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504 Continued...

Hi friends! I'm proud to announce that I have been a productive girl today.  I got up, went for a run outside (another perk to living in Florida), got a shower, had lunch, painted my nails and have been working on some wedding signage for one of my May brides.

The bride I just mentioned is actually a really good friend of mine from college.  We met our freshman year in the dorm and now, almost 10 years later, I'm helping plan her wedding!  Her name is Laura, and she is one of the 504 girls mentioned here.  Mine and my friend Lauren's dorm room number was 504.  It was always the place we four girls would hang out (Bekah, the other 504 member lived just down the hall).  Somehow the reference to our room number stuck, and we've been the 504 Girls ever since.  We had many memories and laughs in that room, and I feel so lucky to still be making them with these ladies.

As mentioned in the tagged post, we had a 504 reunion in January.  Ever since our freshman year of college, we've taken a picture in a particular pose (complete with the stacked elbows) so we had to continue the traditional in January.  I'm sure it'll look quite humorous when we're old ladies striking this pose :)

Just for kicks, I'd thought I'd show a comparison of us my senior year of college and now.  We're in the wrong spots, but you get the idea.  My how time flies!
May 2006/January 2012

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