Mac Mail - The cat is back

Today I crefully crafted an application for a new job for 2012 and happy with waht I had crafted after several hours work on my resume I sent it off. Then I went to print it out only to see a picture of what i thought was my cat. I went into a blind panic at the thought of a lost opertunity beacuse of a silly, unporfessional picture appearing. But where did it come from?? I never saw it before.
I sent myself a mail and was spomewhat relieved to see that it did not apppar on the incomming message. So why does it appear on the outgoing message.
I Googled and searched this site and found some discussions from 2005 and 2010 that suggested it was something to do with Addreess Book and a personal self entry, and it was not my cat at all. I deleted that entry but to no avail the **** cat still appears.
Any ideas ?
DJV

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First, good luck on the job hunting, second I think there's no need to worry about the Cat on the other end... unless they use a Mac.
What Picture shows in System Preferences>Accounts?
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