Blossoms + Skirts = Spring

So Pia left yesterday morning, which was far, far too soon, but we had a great time doing all three things that we had planned. The weather forecast had called for rain pretty much nonstop throughout her whole visit, and I was all pissed about it, but luckily it turned out to be totally wrong, and Saturday was gorgeous and warm and breezy and completely springlike.


We took advantage of the good weather on Saturday to go see the cherry blossoms, which were in full, gorgeous bloom. Unfortunately, we were not the only people in DC who had that brilliant idea. It took us at least ten minutes just to get out of the Metro station because there was such a bottleneck. In the two years I've lived in DC, I have never seen a train or station that crowded.


But it was totally worth it once we were herded over to the pretty trees along with the rest of the city and about 8 million tourists. The blossoms were as gorgeous as promised, although there were people doing stupid things like dangling from branches and totally abusing the trees, which was depressing to see. But Torsten had a great time taking pictures with his dad's new DSLR camera that is on loan to us until we see his parents next week. You can see the whole set of photos here.


Pia and I also went to the mall in search of a bridesmaid dress, and although we didn't find one, looking at them helped both of us get some ideas, and I think Pia will be able to find a nice dress on her own, even if I don't see her again until the wedding (although I certainly hope I do). But I did get a couple of other things, which made me really happy--delicious pomegranate scented bubble bath and a pretty white eyelet skirt.

I don't know what it is about clothes shopping, especially when it comes to bright colors and lightweight skirts, but the shopping felt so springlike. And now I have a gorgeous spring skirt that goes perfectly with my black and white dotted peep-toe wedges just sitting in my closet, waiting for another spring day. It makes me simultaneously happy and antsy for consistent spring weather. Does that happen to any of you? Do you have a favorite spring outfit waiting in your closet? What is it like?