This week we're recapping our favorite things from the past year, including movies, books, purchases, favorite memories and new things that we tried.

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Favorite movie:

Elsie - Weapons and The Italian Job (1969)

Emma - Wicked: For Good

Favorite book:

Elsie - The Wedding People and 100 Years of Solitude

Emma - Lessons in Chemistry, Funny Story, and The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo

Favorite purchases:

Elsie - Louise Carmen Journal and her kitchen

Emma - Lavender Birkenstock Clogs, pastel lime green sweater, blue sweater, scarfs, and new tattoo

Favorite memory:

Elsie - Going to italy

Emma - Hugo walking and going to Italy

Favorite new thing you tried:

Elsie - Water color painting

Emma - eyeglasses and eating raw fish/sushi

Favorite candle:

Elsie - Walmart Fresh Cut Frazier

Emma - Bath and Body Works Leaves, Burlap Bag, and Thistle Farms

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