Roses Are Red...

We here in The Friendly Mushroom take holidays very seriously.  Let's face it, an excuse to dress up, take pictures, and ditch our homework is always welcome.  Really, we hardly need an excuse to do all of that suff anyway!

On Valentine's Day, we woke up to our table covered in hearts from our new roommate Julie, who just happens to be a cookie decorator.  She decorated the cookies herself!  We just love her! And not just because she bakes us things all the time.  She's super amazing too.  Since our beloved Shli had to leave us, we consider ourselves lucky to find such a wonderful other roommate.


Anyway...

As the holiday of St. Valentine carries the idea of dating with it, some of our roommates were not going to be found in the apartment that night.  So, what do you do when two of your roommates have dates for Valentine's and another one has assignments due the next day?  Have a single roommate awesome party, of course!  Manda Squared decided that the best way to celebrate their perpetual singlehood would be to spend it in Barnes & Noble.  Armed with our Starbucks hot chocolate, we walked into the bookstore and lost ourselves in a world of YA Fiction and journals and cookbooks. Well, Manda looked at cookbooks while Panda looked at books on sale, because the one really likes cooking and the other...not so much.  Haha.

After a good hour at the bookstore, we came home, made a blanket fort, and watched Leap Year.  Because nothing says Valentine's Day like Matthew Goode and Irish accents!  After the movie, Panda and I cleaned the front rooms, which actually turned out to be way more fun than we thought it would.  Who knew scrubbing pots and folding blankets could be that much fun?

And that's what two of the roommates did to commemorate the day of love.  We celebrated our love of hot chocolate, books, movies, and cleaning.  Best Valentine's Day yet?  Heck yes, baby!

Peace Out,
Manda