>Weekend winter wonderland

>Hey y’aaaalll,

Hope you had a fantastic weekend 🙂

Despite the redic amount of snow here in DC, I had a pretty great weekend (like the pic? like the road sharing by pedestrians/cars today?). I did a little bit-o-shopping as I mentioned earlier, but instead of spending the day in lovely Georgetown, I ventured to MD after labski. I made a little dent into the xmas shopping list….but not much, unfortunately. I am always such a procrastinator! Among my favorites (even more than the delish tart fro-yo I had) was this piece of Heaven I stumbled upon……I had no idea these stores exist! Behold one of my loves/obsessions:

Under Armour. No better workout gear. Period. In undergrad I used to run outside all winter long in BOSTON with their Cold Gear line. It’s faboosh.

After the mall, I ventured home for a relaxing TV/wine night because the impending snow storm put a damper on our plans. Although I didn’t “go” anywhere, I greatly appreciated the R&R. The next day we were completely snowed in. I’m not sure the total so far but it’s definitely over a foot! Here’s a pic on my way to Shehla’s last night for a movie night:

Crazy.

Today I woke up and slipped and slided my way to meet Ally for a quick gym sesh then to my new favorite obsession. Ever been to one of these?? They have online ordering, delivery, and pick-up! Love love love.

Whelp, I gotta pick up the apartment and start some experiment planning for tomorrow. Have a great night!!!

-Lauren

PS…Who’s watching KWTK tonight??

>When did I become such a wuss?

>Happy Fridayyyy!! Whoop Whoop

I am so pumped for the weekend. It’s been an exhausting week in scienceland and I am greatly looking forward to spending some quality time with Sir DVR and some highly anticipated holiday shopping in Georgetown:

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I love Gtown Prior to moving here, I had a very different opinion of the city in my head. I imagined it as a dirty, crime-ridden city, mostly concrete in appearance. But it’s quite the opposite. I hope I live here for a very, very long time…wink wink MF

It rarely snows in DC but this weekend we are expecting 8-12 inches! I’m not sure how the city is going to handle this (seriously). It’s quite hysterical to me as I grew up in NH (but you’d never know it, as turn into a toddler in the cold) and 12 inches, was just an average snowstorm. But really, how many companies exist in the south (OK, not technically the ‘South’, I have learned the difference from living here…ha) to deal with snow storms? Last year it snowed maybe two times (1-2 inches) and everyone in the city literally forgot how to drive and all schools were cancelled…Sorry I’ll stop bashing my city now, I really do love it here 🙂

Thinking of this impending storm, I thought about all the things I’m going to miss. Most notably, running around the Potomac:

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and around the National mall/Reflecting Pool:

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(Looks like I will reacquainted with the spinning apparatus of death (Not sure which blog I read this term on, but think it’s hilarious..and might agree).

and of course drinks at the Gtown waterfront:

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Despite my clear hate of the cold, I am greatly looking forward to spending the holidays in NH! You see, it kinda works out well for me: Brave this “miserable” (ha) 40 degree winter in DC, spend the holidays surrounded in NH’s beauty (with snow for Christmas of course), then come back here and let y’all in NE brave the rest of it out for me…Sound like a plan? Okay, thanks so much 🙂

Whelp, back to staring at this beautiful image for the next hour or so…

(Gotta love Days-0-Excel)….Scienceland is quiet today, filled mostly with data (schmata? J/k labmates) analysis.

Have a great weekend! I leave you with some holiday cheer I saw last night (yep, antlers and lights):

-Lauren