Firstly, the bread was not a catastrophe, but quite a success! The kids were super excited and gave the flour and yeast a good old stir. Ten minutes or so of me hand kneading the dough quickly grew boring, as did the ‘letting it rise’ part. We were all suitably impressed when the bread came out looking like this (but without the ‘test’ slice cut off).

By the time my man or mum arrived and saw/tasted the bread, the mice CHILDREN had eaten a big hole in the middle. Hmph! And then Mum said the bread was like sourdough. Hmph! But it was lovely with honey. Although I’ve decided to borrow my folks’ bread machine tomorrow…

It was only today that I realised that the AU/US exchange rate is looking up… so I ordered a couple of things on my beloved ETSY. Some very nice looking patterns from Manimina ~ Casual Elegance for Extraordinary Kids and a pendant kit from Annie Howes Can’t wait to get them! I’m busting to make Zoe some summer dresses, and the pendants I’m hoping will make nice little christmas pressies. Unfortunately my sewing room is still ’out of order’, I think I’ll do 30 minutes in there tonight before bed to get started.

I picked up this weird/cute head scarf at an op shop last week in a ‘fill a bag for $5′ sale (gotta love them!). I truly love the yellow polkadot fabric, but I’m not sure about the padded section. Any comments?

I’m questioning my fashion sense at the moment. Crisis of confidence made worse by my mother handing me a ‘Fashion Makeover’ book. More on that once I’ve read it

xoxo