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seven years

seven year wedding anniversary
i know it's cliched to say, but i loved our wedding. we held the ceremony in an old paper mill in southern minnesota, with just our closest friends and family present. i wore an inexpensive watters and watters gown that to this day i still love, and doug wore a blue floral button-down shirt from urban outfitters. there wasn't a dance or a bouquet toss and we didn't have a cake cutting ceremony, but the day was perfect.

to celebrate our anniversary this year, we got a chance to steal away for a romantic dinner, walk and movie. i was lucky enough to score one of anabela's beautiful, err, i mean handsome "may 4" floral ties and i gave it to doug to wear right before we left the house. anabela even embroidered our wedding day on the cotton twill loop on the back! doug loved it and i couldn't stop looking at it throughout the night.

seven year wedding anniversary
as i gazed romantically into doug's tie over dinner, he and i did a really terrible job trying to remember how we've spent our previous anniversaries. i remembered just a couple and i don't think doug remembered any, BUT he did remember the one that counts - this year's! high five, doug! and as far as the others we've forgotten, that's what photos are for, right?

14 comments:

  1. aw.. i love your dress. happy anniversary!

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  2. I would be staring at that tie all night too. Happy Anniversary to you and your man!

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  3. thanks chelsea and jennifer! we had such a fun night!

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  4. congratulations. your dress is beautiful by the way.

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  5. congratulations on 7 years!
    p.s. I'm obsessed with those ties too! I'm hoping to order one for my Dad for Father's Day :)

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  6. it all sounds perfect to me...and the dress...lovely. good tie too...

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  7. elly, your wedding sounds like it was so wonderful! my friend got married about a year ago and she had a similar wedding, only she and her husband invited only their family. then she had a reception a few months after their marriage for their friends. i love the idea of a more laid back wedding where you can actually enjoy the day without stressing! and that mill!! oh my gosh!!!!!! talk about dreamy!

    btw, love the tie and the dress. and i think you and dough are the coolest couple ever and i haven't even met you guys! whatdaya think of that? ;)

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  8. did i just spell doug's name wrong? yes, i did. i'm always doing that. whoops! :D

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  9. happy anniversary and i love your dress, too. love the tie. just keep counting those anniversaries and having happy celebrations!

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  10. happy anniversary. your wedding day sounded perfect. and your dress is gorgeous.

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  11. Happy anniversary! Your wedding day sounds so lovely, and the tie is great!

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  12. happy anniversary elly!
    anabela's ties are amazing, she's so good at hand embroidering isn't she?

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  13. that gazing into the tie actually made me lol. well done for remembering this years Doug!

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