A Little Something

I haven't done much exploring around the neighbourhood but yesterday I found a wonderful shop that does cupcakes.  Red velvet with sparkle on the icing and a beautiful sugar rose.  Yum.

I'm also loving the Metlink (public transport) Christmas advertising; BUSter and the TRAINdeer spreading the word about holiday schedules.

Settling In

We are settling in.  After a couple of nights on the tiles, returning in the wee small hours, Poppy now seems happy to hang around the house.  Huia is still regularly sleeping off the exhaustion of chasing blowflies and getting amongst the unpacking.

Downsizing

I am still unpacking and probably will be for a little while yet.  Part of the reason for this is time but a big part is that my new place is smaller than my old one, particularly the kitchen.  This is pretty much the whole thing with the exception of a tall pantry cupboard you can see the edge of on the left.

A lot of careful packing of cupboards is in progress and I have even (shock!, horror!) put some things aside to donate to a charity shop.  If you are eagle eyed you will see that this hasn't stopped the early preparation stages of Christmas Cake.