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I did the end of the year splurging. Oh yes. My reward for surviving the semester. And just my luck as I put the scallops in the cart next to the marscapone cheese, i saw 2 lb boxes of snow crab legs on sale buy one get one free. I couldn't turn down 4 lbs of crab for 24$. And then the orchids were on sale so i bought on of those too (I picked a flashy flowering one over the lonely non-flowering one that was only 7$. I might go back for him)

So of course i had to eat it all last night (no not all 4 lbs of crab) so a pound of crab legs as an appetizer to my pan-seared scallops with brown butter sauce and strawberries topped with marsala marscapone for dessert. So rich.

Then last night the temperature dropped outside and in (that happens when the mice have eaten all the insulation) and now the orchid is droopy because it got colder than the optimal range. Poor thing.

ETA - recipes

( pan-seared scallops )

( strawberries with marsala marscapone cream )