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Post: # 218549Post yvette »

Went out in the street and watched the free fireworks!
Happy New Year everyone! :wave:

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Made some garlic toast, and had some good wine and herb cheese with my wife.
Lit up a modest amount of fireworks to scare away the evil ghosts for the next year.
(my wife is pretty strict about that,she's part Indonesian and they know what the stuff is really for... :wink: )
Currently on the second bottle,gently burping up the great aroma's of southern France and wishing you all the very best for 2011. :grouphug:

(Just don't hug me until Feb 2,the toast was quite fragrant...)
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We shared a bottle of M&S finest champers from my folks around a bonfire of free wood whilst watching fireworks lit by others in the village! The best bit...... my step son asked if he could stay an extra week! :cheers: :cheers: :cheers:
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Celebrated with a party behind my eyelids!!! The girls aren't sleeping due to the pox at the minute so every second of eyeshut time counts!!! Happy New Year to you all. Xxxx

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i went to bed early :mrgreen: :lol:

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I watched Die Hard 4 at husbands request :pukeright: , but it was only me that made it to the end, so I got on with some drawing while he snored :shock: . Oh the fine life for me :iconbiggrin:
Happy New Year ishers. :grouphug: :grouphug: :grouphug:

Remind me not to let him choose the film again, last year it was Godfather 2 :pukeright: :pukeright: :pukeright:
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i quite like bruce willis running around in that vest :lol:

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Post: # 218576Post Helsbells »

Free fireworks for me too, quiet night in with hubby,
Had to endure Nightmare on Elm Street though at hubby's request, Keaniebean, I feel your pain!

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crowsashes wrote:i quite like bruce willis running around in that vest :lol:
Actually Bruce Willis is a bit of alright :iconbiggrin: , but the film was just plain bad.
Helsbells... :hugish: , what more can I say, Nightmare on Elm street :shock:
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Keaniebean wrote:Actually Bruce Willis is a bit of alright :iconbiggrin: , but the film was just plain bad.
Helsbells... :hugish: , what more can I say, Nightmare on Elm street :shock:
yes if it was one of the other three then not so bad!

helsbells - i STILL cant watch the first one :shock: :roll: and i love horror films... i think it was probably because i was shown it when i was too little!

i got to choose what i watched! :lol:
i did sit through 28days later then Romero's land of the dead with simon baker (the mentalist guy) in it, didnt realise it was him till half way through :roll: :lol: followed that by quarantine .... bit of an undead theme going on here :thumbright:

LO tucked himself into bed at 5pm last night :shock: so i had to make good use of all that time :mrgreen: i even knitted a whole scarf - admittidly it was in chunky yarn on 15mm needles but still i finished it :cheers:

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We were in bed by 12.05 having watched Star Wars Clone Wars for most of the night!!!

Have a good 2011 everyone!!!

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I am aiming for a frugal January. Credit card has taken a pasting during Dec (not just Xmas expense) so I aim to spend as little as possbile. I am going to clear the freezer and cupboards of anything edible and whip up some tasty delights. Plenty batches of veggie curries, soups etc.
No matter how much you push the envelope, it'll still be stationery

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