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Hope you all have a fabulous christmas.
I must have been a good lady(?) as Santa bought me a pair of strippy Welli Bobs!
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I've been a saintly alcohol-free MSEer so far...
Its just me and my mum this Christmas. She's been poorly for a few weeks and the doctor put her on antibiotics on the 23rd so in sympathy with her I didn't have anything to drink on Christmas Eve or Christmas Day (or today for that matter). I'm not missing it but I don't feel virtuous either.
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Mortgage_Reduction_Novice wrote: »I've been a saintly alcohol-free MSEer so far...
Its just me and my mum this Christmas. She's been poorly for a few weeks and the doctor put her on antibiotics on the 23rd so in sympathy with her I didn't have anything to drink on Christmas Eve or Christmas Day (or today for that matter). I'm not missing it but I don't feel virtuous either.
Hope you all had lovely Christmas Days.
Aww, I hope you had a great day with your Mum. I have ad plenty of alcohol for the two of us! I am currently suffering a 'red wine headache'!
I have managed to spend almost £100 in the boots sale (on line!):eek: And a further £48 online a WHSmith:eek:. I promise to be good as soon as I have thought up some more impossible challenges for myself in the new year!
Hope everybody had a fabulous Christmas.
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Tesco_points_addict wrote: »
I have managed to spend almost £100 in the boots sale (on line!):eek: And a further £48 online a WHSmith:eek:. I promise to be good as soon as I have thought up some more impossible challenges for myself in the new year!
Best to stay away from the M&S site then, wish I had
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Look forward to reading your challenges :TA positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort
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Hmm, I may just have purchased another Kipling bag:rolleyes:, now I'm not really a bag n shoes type gal, but these bags are fabulous for Msing (great excuse - best of the year perhaps?):j as they have so many different compartments. I have been using my first one for a couple of years, hubby bought me another for Christmas and now QVC and my credit card conspired againist me, meaning another one is on its way to me:eek:. In my defence I have some Christmas money to spend, no:eek:w I know I could just save it but I'm also going to buy a pair of boots:p.
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TPA,
I also love Kipling bags and I can understand the conspiracy thing
Hope you had a nice christmas.
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Whats a Kipling bag? The only Kipling I know makes exceedingly good cakes.Debt January 1st 2018 £96,999.81Met NIM 23/06/2008
Debt September 20th 2022 £2991.68- 96.92% paid off0 -
Whats a Kipling bag? The only Kipling I know makes exceedingly good cakes.
OMG Dinah you don't know what a Kipling bag is:eek: The are the most 'organisable' bags in the world! They must be designed by a woman! They are not the most elegant but are fabulous darling!
Money Queen how many Kiplings do you own? I had a great Christmas thank you, hubby and I don't buy each other much as we would prefer to wait for the sales. Also my inlaws tend to give us money, hence the Kipling bag! I am still looking for a pair of boots though.
I went sales shopping today and spent th grand total of £13.17:A
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Well said Dinah!0
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OK, christmas money all spent, I bought these : http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B002MRRZW0/ref=s9_sima_gw_s0_p309_i3?pf_rd_m=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE&pf_rd_s=center-1&pf_rd_r=1QHB11FNKQ7CVSYGZCN8&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=467198433&pf_rd_i=468294 in camel
and these http://www.amazon.co.uk/Pavers-Mel-Black-Size-UK/dp/B002RPYABG/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=apparel&qid=1262023818&sr=1-3 in black
As you can see, i'm all for comfort over fashion!
Along with my Mr Kipling(!) thats me all spent out! Actually in good old TPA tradition I overspent.......by ........................... roll drum please.....£14.80:eek:. Good job i've got a MShop on Wednesday to help pay for the overspend.:p
TPAxMFW - We've only gone and blooming done it!May 2013:j0
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