 1.This week on Totes Awesome Channel, we are embracing our guilty pleasures. Youtube Link I divulge a bit more about my obsession with food and talk a bit about marathon shopping. 2.Just a month ago, I was hanging out near a waterhole on the Green Belt with my dude, dog, and friends. I learned how to skip rocks and watched the other humans swing from the rope into the water. (Bob and I can’t swim so we just watched.) That was just a month ago. Last weekend, the same waterhole was bone dry. Even after a night of heavy rain. In just a month it has completely dried up!  Beginning of May:   3.Today is Day 14 of my Prosperity Game. That means today I spent $14,000 hypothetically. It’s actually pretty difficult spending money every day. Today I “bought” two laptops. One for me and one for my dad. My dad has never used a personal computer so it’ll be a learning experience for him. I also bought a fancy computer bag; five pairs of Toms, two for me, two for mom, and one for Alan; a round trip plane ticket from Boston to Austin so my best friend can visit me in July; a plane ticket to Midland, Texas for a trip to Marfa with Kim; a rental car for Marfa; lodging in a teepee and trailer for Marfa; 500 dollar clothing shopping spree; an iPad; wireless contract for iPad for 2 years, and the remaining $7,000 went to my parents’ retirement. Oi. That was just today. Other big ticket items from the last week included, airfare to North Carolina, a romantic hotel stay at the Biltmore, Super Bowl tickets for Alan, student loan debt, thousands to my parents’ retirement, a shopping spree at Saks, wedding gift for a close friend, airfare to Hawaii, hotel in Hawaii, fancy DSLR camera, and fancy meals. Spending hypothetical money every day is hard work. 4.I’m out of town the next two weekends. Going to Houston for Mother’s Day this weekend and then partying it up in Vegas next weekend! Time is flying by in 2012! 5. Last week, I mentioned that I had the pleasure of attending a launch party for Michael Natkin’s new cookbook, Herbivoracious. It’s a gorgeous cookbook with drool worthy recipes and I am giving away a copy! To try your luck, hop on over to my food blog. You have til Sunday night to enter. Good luck! 6.Could it really be possible that I can make money eating? 7.This week’s moments of bliss: ♥ Cinco de Mayo date with AshleyD ♥ morning pages ♥ hiking date with Alan, Bob, and another pup ♥ girl date with Naz at Madam Mams on a weekday ♥ good news and exciting times for my close friends ♥ Avengers date with Alan ♥ finishing my first paper journal in 2012 and starting one I bought last year in Vermont ♥ voter’s registration card in the mail ♥ letter from Danielle ♥ Obama endorsing gay marriage ♥ scheming about 2013 travels ♥ not cooking most of the week ♥ awesome deals on shoes Question: What are some of your guilty pleasures? |