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  • sallyx
    sallyx Posts: 15,815 Forumite
    skint_spice wrote: »
    please don't tell me we have to let kids make decisions in the family, I'll be married to a footballer and we'll eat chicken nuggets or subways every day!:D

    :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:
    I'd be eating fish and chips and chocolate every night and watching Cbeebies morning noon and night....
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  • PinkTwirl
    PinkTwirl Posts: 589 Forumite
    Hello!

    I'm here. I went to The Pier (furniture shop in administration), it was so sad.
  • skint_spice
    skint_spice Posts: 13,528 Forumite
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    PinkTwirl wrote: »
    Hello!

    I'm here. I went to The Pier (furniture shop in administration), it was so sad.

    I felt that way in Woolies yesterday.
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  • sallyx
    sallyx Posts: 15,815 Forumite
    OMG is the pier in administration, I missed that one. DH and I bought our first dining room table and chairs from there, it was lovely until my dad put a huge scratch through the top :(
    I'll make a wish, take a chance, make a change And breakaway. I'll take a risk, take a chance, make a change and breakaway ....
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  • ZTD
    ZTD Posts: 24,327 Forumite
    sallyx wrote: »
    :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:
    I'd be eating fish and chips and chocolate every night

    All part of a nutritious diet... ;)
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  • ZTD
    ZTD Posts: 24,327 Forumite
    skint_spice wrote: »
    I felt that way in Woolies yesterday.

    And there will be more to come.
    "Follow the money!" - Deepthroat (AKA William Mark Felt Sr - Associate Director of the FBI)
    "We were born and raised in a summer haze." Adele 'Someone like you.'
    "Blowing your mind, 'cause you know what you'll find, when you're looking for things in the sky."     OMD 'Julia's Song'
  • skint_spice
    skint_spice Posts: 13,528 Forumite
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    ZTD wrote: »
    All part of a nutritious diet... ;)

    if only they were healthy...not had fish and chips for ages...

    I made brussel sprouts today, DS thought they weren't as good as gran's - they'd not been boiled for two weeks...
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  • ZTD
    ZTD Posts: 24,327 Forumite
    skint_spice wrote: »
    if only they were healthy...not had fish and chips for ages...

    I made brussel sprouts today, DS thought they weren't as good as gran's - they'd not been boiled for two weeks...

    So they weren't like mushy peas with just bigger lumps... ;)
    "Follow the money!" - Deepthroat (AKA William Mark Felt Sr - Associate Director of the FBI)
    "We were born and raised in a summer haze." Adele 'Someone like you.'
    "Blowing your mind, 'cause you know what you'll find, when you're looking for things in the sky."     OMD 'Julia's Song'
  • sallyx
    sallyx Posts: 15,815 Forumite
    I wonder how many other high street stores will go under in the next couple of months. Its quite frightening really
    I'll make a wish, take a chance, make a change And breakaway. I'll take a risk, take a chance, make a change and breakaway ....
    Finally Debt Free...
  • skint_spice
    skint_spice Posts: 13,528 Forumite
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    have to go snuggle up and watch a film with DS. see you all later. x
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