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  • spud30
    spud30 Posts: 16,872 Forumite
    southernscouser wrote: »
    And of course I'd 'need' a laptop coz I wouldn't have room for this desktop! ;)

    :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

    You'd definitely 'need' a laptop :rolleyes:
    Is it better to aim for the stars and hit a tree or aim for a tree and land in its branches :think:
    Loves being a Wonderbra friend :kisses3:
  • southernscouser
    southernscouser Posts: 33,745 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    Mrs_Sparkle wrote: »
    I've been on a long holiday :o Naughty I know but all work and no play makes for a very dull girl.

    Good on you hun. Thats exactly how I feel. And I've had enough now. So I'm gonna join you! :D
  • southernscouser
    southernscouser Posts: 33,745 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    spud30 wrote: »
    :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

    You'd definitely 'need' a laptop :rolleyes:

    Well say it costs me £400. I'll make that back in a month easy! :D

    Plus I can't deny my mum the internet so she can keep this one! :A :rotfl:
  • spud30
    spud30 Posts: 16,872 Forumite
    Your mum can have mine - I 'need' a laptop too :rotfl:
    Is it better to aim for the stars and hit a tree or aim for a tree and land in its branches :think:
    Loves being a Wonderbra friend :kisses3:
  • Mrs_Sparkle
    Mrs_Sparkle Posts: 1,805 Forumite
    southernscouser wrote: »
    Good on you hun. Thats exactly how I feel. And I've had enough now. So I'm gonna join you! :D

    In what, a holiday? :p
    Debt at highest May 2006: £27,472.24
    currently: £13,353.25
    DFW Nerd 178
    Proud to be dealing with my debts
  • southernscouser
    southernscouser Posts: 33,745 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    spud30 wrote: »
    Your mum can have mine - I 'need' a laptop too :rotfl:

    Well if I don't have a laptop I won't be able to come on here anymore! :p
  • spud30
    spud30 Posts: 16,872 Forumite
    southernscouser wrote: »
    Well if I don't have a laptop I won't be able to come on here anymore! :p

    That's bribery !!!! OK, you can have a laptop :D
    Is it better to aim for the stars and hit a tree or aim for a tree and land in its branches :think:
    Loves being a Wonderbra friend :kisses3:
  • skint_spice
    skint_spice Posts: 13,610 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    as long as you don't start entertaining too many laadieezzz in the new flat and forget to do your MB and start spending money on them...
    Mortgage OP 2025 £7700/7000
    Mortgage OP 2024 £7700/7000

    Mortgage balance: £33,821

    Boiler fund £925/3000

    ”Do what others won’t early in life so you can do what others can’t later in life” (stolen from Gally Girl)
  • southernscouser
    southernscouser Posts: 33,745 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    skint_spice wrote: »
    as long as you don't start entertaining too many laadieezzz in the new flat and forget to do your MB and start spending money on them...

    [STRIKE]Hopefully.[/STRIKE] I mean of course not. :A
  • southernscouser
    southernscouser Posts: 33,745 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    spud30 wrote: »
    That's bribery !!!! OK, you can have a laptop :D

    And Sky TV? :A
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