gym? or logan's?

today was my last full-time day at my job. it was anti-climatic, but now that i'm home and cozy on the couch, i feel a huge weight lifted off my shoulders. this is it: i am a full-time student. i am extremely stressed and stress-free at the same time, and it feels pretty good.

i left work around 3:30 with a bag stuffed with my laptop, some papers, and random odds and ends from my desk that i deemed valuable enough to save: two tubes of hand cream, some photos, and pens and highlighters among them. with a packed gym bag in the back seat, i set out to get a nice, end-of-the-week workout with potentially a yoga class before my vacation at the beach tomorrow got underway. but, as i approached the Y, i thought about the house.. the planter andrew had created from the old gas tank, and the void the poor gas tank felt due to the fact that it was plantless. so. i decided to forgo the gym. i took one for the team so that i could seek out the perfect plant to fill the emptiness in our lives. i went to logan's on the way home.

logan's is located near downtown raleigh, in the seaboard station shopping center. this place is my playground.

visit logan's online!

this is where andrew and i purchased our hydrangea, our shamrock, our hen & chicks and our basil. i had never visited logan's until this year, thanks to the thoughtful giftcard that andrew's mom gave me for christmas. since then, it's a treat every time i walk through the doors.

succulents! i can't get enough of succulents!

raleigh wolf at entry to logan's.

so, to celebrate my last day of work, and to also find a plant for the sad gas-container planter, i stopped by logan's instead of going to the gym to find a new houseplant. meet fern:

fern, at home in her new planter.

i feel terrible that i talked to the helpful woman at logan's today for a substantial amount of time, but I can't remember the exact type of fern that this is. ideas?

tomorrow i will leave for a vacation at wrightsville beach, so i'll be MIA for the next few days. i feel really good about that! however, i am very excited to have the opportunity to visit airlie gardens, in wilmington, while i am there. stay tuned for photos!