5

I had a great blog post written about Lucy turning 5 and then the blogpress app kept playing up so now I've lost it. So a big happy birthday to my funny, excitable, dancing, gorgeous girl. She can't wait to start school next year, she swam her first swimming race just after she turned 5 (25m backstroke in 48 secs), had her first ballet concert and kissed a boy.

Lil' Vintage Story Books

I just read Ingrid's post and thought I would follow in her footsteps and show a Marcel Marlier book,


Debbie Loves To Cook is one of my favorites.


Especially this page, who doesn't love seeing a boy doing the dishes


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The winner is.....

Sorry I forgot to draw the winner last night took myself off to bed early.
Here are all the names, I went old school and wrote them out.



And here they are in my trusty Halloween bucket


And the winner is


And a very fitting winner too, if you haven't read her recent blog post pop over and have a read and I'll be making sure she gives this to her Miss M and doesn't keep them for herself.

Bianca can you email me your colour choice and size and I will place the order.

Thanks to everyone for entering and still reading along. I promise to try and post more in the lead up to Christmas.


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It's beginning to feel a lot like Christmas

I'm trying to be more organized this year after feeling very disorganized when Jeff broke his heel. Today I started baking my Christmas cakes. I've been soaking my fruit for about 6 weeks and I used this recipe for the cake.





For this batch I am making small ones using small loaf tins or these paper baking tray in various sizes that I got from Lark. I used 3 very mini cases to try them out first and when they had cooled I thought I would have a taste and cut a little piece off one, it was lovely and I ended up eating the whole thing.

I didn't follow the recipe totally as I didn't wrap the tins in newspaper prior to baking as they were too awkward to do so. I ended up baking these various sized tins anywhere from 20-40 minutes and they are lovely and golden. Also I am not do the alcohol wash as the fruit is pretty boozy as it is and I'm not sure who they are going to yet.

I've also got some homemade vanilla maturing in a dark place. This was as soon as I made it, it is much darker now.


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Giveaway time

Well I missed blogtoberfest but that doesn't mean there can't be a giveaway. A while ago I got couple of vouchers for some CMUK shoes, which as you know I love.



I was hoping some new colors might come out before the voucher ran out but it looks like that isn't going to happen. Now I've already got 2 pairs and I'm not sure I will be too popular if I bring home another pair which means someone is going to get lucky.

All you have to do is pop over to the CMUK website pick the colour you like (make sure they are available in your size) and come back and tell me the colour and size you want. I'll pick a winner on Sunday night at 8pm.



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