Drinking someone else's liquor cabinet: Golden Margarita

 

For my 30th birthday party, I was given the ends of a liquor cabinet. Luckily, no Baileys, so I don't think that anything will go off.* However: I have no idea how to go about drinking cocktails and there is a LOT of booze in my house. 

In an effort to not buy wine and cider and beer, and to clear some space in my pantry, I have started educating myself in The Way of the Cocktail (that is, I am trying to save money by drinking some of this booze). Let's not get too excited with the concept of "mixology" however: as I now have blue curacao and mango liqueur (amongst other things) so it's doubtful that all of these cocktails will be classy. I see a lot of 90s trashy cocktails in my future (Blue Lagoon party!).

Hey, also, I have no cocktail glasses. So my glass choices are either the pink vintage glasses, the blue vintage glasses, wine glasses, mugs, or champagne bowls. Champagne bowls! ♥♥♥♥

Tonight I made myself a "Golden Margarita", which is

11/2 oz tequila
1/2 oz Cointreau
salt
lime (or lemon, because that's all I had).

Rim the glass using the salt and "lime", shake up the tequila and Cointreau with ice, pour into glass. Garnish with a lemon and some bread crumbs that you've inadvertently picked up because you were too lazy to find a clean chopping board to cut your lemons on.

Have great difficulty making bed. 

This cocktail tastes mostly like tequila and salt, also my tongue is now numb. 

*Not "luckily because I hate Baileys", however. Baileys is my secret shame. Will accept all contributions of Baileys at any time. Nom.