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Give me a "P"

Had a nice dinner this evening with my PW friends. We have been a "group" going on 13 years now. We talked tonight how we have really grown up together and how our friendship is one of the healthiest things in our chaotic worlds right now.

We have come a long way from when we were labeled "the cheerleaders" at work way back in 1994 by a disgruntled co-worker. At the time, all of us found the nickname rather insulting, except Nikki because she really was a hockey cheerleader - Go Falcons!

After the cheerleaders, we moved on to the title, "part-time friends" because we saw one another at work everyday and had a life outside of the George Jetson looking building we worked at where we hung out with our "full-time friends".

Eventually we ended up with the Piggly Wigglys during a weekend getaway after meeting a bunch of ladies who too met at work in about 1959 at the Piggly Wiggly. Our husbands don't really think much of the name, but we really don't care. The name is unique, like us. I mean do you know of any other group of friends named after an antiquated grocery store? The Red Owls or the Hy-Vees just don't have the same ring.

So thank you my friends for many good laughs, honest feedback and as we always say, not judging one another about anything...

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Anonymous said…
So I got home last night and E asked me if I had a good time - Does laughing so hard that you snort count? :-)

You guys totally make my days shine and I'm lucky to have you all - See? HP WAS worth it!

- N
8:48 AM
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