It has been quite a busy day, the weather hasn't been that good, but with the crowds out and about you would thing it was almost Christmas! Darren and I went off to get the last of the grocery shopping at 8.30 am, we obviously had a sausage sandwich to start the excursion! The store was already heaving, I hate to imagine what it was like later in the day. We came home and I had a lovely seasonal basket arrive from the girls at the studio.

After a bit of a rest I decided to have a go at the cranberry bread, a recipe I got from Patty when I was in America. I also made some mince pies. The cakes sunk a little bit, but I don't worry about that now as I know we have to do the best we can with the unreliable gas pressure!

Tina and I tried it and it cooked through okay, it is a bit tart but actually pretty tasty. I had a little while before I caught the bus to town for my haircut. So I tried doing a bit of the jigsaw. There must be a hundred white pieces and they are literally just white, so I have to find the places by looking closely at the shapes, luckily they are not completely uniform.

I have actually completed the white part since I took this picture. The weather was miserable when I caught the bus, grey, damp and cold. I had a couple of errands to do and then went to the hairdressers. Leaving there I walked along to the studio to see the girls and thank them for the lovely plant arrangement and to collect the trinket box which I am pleased with.

I walked home from the studio, my ankle was quite painful today but going slowly it wasn't too bad getting home. May do a bit more of the jigsaw this evening, starting the countries should be fun!