First Class

Last night was my first Cake Decorating class, and it was really fun. The whole day was good......ok not the first 3hrs at work, but the rest was good. Both me and T(my friend that is taking the classes w/me) both had to work that day, so after we got off we headed to the mall so she could help me find a shirt to wear to M's birthday party, and to grab something for dinner. We had an hour and a half before the class started so plenty of time. We had a blast, and I did find a shirt it's really cute, then we grabbed some pretzels from Auntie Anne's for dinner. I know what a great dinner :).

We got to the class about 10 mins early and there was already a few ladies there. Our instructor is this very sweet grandma that is pretty laid back. She's been decorating cakes for 20yrs, and she doesn't eat cake go figure! We didn't really "do" anything at the class, she just showed us how to frost the cake so it was smooth....which is really cool! Sorry not telling! Also told us how to make the frosting, how to make a few designs(stars, shells, zigzags and a rose), and some other little tips like taking a picture of all the cakes you do so you can see how far you've come, and what to improve on. Til next week we are to practice the designs she showed us(except the rose those are hard), using anything we can, frosting(ideally), mashed potatoes, peanut butter, things like that....I'm not kidding that's what she told us to do, anything to get us to practice. For next class we need to bring in a cake frosted. And we will work on our techniques at class. It was really fun, now I'm trying to figure out how to roll these stinken, parchment triangles!!

I'm out of cake mixes at the house and since I have to make so many cakes for the classes I picked some up at the store today. I like to let N help me grocery shop so I let him pick out one box. What does the boy grab Chocolate fudge! Now for those of you that don't know me very well......I'm not a chocolate fan, not at all. I'll eat it every once in a while, and it's maybe 2 M&M's or one of those mini Halloween size Crunch bars at the most. I also can't stand fudge, I will not go near it if it's got fudge in it! I didn't want to get it, and tried to get N to pick something else, he wouldn't have it. Hubby said "You asked him and that's what he picked" He was right, I need to be fair, so we got it. Needless to say that cake will be one that goes straight to work....I will cut out one piece for N, but the rest is going to work. The other cakes we got were Butter Pecan(Daddy's pick) and French Vanilla(My pick).

Talking about work they all love that T and I are taking this class. The girls up front keep bugging me on when I'm bringing a practice cake in for them to eat. I did tell them that I'm bringing the cakes straight to the store after the classes so I didn't have to eat them or try and get them home :)! Well, now that I rambled on enough, I'm off to bed it's almost 11 here, I'll update everyone tomorrow about M's therapies, and party plans