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A few things to keep in mind:

1) There is room for significant gaps between the flashbacks of "The Price of Gold". We don't know how long Cinderella and Prince Thomas got married after they met at the ball, nor do we even know how long later she became pregnant.

2) Rumple asks for the location of the Fairy Godmother in "The Shepherd", which would place Rumple sending Cinderella to the ball shortly after that event. Rumple says he recently acquired a wand during "Snow Drifts", which further implies that he had already killed the Fairy Godmother by the time Snow and Charming met.

3) A big thing that's tricky is when "Forget Me Not"s flashbacks took place. I often hear that it takes place before "Lacey", but there's no proof within the episode itself, aside from arguably Roland's abscence. On the contrary, Robin's comments about not wanting to mess with magic, and the experience he implied to Will, could point towards it taking place afterwards. Not to mention, Marian is also absent. What we do know is that "Lacey" takes place before "Snow Drifts", because Marian is already captured by Regina by that point. Marian's abscence from Robin and the rest