Yesterday I needed more cilantro. Vince said he’d run to the store with me. Just as we were checking out, they announced that the next “Cake-a-Rama” was starting in 5 minutes. The checkout lady said all you had to do was stand on a number and you could win a cake. Vince didn’t want to do it but I talked him into it.
I parked myself on number 6 and Vince landed on number 12.
Here’s Tim, the nice assistant manager. Chad used to work t this grocery store. Wouldn’t you know it . . the girl with the numbers chose number 6 and I got to choose a cake. Vince as begging for one of those gooey, nasty chocolate cakes. He kept saying “this one looks really good!” Nope, don’t think so! I chose a white cake with some cherry filling.
Not homemade but not bad — especially since I didn’t have to bake it myself.
Thanks Wood’s Grocery for the free cake!
Regina says
Free cake has no calories because you did not have to buy them, right???
Pat says
What FUN! My grocery store should do that, too……..!
Vicky says
They did that at a Winn-Dixie near my house back home. There was a huge elderly facility next door to it. I used to go to the market on Wednesdays just to watch the elderlies standing on their numbers! They were so cute! Oh, gosh, I don’t mean to imply at all that you and Vince are elderies! Really! Forgot I told that story! xox
Suzanne says
Free always makes it taste good!
pdudgeon says
i wish our grocery store did this! that’s a great idea.
Lois Goblinf says
Hi Judy
I’ve been looking at your mystery quilt instructions again because I think I’d like to have a go at it, because I need another quilt for my bed and this one is really pretty, and I really really need to practise doing some real patchwork where the corners match up, and this one has lots of corners!
But I’ve got a couple of (probably very stupid) questions:
1. I don’t buy my fabric at quilt shops, I buy it all over the place (usually seconds and remnants) and so it’s all different widths – so,
when your instructions say eg 4 1/2 yards of fabric – I’m assuming that’s the length and you’re using a standard width that everyone else but me knows!
What is the (standard) width you use? or is it 4 1/2 yards square?
2. The finished top is 72″ x 96″, is that with or without the borders you added? And is that about the size that would fit a single bed without much hanging over the sides? (I’ve found a list of finished quilt sizes on the net that gave 81×107 for a twin bed.)
I’m going to be biting off more than I can chew and making it into kingsize. Although I think I’ll be doing the maths for the extra blocks AFTER I’ve done the mystery size.
Thanks v much in advance for answers!
Lois Goblinf
Lois Goblinf says
Hi Judy (again, but hopefully before you’ve answered my questions)
I’ve just been looking at the General & Cutting instructions.
And because I’ve never ever actually followed a quilt making pattern before, I’m confused.
When you say for example in background strips 7 – 2″ strips. How do I know how long the strip needs to be?
I suspect this comes back to everyone else using the same width fabric and you’re cutting across the width to make a strip!
In the meantime, I’ll cut the squares, as it doesn’t matter the width for those as long as I actually get the right no. of squares.
Thanks again (and apologies for asking what I think will be pretty stupid questions).
Lois Goblinf