Thank you, DR Adriana Patti! Your new avatar is lovely.
I'm back from the craft & talent auction. My coffee cakes sold for $8 apiece. I bought some homemade turtles, some pretzels covered in white chocolate (DS Rob's favorites), an empty pie pan with a promise for a homemade apple pie (DH Richard's favorite), some hand made holiday greeting cards, and a packet of nearly-new gift bags. That last item is always provided by one of the members who's the owner and lead teacher in a local nursery school. She receives hundreds of presents each year and carefully recycles the gift bags as an auction item. I bought a set of 6 assorted sizes for $8.