cake!

there is a good reason we called this blog mountains, molehills and cake - CAKE!!

thanks to all at the Albert Embankment office for making, selling, buying and eating cake like there's no tomorrow this morning - we raised a fantastic, and unexpected £107!

it has taken our total above three quarters of the way to the mashoosive target, and I am so grateful to burst through that barrier. Its real progress, and it feels like we are on the final stretch now.

proof of cake:

I regrettably didn't get any shots of Jo's hundred of gorgeously iced cupcakes, Aunty Sylv's delicious lemon drizzle or country loaf, Dee's pals incredible choc creation covered in roses and gold, Janine's extremely tasty (I would know - i ate two) gingerbread and white choc shapes, Robbie's irresitable (Susanne...) muffins or any of the lush choc brownies... or the others if I missed any I apologise!

how are we getting on?

We had a fab afternoon, with Amanda and Sam birlliantly hosting a family fun party at a Scout hut in leafy South Croydon. Their friends all brought their kiddies and we played, ate, watched the best puppet show by Mary which kept everyone (parents included) rapt for half an hour and then made puppets.

Everyone was generous with sponsorship and advice and really kind with good wishes - Thank you everyone who came to have a nice afternoon and support our adventure, and raise some more money for Marie Curie!

We are now just about at the two thirds mark of our fundraising total, and still have some events to go as well as this awesome book coming out next week. Can't wait!

Chloe

arghhhhh fundraising panic!

I just had a lovely phone call from a Marie Curie lady calling to see how the fundraising is going. She was dead helpful in suggesting things Rosie and I could do, and supportive when she heard of our current ideas.

but

she told me that we need to have £6K in the bank by 24th November

arghhhhhh - i had thought it said December - 5 weeks for 4 grand! I know we can ask them for an extension if we are completely stuck, which we wont be, but

argghhhhhhhhh - stop shopping, get collecting and planning the events!

Chloe

first supper club!

Last night saw our first supper club - it went really well and Rosie and I had a great time cooking up a storm - thank you to our marvellous guests for being such fun and eating and drinking till we had nothing left!

Also happy happy birthday (tomorrow) to Rosie!

We are almost at 20% of our fundraising target now, which is so exciting.

Chloe