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This is the only money you need worry about getting through for a day or two<\/p><\/div>\n\nI love the lazy post Christmas days when all you really have to worry about is how much more can your fridge cope with,\u00a0and taking a sweepstake on when, not if, the double cream topples onto the ham.\nIt\u2019s such a relief not to have to reach for my purse every five minutes and realise, that for three whole days, my bank account has remained intact. The only money which left the house since Christmas Eve has been the children\u2019s Christmas money.\n\nAccording to today\u2019s Daily Telegraph<\/a> Briitish bargain hunters spent 13 million hours shopping online on Boxing Day and I can exclusively reveal that without my daughters\u2019 contributions from the sofa they would be looking decidedly less impressive. You can expect an upswing in La Senza\u2019s figures any day now. I just hope they were using my KidStart<\/a> account.\n\nAnd the best thing about having everyone together over the last few days is realising that this year all the planning and agonising paid off. Everyone was happy with their presents –\u00a0my eldest daughter’s\u00a0glittery high heels were a tad snug – we had a bit of a Cinderella moment on Christmas afternoon – \u00a0but that was sorted out with a trip to Oxford Street (I think it was just the excuse to go out that she was looking for) and apart from that everything else is being happily worn, read, and played with.\nIn the next few days I\u2019m going to be working out my financial New Year\u2019s resolutions, but for now the receipts can stay where they are, stashed away, but unsorted, while I play with my presents. 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