November – along with March – tend to be our quietest months in terms of weddings; I can’t say I blame brides, as the weather can usually only be relied upon to be awful. (Spot the two people who have birthdays in both months!)
For some reason though, I like November. That is, I like the idea of November. The ‘in theory’ part. I am actually not so keen on it when I get there. Why?
Like I said, for actual weddings it’s quiet, so in our heads we should be able to take a deep breath and sit down for five minutes. In reality, this never happens. Ever. December and January are busy months for us so we have all the prep for them. So far so good. Then it dawns on us we have Christmas cake orders to fit in, not to mention all the festive baking in the guise of mince pies, Christmas cakes and puddings we have to make for ourselves. (Can anyone say ‘busman’s holiday’?!)
We’ve also started the rounds of wedding fairs and as new clients book us I gradually disappear under a mountain of emails and paperwork. Then there’s fitting in tastings and scheduling brides who need to finalise designs for weddings in early 2010. At this point I find myself wondering who I need to petition to extend November by at least a fortnight, and my husband is sure he has a wife, only he can’t remember the last time he saw her.
But, having taken all of this into account, I guess I do still like November. There really is nothing like the baking that goes with Christmas and new clients bring new challenges and excitement; one of the upsides of our job is just as we all creep into Winter, I am already floating – cake-wise at least! – into Summer with our brides.
And all the extra work does at least mean that someone liked us at Detling. 
We loved your cake samples and cannot wait to try the wedding cake on the day! Roll on 17th July!
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