It's the last day of 2011! Surely next year will be better.

Yesterday was fun, though. Somehow, we never get much done in the morning. I started some bread and we had a good long walk. About noon, Amelia and I headed to Janna's. We took some of her Mom's vintage jewelry to Minx, where he bought quite a bit. Then we went to Aurum Studio and Janna had one of the jewelers look at some necklaces to make sure they weren't valuable before she gave them away. We had a lovely lunch at Etienne, although expensive. We sat next to Jane and Ted M. and chatted about baking and opening a bagel restaurant in Athens. Amelia was gung-ho about food trucks and thought we should sell from a truck or even a bicycle, starting a trend in Athens.

Then Janna and Amelia and I drove south toward Madison. We stopped at Reed's Odds and Ends,  a funny little junk shop south of town on 441. Amelia and Janna had a good time. I brought in the rest of the jewelry and she gave Janna $20 for the lot. She bought several things to decorate the tables for the rehearsal dinner and she said the $20 credit was Bertha's contribution. We went on down to Madison and looked at the two stores we had been in with Molli the week before. We saw lots of great things. Amelia and Janna were particularly looking for centerpieces for the tables that were the right colors. I was pretty much just tagging along. At the last store, we went upstairs and I bought Amelia a bedside table for the red room. And, there is a china cabinet that I think will work. I need to measure and we will have to go back with the truck to get it.

We dropped Janna off and picked up the rest of the jewelry and a load of clothes to try to sell at another consignment shop today. The rest of the stuff they will box up and take to Goodwill or Project Safe.

Amelia went to Kasey's birthday party and Ray and I made the soup he had made. Delicious! Watched some TV and went to bed. Unfortunately, forgot about the bread, which I will bake today, but it will taste yeasty, I fear.