of parking, as it's right in the huge Target complex on the NW corner of Flamingo and Maryland Parkway.
The smell of buttercream hits you as you enter the shop.  Lovely!  I chose to buy one dozen cupcakes (I decided to get one cupcake/flavour).  The cupcakes looked beautiful and the amount of buttercream was at least as high as each cupcake itself.  Not that that is a problem for ME!  (For other folks, just scrape off the buttercream tower.)  The cupcakes were all large enough to be cut into quarters, allowing partygoers to sample several flavours.  I found the cake itself to be moist and flavourful; I tried the lemon dream supreme, Texas milk chocolate, and the red velvet and all were quite good.
The cupcakes aren't cheap; you will pay $3.50/cupcake or $3/cupcake if you buy a dozen.  You can sign up for the Gigi's loyalty card and earn points for each purchase.  I did, and with my purchase of 12 cupcakes, I've already earned 36 points (50 points gets you a $5 credit).  When you register your Gigi card online, you get a bonus $5 credit.
I'm excited -- and scared! -- of this place being so close to work!!  ;)
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