I could feel the murmur making its way down the reception queue this morning, the more keen mums reminding the late comers.
"Don't forget, cake sale day today."
Ah, cake sale day. The day we all dash down to Waitrose and spend at least £6 on essentials like cake mix, butter, icing sugar, smarties, and other decorations. Then we go home and spend half the morning slaving in the kitchen baking fairy cakes. We spend the other half of the morning washing up. The afternoon is filled with the task of decorating the 24 fairy cakes that will sell for 25p each, bringing in a grand total of £6 to the PTA coffers...
I decided this morning I really didn't have time for all that, and went to Tesco and bought 16 donuts (on sale).
As I said, the standards are slipping...
This post was written by Susanna, a Thames Valley Mums founding contributor. You can read more at her blog, A Modern Mother.
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