Small Pleasures for August - Rundown

Ok, I seem to finally have some time to take a breath! And realise that my SP for last month were dismal ;) But still here is the rundown!

Completed
(1) Go to the zoo for Monkey's birthday
I am going to be slightly 'creative' and count this one even though it didn't eventuate as it was through no fault fo our own! I had my heart set on a zoo trip for her birthday for ages but considering it was 14 degrees and pouring with rain it wasn't really going to cut it so we went to a play cafe instead which she loved. Will post pics soon.

(3) Bake trial ladybug cake
I wonder if I should get double points for this considering I baked two trial cakes - and lucky I did too as I needed it! Turns out a huge dome shaped cake with triple the recipe takes a long long time to bake. And normal red food colouring will not make huge quantities of white buttercream icing the right shade of red! The trials were very valuable though as it all worked in the end.

(4) Bake ladybug cake for party
Done and done successfully I think! Thanks to the nine million trials as stated above ;)

(5) Complete photocollage for party
I ended up doing this in three month intervals and it was quite effective. I ran out of time to do it as a true scrapbook page though which was probably a good thing as I would have been the only one to notice it!

Half Completed
(2) Bake birthday cupcakes for the day and baby group
Cupcakes for her birthday were a hit, and I was pleased with how they turned out. I did fairy cakes for her actual birthday and ladybug cupcakes for her party. I did also bake and freeze some for baby group but I didn't get to go today so they are still in the freezer.

(6) Complete Monkey's Baby Book
I did update it somewhat but then realised it was hard to fill out all the birthday parts! So still need to finish this off properly.

Not Completed
(7) Read a book
Considering I spent almost every waking hour baking, this had no chance of happening

(8) Complete two scrap pages
As above ;)

(9) Get proper update for PhotoShop Shiny
I didn't do this because in the end I decided my gorgeous mixer would be a better use of my birthday money and I don't regret it for a second. Am going to be getting this in a couple of days though as I have saved up for it now. (Go the budget!)

(10) Buy external harddrive for digiscrap files
Some as above! But next on my 'save for' list.

The month in review:
Basically shocking! 5 out of 10, but hey, there's always September.

Now off to catch up blogging about those that actually did happen ;)