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since amanda won her free engagement photography session at the wedding convention we crashed attended, I have come to the realization that free stuff is wicked cool.

so from now, on a whim, any any contests I come across that catch my interest will now be entered.
today that includes the giveaway of a $1,000 wedding dress and a book on homemade weddings.

I mean, why not?

after all, crazier things have happened.

for example, 8 inches of snow in alabama and atlanta and next to nothing in boston and new hampshire.
or a baby hippopotamus and a 130 year old tortoise becoming best friends.
or the seattle seahawks taking down the new orleans saints in the first round of the playoffs.

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