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I frequent invited me to a private party
at the convention with other members from the forum.
It was kind of cool (and okay, totally nerdy)
to meet some of the people that I know from the online community.
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to make my experience as a first-timer a fabulous one!
She is such a sweetheart--
what else would you expect from a Michigan girl?
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Mr. Goodbar is the quintessential inside joke between us.
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Mattel chipped in these Jonathan Adler vases,
and Sheree made the photo holder cubes with the cards.
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there were about 20 of us there.
I was blown away many times by the generosity
that the attendees and volunteers displayed for perfect strangers!
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