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Skint Spice's journey to being less skinty and more spicy
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Don't be so mean! I did tell him today I'd returned all his stuff cos he got into trouble but I think he knows I was only joking... not had time for one thing!
Meant to say the primari dress was a big hit and apparently looked very Hepburnesque so Givenchy will be turning in his grave
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skint_spice wrote: »Don't be so mean! I did tell him today I'd returned all his stuff cos he got into trouble
Hey! There I was, saying you should be giving him a present (a lump of coal) which would be useful (it provides heat), and you're calling me mean.
Yet you're talking about giving him nothing!
Meany!
skint_spice wrote: »Meant to say the primari dress was a big hit and apparently looked very Hepburnesque so Givenchy will be turning in his grave
What would Hepburn be doing in hers then?"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'0 -
Hey! There I was, saying you should be giving him a present (a lump of coal) which would be useful (it provides heat), and you're calling me mean.
Yet you're talking about giving him nothing!
Meany!
I wouldn't do it though:p there's some bbq coals outside... maybe I should make him a fake stocking?What would Hepburn be doing in hers then?
I don't think she'd be too fussed! Think the designer would care more.
Only a few more of days of college then I'm on holiday!!!! straight back to hand in assessments after new year, I have been sold down the river - thought students just went to the pub all day?
Money left in entertainment budget and no further plans so I think maybe a wee overpayment might be in order:DMortgage OP 2026 £0/2000Mortgage OP 2025 £7700/7000Mortgage OP 2024 £7700/7000
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skint_spice wrote: »I wouldn't do it though:p there's some bbq coals outside... maybe I should make him a fake stocking?
By BBQ coals, do you mean the lava rock ones that don't burn?
Giving someone fake coal for Christmas which they can't even set light to...devastating! :rotfl:skint_spice wrote: »Only a few more of days of college then I'm on holiday!!!! straight back to hand in assessments after new year, I have been sold down the river - thought students just went to the pub all day?
They do. That's why they fail.skint_spice wrote: »Money left in entertainment budget and no further plans so I think maybe a wee overpayment might be in order:D
Leave it until after Christmas. You never know, someone may really like the look of your Ms Santa outfit... :xmassmile"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'0 -
By BBQ coals, do you mean the lava rock ones that don't burn?
Giving someone fake coal for Christmas which they can't even set light to...devastating! :rotfl:
Jings you southerners have posh bbqs - no, I meant charcoal I think:p!Leave it until after Christmas. You never know, someone may really like the look of your Ms Santa outfit... :xmassmile
But that would be a different budget, this one only goes till this weekend, mind you I might get my hair done...;)Mortgage OP 2026 £0/2000Mortgage OP 2025 £7700/7000Mortgage OP 2024 £7700/7000
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skint_spice wrote: »Jings you southerners have posh bbqs - no, I meant charcoal I think:p!
My only concession to poshness in the barbecue area is that I buy lumpwood rather than briquettes.
Don't know why really, the bit of cow goes on the BBQ bleeding, and is taken off - still bleeding...skint_spice wrote: »But that would be a different budget, this one only goes till this weekend, mind you I might get my hair done...;)
Why? Is it going to rain? It's forecast snow here..."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'0 -
My only concession to poshness in the barbecue area is that I buy lumpwood rather than briquettes.
Don't know why really, the bit of cow goes on the BBQ bleeding, and is taken off - still bleeding...
cow? you are posh! sausages for us usually:p followed by marshmallows on skewers... sigh... I love summer...Why? Is it going to rain? It's forecast snow here...
Just checked - positively balmy up till Friday with cloudy 6C forecast:D no more scraping hooray!Mortgage OP 2026 £0/2000Mortgage OP 2025 £7700/7000Mortgage OP 2024 £7700/7000
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”Do what others won’t early in life so you can do what others can’t later in life” (stolen from Gally Girl)0 -
Friday it's meant to be meteors landing, I heard rumour it's gonna finally be hot in Scotland
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Friday it's meant to be meteors landing, I heard rumour it's gonna finally be hot in Scotland
oh I'd forgotten about that, maybe I'll just buy a big bag of kolacubes instead:rotfl:Mortgage OP 2026 £0/2000Mortgage OP 2025 £7700/7000Mortgage OP 2024 £7700/7000
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Get cinnamon balls ( Gibbs if you can manage) and I'll join ya 0
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