Flowers flowers in my hair, flowers flowers everywhere

I have been very remiss (SAT word) lately in making time to hang out with my roommates; with opposite schedules during the week, it's hard to find time when we're all available. So when my roommate Alexey (pictured to the left courtesy of facebook and appropriately pictured with flowers) asked me and my other roommate Ryan (pictured to the right also courtesy of facebook) to the Philadelphia Flower Show today, I was so excited one, that I didn't already have plans and could actually go, and two to hang out with my roommates while looking at pretty flowers. Not to mention it was 70 degrees outside, a wonderful day to get out of the house and take a train ride to the city. 

Turns out the Philadelphia Flower Show is the largest indoor flower show in the nation and it's a pretty big deal. Who knew? We followed the massive crowds of people through the convention center to the show entrance; not knowing what to expect at all, I was pleasantly surprised. I mean, it was exactly what you'd think of when you hear flower show. A huge room of flower exhibits, flower contests, and vendors. So colorful and fresh, very easy on the nose. A few of my favorites:

An entirely hand-painted tree. INSANE.

Pretty glass walls with test tubes of single flowers all up and down them.

What I like to call the 'Old Man' cactus.

One of the exhibits.

Judging tables.

Lovely.

After the flower show we ate at a little restaurant in Chinatown then rode the train home right before dark. 

Wonderful roommates, awesome flowers, a beautiful day in the city; no complaints from this girl.

Sad story

Wednesday night poker at Kildare's has been cancelled. FOREVER. 

They still have poker tournaments around Philly, but wednesday nights 2 blocks from my house was just so convenient.

So here I sit. Wondering what to do with myself.

Time to look for a new hobby.

This is my morning

Hot cup of coffee, book in hand, space heater on, tucked in my bed while it  blizzards outside.

This is my morning all cozy and warm. 

It was monday as usual today since I forgot it was supposed to snow last night and into the morning; I didn't even think to look out the window. So not until I opened the front door, all dressed, showered and make-up on for work, did I realize there were multiple inches of snow covering the ground and still more coming down.

Since I was all ready to go, I decided to gear up and attempt the drive to work anyways. Being in the North, where no amount of snow phases anyone, usually once you make it to the main roads, they're pretty clear. 

Except today.

I attempted to make it to the office, but failed and decided a day at work was not worth my life. Sorry work.

So I turned around and came back home; delicious cup of Dominican coffee and book in hand, I tucked myself back in to bed where I will wait out the storm in the comfort of my gloriously-warm (thanks to space heater) room.

AND I got to test out the Ice-Scraper my parents gave me for Valentine's Day (it works a lot better than my credit card which I was previously using.) Double bonus.

To buy a Wii or not to buy a Wii...

They're just so amazing.

After a rousing game of Mario Kart at Kyle and Steph's against Kevin & Shannon (in North Carolina) and David & Lisa (in Virginia), buying this addicting console is very hard to resist right now.

But, my main dilemma: if I were to get a Wii for Mario Kart, I would also want Guitar Hero and Wii Fit, which would increase the cost drastically.

Definitely not a necessary expense right now (or ever), but very tempting. For now, I'll mooch off of Kyle and use his while he's busy being a dad (hah, suckerrrrrr...) :)