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5 Years, Babe

Five years ago I wore a really expensive dress (hmm, I should try to sell that), danced until I dropped and then everyone started calling me Allie Lehman. To celebrate, I’m getting a tattoo to match his and we’re going to go hang out with Beyonce and Jay.

Life’s good.

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  6. Congrats! We celebrate 5 years this month, too! I am so similar to you in purging and selling our stuff, even if it is sentimental. I totally get it (I was on board when you mentioned selling your wedding ring!). I recently tried to get rid of our unity sand because it has been sitting on our bookshelf for FIVE YEARS but david wouldn’t let me. haha!

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    • I don’t know why but I totally laughed at the unity sand thing. I still have my ring (we don’t know the best way to sell it) but it’s so nice to be jewelry-free!

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