#77 - Make Banana Bread For Tara

For those of you have may have seen "Bridesmaids" recently, not a 'chick flick' by the way, there were dudes in the cinema when I went and saw it and they were loving it - evident by their outbursts of laughter - you'd be familiar with the concept of perfectly (in)sane people railroading their (dys)functional friends into doing things in times of crises to help a friend in need.  Want friendship?  Need banana bread. 


Monday night I turned up the radio, busted out the electric beater and stoked up the stove.  I was elbow deep in flour, sugar, eggs and of course bananas in preparation for "Tara Day".  

I've been stealing ideas left, right and centre from this chick since we started working together and in fact this 100 Things To Do In One Year was originally Tara's brainchild.  The concept is simple and in fact, each one of us should have a "Tara Day".  Just follow these steps:

1. Schedule the day off work in advance
2. Spend the day doing stuff to pamper yourself.  Sleep in, get a massage, go out to lunch, go to a good hairdresser and get your hair cut, buy yourself something you've been eyeing off for the last 6 months, go out for breakfast in a lovely cafe on the water and sit in the sun.
3. Do not, repeat, DO NOT feel guilty about spending the day exactly as you want to.

In an effort to help Tara celebrate Tara Day, I felt it was in order to bake something special.  Considering she has been a great mentor, awesome friend and all round cool chick, deservey of home made banana bread.  

Banana bread is a staple 3pm snack salubriously restoring sanity for colleague and gal pal, Tara.  Noted that they don't make bananas like they used to, I had to save up for the lady fingers only because, due to childlessness and yes ok maybe principle, I could not sell my first born. If I was a guy I could have sold my first porn, though I can imagine for some parting with one's "first porn" could almost be as sentimental as selling one's first born.  Err... whatever.... Happy Tara Day everybody!!!!