Hello! I hope you all had a wonderful holiday and have recovered a little bit. My husband and I had a wonderful Christmas alone and started our new Christmas Eve tradition by celebrating it Japanese style. Trust me, going to KFC once a year is enough for me. I also made my Christmas cake! It turned out very good. The recipe I used is here. We also had a nice, quiet Christmas Day. My husband got me a Sriracha cookbook that I've already put to use (it's awesome). What did you all get this year? I'd love to know what kind of goodies you all got!
Your cake looks gorgeous. Great job!
ReplyDeleteThis year I received a series of lovely small paintings that I can't wait to hang, and a wooden octopus necklace that is just so adorable I want to wear it with everything – whether it matches or not.
I bet that wooden octopus necklace is adorable!
DeleteSo doing a Japanese Christmas next year!
ReplyDeleteIt was a fun way to break up the monotony of the regular Christmas stuff!
Deleteoh my ;DD it looks like your xmas was amazing!!
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That's a cool new tradition! Joe and I really wanted to make some new traditions this year, but we were insanely busy!!! And then he had to leave me to go take care of his Grandpa! Sad.
ReplyDeleteYour cake is sooooo prettty! I want some.
Oh no...I hate that. I hope he's doing better!
DeleteOh my gosh! Your cake is totally divine!
ReplyDeleteThank you!
DeleteP.S. - I don't know if you got my email about the crochet coasters you sent. They are adorable! Thanks so much!!
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I'm glad you like them!!!
DeleteIn my family we do what we like to call a "Buy Your Own Damn Present" Christmas. We each spend a couple hundred dollars on ourselves, then bring what we bought to unwrap in front of everyone else. It works pretty well, everyone gets exactly what they want.
ReplyDeleteI swear...I think more families should do that. There's no sense in spending lots of money on things that won't get used!
DeleteGreat tradition! I actually told my family about the Japanese tradition of KFC and they were super impressed and thought it made complete sense. Wouldn't have known that without your lovely blog. Seriously craving fried chicken now, and just like you, once a year is enough :)
ReplyDeleteThank you! It was lots of fun so we'll certainly be making it a tradition at our house.
DeleteWhat a cute cake! I got a good book for Christmas too, and a sewing machine!
ReplyDeleteThat's awesome!
DeleteI love the cake!!
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