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