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No it wasn’t the ring that I’ve posted pictures of.\u00a0 I collect stuffed animals. I have them in all shapes and sizes… some at home and more at work. I now have a tiger to add to my collection. My hubby picked him out for me about a week before Valentine’s Day when we were in the supermarket for what we jokingly call our Friday night “rendezvous.”<\/p>\n

I’m likely dating myself with this comment but how many of you remember the old Esso commercials about putting a Tiger in Your Tank and the stuffed striped tails that fastened around the filler pipe of your tank and dangled out the outer cover?<\/p>\n

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Well, that night coming home, I didn’t have a Tiger in My Tank but I had a Tiger in My Trunk instead. And here he is. Quite the cutie pie, isn’t he?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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