- my old-school headphones
- they are broken on both sides, but put back together with duct and masking tapes -- they have the best bass
- anything i ever made in school
- i still have paintings from K - 12 under my bed at home
- not to mention the multiple file cabinets packed full of documents
- art supplies
- i hate buying new stuff so I hold on to even the smallest bits of things i could use again
- old makeup and jewelry
- even though i don't use it, i love to keep it in boxes anyway
- pictures, for obvious reasons (even the bad ones)
- all of my diaries
- my 7th grade diary is the best... so much teenage angst and heartache
- old winter clothes from 9th grade
- old crew team shirts from all four years of high school
- swim team bathing suits from elementary school (and all the ribbons)
- anything my grandmother ever touched or gave to me
- all the hair scrunchies i used to wear to ballet classes with becky campione
- my Disney VHS collection
- my Disney character posters
- any stuffed animal i ever owned
- the dollhouse my brother made for me
- my corsage from prom
- that hideous silver-sequined baseball cap my mom gave me in 6th grade for my birthday, which i refused to wear even once (or let her return)
- the Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt, Emmylou Harris "Trio" cassette tape Mom and I used to listen to obsessively when I was little
- my entire cassette tape music collection
- Pointer Sisters, Vince Gill, Crystal Gayle, Lion King Soundtrack, etc
- anything my brothers and/or I recorded of ourselves randomly
- my first CD - Alanis Morrisette, Jagged Little Pill
- college textbooks
- anything i think i could reuse
- the Rusty Wallace racecar shirt that was my brother's circa 1994
- the crown of dried flowers from the renaissance festival
- the Christmas ornaments my grandmother & great-grandmother made
- my acceptance letter to Virginia Tech
- the first letter from VT that i made the dean's list
- my acceptance letter to University of Tennessee
- Dad had never been so proud of any of us before or since that day
- it's weird to think how different my life could have been...
- my piano music books
- the totally cliche music nerd coffee mug
- all the birthday cards and other letters i ever got in the mail
- the carousel horse music box that plays Unchained Melody
- the dream catcher and bunny-fairy from 2nd grade
- my yearbooks and class pictures
- the winter blanket with roses on it, that's slowly deteriorating
- the homemade baby blankets
- dad's old Pentax K1000 35mm camera
- a lock of brown and white hair i cut from my dog two days before we had to put her to sleep
- plus the old comforter she used to sleep on
- my first driver's license
- my first pair of high heels
- a Snoopy pez candy dispenser that's turning orange
- newspapers from 9/11/01
- my pitiful book collection
- consists mostly of kids books
- and the Harry Potter series
- any letters/cards i got while away at school
oct 25 2008 ∞
oct 28 2010 +
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