Re: ***Holiday Planning, 2016***

[blessedw2]

What a great idea d Harriet - u must have been top of ur school - u come up w tangible workable ideas

[blessedw2]

This is the time of year that I start planning for the holidays - believe it or not the tickets for the Christmas Carol comes out
I can't put a money aside yet - which is a bummer

[blessedw2]

someone told me it was 18 weeks until christmas that can't be
its 26 weeks .... why do they scare me

July
buy two gift cards for dd's to victoria secret (good undergarments)
buy dh's undergarments
buy gag gift for nephew (order it)

[Nancy]

The $ went bye bye on the spinning wheel. I need to get going on the holiday fund.

[Nancy]

I am going to sort rolls of gift wrap thinking of solid colors instead of prints, red white blue & green to keep.

[blessedw2]

making up journal for the holidays... I don't have any money put aside!

[Nancy]

Got some extra cake mixes last mo. For cookies and sweet breads. Tried out some recipes that are nearing thier final tweak.

[blessedw2]

well done dear nancy

[blessedw2]

i bought our christmas carol tickets on charge

[Harriet]

I'm also thinking cake and mixes right now, brainstorming a pretty cake (cupcakes?) for dd for this weekend mini-party. I have one of the Cake Doctor books, and there are 2 strawberry cake recipes in there. Her concept is, buy the mix for convenience, but "doctor" it to make it more interesting or homey. She suggests adding chopped fresh strawberries and their juice to a plain white cake mix, and also a package of strawberry gelatin. Sounds cool.

But then... .. I let myself see some strawberry frosting recipes with photos online that are so pretty. (Cake Doctor lady's photos are difficult to see, so don't inspire you much.) So I wonder how far I'll go with this scratch decorated cake business. If the house is a complete mess and I don't get a present purchased, but the cake is very creative, that's the important thing, right....?