social calls

rebeccmeister came over for tea today! She gets up to these parts about once or twice a year (usually for STP and family visits) and we have our yearly in person conversation over tea. This time she brought her gentleman friend (who is very nice and very patient around small children who admire his red shoes) and we had a lovely time despite interruptions from one Senor Onion.
Highlights: Having a conversation and then remarking, "um...Senor Onion, where are your trousers?" It was Rebecca's gentleman friend who pointed out that it was really a party. Yes. Quite right. It is a true party when someone begins to get naked. Senor Onion ate too many cookies (as they were within reach) and he had been without a nap. so it was like partying with any good drunk.
If there were just tea, cookies and sweets.
It was great to see her and catch up on all kinds of subjects. I sent her and her gentleman friend home with a nice assortment of cookies. Doing my bit to help get butter to people. In one form or another.

I did MORE grocery shopping today. It was a case of running out of things as the baking isn't quite finished. Thankfully I was able to ice the Christmas cakes tonight. Hot-diggity-dog. I also did a quick inventory of our cookie cutters and it seems we are missing our gingerbread man. What is that all about? Oh well. maybe tomorrow when I am looking for something to decorate the top of the cake, I will pick up another gingerbread man cutter. Details.

Tomorrow morning we are getting our tree. I will light that sucker and get it decorated. It will be fun.