flower power

Hosting 40 people at my apartment tomorrow afternoon for the Derby, prepping my apartment. (yikes)

The official flower of the Derby is red roses, and they're supposed to be everywhere... but I couldn't bring myself to buy 2 dozen red roses, for myself. It was just too, too sad.

So I bought beautiful purple orchids, and hot pink tulips trimmed in white, and I'm planning a double-secret mission at nightfall, to clip some beautiful&fragrant flowers from this tree [white one] in the courtyard outside my window. As I see it, my neighbors couldn't possibly call the cops on me twice... could they?