February is crazy man...

It's been busy and it's going to get even busier. So far The Wigglians (that's my coven) have been involved in 2 Imbolc rituals. My 101 class did a ritual to finish up their class and my 102 student will be showing us something this week. On Thursday Mojo and I are leaving for Pantheacon in San Jose, California. I may talk about that on the blog but likely most everything I say about it will be on The Wigglian Way.
Not only are/were there lots of magical things happening this month it was my Wedding Anniversary on February 2 which just happens to be Imbolc day. Lucky all the other stuff was scheduled for "in and around" the holiday. Philip took me to a lovely restaurant and he got me a ticket for a dream home lottery. I hope I win. I told you all about that stuff last post though.
Next is Valentine's Day. I don't really celebrate the day but I will likely make some candy, bake some sweets, and make heart shaped sandwiches for lunch. No gifts shall be exchanged. That is...perhaps no gifts will be exchanged.
It's past midnight now. It's 12:35am to be exact. I just finished making some sugar paste for hair removal. You won't be seeing pictures of that. I'll let you know how it goes.
Night sweet World.

Yesterday was a very special day. It was Imbolc which is an ancient Celtic festival associated with the goddess Brigit, held on Feb. 1 or 2 to mark the beginning of spring. It is also celebrated by modern pagans of which I am one. My community and I will be celebrating our Imbolc this weekend. Twice. Once for my immediate community called a Tradition and once for the community at large. One of our group is leading the first ritual and our group in it's entirety (5 of us) will be leading the second one. It will be a busy weekend. 
It was also Groundhog day and apparently Spring will be early this year. It feels like it's today. *S*
The other event that was yesterday  was my Eleventh wedding Anniversary. Philip took me out for dinner at a swanky restaurant called Horizons. It's at the top of a mountain and you have a 360 degree view of Metro Vancouver. It's so pretty.

 We had looked at the menu beforehand so pretty much knew what we were going to order but we looked at the "hard-copy" when we arrived anyway. 
This is what I had for dinner...
Chocolate martini-oh no, I could be addicted. 
Free range bison carpaccio with basil infused olive oil, shaved pecorino cheese (OMG), tomato aioli and micro greens as a starter that Philip and I shared. It was lovely. 
For my main course I had Pekin Duck breast marinated in sherry with star anise poached apple and caramelized yams and a a Chinese 5 spice sauce. Interestingly, I was not fond of the apple dish but the yam dish? It was the most buttery yam dish I have ever had. Melt in your mouth. You know what else melted in my mouth? The duck. Quack Quack. I was confused and didn't know if I was going to get vegetables with my order as they also have a section that says "side order" so I ordered asparagus spears (that I didn't finish). A zucchini and pepper combination came with the meal. This is the only part that I thought was not gourmet and super delicious. It wasn't bad by any means but it was sort of bland. 
For dessert I had a vanilla creme brule. So creamy and well worth the tummy ache in the middle of the night. Seriously. 
Now for Philip's meal...
He had a yummy fruity martini that I can't remember the name of. It may have been the Horizon's "house" martini. 
Of course, he shared the bison starter with me. I think I had the most. It was an adventure for Philip as of course it's a raw meat dish. 
His main course was RACK OF LAMB! He asked for it to be well done. Well done for lamb must still mean bloody because it was but oh so tender and yummy! We gave each other tastes. His side was a potato croquette...I think I will try to make this for a side with bacon wrapped chicken breast and a HUGE salad to wash the bad (but oh so yummy) stuff away. 
Philip had a burnt lemon cheesecake for dessert. 
We both finished up with lovely coffee that almost tasted Italian. 
Thank you for a lovely meal Philip! 

We also exchanged gifts. I got Philip a gorilla stuffy and some boo boo goo  and an iTunes card and he gave me a potential mansion.