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Raylene. Hello. It's true in her pretty new dress. Oh, thank you. She's kind of bunching up around the sleeves, though, so sorry if I'm fiddling with it. Okay. Yeah. You, uh, Raylene sent me a photo. I guess it was like a week or two ago. You were dress shopping. And you sent me a photo of a dress that you're like this dress really reminds me of

you and I was like I love it it's beautiful similar to the dress you're wearing right now actually

it's funny that you're wearing it is very similar to this gingamy cottage corey dress yeah and I was

like it's beautiful it's perfect and you're like I didn't get it it it didn't look good and I'm like oh

yeah like I loved it but it didn't look right on me it wasn't a me dress it's perfect and you're like i didn't get it it didn't look good and i'm like oh yeah like i loved it

but it didn't look right on me it wasn't a me dress as much as i wanted it to be style but then you got

that one which is so pretty yeah it's so beautiful you're like in fall now yeah i'm basically a fall

queen at this point it's stunning it's It's stunning. Yeah, I love it.

It's a little bit different from what I would usually wear. Like, it's got puffy sleeves,

which reminds me of Anne. Like you were kind of saying it's kind of a little bit of an Anne dress,

and I feel like I'm Anne in her dream with her puffed sleeves. Yes. Anne would be thrilled.

Okay, speaking of N references, get this. Bring it on.

So the other day, or like two days ago, three days ago, we were invited to a birthday party for new friends.

For new people we're getting to know. They're really cool. And we were like, oh, my God, I can't believe they invited us to their party.

This is sick.

And their birthday party was held at a Legion.

And I know that we've talked about legions before on the podcast, but it was a long time ago.

And, yeah, like, it's kind of a very Canadian thing. So basically, I know a lot of different countries

have versions of this for sure. This is like a widespread phenomenon, but calling them legions,

I think is the Canadian word for it. So basically they're just veteran clubs. They were formed

after the war as a clubhouse and a meeting place for veterans who had just

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