Satisfying Day

Its done nothing but rain today. Definitely not a day to be doing outside work. I spent the morning sorting out Christmas. I've written the lists and started to plan with earnest.

I now know how many Christmas cards I'll need and spent the rest of the morning making the homemade ones for close family and friends. I'll buy the Oxfam ones I need on Friday at work. With impending royal mail strikes I want to be ready to go when its safe to post them and I want the pick of the selection avaliable.

This afternoon I've baked. After a rough survey around the family I've discovered that they're more in to biscuits than cake currently so I tried out a new recipe for chewy choc chip biscuits. Should have had nuts in them but no one else likes nuts so I was outvoted. I've pictured them above .

Now I'm off to make a nice slow cooked veggie stew; perfect for a damp and dark sort of autumnal day