Guess what?

A friend asked me to make something for her.  She's having a 'bit of a do' for a special occasion...

So, I've been doing some shopping, from that brilliant store that has everything - the Internet.

This arrived with the postman this morning.

Can you guess what it is?  No?  OK, well it came with instructions, so I'll put it together and then you can have another guess.

Later that day....

I thought it would be a simple task, but the instructions were in Chinese or Japanese, I'm not sure which as I'm proficient in neither.  All I could decipher was something to do with 23 seconds.  I'm not sure if it meant that it took 23 seconds to put this together, or, 23 seconds for your stress levels to rise to dangerous levels while trying to put this together!!  Anyway, after a lot more than 23 seconds, I have finally assembled it and here it is waiting to be used:

Have you guessed yet what it is and what I'm going to make with it?

If yes, then well done! (But don't tell anyone else yet, as I'm trying to keep it a secret).

If no, then tune in again next week and all will be revealed.  (Well I hope all will be revealed, or otherwise this will be in the bin, and I'll be off to that big shop again to try and buy what I'm supposed to be making!!)

Here goes...