Thanks - I really appreciate it Kas.

I have to be honest and say it's as much of a blessing as it is a curse.

I haven't told anyone at work about the Concorde trip in case they think i'm showing off. Our friends came round yesterday and we didn't say a word - they're contemplating how much more debt they have to get into for a new house at the moment and it seemed insensitive to bring it up.

A lady at work asked me where we were off to (she takes care of the holiday sheets and obviously saw i'd booked time off) - I told her we were off to NY (no point lying) but didn't feel I could say more than that.

We've just found out that we've got no bonuses at work this year and everybody's got the hump - hardly the time to go bouncing round the office - so I had to tell someone (hence spilling all to you guys).

Thanks for listening to me go on about it and not thinking we're a couple of poncy gits - we're not!

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