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Down but not out- further adventures of the 'I want it now' thread

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  • jenjade
    jenjade Posts: 8,418 Forumite
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    morning all,

    I have just set up dd's scaletric that her daddy gave her so she is busy racing cars in my room!

    What you all doing today?? Any snow anywhere
    :j Proud mum to Jade age 10 years and Baby Ellie born Christmas Day:eek: with a broke heart :( Proven to be a little fighter and battling on with her heart condition :j
  • Shoe_Gal
    Shoe_Gal Posts: 7,235 Forumite
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    Hi Jen

    Hardly any snow here :rolleyes:

    I have loads to do today, including shopping, but yet again I have got distracted, sitting reading threads on here :o
    Sometimes it's hard to walk in a single woman's shoes - that's why we need really special ones!
    Total debt @ Oct 2008: £29,226.42 Credit Card- £[STRIKE]7493.56[/STRIKE] - £7243.56
    Weightloss : 0/34lbs
  • moneymabel
    moneymabel Posts: 7,910 Forumite
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    No snow here-don't talk to me about Scalextric, thats the OH's new obsession keeps buying the bloody things off ebay and setting them up around the place!
    Won £30 on BB this morning :-)
  • jenjade
    jenjade Posts: 8,418 Forumite
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    i am glad to here that mm! I now have to have it in my room as dd's room is a shoe box!! So i will get to wake up to wizzing cars every morning. I am sure her dad did it on purpose!
    :j Proud mum to Jade age 10 years and Baby Ellie born Christmas Day:eek: with a broke heart :( Proven to be a little fighter and battling on with her heart condition :j
  • jenjade
    jenjade Posts: 8,418 Forumite
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    just so you all don't panic if i vanish for a few days i am going up my mum and we might sleep up there tonight. if the weather is bad we might stay longer.
    :j Proud mum to Jade age 10 years and Baby Ellie born Christmas Day:eek: with a broke heart :( Proven to be a little fighter and battling on with her heart condition :j
  • Shoe_Gal
    Shoe_Gal Posts: 7,235 Forumite
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    Have a good time Jen :D
    Sometimes it's hard to walk in a single woman's shoes - that's why we need really special ones!
    Total debt @ Oct 2008: £29,226.42 Credit Card- £[STRIKE]7493.56[/STRIKE] - £7243.56
    Weightloss : 0/34lbs
  • moneymabel
    moneymabel Posts: 7,910 Forumite
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    Ok Jen-have a great time!
  • jenjade
    jenjade Posts: 8,418 Forumite
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    i came back as they had no snow and my mum is working tomorrow!
    :j Proud mum to Jade age 10 years and Baby Ellie born Christmas Day:eek: with a broke heart :( Proven to be a little fighter and battling on with her heart condition :j
  • moneymabel
    moneymabel Posts: 7,910 Forumite
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    Oh bummer! welcome back then lol !!
  • Shoe_Gal
    Shoe_Gal Posts: 7,235 Forumite
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    I am home too - lovely roast dinner at my Mum's :D
    Sometimes it's hard to walk in a single woman's shoes - that's why we need really special ones!
    Total debt @ Oct 2008: £29,226.42 Credit Card- £[STRIKE]7493.56[/STRIKE] - £7243.56
    Weightloss : 0/34lbs
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