Sammie - thanks for sharing! Your story was great to read and your summary is all so true! It is a hard tough ride - but well worth it for the gold at the end.

Mrs P - Congrats again - think I posted in another thread too! Very exciting - I don't think I would believe it either & would want to POAS for days to be sure!!

BJ, Jaki, Sal - so sorry to hear it didn't happen for you this time round ladies. Be kind to yourselves, let yourself feel sad and indulge to get over it!

Just over a week to go for me. Hanging in there - have been too busy at work to think about it - which I guess is a good thing. Can't beleive Xmas is just round the corner. How daunting.