Saturday, 6 September 2008

one cake, two cakes, three cakes

number of websites visited to try and find a local replacement for the raw wedding cake: 9000?

number of supermarkets visited to...... : 4


number of farm shops visited to ....... : 4


cost of replacement cake in Betty's : way too much...........


numbers of offers from friends to bake me a cake: 2 - I know they don't read this, but I thank them.


number of miles driven today to fantastic deli where they had perfect cakes: 23


number of happy children who got to visit castle near perfect cake shop and clamber on ruins, and play in the moat: 2


number of happy children who got to go and see a exhibition of Quentin Blake illustrations near perfect cake shop :2



amount of money I wasted by not cooking cakes properly : we won't go there....


number of cakes marzipanned and ready for their icing next week : 3




number of extra wrinkles/stress lines/ grey hairs : can't count........
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11 comments:

  1. LinaSeptember 07, 2008 2:08 am

    Oh poor you Tess - how stressful! Glad things are finally going your way...!

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  2. LynnSeptember 07, 2008 4:44 am

    So glad there's a happy ending, but egad! -- what a lot of work to get there! (Judging from the location of that castle, I'm thinking you must live in one of my very favorite parts of England...sigh!)

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  3. silverpebbleSeptember 07, 2008 3:54 pm

    Phew - what a relief, but what a lot of slog and research to get there.

    I am experiencing some envy at your visit to the Quentin Blake exibition. Thanks for the little QB pic - it made me smile!

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  4. periwinkleSeptember 07, 2008 4:35 pm

    at least you've got the cakes now. I love Helmsley , I used to go camping there. Did you see the teddy bear shop up the back alley - or maybe its not there anymore!!
    Lisa x

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  5. Garden GirlSeptember 07, 2008 5:45 pm

    Oh poo. Have you got a supply of chocolate in?x

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  6. angharad handmadeSeptember 07, 2008 8:53 pm

    Glad you found a deli to save the day! Hope you haven't lost too much sleep. At least you had the silver lining of a lovely day out!

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  7. SimoneSeptember 07, 2008 9:11 pm

    That's a lot of numbers! At least they are marzipaned now. I hope you have a stress free week!

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  8. kristinaSeptember 07, 2008 10:49 pm

    Whew! But at least there was some Quentin Blake at the end :) K x

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  9. dottycookieSeptember 07, 2008 11:18 pm

    That must be a huge relief. I feel relieved and I wasn't even the one with the cake crisis!

    A Quentin Blake exhibition sounds fab though.

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  10. ZoyaSeptember 08, 2008 6:37 am

    I'm glad you found the replacement and the kids enjoyed the outing. Hopefully there is going to be no more stress related to the wedding.

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  11. dragonflySeptember 08, 2008 9:11 am

    I shouldn't laugh, but I'm sat here smiling at your post! I'm glad your sense of humour is still intact - I'm not sure mine would be!

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