{"id":4562,"date":"2011-12-30T09:26:44","date_gmt":"2011-12-30T09:26:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.livingwithkids.co.uk\/?p=4562"},"modified":"2013-06-24T13:04:14","modified_gmt":"2013-06-24T13:04:14","slug":"and-a-prosperous-new-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kidstart.co.uk\/blog\/and-a-prosperous-new-year\/","title":{"rendered":"And a Prosperous New Year&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"\u00a0I was woken by a text from a slightly hystericxal Vix who was in the middle of committing to the biggest spend of her life &#8211; an annual season ticket for her reverse commute to her shiny new corporate job. &#8220;It&#8217;s THREE THOUSAND POUNDS &#8221; she shouted, in a rare descent into capitals &#8211; the most she has spent on a single item ever. 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