I have never seen 'Star Wars' or eaten a macaroon....

'Tis true

 However as a  box of macaroons were reduced the other day in the supermarket  I thought:

 'What the heck - we only live once...'

'I might as well go for it'

 Live life to the full I thought.

Now given the price of these macaroons - even with the reduction - I thought them to be very expensive indeed (I cannot quite remember now - so badly scarred was I by the price - but it was pounds not pence).

I think that I really bought them because I liked the purdy colours!!

Oh dear!

'Shallow am I'

(Ho ho. I have  seen the adverts!)

I carried the macaroons aloft as I wended my way home....carried high above my head.......singing as I went.....

I like to build up a bit of an atmoss (well I had to in order to make them worthwhile).

I am not quite sure now but I think that I gathered a trail of small children (a la Pied Piper) as I tra la la'd along.

I may have encouraged them to join in......

I may have demonstrated arm movements to accompany the community singing...

People may have left shops, pubs, nearby houses as we gathered pace.

I may have choreographed the harmony section and instructed certain elements to dance where appropriate.

Newspaper reporters and television crew may have descended as word travelled across the community.....

THE MACAROONS ARE COMING!!!!

I may have embarrassed my own children a little bit......

Who would have thought that a macaroon could engender so much interest.

I dispatched  the gathered crowds and told them that I would not be sharing the macaroons

I had to sternly tell small children that no amount of boo hoo'ing would get them a macaroon crumb

'Tis a harsh fact of life

When they were grown up they would understand and they would appreciate their own macaroon all the more (this may be a metaphor for childhood dear Claire if you should read this!)

Macaroons are a luxury good and only to be partaken sparingly

A treat is not a treat if consumed on a daily basis (chocco being the exception.....)

If children were seen to be wolfing down macaroon crumbs where would it all end

After closing all blinds so that sad faces could not be seen I selected appropriate china/tablecloth and sat down to eat the aforementioned  macaroons

(repeat photograph with slightly different tilt...)

They were quite nice

A few days later we were in London and spotted the most fabulous looking patisserie  (is that the right spelling?) in Covent Garden.  There...... glowing in the window were........ MACAROONS.

Each macaroon was the price of a small car but I bought another MACAROON.

It was magnificent

'Tis another harsh fact of life that I probably will never see 'Star Wars' and possibly will never eat another MACAROON but I will remember that one for all time.

Are you a macaroon maker?

Note that the GBBO is back very soon!!! Hurrah

The End

PS: Adding this in here in case you feel cheated by such  paucity of images.  I searched my image banks and found these taken earlier this year (photographs are a bit dark due to lack of sunlight at that time).  I take an awful lot of photographs (or is that a lot of awful photographs.....).  I bought these teeny cups (£1) from a Spring car boot and thought that they were perfect for cake (of course):

Not too many words in this section

Nearly forgot to add the cakes in!

I recall that these were particularly fine little cakes