Advent-sure!
You can tell when it's 24 days before Christmas here, because suddenly, everything is Natalizia ! And each day, a little more is added. This morning involved cleaning up yesterday's baking craziness, far more evident in daylight. I stayed in my PJs because I could! My sweeping, mopping, and re-wiping surfaces started the day, but I did sit with Joe and have coffee while we looked at a few things for when Rachele comes to town. While sitting on the sofa, my phone rang. Mariella said you're coming to lunch, right? Of course! Why would we ever say no? I quickly showered, finally washed my hair, then dressed and got ready. We spent some time looking at our Thailand honeymoon trip before we final book. I found a Black Friday Weekend offer where the second guest gets 75% off, so I'm angling to be the second guest! Lunch included pasta with zucchine and cheese, breaded cutlets, a multi-ingredient salad, ficodindia, the pandora Christmas cake, Christmas biscotti and pistacchio...