Been invited to my old work's Christmas do. Secret Santa time looms. When one has more time on one's hands one can spend more time going about this task. I remember the days when I had no time and would just buy whoever a pair of yeti feet slippers. Actually there was that one year I bought Toby in accounts a normal pair of slippers. He'd probably have found yeti feet ones an abominable gift as, ironically, they only do them in small to medium sizes and he's got really big feet.
So I'd drawn the lovely Dawn out of the hat. I thought to myself "Well, I know the lovely Dawn likes three things - melting moment biscuits, the TV series Red Dwarf and small cuddly toys that look like hybrids of bears and rabbits. I opt for the melting moments. I skip into the village and The Melting Moment Biscuit Shop. Can you believe it - out of stock! They suggest I make my own. Cracking idea! Much more personal. I could even make my own witty label, like a picture of Chewbacca's body with my head superimposed and 'Adrian's Wookiee Cookies' written underneath (in Comic Sans so she knows it's a joke).
I've never made biscuits before so it gives my 'Use Fridays To Pursue New And Exciting Pastimes' category a much needed boost. I hummed my way over to the library and found a recipe, bought all the ingredients from the local Melting Moment Biscuit Ingredient Shop, which thankfully wasn't out of stock, and spent the afternoon baking.
Et Viola! 12 Melting Moment biscuits. It's just a shame Dawn couldn't make it to the do and so will have to receive them in the post, by which time they'll be as stale as a pancake. I take solace in Shakespeare who so prophetically once wrote "The course of true biscuits never did run smooth".
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