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Old 04-18-2006, 11:11 AM   #16
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29 Candles on December 24th and if my sisters have anything to do with the cake all 29 candles will be on there and lit.
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Old 04-18-2006, 11:14 AM   #17
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41 for me back in January. [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/eek.gif[/img]
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Old 04-18-2006, 11:15 AM   #18
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27 for me this July
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Old 04-18-2006, 11:23 AM   #19
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Well, there probably won't really be any, but if there were it would be 32. [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

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[img]/ubb/images/graemlins/yeahthat.gif[/img] Actually, I did have a birthday cake with candles last year thanks to some wonderful PassPorters! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img] [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/love.gif[/img]
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Old 04-18-2006, 11:26 AM   #20
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There will be 19 candles on my cake in only 19 days!
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Old 04-18-2006, 11:29 AM   #21
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40! DH's will have 50!!
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Old 04-18-2006, 11:31 AM   #22
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29.....again. I am in denial. I refuse to grow up. [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]
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I don't like cake.
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Luckily the restaurant we were at for my birthday earlier this month didn't have any candles to put in my Chocolate Stampede. When we got home from Massachusetts my mom had left a cake and dd put 2 candles in it. In reality there should have been 39. Next year I'll be at WDW for the big 40 and if they will do it I'll take all 40 blazing brightly.
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I had my birthday this year already.....my cake had 12 candles on it! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img] That's how many was in the box my mom had.
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If I allowed anyone to ruin the sweet perfection of my annual chocolate dome birthday cake, it would be 28. [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img] However, The Dome is sacred on my birthday and anyone who touches it or attempts to mark it with candles shall face the wrath of one angry, chocolate-deprived mama!!! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/mad.gif[/img]
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