tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-75780660971480581252024-03-13T00:26:09.493-04:00Thrifting Through LifeAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02017380945443627160noreply@blogger.comBlogger249125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7578066097148058125.post-82452048048857261912016-01-12T20:44:00.000-05:002016-01-12T20:44:05.409-05:00To Have and to Hold: Our Proposal <div style="text-align: center;">
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I feel like I've been avoiding my blog lately - if that makes any sense. I just feel frustrated with myself that I haven't been able to make it this big vision I have of what a blog should be that is stuck in my brain. And then I decided, screw it, this is for me first and foremost and if I can only post every other month, that's how it is going to be. *cue sassy head shake here* But seriously, I'm working on being okay with that and just being as honest as I can be with myself first and whoever reads this second. </div>
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So, I wanted to share some of my favorite pictures of all time: These are Kuchanda and my proposal photos! Eeeeeee!! </div>
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We were in Philly for his family Thanksgiving and he asked his cousin (<a href="http://www.sinanndyphotography.com/">who is an AMAZING photographer</a>) to take some "Christmas card pictures" for us. So, off we scuttled to Valley Forge to get some great shots. Then, while we were in the courtyard of the old church building there, he gave me this locket which had 4 photos spots - the first has my grandparents' wedding photo from 1944, the second my parents' wedding photo from 1974, and then the third spot had a little paper saying, "Will you marry me?" with a fourth spot waiting for our wedding photo! I, of course, said yes while bawling like a baby when he held out a beautiful 1940's ring. </div>
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The dress that I am wearing is thrifted (duh) but more importantly, it was the dress I wore for the first time he and I met/our first date. We met on Tinder (crazy, right?) a couple of months before I graduated college, almost two years ago now. He's the best: caring, goofy, and just rolls with all my crazy ideas - like getting up at 6:00 to go to an estate sale or going to a glow in the dark monster themed mini golf place. He's been there for me during some really wonderful times in the past year and a half, but some really difficult times too. He's more than I could have ever asked for and I am so excited to be marrying him. <3<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I'm so excited to share with you my first outfit post officially living in Pittsburgh! It is so weird looking back at the <a href="http://lauraisthriftingthroughlife.blogspot.com/2013/08/in-world-made-of-steel.html">pictures</a> from a couple years ago when I was first in the city for a blogger meet up - where I made some amazing friends! Now, I live here - crazy! </span></div>
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Kuchanda took these pictures for me the other week - this awesome abandoned crane was near a shop where he was getting his car checked out. It was so cool, but neither of us didn't have our cameras with so, he just took them with my new iPhone! I had a 4 before, so upgrading to a 6s was a big change! I will still take outfit photos with our DSLRs, but it is nice to have an option for spontaneous photo shoots! </div>
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Anyway, Pittsburgh has been pretty great - I'm not getting out as much as I would like during the week, due to lack of transportation, but my sweets and I have been going out for ice cream, thrifting, and other fun things in the evening and during the weekend! </div>
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So, I wore this outfit to a job interview! I didn't end up taking this job because it wasn't full time hours, but it was still a good interview, you know? Anyway, I'm starting a job in a couple weekends and I'm pretty excited about it - I'm not good at just sitting at home. Although, I have gotten through a lot of episodes of Bones! </div>
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Anyway, I have to go and make a reservation at Mad Mex - Kuchanda and I are going to meet up with one of my friends and her boyfriend for a double date! I'm excited - I haven't seen her in about a year! </div>
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Hope that you all have a wonderful Thursday night! </div>
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xoxo,</div>
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Laura </div>
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<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">I know that I have been a little MIA lately - life has taken all sorts of crazy turns! I am officially done with my volunteer service year - it was certainly year of growth and new experiences ending with a bang spending a week in North Carolina at the confrence I was planning for 900 Older Adults! I was literally the youngest person there! They were a really fun group, that's for sure! </span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">So, you might wonder what I'm doing now. Well, I am living in Pittsburgh! I moved into the tiny studio that my honey was living in the last year! We are going to start looking for something a little bigger soon! Right now I am job searching and am excited to see what the future holds- lots of more outfit photos now that I have a live-in photographer, so stay tuned for that! Any good thrifting recommendations in the Pittsburgh area? </span></div>
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How in the world is it August already? Sheesh! I spent a lot of July traveling - back to Pennsylvania for a quick trip and down to Florida for my church's Annual Conference - all in all it was a pretty good month!</div>
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Especially since I had this amazing dress to go along with it! Technically, this dress was a birthday gift from my sister back in April, but I needed a different size, so I didn't actually get a hold of it until I made my trip to PA. The dress has little Minnie Mouses on it - it is a part of Lauren Conrad's Kohl's line; I think that this the first "new" item of clothing that I got in a long time. It is a really great dress - super twirly, which is always tons of fun! Plus, I love cutouts for summer! </div>
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I took these pictures before a pizza and ice cream night out with some housemates - that was super fun! Things are certainly changing around here - I only have about a month and a half left here in Illinois! Some of my housemates are already done with their year of service, so they are moving out and we will be getting some new people soon! Everything is changing and it is crazy! It feels like I just moved here! Now, I'm making plans to move out of my house, travel back to PA, move the stuff out of my parents house and trek 4 hours away to live in Pittsburgh! Life is happening, and even though it is scary, I'm really excited too! </div>
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<i>Dress: Gift from my sister: LC Lauren Conrad for Kohls - apparently it isn't online anymore, but I bet it is still in stores. Also,<a href="http://www.ebay.com/itm/like/271946332115?lpid=82&chn=ps"> eBay</a>. </i></div>
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<i>Earrings: Yard Sale or Thrifted - I can't remember!</i></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Honestly, except for this stupid illness I've been fighting for the past couple days, life has been pretty grand! I got to see my family in June, I got a new haircut (after these photos were taken), going on ice cream and thrifting adventures with housemates, and I even got to take a quick weekend trip to Pittsburgh to see my boyfriend! No complaints here. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Even the weather is gorgeous - I'm not a fan of extreme weather so somewhere between 50-80 degrees is perfect for me. So, even those these pictures are from a bit ago - <i>quite </i>a bit actually, I would probably still be able to wear this in this cooler weather we are having. Also, because this sweater is THE BOMB. I grabbed this from a dollar basement at one of my favorite thrifts at home. A dollar! For all those sparkles! And the tag says that it is copyrighted in 1990. Yeah. Didn't know that was a thing, either, but I'll take it! I mean, did you see those sequins? </span></div>
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These pictures are from a couple of weeks ago when my wonderful friend <a href="http://thatkatiegirlblog.blogspot.com/">Katie</a> was visiting. Katie and I met about two years ago when we roomed together at <a href="http://lauraisthriftingthroughlife.blogspot.com/2013/08/in-world-made-of-steel.html">a blogger meet-up in Pittsburgh</a>! We had a grand old time getting lost in the city and talking about our favorite blogs.</div>
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Now, we don't live far apart at all, which is very exciting! So, she came to visit and stay at my house one weekend. We just talked, did some thrifting, watched movies, and ate lots of donuts. </div>
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We also planned to do a photo shoot and I had the perfect place in mind! I discovered on my town's Instagram that there was a random castle along the river! <i>A castle. </i>So, of course that needed to happen.<br /><br />It was quite a fun adventure exploring the random castle area. There was a moat and everything - which was super scary, especially since Katie was wearing heels. (I definitely went into my "mother" mode during that one.) But, it was a gorgeous day and a wonderful spot, and no one fell in the moat so all was well. </div>
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You should definitely head on over to Katie's <a href="http://thatkatiegirlblog.blogspot.com/">blog</a> and check out what she was wearing that lovely day! </div>
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I love this outfit too - this is a pretty typical work outfit, but one that makes me feel really awesome. This vintage skirt is just so perfect - if I could I would want this shape of skirt in a bunch of different patterns. I wasn't a huge fan when I bought it, but I think I'm becoming an old lady because I'm liking longer lengths more and more. </div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I'm finally getting around to posting my Easter pictures! I got to go home thanks to my daddy and the wonder of cheap flights; I flew into Pittsburgh super late at night (when the Pittsburgh airport is pretty popular - I don't understand?) and then the boyfriend and I got to make the four hour drive to our hometown for a great weekend of seeing friends, thrifting, and family celebrations!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I have both a happy and crappy about these photos. First, the crappy because it is rather minor. This dress might look <i>a tad </i>familiar because I wore pretty much the same outfit for Easter last year. I did have a different dress that I had gotten at an Elgin thrift store a couple weeks before, but when I tried it on at home it just didn't fit right at all. I'm thinking (read: hoping) that it got futzed up in the wash. And when I went in search of a church appropriate, spring colored dress, this is the only one that I could fine that I left at my parent's house. <a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=outfit+remember+gif+lizzie+mcguire+movie&espv=2&biw=1600&bih=775&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=Ld4xVdP8M5LVoATjiYCgBQ&ved=0CCAQsAQ#imgrc=tBdF_yqqHEjGCM%253A%3Bzox4RGz74yM4EM%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fmedia.tumblr.com%252Ftumblr_ls9ejg0Igy1qbykjb.gif%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.tumblr.com%252Ftagged%252Foutfit%252Brememberer%3B500%3B208">Kate Sanders would call me an outfit repeater</a>. Hopefully no one at church was an <a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=outfit+remember+gif+lizzie+mcguire+movie&espv=2&biw=1600&bih=775&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=Ld4xVdP8M5LVoATjiYCgBQ&ved=0CCAQsAQ#imgrc=y8bAUfJnvg1G_M%253A%3BTOsLQEy8nBaWAM%3Bhttps%253A%252F%252F33.media.tumblr.com%252Ftumblr_ls9ejpx2eB1qbykjb.gif%3Bhttps%253A%252F%252Fwww.tumblr.com%252Ftagged%252Foutfit-rememberer%3B470%3B196">outfit rememberer? </a>But whatever, I got to wear my lovely Emilio Pucci wedges that I got from my friend Hannah, so that is definitely a happy in my book.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Another happy is that Kuchanda and I <i>finally </i>got non-selfie photos. It may have been windy, we may look like goobers in some of them, but they were not taken on a cell phone and that makes me really really happy!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I remember when he and I first started dating, my friend Sharon texted me and said, "you need to have couple outfit photos - THE WORLD DEMANDS IT." I am proud to say that we have finally met the world's (and Sharon's) demands. Sharon, I dedicate this post to you! (Seriously though, I miss you!)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Things have been pretty routine around here - I actually have an April funk right now, which is weird for me, because I usually love April. There is just a lot going on right now in my life. I'm prepping for work events that are happening in May and I'm ready for them to just get here. Plus, I'm started planning next life steps and it is scary, crazy, and exciting! But, also really difficult when you are making these plans with the one you love over FaceTime. Definitely not the most ideal, especially when it adds a little extra stress and sadness to your life, just by being a reminder of being three states apart.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">My family birthday celebration during Easter (my actual birthday was on the 12th) felt a little rushed this year, since we needed to head back to Pittsburgh so that I could catch my early morning flight on Monday. My actual birthday was very chill, with some really wonderful parts throughout the weekend like estate sale shopping, donut eating, moving watching, and cake eating; my housemates made it a great weekend!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">So, I'm looking forward to a relaxing weekend to sort of break me out of this funk and focusing on the little things that are making me happy: Marina and the Diamond's Froot album, Kate Spade note cards my cousin got me for my birthday, and chocolate milk. Those little things make life a lot better.</span><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;"><b>(In case you are wondering, I got Kuchanda's tie at an Elgin thrift store for $.50. I would ask him where he got his other clothes, but I am writing this at one a.m. his time and he's an old man. <3 )</b></span></i></div>
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Anyway, this dress is one of my favorites! I wear it to the office a lot usually with the same shoes and tights - yikes, I might need to mix it up a little. (Leave me some other styling suggestions in the comments!) </div>
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But, the main reason that I love this dress is that it was my mom's! I swear every time that I head home, I find some of her clothes hidden somewhere in her house. The time that I found this dress though was when I needed the old clothing rack in the basement, so I helped her clean off "all the old coats" that were on it. Old coat! Pftsh - I found some of her high school dresses and some amazing 1970's bridesmaids gowns. And they all fit freakishly well. Genes are weird and amazing things. </div>
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I think that this is the best kind of "thrifting"; when you find some amazing vintage things in loved ones closets because you get the story behind it! When I wear this, I don't just picture myself wearing it typing away at my computer in my office. I can also picture my mom wearing it, typing away at a typewriter in her high school typing class or working on a piece for the high school newspaper. While I can imagine wearing this for a casual Saturday date with Kuchanda, I can also picture my mom wearing this out when she met my dad. </div>
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I think a more appropriate title for this outfit would be "The Date Night That Never Happened." Last weekend I went to Pennsylvania for a work trip. I preached at a church on Sunday and was flying back to Elgin on Monday night, so Chandy and I were going to do something fun on Sunday night. Our date nights usually include burgers and Skee-ball. </div>
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I packed this outfit so that I could wear with my <a href="http://www.mysisterscloset-boutique.com/all-about-me-textured-skirt/">lovely new skirt</a> that My Sister's Closet sent my way. I probably would never pick this shape of skirt out my own - I'm usually all about the fit and flare, so to wear this more straight style that is tighter made me feel a little self-conscious. But then I just thought to myself "YOLO!" I liked the color of the skirt a lot, so I was going to wear it out for a rare date night with my King Goober ("Honey, what should I call you on my blog?" This is the answer that I get.) </div>
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Only that date night NEVER HAPPENED. Instead we got some snow and had to stay in and watch Sherlock - not necessarily a bad thing. It was wonderful way to spend an evening; only it didn't require a skirt and heels!</div>
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So, when I came back to Elgin, I got one of my housemates take some shots of me before she and I had a housemate date night. So, I guess this skirt did get to have a date night after all! </div>
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Target top - Thrifted ($1.50)</div>
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Cardigan, Shoes, Necklace, and Earrings - Thrifted </div>
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Lipstick - <a href="http://www.urbandecay.com/catfight-revolution-lipstick-by-urban-decay/604214272705.html">Urban Decay's "Catfight"</a> - a Valentine's gift from my amazing boyfriend! </div>
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These past two weekends have been absolutely wonderful. </div>
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Two weekends ago (Valentine's Day weekend) I got to see the love of my life! Corny, but true. Kuchanda came to see me and we stayed at an AirBnB in Chicago. It was cold (and by cold, I mean <i>cold.</i>) So, we stayed in a lot, only adventuring out to see the <a href="http://www.cambodianmemorialmuseum.org/">Cambodian American Heritage Museum </a>and to get donuts. Yeah, I know. But they were probably the best donuts that I have ever had. If you are ever near <a href="https://www.goglazed.com/">Glazed and Infused</a>- just trust me, go. </div>
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So, a lot of our plans to explore downtown were thwarted by the extreme cold and long lines (two hours to go up the Skydeck. TWO HOURS.) Instead we got Shamrock Shakes, went back to the apartment to watch Sherlock, order pizza in, and cuddle - it was awesome!</div>
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And then this past weekend I was in California! It was so <i>wonderful. </i>I didn't realize how much winter weather was getting me down - a dose of 65 degrees is what I needed. I was in Lake Arrowhead, CA for a discernment retreat; it was up in the mountains about an hour and half away from LA. It was so gorgeous. I have never been somewhere so pretty - we stayed in these cottages that weren't too far from the lake. Also, the conference itself was wonderful. I met a lot of cool people with awesome stories and ideas. </div>
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I hope that you are all having a wonderful day! This is a little dress that I wore to work today; I love this dress because it the pink stripes are perfect for the Valentine season and it is really easy to throw on when you slept in (because you were on the phone with your boyfriend until midnight. Ooops.) </div>
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A sort of funny story about this dress: I almost did not buy this dress last year because of the brand name. The brand is "Nick and Dom," which happen to be the names of two guys that broke my heart in high school and college. I'm glad that I realized how silly that was! And for $5, I couldn't really turn it down. </div>
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You may have noticed from my last post that I got <a href="http://lauraisthriftingthroughlife.blogspot.com/2015/02/orange-suede-in-geneva.html">new glasses</a>! I needed a new prescription, but I was kind of sad to give up my <a href="http://lauraisthriftingthroughlife.blogspot.com/2013/02/the-night-was-young-and-so-were-we.html">Firmoo glasses</a>. So, I was really excited when I got an email asking to do another review! I picked these <a href="http://www.firmoo.com/eyeglasses-p-2601.html?rel=bLREBdNUpXWmNVaf">tortoise shell ones </a>that are similar to my other new ones, but a little lighter which is nice when I wear golds and browns. I really like Firmoo glasses, they are always very reliable, which is nice for clumsy me. </div>
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Anyway, life is pretty typical around here. Battling the cold and getting things done at work. I have been spending my nights watching "Bones," writing letters, and reading <a href="http://sarahbessey.com/">Sarah Bessey's amazing blog.</a></div>
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Speaking of blogs: my wonderful and stylish housemate Theresa started her own blog, <a href="http://theresacford.blogspot.com/">Shamrocks and Sequins! </a>Her style is a perfect mix of edgy and classy and I'm so glad to have another stylish lady in the house to talk blogs with!</div>
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Well, I'm off to hang out with some of my housemates and prep for my weekend in the city!<br />
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You might have noticed a few small changes around here - hopefully there will be more to come! I'm working on updating my blog a little bit; one of my friends is one of the IT guys at my office and has been helping CSS clueless me. He actually took these pictures too (thanks, Don!) </div>
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These pictures were taken in the cutest little town called Geneva that isn't too far from where I'm living. This has been my third time there since I moved to Illinois and definitely not my last. The weekend these shots were taken, my housemates and I were doing some window shopping at the antique stores there. We also stopped at this awesome <a href="http://www.hihatresale.org/">consignment shop</a> that used to be an old church; half their sales are consignment and half of them are donated to the local hospital! Whenever I'm at a new thrift store or something of the like, I always try to ask what their proceeds go to - it reminds me one of the main reasons why I love to thrift - supporting local business/organizations!</div>
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This outfit is a little different from what I have posted on the blog before, but I <i>love it. </i>It feels very me, which is kind of surprising. I have been leaning towards more casual outfits and making them unique with some interesting accessories. But, my favorite part of this outfit? My jacket. I got it at a yard sale about a year and half ago; my aunt's 55+ community was having their community sale on a weekend I was home from school. It was one of the last sales that my mom and I stopped at and I was running low on cash. So, of course, I found this amazing vintage suede jacket that was only $5 being sold by the cutest elderly couple ever. I tried it on and fell even more in love. But, I only had $3.50 in my wallet. <a href="http://lauraisthriftingthroughlife.blogspot.com/2012/06/whitman-family-yard-sale-tips.html">I don't mind haggling</a>, but I knew that this jacket was completely worth the price they had and didn't want to rip them off. The lady saw that I had some ones in my hand and that my mom and I were digging for quarters, so she said to her husband, "oh, take the $3.50 - she will really appreciate the jacket." I think she was tickled that I liked this jacket so much. And I still do! </div>
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Other than fun weekend trips, life is pretty routine here! I'm about to start traveling a lot for work, but not before the boyfriend comes to visit for Valentine's Day! I'm <i>super </i>excited; I've only been in Chicago once since I moved, so I'm glad he and are going to be able to explore it more together! </div>
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02017380945443627160noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7578066097148058125.post-76404760927232718092015-01-08T22:55:00.001-05:002015-01-08T22:55:51.197-05:00Chilly Nights, Summer Memories<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
Hey everyone! Eights days in and it is still blowing my mind that it is 2015; when did that happen? </div>
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I hope that everyone had blessed and memorable holidays! I got to travel home to Pennsylvania for two weeks and it was <i>heaven. </i>I got to see my family, the boyfriend, and a lot of friends that I haven't seen since summer - which is when these pictures were taken! Gosh, I can't even fathom not wearing something on my legs right now; we had -30 wind-chills this morning. It is so cold, I don't even want to talk about it.<br /></div>
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I didn't really take a lot of pictures when I was on my blogging break and I'm looking at these and thinking "what the heck was wrong with you, 2014 Laura? Were you too busy adjusting to post-graduation life, falling in love, working, and preparing to move out of state to take pictures of your outfits?" The answer is yes, yes I was. </div>
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But, I found these pictures buried on my memory card and all these memories came back to me. These pictures were taken on a photo shoot adventure with my bestie Maggie; we had such a blast: there are many outtakes of me coughing, giggling at something Maggie said, and my "oh crap, you caught me getting my picture taken" awkward face that happened when a bunch of youths walked by. I have some shots of her too, that I will definitely need to post soon. </div>
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Now, she's engaged and living in Alabama! I'm still learning how drastically life can change when you aren't confined in the structure and schedule of college life, something that is both terrifying and exciting at the same time. Anyway, I got to see Miss Maggie over the holidays; we just got to go a coffee shop and talked about our families, different books, jobs, our fellas, and <i>of course, </i>her wedding plans. I can't wait until we are both back in Pennsylvania again (around September) and are able to accomplish some really<i> </i>awesome wedding plans for her special day! I might not even have to wear two pairs of sweater tights...fingers crossed!</div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I don't know if this is a normal post-college thing or just because of all the various things going on in my life, but I feel like I have changed a lot since May.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">When I first started blogging and saw other bloggers that would take breaks, I ignorantly thought, "I'll never need to do that! Blogging is great!"</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And blogging <i>is</i> great. I missed it a lot.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">But, with everything that was going on in my life, there was some extra stress that blogging added. I felt a lot of pressure to keep up on tons and tons of blogs. So much so that I couldn't keep up with blogging and reading other blogs.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Besides all the changes going on in my life, that I'm going to mention below, then my five year old computer that I've had since high school, finally bit the dust and I took that as a sign to really think about a blogging break:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And I came to a main, almost hidden reason that I felt like I needed a break was that I couldn't ignore the feeling that my blogging "voice" was kind of...<i>off.</i> Or, honestly, maybe I never really found it in the first place? That my voice was always different somehow. That I never really showed my true self. That there was "blogging Laura" who just talked about thrifty clothes and then there was "real life Laura" who cares about and does a lot of different things besides just clothes. Don't get me wrong, thrifting and fashion is a big part of my life, but it isn't the <i>only</i> part of my life. And I felt sometimes that people who knew about my blog would think that "blogging Laura" was how "real life Laura" was too: someone who just cared about the used clothes that she wore and not much else.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And it all comes back to the great blogging dilemma: how do you feel like yourself on your blog, without over sharing? I felt like I shared very very surface level things, so not to hit that over sharing point. But, then I also felt that my blog lost some spark, if you will. I never got to show some of my other passions; things like my connection to my church denomination, my feminist beliefs, and social justice concerns that have stemmed from my social work studies. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So, in an attempt to get back into blogging in a way that I can feel more like me, here are a couple of major life changes that happened since May:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I moved to Illinois! I'm not too far from Chicago, currently. I'm working at my church's denominational offices for the next nine months now, helping to plan one of our major conference and getting to help with various other projects. I'm doing all of this through a volunteer program in my church called </span><a href="http://www.brethren.org/bvs/" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Brethren Volunteer Service</a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> or BVS. I moved to Illinois after a three week orientation in Maryland. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">BVS was started in the 1940's during as an alternative option for conscientious objectors - those who did not believe in going to war.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">My denomination is relatively small and that it makes it easy to get involved at the denominational level, especially when I grew up in an active church and went to a historical Brethren college. Being Brethren has drastically impacted my life in many ways and being in BVS is an extension of that. I'm sure I will share more about being active in the Church of the Brethren and currently being in BVS.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If you follow me on Instagram at all, you might have picked up on this, but I'm in a relationship now! His name is Kuchanda; we met in April and have been dating since June. How we met is its own story and post, but my summer was filled with Skee-Ball adventures, ice cream runs, and movie dates.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We are currently doing the long-distance thing, which <i>sucks -</i> much more than we both could have imagined, (that is also another potential post) but it is absolutely 100% worth it. He is probably the sweetest, most supportive and caring person that I have ever met. Even from 506 miles away, he makes me crack up laughing or blush by saying something super adorable and cutesy. In the past seven months or so, he has become my best friend and my biggest support! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And trust me, I'm holding back <i>a lot</i>. My friends have dubbed us that disgustingly cute couple - you know the kind that make you go "awwww" and want to throw up simultaneously? Yeah, that is pretty much how we are. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I don't want to over gush and be <i>that </i>girl, but you'll be seeing/hearing about him a little more around here, for sure!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So, those are the two major things going on in my life.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And of course, I have still been thrifting up a storm! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It's good to be back! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />Laura </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Okay people, there is a good 87% chance that I am going to cry sometime while writing this post. Why you may ask? </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Because this Amy and my last roommate post EVER. These pictures were the result of our final photoshoot up at school before graduation. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Who is going to tell me I have a Pyrex problem? (Really everyone should, but she voices it.)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Who will listen to my boy woes? </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Who will laugh uncontrollably with me after drinking a glass (or two) of wine? </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Who is going to be my swuggle buddy?! (I could explain, but I'll just leave you guessing.)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> See somewhere in those three years, we went from roommates to best friends. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Look! I'm back and wearing an outfit. Not that I don't wear clothes when I don't get to take pictures of them. I do - I swear. Promise! Okay, sometimes I don't wear pants in my room, but in public clothes are an always thing.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Now, that I got that cleared up, I have another confession to make. This is my Easter outfit. I know, I know, Easter was over a month away. But, look how pretty it is! I love this dress and don't even get me started on these <i>amazing </i>heels that a friend gave me - because they are gorgeous and I could talk about them forever and ever, amen. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As you may or may not have saw from my <a href="http://lauraisthriftingthroughlife.blogspot.com/2014/05/life-changed.html">last post</a>, I graduated from college with a Bachelor's of Social Work. Thanks to everyone who gave their congratulations! It is such a surreal time - I don't think it has fully hit m yet that I won't be going to back to a place that I consider a home, so I'm sure an emotional day or will be coming, but I'm trying to stay positive. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I'm also in the process of (yet again) moving back to my <a href="http://lauraisthriftingthroughlife.blogspot.com/2012/09/my-summer-abode.html">lovely summer house</a>. This year I have three amazing housemates - two human and one canine, so it already has been an amazing couple of days. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I start work/internship on Monday at a local food pantry! Plus, I'm excited to have a couple of projects and ideas in mind <i>and </i>to most definitely get back into blogging. Summer is the time when my blogging passion comes alive, so i should definitely be around more. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Okay, I'm off to get some shut eye because tomorrow is Saturday and that means on thing: YARD SALES. It is that time again! Life is good, right now. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This last month has been a crazy ride, that's for sure. My internship ended, I finished my final papers, and had a full seven days of Senior Week activities. I also wrote my final post for our<a href="http://juniataadmission.com/life-changed/"> admission blog</a>, which conveys a lot of my emotions. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Now. My room is empty, my car is packed, and tomorrow I head home. There have been so many goodbye: my friends, housemates, and professors: so many people that I care about. The future is still unsure, which can make it harder to say goodbye. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I know that not everyone has had a positive college experience, but I have loved my time at Juniata more than I can say - I love my now alma mater (how weird is that?) and wouldn't change bit of my time here for the world. I'm such a different person because of my college experience - I wouldn't have started Thrifting Through Life, that's for sure. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">April 7: I finally finally FINALLY found a jean jacket that I absolutely love! I have been wearing it pretty much non-stop. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">April 10: One of my favorite necklaces. It used to be my Mom's, buuutttt, I kind of stole it. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And it was such a great and wonderful day - the weather was gorgeous and I got to be outside for my campus' Relay for Life - Disney themed at that!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I was a little mopey earlier in the week about the fact that everyone was going to be busy on my birthday, but honestly I wouldn't have changed this day; it was a magical! I got to hang out with all my friends outside and help with their thrifting stand - what more could you ask for?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I have been looking forward to this post for quite awhile: I planned this outfit very particularly. I got this Harry Potter inspired shirt at a clothing swap last year and have been waiting for the perfect opportunity to wear it. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So, without further a do, I would like to share with you my first tattoo! I actually got in December, but I wanted to wait until it was fully healed. I love it so much. Sometimes, I forget about and look down, see it, and get excited about it all over again. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">For those of you who might not know, this symbol is called the Deathly Hallows from the Harry Potter series. It comes from a tale that is embedded in the final Harry Potter book. (Here is<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bN1_h_eGitE"> the <i>amazing </i>video</a> from the final movie). </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I know that some people might find it a little silly or stupid to get a tattoo of something from a book, but the Harry Potter series are important in my life for a multitude of reasons. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">There is of course, the basic reason that the lesson behind the famous series includes the importance of friendship and love. One of my favorite quotes from the last books is spoken by Dumbledore, saying "Do not pity the dead, Harry. Pity the living and above all, those who live without love."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It also reminds me of my childhood and the importance of reading. While my mother never really understood why I wanted to read the books, she never said I couldn't read something - something that I never really appreciated that until I was older and realized how that impacted my life. If I was restricted from reading something when I was younger, reading wouldn't have been something so meaningful in my life and who knows how much life would have been different. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Because of these reasons, my first sermon two summers ago was heavily influenced by Harry Potter. It was called "United by Love: The Power the Dark Lord Knows Not." </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So, I thought about this tattoo ideas for <i>a while </i>- well over a year. Then towards the end of last semester, my friend Kara and I were in a talent show at school where we performed a song in sign language. When we were practicing, I was joking saying, "if we win, I'm going to use my half of the money for my tattoo!" And then we won. So, over Christmas break I took a giant breath and got it! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Now, I love it and it has already become a part of me. I'm sure you'll see it again in other posts - and maybe my skin won't look so dry and red from the longest winter know to man here in PA, but I knew something this special needed an extra special post! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Do you guys have any ink? Leave me a comment, if so or if you are planning something soon! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">March 31: Getting ready for <a href="http://www.nsvrc.org/saam/sexual-assault-awareness-month-home">Sexual Assault Awareness Month</a> by hanging these bows on parking meters around town. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">April 1: It is finally front porch weather! Some tunes, sunshine, and a good book and I am one happy gal! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">April 2: This <a href="http://lauraisthriftingthroughlife.blogspot.com/2013/12/friend-fashion-melanie.html">lovely lady</a> is back for a little bit! Which means we go to karaoke night (and take selfies). </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">April 4: We took a field trip to the most amazing <a href="http://www.heartsandmindsbooks.com/booknotes/">Christian bookstore</a> ever. The guy who owns it is hilarious and inspiring! I could have went a little overboard, but I left with a Jane Austen devotional and "Faith Unraveled" - which I started and is <i>awesome. </i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Hope that everyone had a stellar weekend - I had a blast, getting a weekend away at my friend's house. Lots of chocolate, giggles, movies, and thrifting. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And again, I have been a bad blogger - and haven't posted this past week. I will get better. Maybe? Possibly? One of these days? Hey, summer is coming! oh gosh, summer is coming - that sentence just created the deer in the headlights look. #seniorproblems.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>But, </i>I do have a stellar, amazing, and lets just say supermegafoxyawesomehot post coming. I was going to post it on Friday, but I was watching the old 'Airplane' movie (wasn't impressed) really late with my housemates and wasn't making much sense. And this post is so great I want it to be <i>perfect. </i>No pressure, Laura. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So, keep your eyes peeled for that this week and enjoy these little snippets of my week. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">March 24: These things are so addicting. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">March 25: A book I'm reading for a paper I need to do. It is really good; it helps when you read something interesting for homework. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">March 26: I had a long day. Oreos were on sale. Coincidence? I think not.</span> </div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">March 27: My lovely friend Alexa having a cookies and milk date with me. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">March 30: Bridal shower day for one of my lovely housemates! I actually tied for second place! (Oh, the answer to #2 is a joke; my pals and I said if we didn't know the answer, we would put 'Jesus,' because who can say that is wrong?) ;) </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This weekend has been pretty crazy, but wonderful! I traveled from work, to Shippensburg for a friend's birthday party, and then home for my siblings' birthday dinner. So many birthdays! Anyway, here is a glimpse of my last week!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">March 17: These lovely flowers were on our table. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">March 18: I thrifted this amazing pin - so perfect for me! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">March 19: This <a href="http://instagram.com/lulathrift">Instagram </a>shot of my lovely campus.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">March 20: Packing, packing, packing.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">March 21: Bath bombs shaped like cupcakes = the cutest. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">March 22: <a href="http://someonelikeyou18.blogspot.com/">Lauren</a> and Hannah looking amazing and sparkly at Hannah's birthday party!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">March 23: This is the pattern on my home comforter - it is one of my favorites. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Laura </span></div>
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