October 1st always marks the start of the fall/winter holiday season for me and I can't wait to start filling the house with the sights and smells of the season. So I've been dying to make some pumpkin bread, but another project deadline at work has kept me busy most nights last week and all of last weekend.
I finally had some free time today and went to the store to get all the ingredients. I noticed that they now sell canned pumpkin with the sugar and spices already mixed in, but that wasn't the kind I needed since I was going to be baking from scratch. Once I got home, I started mixing everything together and at one point Buddy asked if he could have a taste of the plain canned pumpkin. Although I told him he probably wouldn't like it, I was surprised when he said it was really good. This should have tipped me off, but instead I didn't give it a second thought and finished up the batter, poured it in the pans and popped it in the oven.
Guess what? I didn't buy the plain pumpkin, I bought the one with the sugar and spices already mixed in! Argh!! No wonder Buddy thought the "plain" pumpkin was so ono. Sigh, I'm such a lolo. It came out okay though. In fact Buddy enjoyed it a lot, and no matter how I tried to explain that I had ruined it, he just couldn't wrap his head around "sugar + more sugar = something bad."
After I put Buddy to bed I tried to find some consolation with a couple of Halloween crafts. Here's a spider pom and a wee polymer jack-o-lantern I made while I cursed myself for yet again coming home from the store with the wrong item.
And thank you so much everyone for all the lovely comments about Buddy's pumpkins. It was a hard week at work so I was really touched by the wonderful response.
so tiny and cute your little jack-o-latern...
i also like the little spider..adorable ...
Posted by: isa | October 11, 2006 at 02:10 AM
Oops! At least your spider and little pumpkin are really adorable! :)
Posted by: emma | October 11, 2006 at 04:25 AM
I made Pumpkin Spice Cake (from Mailorder) last night and I was just going to warn people not to buy the can with the spices already mixed in! This was the first year I noticed that they sold this variety, and I imagine many people will accidentally buy the wrong one (even when they tell themselves not to...)
Posted by: jennifer w. | October 11, 2006 at 05:21 AM
oh my goodness i love the jack o lantern!!
i would have done the same thing with the pumpkin! not bc of my eyes though, but bc i really don't like grocery shopping, and i'm not the one who normally does it! there's too much stuff and too many similar items now (*like the "sugared" pumpkin) that are supposed to be time savers but usually just cause headaches in the end!
Posted by: lindsey | October 11, 2006 at 05:45 AM
The spider is adorable. As for the pumpkin bread...well sugar+more sugar=good thing (sometimes)! Glad yours came out good!
Posted by: AJ | October 11, 2006 at 05:58 AM
Cute! Both of those little guys are great. I love the tiny jack-o-lantern. Nice work!
Posted by: carolb | October 11, 2006 at 06:45 AM
Oh, the spider is adorable!
Posted by: sara | October 11, 2006 at 07:03 AM
Lucky you Buddy is so supportive:) Loved your story. Hope work is better next week. Your spidey is so cute...or is it a dust bunny disquised as a spider?
Posted by: Barb | October 11, 2006 at 07:12 AM
i do this all the time! david says i have package dyslexia.
Posted by: hannah | October 11, 2006 at 09:18 AM
Just a little high energy pumpkin bread!! I love your teeeeensy pumpkin and spooky spider!
Posted by: debbie | October 11, 2006 at 12:52 PM
I never wrote to say, but I used your banana bread recipe and it is fabulous! SO fabulous I've used it six or seven times now. I might have exhausted it, in fact.
So would it be rude to ask for this pumpkin bread recipe? So I might spice it up for the fam? Admiring bread eaters want to know!
Posted by: Em | October 12, 2006 at 05:21 AM
I thought I was the President of COMING HOME WITH THE WRONG GROCERY ITEM LAND! I'm sure it was still delish!
Posted by: gillian | October 12, 2006 at 02:54 PM
I'd love the recipe, too, if you don't mind! And I loved the "sugar + more sugar" note :)
Posted by: Thrusher | October 14, 2006 at 05:14 AM
Well, sometimes we need "sugar + more sugar". cute spider!
Posted by: natascha | October 15, 2006 at 09:25 AM
"he just couldn't wrap his head around "sugar + more sugar = something bad.""
I agree with him. I can't quite figure out how that's a problem, either! Great polymer pumpkin, by the way!
Posted by: Passions & Distractions | October 16, 2006 at 10:08 AM
Aww how cute! I love stuff you can make with polymer clay but alas I have no talent with it.
Posted by: Heidi | October 17, 2006 at 12:45 AM