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4 August, 2012
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5219 days agoA few questions if may: 1. How do you download free books and are any of them worth it? I went to the Kindle Store and searched for free books and it came up with about 2000. Some of them weren't free when I clicked on them and some of them were...
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5220 days agoAs many of you know, I'm getting married in Australia, but we're still having a "normal" type reception. The standard way of serving the wedding breakfast over there is what they call "Alternate Serve" which means that you pick two choices from the...
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5226 days agoAfter a rubbish couple of days at work, I went to town at lunchtime, determined to buy something to wear out for a couple of drinks on the weekend. With very little choice of shops, I ended up in New Look. With very little choice in the shop (and...
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5236 days agoI've been on the pill pretty much constantly since I was 16. I'm now 28. I've decided to come off it in preparation for TTC after the wedding. I am now in the position of having to go and buy condoms for the first time in several years! So I have...
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5255 days agoWe're getting married abroad with a small number of guests, but will be having a massive party (I mean around 300 people) when we get home. Although I wouldn't have wanted to invite children to a sit down wedding, as it's going to be more of a hog...
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5255 days agoWhat do you have? At my parents' house, it's always been croissants with jam and bucks fizz. At Mr B's parents', it's smoked salmon and scrambled eggs, followed by mulled wine mid morning. We're having breakfast there this year and I don't like...
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5257 days agoSo we're at that age now where a lot of our friends are having babies and I'm running out of gift ideas. Good friends of ours have just had their second baby - a boy. Their daughter is Mr B's god-daughter. I'm getting fed up of the usual clothes as...
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5267 days agoHi CB, I was just browsing through the handmate items thread on the Hitched Awards and wondered how you made your drinks flags? They look great!
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5276 days agoFor the past couple of days, I've had some kind of allergy to something on my face. My skin is very dry and feels tight and sore. I have been complaining to Mr B about how sore it is and generally been a big baby. Today, we found out that my...
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5281 days agoMy invitations have arrived and are going out today! They were made by my wonderful future SIL, who has her own stationery company. I won't put her name on here just in case she googles herself and comes across my posts, but if anyone wants her...
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5283 days agoWhat have you got/are you getting for your brothers/brothers-in-law for Christmas? I have been sitting here all morning trying to come up with ideas but I'm completely stuck! I have Mr B's three brothers to buy for, plus my sister's husband. I've...
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5284 days agoA few weeks ago, there was a thread on wrapping. It transpired that some of you are very good at this particular task and somebody (I think it was Spangler) offered to do a step by step guide to wrapping presents. Now, it may have been a joke, but I,...
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5289 days agoFollowing on from the Christmas Do thread, what do you get at Christmas? Does your Christmas party get paid for? Is it just food, just drinks or both? Do you get a Christmas bonus? Our food gets paid for and some bottles of wine on the tables. The...
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5291 days agoDoes anyone else feel at a bit of a standstill with 8-9 months to go? Or is it just me having been engaged and planning for so long already?! Our abroad wedding is 100% booked. Need to choose the menu and other details like that closer to the time,...
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5297 days agoI have a black tie event to go to on the 20th November and I want a new dress. Previous black tie events I've been to have tended towards the slightly more informal side, so I've always got away with wearing cocktail dresses, but I want a proper full...
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5299 days agoWhat do you wear yours with? I've had some grey ones from Dotty P's for a couple of years now, with a smallish block heel. I thought I'd get loads of wear out of them for work, but so far, I've only worn them with bootleg trousers, which kind of...