Argh! What with all the fainting and feeling decidedly odd the cake had taken a very sad turn for the worst. I should have been sensible and scaled it down, but I so wanted to do it for ds1. 
I've run out of the right colour yellow icing (tried to save money and ordered exactly what I needed instead of adding a spare pack like I usually do), mixed some more myself and come up with a completely different colour - and I still haven't done the bloomin' things arms. Gah!
The other problem is also of my own making - didn't leave the cake to settle before decorating because I left it too late to start, so it decided to settle big time once the icing was on instead - cue something now resembling Pichu having been in a bad accident involving much of his head.
I have had enough of the damn cake now - I hate it when they go wrong like this, its almost impossible to rescue them satisfactorily and even if you manage to cobble something together you're never happy with it. 
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If I do put a picture up - I can guarantee it will be taken from a distance. 
Will get some pics of dd's Gaston the Ladybird cake up though - now that was a cake I really enjoyed doing and it came out really well.
Why does my body always chose to let me down at the most inconvenient times possible.
Thanks for all the advice and support, am doing most of the cake decorating sitting down, truth is, I'd much rather be lying than sitting though.
Haven't wrapped ds's presents yet either. [bad Mum emoticon]