18 for Thanksgiving dinner now...

This called for a pit stop at Sur La Table where I picked up some of those great paper cake cases that you can bake into and serve -- also super practical if you're taking the cake as a present and need to transport it. No need for cake pans. I got 2 tart cases, 2 loafs and 2 deep cake cases. That should keep us covered for the holiday season next week. I also got some silicon oven gloves as the regular material ones have not done such a good job lately - if they're even the tiniest bit damp after being washed, the heat goes right through them. Now I've developed an almost Pavlov-like reaction when I wear them--I don't even have to be touching the freaking oven trays and I am already in pain. Let's hope the silicon gloves fix that.

Picked up some more cheesecloths, and some little bouquet garni pouches. They also tempted me with, and I gave in when I saw them, some soup stock socks -- same as the bouquet garni pouches except much larger, meaning you can put all of your veggies etc into the broth and boil away for hours, and there's no need to sieve the veggies out afterwards. They promise a clear broth as a result. We shall see.... Anything to avoid skimming and sieving the fat off...

As you might have guessed, I love SLT *sigh* and could spend every day in there for a month.

The reason I went in the first place was to run in and get an engagement gift...of course once I was inside, the speedy stop turned into 30 minutes of oohing and aahing. Pathetic.

A second stop (enroute home) was at the Paper Source where I couldn't resist getting some of those bird stamps...and then placecards....and not forgetting the letterstamps too.... I have now made 18 placement cards for Thanksgiving dinner. It was so much more fun that I'd thought it was going to be. I kept finding mistakes that irked me, and that just gave me another excuse to redo the (almost invisible) mistakes and continue stamping away to my little heart's content. The sad thing is, they look as though a 10yr old did them, but I love them and they are today's achievement!

Now I'm off to make ratatouille for supper.