Christmas cards, cake and dinner set.

I made some more Christmas cards yesterday and started writing in the ones I’d already made.

Christmas Cards

Christmas Cake

The girls wanted to bake when they got home from school so we made a fruitcake. We used this recipe and I have to say, I’ve never cooked the ingredients before the finished batter goes in the oven!

We’ll be decorating the cake on Friday night after dinner and we’re all looking forward to it. KayCee wants to roll out the marzipan (and no doubt have a sneaky taste at some point!). Ella wants to roll out the icing.
I bought some ready coloured piping icing and various decorations for the top. I’m sure the girls will make a great job 🙂

Christmas Dinner Set

I got a new Christmas dinner set on Sunday. Every year for the last few years, at our local B&M, they’ve had a lovely Christmas dinner set in. Every year I’ve wanted to buy a set but have ummed and arred about it, until last year.
I made the decision to get a set the next time I went and of course, it had sold out.
I didn’t expect it to be in again this year but I was really pleased to see the shelf being stacked on Saturday.
The salt and pepper pot and gravy boat were in the sales in January this year and as soon as I saw the plates and bowls back in stock, I knew I had to have it.
Ant fetched it for me on Sunday and now I’m looking forward to Christmas dinner even more!

I’m getting more and more organised by the day 🙂