Christmas is my favorite time of the year. And it’s just 39 days away. Are you ready?
Catalog Choice - Save the environment, save money not impulse shopping, and save having to carry a stack of mail in every day. Opt out of mailings for thousands of different catalogs in one place.
Amazon Prime - I haven’t needed a mall for Christmas shopping in years. $20 apiece for four people to get a year of two-day shipping. Seriously one of the greatest miracles the Internet has to offer.
Thing Four. The lovely and talented Kerrin, who you may remember was the inspiration for the just-now-turning-two-years-old Weekly Roundups in the first place, requires some extra-special Roundups for a while. So I’m kicking that off today with a double dose.
Cozy nights in with friends, faraway family visiting, not having to go to jury duty after all, and surprising myself by knocking around in the kitchen and coming up with spicy turkey sausage and egg whites with gemelli and penne, and cider cupcakes with cider cream cheese frosting for dessert. Not a bad weekend, all told.
But there are some things that make even a rotten day brighter. You wouldn’t want everybody to know what they are, though, always, because - well, because they’re not the taste you’re proudest of. Guilty pleasures. Not bad… but not really good, either. Mostly just a little embarrassing. But, of course, I’m here to entertain you. And in that spirit:
Victoria and David Beckham - Biographies, documentaries, reality shows: I can’t get enough. I adore them.
Ryan Reynolds - Wow. This was going to be a risque comment involving his abs, maybe mentioning Scarlett - but then I found out that he raised $80,000 for Parkinson’s running the Marathon. Well. I feel shallow.
High School Musical - If you haven’t seen it, no fair having an opinion. Watch it, then tell me it’s not adorable. It’s not humanly possible. It is to preteens what Across the Universe is to… well, me, I guess.
Sirius New Country - I won’t call it good music, but I will call it fun music.
Primeval - Okay, I admit that this was my whole reason for this post. I’ve been hiding my love, and that’s just not my style. I’m not going to hide it anymore: I am head over heels for this show. It’s fantastic. I found out this week that Hannah and Andrew are together in real life, and I may possibly have squealed like a ridiculous fangirl. Be that as it may. This show is completely addictive.
So. What’s your guilty pleasure? Answer anonymously in the comments.
Which reminds me… a bit of housekeeping to answer questions and comments:
Anonymous comments truly are anonymous. Not only do I not want to de-anonymize you, I don’t have a clue how I’d even try to anyway.
You suggested I add a picture: you say jump, I say how high. BTW, that’s the only picture here that I haven’t taken myself. Photo credit to the unendingly amazing Bill Wadman .
