Tamzin Lightwater

Diary of a Notting Hill Nobody

I do <span style="font-style: italic;">want</span> to believe there’s more to life than money but it does seem a bit — well — impractical

issue 27 May 2006

I do want to believe there’s more to life than money but it does seem a bit — well — impractical

MONDAY
I do want to believe there’s more to life than money but it does seem a bit — well — impractical. Mummy is furious. Says if Dave would care to pay our vet’s bills for the two months Sesame has been malingering with horsey colic, then she will happily admit that money isn’t everything.

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