We're planning my daughter's Christening for next Sunday, and I am up to my eye balls in to-do lists and recipes and planning planning planning.
We're having a mid-morning service and then a Christening tea for 40 odd people afterwards at our house. I've never done anything more ambitious than try and cook dinner for 6 people, so to say that I am slightly overwhelmed is an understatement.
I had a bit of an outfit disaster this morning when I tried on what I was planning to wear, to discover that it's just all wrong. But thank goodness for the Trenery sale, what impeccable timing. I managed to find a navy draped skirt in jersery and a black cardigan, so now I have a choice of two outfits, depending on how summery the day turns out to be.
It's quite a tricky one dress-code wise - while the church and tea is casual, I'd really like to wear a skirt, and have lovely black patent leather peep toe mules from last summer that I never got to really wear after giving up heels once I fell pregnant.
My daughter also has a choice of outfits - a christening dress from my husband's family (she's too big for my dress, it was made for a 3 month old) that has been passed down and is all lace and chiffon, or a new one that her Granny is making. Why two? Well, because she's offered, so who am I to say no?
So apart from outfits, there's the champagne and glasses to organise, flowers to buy, ingredients to buy and cakes to bake (I'm going to make a pecan and carrot cake, spinach and feta quiche, blueberry muffins and cheese muffins) plus all the other culinary contributions from the women on both sides of the family to organise, a final interview at the church and a hair appointment for me.
Once I have this out of my system, I can assure you that my daughter's first birthday party next February is going to be a very intimate affair, with only a few little friends and a picnic blanket somewhere. While my 30th birthday party will hopefully be spent by me and my husband and a bottle of champagne, and no other guests whatsoever!
Thursday, August 11, 2011
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