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last minute panic stations ha ha

The first term of college in finished - Christmas is looming FAST!!! I have given it little of no thought concentrating on getting final designs finished so I don't have to fret too much over the holiday period and can try and relax!!


I have achieved this mostly, the serious essay is pretty much written and I have most of my final scarf designs in the bag so to speak.. they need hemming and I'm going to try to hand roll them, a long and tedious process but a much nicer finish on the end product.

I also want to try and do a couple more in different colourways....

But in the mean time I'm going to crack on with Festive fun...

We braved the Metro centre for almost the most last minute Christmas shopping I have ever done!!!  We managed to get it pretty much done in one swoop - thats the beauty of lists, organisation and Dr Fred not being able to bear shopping for more then 15 minutes!!!  Just shows what can be done when needed!!

I finally baked the Christmas cake last weekend and while it wont be as boozy as normal it will still taste nice - tomorrows job is to ice it.

I have spent all afternoon wrapping pressies and at the end of this week I will head down to Leeds to join the chaos of the girls for the rest of the festive season. 


Time to finish last wrapping!!!

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