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<span style="font-size: x-small;">The Boy and I are celebrating our anniversary soon.  I wore this dress a lot when we started dating and decided it would be perfect for today’s date night.</span>

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<span style="font-size: x-small;">The dress reminds me about care-free summer love.  I feel like going to the beach when I wear it, so I paired it with this sea-shell necklace my parents picked up in Hawaii.</span>

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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Can you tell my hair is wet?   When the Boy and I started dating, I could never finish doing my hair in time and I went on a lot of dates with wet hair.  I asked the Boy if he noticed and he said he did – this makes me smile for some reason.</span>

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<span style="font-size: x-small;">For date night we were having a <em>LOST</em> inspired picnic.  The Boy introduced me to the show and I resisted it for a long time.  But it’s amazing – with the right amount of <em>Hitchcockian</em> and horror elements.   So we decided on a picnic dinner, “castaway” style.</span>

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<span style="font-size: x-small;">The best part?  Better than smoky mushrooms or candlelight on a straw picnic mat?  Is my anniversary gift.</span>

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<span style="font-size: x-small;">The Boy has seen my obsession with photography – and I loved the class I took in college which created an entire portfolio's worth of art for me.  But that was a manual Canon Rebel. </span>

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<span style="font-size: x-small;">I used to pretty opinionated about the value of manual photography over digital.  But I was wrong.   This camera can do things even on the manual mode that takes my breath away.   I love the fact that the photos on my blog will be taken to the next level!</span>

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<span style="font-size: x-small;">A pretty dress and a pretty new camera -  a perfect start to our anniversary celebration. </span>

<span style="font-size: x-small;">Expect a ton of tutorials as I learn to use this camera – I love the pictures I’ve gotten so far!</span>