Advent 2025 - Day 15

[wiseheart]

New week, more slave labour. *sigh* Mum checked her calendar and realized that it's (apparently) time to change the bedding. So we filled Louise the Elder with bed linens, pillow cases and the likes. Joy, joy.

I also went to the Auchan supermarket and managed to spend an ungodly amount of money. Well, Mum's Christmas present (two boxes of Lindor chocolate balls and a big box of Pocket Coffee) was included, as well as a jar of pistachio spread for me, so it wasn't really surprising. Two minor annoyances lit up my day (NOT): the wending machine for coffee had been exchanged for a new, shiny model that stubbornly refused to work, so no coffee for yours truly, and I managed to leave the big tub of fruit yogurt behind while trying to stuff everything I had bought into just two shopping bags, so that I could board the tram without too much difficulty. That was the yogurt I wanted to use for müesli. Now I had to sacrifice the tub of cinnamon-and-apple yogurt for the same, which is a sacrilege if you ask me, but there was no way around it. Damn my sieve brain! No surprising, though, I was still annoyed by not getting that coffee.

Anyway, we had leftovers for lunch, so after having started Louise, I had the time to glace and decorate my almond-poppy seed cookies from yesterday. They turned out really pretty. I might take a photo of them (and the pistachio stars) later, unless I forget it again.

So, that was basically it, a busy day, but at least a successful one. Tomorrow I'll make the flourless almond cookies, making a cooked chocolate cream filling for the first time in my life. I hope I won't butcher it, as I bought butter, for just this purpose (otherwise we use margarine for everything), and a whole Tafel of dark chocolate. *fingers crossed*

Comments

[meathiel]

I bought my mum's gifts today as well ... 😁😁😁

Good luck for the chocolate cream.

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

The chocolate cream definitely isn't worth the effort — chocolate buttercream or ganache is the way to go!

[sallymn.livejournal.com]

I got tired just reading that!

The present for your mum sounds yummy and wonderful!

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I do lead a busy life, for that I rarely leave the house. *sigh*

[adafrog.livejournal.com]

Good luck with th cream filling.

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Thanks. Next time I'll definitely replace it with something easier that has more chance to actually work. This one curdled a bit, despite my best efforts.

[adafrog.livejournal.com]

Dang.

[elwenlj.livejournal.com]

I hope the chocolate cream works/worked out well. Forgetting stuff at the checkout is so darned annoying, particularly as there's no way you can prove you did leave it.

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I know. It rarely happens to me, but even in those rare occasions, it's very annoying.

[noadvertising.livejournal.com]

Sh.. happens. It's annoying, it can be pricy, but we are human. My problem is that my car boot is very good at hiding things I bought. Preferably those which should have been put in the fridge.

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Ouch! Those things tend to move off on their own after a while...

[noadvertising.livejournal.com]

Not on their own, but the organic waste bin is not far off my car- fortunately!