Because carb and sugar overload is inescapable right now, and because cupcake shops have been indestructible for years, and so that you can kiss goodbye to your New Year's resolution right now... Crumbs Bake Shop will open for business Jan. 7 at 303 W. Madison, a spokeswoman says. (There'll be a soft opening between Christmas and New Year's.)

And because giving away cupcakes is a given, the shop will give away 1,000 cupcakes on opening day.

And because cupcakes are indestructible, there are surely more cupcake shops to come.