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***Sat/Sun 19/20 December weekend chat - 6 more sleeps to go!

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  • bookseller1980
    bookseller1980 Posts: 7,924 Forumite
    150 candles all wrapped in foil and put in holders. :A

    Dare I attempt the outside lights. Maybe coffee first.
  • scaredy_cat
    scaredy_cat Posts: 7,758 Forumite
    i'm still in bed!! it's cold!!

    but i'll be up in 5 mins and then its cracking on with housework :( and then sorting out the christmas tree!
    Cats don't have owners - they have staff!! :D:p
    DFW Long Hauler Supporter No 150


  • LouiseJ
    LouiseJ Posts: 11,156 Forumite
    Well done on the PB Becks:j

    You mad thing.........:rotfl:
    But these things take time, I know that I'm, the most inept that ever stepped.
  • beanielou
    beanielou Posts: 99,629 Ambassador
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Academoney Grad Mortgage-free Glee!
    I take my hat off to you becky.
    You have been busy bookie.
    I am a Forum Ambassador and I support the Forum Team on Mortgage Free Wannabe & Local Money Saving Scotland & Disability Money Matters. If you need any help on those boards, do let me know.Please note that Ambassadors are not moderators. Any post you spot in breach of the Forum Rules should be reported via the report button , or by emailing forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com. All views are my own & not the official line of Money Saving Expert.

    Lou~ Debt free Wanabe No 55 DF 03/14.**Credit card debt free 30/06/10~** MFW. Finally mortgage free O2/ 2021****
    "A large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of" Jane Austen in Mansfield Park.
    ***Fall down seven times,stand up eight*** in ~~Japanese proverb.     ***Keep plodding*** Out of debt, out of danger.
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  • bookseller1980
    bookseller1980 Posts: 7,924 Forumite
    beanielou wrote: »
    I take my hat off to you becky.
    You have been busy bookie.

    Need to be Beanie - did nowt much yesterday.
    Going to tackle the outside lights now. Might freeze in the process.
  • bank_of_slate
    bank_of_slate Posts: 12,922 Forumite
    10,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    Hello :wave:

    Went out to town first thing this morning down to Home Bargains for a few bits and bobs, now in anti-viral centre until 5pm
    ...Linda xx
    It's easy to give in to that negative voice that chants "cant do it" BUT we lift each other up.
    We dont count all the runners ahead of us & feel intimidated.
    Instead we look back proudly at our journey, our personal struggle & determination & remember that there are those that never even attempt to reach the starting line.
  • LouiseJ
    LouiseJ Posts: 11,156 Forumite
    Hope you have a quiet day there Linda, I havent been to Home bargains in ages.
    But these things take time, I know that I'm, the most inept that ever stepped.
  • Burlesque_Babe
    Burlesque_Babe Posts: 17,547 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Photogenic Combo Breaker
    I seem to have won a 4 hole lolly maker in a competition. :confused: It arrived in the post just now. Possibly the most ironic prize ever given the weather!
    :D"Stay Wonky":D

    :j:jBecome Mrs Pepe 9 October 2012 :j:j
  • beanielou
    beanielou Posts: 99,629 Ambassador
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Academoney Grad Mortgage-free Glee!
    Have a lolly then Bb:rotfl:
    I am a Forum Ambassador and I support the Forum Team on Mortgage Free Wannabe & Local Money Saving Scotland & Disability Money Matters. If you need any help on those boards, do let me know.Please note that Ambassadors are not moderators. Any post you spot in breach of the Forum Rules should be reported via the report button , or by emailing forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com. All views are my own & not the official line of Money Saving Expert.

    Lou~ Debt free Wanabe No 55 DF 03/14.**Credit card debt free 30/06/10~** MFW. Finally mortgage free O2/ 2021****
    "A large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of" Jane Austen in Mansfield Park.
    ***Fall down seven times,stand up eight*** in ~~Japanese proverb.     ***Keep plodding*** Out of debt, out of danger.
    One debt remaining. Home improvement loan. 19months left.
  • SarahNeedle1872
    SarahNeedle1872 Posts: 6,166 Forumite
    Burlesque_Babe wrote: »
    I seem to have won a 4 hole lolly maker in a competition. :confused: It arrived in the post just now. Possibly the most ironic prize ever given the weather!
    :rotfl:Brilliant! You could probably make lollies in the garden in this cold! :D

    Sx
    'We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars' - Oscar Wilde
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