My Oh So Guilty Pleasures

Some of these I partake in/enjoy regularly, some are hit-or-miss (though admittedly, when I miss them, I do find myself missing them.) Please don't judge me, I'm admitting great weaknesses here.

Oh wait, I heard about some stunningly guilty things from you, so I think I'm good! The following is a list of things (in no particular order) that when indulged in I enjoy thoroughly, but probably should avoid totally:

1. The Real Housewives of New York/New Jersey*

Orange County and Atlanta didn't grab me, but, oh boy, those eastern ladies did.

In my defense some of these women strike me as being of good character.

No? You disagree?

Okay then how about this...when I admitted this guilty pleasure to a friend at church who teaches at a prestigious college in Chicago, she confessed she watches EVERY episode of

"Rock of Love."

2. The three major fast food restaurants that serve diet Pepsi--

Taco Bell, KFC, or Pizza Hut. Oh, I jones for T-Bell.

3. Mary Higgins Clark books

I usually read one a summer. I find I've fallen behind, so this summer I have read two. Not quality literature. In fact, they were awful.

4. Tater Tots with BBQ sauce and salt

So NOT healthy.

5. And whilst we're there...chewy candy

Mike & Ikes, Twizzlers, Red Vines.

And now, thanks to the comment Shannon made on Monday's post, I have found that Menard's (of all places) has a great assortment of the chewy stuff. I crave it; I give in to the crave--pictured above are spice drops for Shannon who came for dinner last night and fruit slices for me which are already more than half gone.

6. N'SYNC

Mac used to buy their CDs for me. Now if that doesn't prove he loves me, what does? Smart boy that he is, he would buy them used, BUT at the store he frequented, he had to ask for them by name. "Bye, bye, bye."

7. Napping

Ahhhhhhh. Twenty minutes is all I need, and I often fulfill that need.

8. The People's Court

I love Marilyn Milian. She can be incredibly gracious, but she's to the point.

Sometimes I wish I could talk to people like she does--I don't mean in Spanish, though that would be cool too--and get away with it.

9. diet Mountain Dew

Looks like anti-freeze, tastes like I don't know what, but every once in a while, I just need one.

10. People

You know, the magazine?

For a long time I subscribed, and now, when I see one on the newsstand, I swear, I twitch as I walk past it without buying it.

I currently read Vanity Fair, but I'm a People lover at heart.

11. Sleeping in my Blackhawks T-shirt

Mac won it in a bar over the winter.

Along with a Hawks logo, it also sports a couple of Bud Light logos.

I have nice jammies, but this is just soooo comfy and cute with boy shorts.

It's a very good thing that Brad likes it too!

12. George Michael songs

Particularly "Faith" and "Father Figure"

13. Whack-a-Mole, Skee-Ball and air hockey

All great ways to get out aggression.

My son no longer clamors to be taken to arcades (good thing, he's practically 23), but when he was younger, he'd play video games, and I'd go old school quarter games.

I miss those days...

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So there's my list.

I have never claimed to be classy, never refined. This list points out how low-brow I can go.

Thank you for loving me anyway.

*I once compared a family member to acting like one of the Real Housewives. I was truly only teasing,and I apologized earnestly, but it seriously damaged our relationship.