After being in snow-less Oak Harbor for five years and watching the East Coast suffer through Snowmageddon, Snowpoclypse, etc, we were SO excited for winter in DC.
There were no snowstorms this year. It conveniently snowed a tiny bit in October the day before the Marine Corps Marathon...but that was it.
We still made the best of Valentine's Day and pretended winter was here! After the most delicious dinner ever at Medium Rare, (where there is no menu) we went ice skating at the National Gallery of Art's Sculpture Garden outdoor ice rink.
We again invited snow by selling the truck (not as good at snow as one would think) and bought ourselves (ok, bought Nikki) a fancy new all wheel drive SUV!
A few days later, a silly little plastic car decided to tangle with the Volvo. The Volvo had a small crack in the bumper, the silly little plastic car had to bed towed to the junk yard.
Then, because winter was clearly not going to make an appearance, we figured some fancy new bikes were in order. As it turns out when you sign up for an Ironman, you also sign over all of your spare time and cash. Oh well, sexy bikes are awesome.
Winter decided we'd not get any snow, but freezing temperatures were in order...but only on days when Nikki had a long bike ride to do. No fear, Renee's fudge to the rescue!
We're holding out for Winter 2013 now...come on snow!!!
