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Pippi’s pulling up her stripey-socks for the final sprint towards the Good-Life……………

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  • Cheery_Daff
    Cheery_Daff Posts: 17,989 Forumite
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    Let's see a pic or too then KC :D
  • ZTD
    ZTD Posts: 24,327 Forumite
    Oh, as a general thing, wear wool socks and other things during this. Wool is still warm when it's wet, nothing else is.
    "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'
  • Lemon_Tree
    Lemon_Tree Posts: 10,202 Forumite
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    i'm on boots which i can't actually lace up because of swollen feet/legs and skirts, tis a tad cold but i'm surviving. i can't get my feet in wellies either.

    Cheery glad you've got your priorities right and have an advent calendar on your list of essential purchases!
  • Karmacat
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    I'm on lunch break - Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire is calling - back soon :D:D:D
    2023: the year I get to buy a car
  • Cheery_Daff
    Cheery_Daff Posts: 17,989 Forumite
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    Gosh, is it on the tv?? How exciting :j :j (I've got it on DVD so don't know why I'm so excited :rotfl:)
  • Cheery_Daff
    Cheery_Daff Posts: 17,989 Forumite
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    Where's pippi this morning??

    Ooh, has she got that scary meeting with her vile (sorry, misunderstood) supervisors?? Cheery vibes Pippi, stay strong girl, hope you've got your stripey socks on! :j :j And come and let us know how it went when you get out xx
  • Karmacat
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    edited 2 December 2010 at 2:51PM
    Cheery vibes, Pippi! And no, Cheery, it wasn't on the tv, I'd recorded it, sorry to cause needless excitement - oh wait a minute, no I'm not, we need all the excitement we can get right now!

    Okay! New photobucket account created, lets see:

    EDIT
    Its tiny! I thought it had to be small, I just downsized it :rotfl: bother. Will try again with an original.
    2023: the year I get to buy a car
  • ZTD
    ZTD Posts: 24,327 Forumite
    Karmacat wrote: »
    EDIT
    Its tiny! I thought it had to be small, I just downsized it :rotfl: bother. Will try again with an original.


    Click on "Resize" then 800x600 - that should be appropriate for most people.
    "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'
  • Karmacat
    Karmacat Posts: 39,460 Forumite
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    Oops, sorry, too late Z, I'd deleted the ones I did and uploaded the original sizes .... the ones I littled were 900 pixels, btw - never mind .... this is the first one:

    http://s1238.photobucket.com/albums/ff486/CaseyGreenPath/?action=view&current=MyFamilyPictures077.jpg
    2023: the year I get to buy a car
  • starnac
    starnac Posts: 5,946 Forumite
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    Wow those pics are amazing KC. We've had no where near that amount of snow. Now I have snow envy :(
    Goals for February
    Declutter 2/50
    Money Made £0/£200
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