Grand Finale @ Work

30 September 2010
A final sugar high at work today... well technically yesterday now that it's past midnight...

To be honest, I was secretly hoping to celebrate the end of the campaign by NOT baking! but a few colleagues have asked about what I was going to do for the last day, I guess people were expecting something special to finish off perhaps... so I thought a last boost and squeeze and push of my wonderful colleagues wouldn't hurt, more funds = more safe drinking water, so I sent out an email asking for volunteer helpers for my grand finale.

Thanks to my baking comrades - Naomi, Natalie, Heidi, Judi, Lucinda and Geoff, we raised $170.80 on the day!!! I was able to finish baking at 10.30pm!!!!!! that is considered very early for me, normal time is around midnight to late torturous hours around 2am... so I really appreciated the help I got and the stuff we managed to put together. Just look at the photos :)

geoff's impressive tart - made from scratch!!!

Geoff kindly sacrificed his time in the kitchen to make this fancy looking and tasty tart from scratch!! especially with a new born at home, I was quite impressed, he's known to be handy around the kitchen I'm glad I included him on the team :)))))) thanks geoff!

Camera shy Judi stuck to her specialty and made scones with berry jam and cream while Heidi was mumbling about her lindt choc tarts not being pretty enough, so I gave them some magic PS-dusting :))) much better?!

naomi wouldn't let me take a photo of her and these :(((

my quick happy looking jaffa cupcakes :P

and my fail safe cake with a little too much white choc 

easy to make and tastes like a cheesecake without the guilt!!!!

i didn't have all ingredients for hedgehogs, and had marshmallows so this was a new creation :)

sugar addicts 

and we had to use another table... spring rolls also made a last appearance, gone fast as usual

too many options to choose from, everyone was pretty stuffed

We had enough food to take up to level 3, and enough for afternoon tea as well as left-overs for the next day!!! THANK YOU all, everyone at work for being great guinea pigs for the last three months, for all the volunteers who helped bake, for the people who donated and supported without eating cake, for putting up with my frequent emails and giving in to sugar for a great cause! It really has been an awesome three months, time does fly. 

I was afraid Bruce was going to make me do a speech which I've been avoiding for so long, luckily he only called me over to congratulate me on prolonging through the whole three month that I had set myself, he said normally people would've given up after a week and everyone's impressed with my persistence. I guess I never expected the return and I just did what I could and the directors and colleagues have all been super supportive from the start - I'm grateful to be working in such an office.

Anyway, too much blabbering.... (got a couple more posts to catch up on!)

THANK YOU CGA!