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Thursday, March 20, 2008

Guilty Pleasures

Everyone is different in their own ways. We all have things that we like and others that we don't. But yet we all have things that people laugh at us for liking, raising their eyebrows, or even "ewwwws". So, hopefully to make us all feel a little more normal, here is my list of 13 things I love, 13 guilty pleasures :) (Please don't judge that most of the itms are food related, what can I say...I like food)


Top Ramen - A fine delicacy, I know, but still I can't seem to resist those amazing noodles and seasoning. Seriously, I practically have an addiction to this Eastern wonder. I actually don't buy it anymore because I will eat it too much. So I will only buy a package here and there and will also only limit myself that I can only eat it when my husband wants its too. Pathetic, I know, I have to set rules for my Top Ramen.


Velveeta Cheese - Ummm, nothing like fake artificial cheese to really make a meal. I don't know why I like it, even the idea of Velveeta cheese is kind of gross, but I still can't seem to resist its call to me. I love Velveeta cheese fondue, chili & Velveeta dip, and Velveeta mac & cheese. Seriously, if you haven't tried taking a can of chili and then melting some Velveeta in it, oh you haven't lived.


Calamari - I don't like seafood or I should say I hate seafood; I don't even like to have the smell of it in my house. But calamari apparently is a loop hole in my dislike of seafood. Come on, SQUID, how did I find that delicious and yet fresh Alaskan salmon nauseating? I wish I liked fish, it is healthy, easy to find, heck even cheap for us now that we are back in Alaska. Yet the one loop hole to the sea food dislike is squid and not even health fresh squid, but it has to be FRIED. Way to be healthy!


Bite Size Candies - Oh wow a girl who likes chocolate....a shocker, but no I don't really like chocolate. I don't like candy bars, but I dooooo like bite size candies. There is a difference! Believe me! If you handed me a Snickers, I would probably bring it home put it down and forget about it. And if I actually did eat it, I would probably make it to about the "ick" part in Snickers and leave it "ers" part for my hubby. So bite size snickers, dots, truffles....they are all good. I could eat my weight in any of them. I just have a weird obsession with getting as many bites out of something small. I think I am the only person who can make a bites size snicker into a 4 bites meal.
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Chef Boyardee - Please don't shutter when you read what I write next, but ohhhhh Chef Boyardee...the sweet nectar of life. Give me a canned of raviolis and color me happy, I will be having my self a good afternoon. If you put in front of me a beautiful deli made sandwich with all the good toppings and a deli pickle even on the side and then a can of Mini Raviolis....I would probably choose the raviolis and not look back.


Tom Selleck - Okay I know he isn't a food, but he still is yummy. I am not the kind of girl that can just simply look at a guy and think "ohhhh he is sooo hot". I'm not really like that. I don't really find movie stars good looking either....like Jude Law....uhh....ewww. Matt Damon, he is a little funny looking, but seems sweet. But Tom Selleck....he can make me griiiin :) I don't know who could pass up Brad Pitt for Selleck, but I could. Tom Selleck is just an all American man and that to me is hot. I have always been just a tad bit embarrassed of liking him, my friends have all made fun of me when I get dreamy eyed when I watch "Quigley Down Under". What? A man 40 years older than you isn't something you think is hot....WEIRD!


Cadburry Creme Eggs - This is what I look forward to the most around Easter time. As soon as the spring time decorations come out I start looking out for those eggs. You would think the idea of eating a fake raw egg would be sickening, but no..... it is delicious.


Pie Filling - Oh I love love love pie filling. It can go on anything to make it oerfectly heavenly. Pie filling goes on waffles, ice cream, German pancakes, Tom Selle....oh um...never mind.


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Canned Mushrooms - What can I say about the perfect snack? If I am wandering through the kitchen and can't find something that I want, there is always my faithful can of mushrooms waiting for me. I love popping open a can, pulling out some chop sticks and going to town! I love how they taste sooo good (contrary to what my husband says), how I feel good because I am eating a "vegetable", and how low in calories they are. To me mushrooms = the perfect snack


Gossip Magazines - InTouch, Us Weekly, People! I love them all. It is hard for me to go grocery shopping and be waiting at the check out lane and NOT be curious about how Tom Cruise is keeping Katie trapped in their marriage or how IS Jennifer Aniston feeling about Angelina having another baby? Seriously ....who can resist? I just make my self feel better about getting the gossip magazine by then buying Newsweek, it is my way of keeping the universe balanced. So, you're welcome.


Ranch - It is our families version of ketcup. Curtis and I both put it on everything. We keep the ranch bottle out on the table more than the salt & pepper. Everything from meatloaf to quesadillas, to casseroles..... better with ranch. If you want a great mixture try mixing salsa and ranch....yummy in wraps and good with chips.



Fiji Water - I am not a water bottle person, please....I grew up in Alaska, our water tastes like liquid gold (that is suppose to mean good) and comes out ice cold....so I have never had a need for bottled water. But Fiji water comes in the coolest square bottles. Yep....that is it.....square bottles. That is why I like them. Silly. I know, but there you have it. I will get one, drink it, and reuse the bottle over and over again. What can I say....I am easily amused.


Hairspray - Yes, yes I use hairspray. And I'm not talking about spritz spritz, there I'm done. I mean I love hairspray.....80's STYLE! I have a sort hair cut and I like to flip it out and make it look funky and a little spiky...but when you have thin fine hair, it is kind of hard to style it. So what do I do? I add more lighter fluid to my hair then I would a BBQ. My husband likes to be warned when I am finished with my hair and need the final coating....he will then leave the bathroom. Sorry o-zone....I thinks it is all my fault.

47 comments:

  1. ♥ Great list! Love all the pictures that you get to go with it!

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  2. Fun stuff on your list. I bought 2 cadbury eggs today. One was perfectly 'runny' on the inside. The other was thick and almost solid. Yuck. I hate when that happens. ;)

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  3. Most of the things on your list we don't have - sounds like I am missing out. If I am going to go with Cadburys eggs, then it has to be Mini Eggs, don't know if you get these, but they would go well with your bite size theory too!

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  4. Ah comfort foods ...well, except the calamari. Never could get into squid....

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  5. Too funny about Tom Selleck! I AM a girl who can look at a guy and think "Oh, he's hot!" I am chagrinned to admit it! But it is true. I would have to say if I were to list celebrities I thought fell in that categry, Tom Selleck would be among them...But no list of mine would contain clamari! Ugh!

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  6. What a cool list, and what can I say about Cadbury Creme Eggs, soooo good. The other night I got a cup of tea and an egg and sat and read Blogs all night. Yippee! I would go with Mima too and say the Cadbury Mini Eggs would suit your bite size addiction brilliantly, you can also get bite size creme eggs too.
    xx

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  7. My guilty pleasure is gossip magazines, too! I know most of the stories are far from the truth, but I still love to read them and look at the pictures. :-)

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  8. I'm with you on the canned mushrooms and the ramen noodles (try a combo of the two ) but calamari?
    Can't do it...

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  9. Yes we all have them and yours are sweeter than most.
    I secretly love Dr Laura whose politics stink, but with whom i agree on so many things....shhh

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  10. I love calamari! But I also love most other seafood too. My mom is so not a person to go gaga over movie stars, but we tease her all the time about Tom Selleck - she's crazy about him! And Cadbury cream eggs - yumm!

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  11. Great list! I have really enjoyed reading your blog the last week or two! I hope you do not mind but I tagged you for a Meme--I'd like to get to know you better!

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  12. I'm definitely with you on:

    bite-size candy - specifically, Snickers.

    Ranch - We eat it with everything. OK, I eat it with lots of things, and my kids eat it with everything. (Even apples wedges. Ewwww!)

    Tom Selleck - I like the good looking guys from a decade or two or three back. Not these pathetic little punks today. Selleck, Ford, Connery etc... My husband was appalled that I mentioned Harrison Ford was handsome in my post this TT. Poor man had deluded himself, I guess.

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  13. I can't say the same for EVERYthing on your list, but I do LOVE the Cadberry eggs. I buy them for myself around easter because no one else in my house likes them. And in terms of males...Give me Tom Hanks any day.

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  14. wow, I totally eat canned mushrooms too! I have done it since I was a kid! Yummy!

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  15. I love many of the same things you do! Really, how did people on earth survive prior to the invention of Cadbury Creme Eggs!

    You are so funny...only eat to the "ick" and leave the "ers" for your husband. You always make me smile!

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  16. You are one funny girl! I think you need to expand your taste palette though. Really... Ramen noodles, velveeta cheese and pie filling?
    My first bottle of Fiji water cost me like $30 in Mexico last year. It was in my room and I was really thirsty. It was the best $30 water I ever had! I am with Lauren....your comment on the snickers really cracked me up!

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  17. Eww, Selleck? Really? That's some serious 'stache to be into, man! But whatever floats your boat!

    Oh, and I stock up on those Cadbury eggs come Easter . . . and I seriously love the mini eggs, too. Yum!

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  18. Thanks - now I have a massive craving for chili and velveeta which I haven't eaten since I was a kid. And it's not even 8 am yet!

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  19. Love your list! Have you tried mixing ranch dressing with barbecue sauce? Makes a great salad dressing for southwestern style salads. Happy TT!

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  20. I also have a weird thing for good old Tom. Such fond memories of the 80s.

    One of my roommates in college would eat spaghettios in our dorm room and the smell would make me gag. I just can't even fathom eating that stuff.

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  21. Gossip magazines are my guilty pleasure when I'm out without my kids. If I have an appt and have to wait and there isn't a gossip magazine, I feel totally ripped off. Totally.

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  22. Tom Selleck is hot. Esp when he was on Friends and shaved off the mustachio. :-) Way hotter than Brad Pitt...esp these days, that joker is looking rough!

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  23. A great list - a few would be on mine too!

    Never thought of canned mushrooms like that before...will give it a try!!!!

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  24. Don't feel guilty! Calamari is one of my favorites!

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  25. I like RAMEN too! It's quick and easy and you can throw some stuff into it! My husband would pick Cadbury's eggs. He always eyes it at the WALMART!

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  26. What no Aquanet? Love that list and sneaking Tom Selleck in there, priceless :)

    Mine is up @ The Cafe.

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  27. Very interesting list!

    Canned mushrooms? Never tried them, not planning on any time soon.

    But Cadbury eggs? I haven't had one in years! Do they still advertise? I don't remember seeing any ads and as a result, forgot all about those precious little beauties!

    Oh, and yeah, I hate to admit it, but I love celebrity gossip too.

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  28. My kids eat ranch with everything...especially Ryder. We have the buy the huge bottle just so it will last a little while.

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  29. Oh, the memories of being your college roommate... I think I have a memory connected to each of your guilty pleasures. Particularly the hair spray one... all I can say is DT, American Heritage, and uh late (due to your curling iron and of course, the hair spray:)). I miss you!

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  30. Totally love Cadbury Eggs as well. Super yummy, and I have to admit that I don't feel all that guilty about it either.

    Loved your description of your hairspray. That was the best and left me laughing at the end of your blog!

    Hope you are enjoying a meal covered with Ranch tonight, and Cadbury eggs for dessert. :-)

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  31. I tagged you in the "blog game". See my blog for details:)

    P.S. WOW, $150/day for a sub. That is definitely tempting!

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  32. You have a few things are your list that wouldn't be on mine, but there's some good stuff there too! I like the Cadbury eggs too - good thing they're only around for a short time!

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  33. You crack me up! I agreed with most of your list... Velveeta is good, Tom Selleck is yummy too, BUT canned mushrooms are GROSS and slimy! LOL

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  34. I love ranch dip too....

    http://beth-amomslife.blogspot.com/2007/11/i-have-problem.html#links

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  35. Yum! I love that WHOLE list. Well, except for the mushrooms. Me no likey.
    But everything else? YUMMY!!!

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  36. I LOVE canned mushrooms too although I don't think I have ever eaten them as a snack. I just eat about half before dumping them into whatever I am making;-)

    Thanks for hte kind words and stopping by!

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  37. I love Sylvester Stallone...kinda creepy that he could be my dad and all...

    I still wet my drawers when I look at your profile photo...and now Lucy *hangin' out* is making me snort...I feel so pretty.

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  38. Love this list...think we have several things in common..ranch,cadbury eggs, bite size chocolates, calamari..all very yummy...very fun post!

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  39. I may have to steal this post idea sometime. I have so many guilty pleasures though, I don't know if I could narrow it down to 13. I love ramen noodles, Chef Boyardee, Velveeta Shells and Cheese, and Ranch dressing too... and way too many other things I shouldn't eat.

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  40. I have always been fond of Cadbury creme eggs, until recently the ooey center was a bit too sweet for my tastes. It ruined all those endearing childhood memories.

    Although, I still but them and must consume a 4 pack every year at Easter.

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  41. A seafood loophole! I love that concept. I hate fish but I rather like mussels. And I'll eat an oyster from time to time. But that's IT.

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  42. I didn't get the Tom Selleck thing at all until Friends. Then I got it.

    Love calamari- ever the little octopus things.

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  43. Ohmygosh, I love the filling part of pie filling -- not the actual fruit -- just the jelly part. Weird, I know....

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  44. Are we sisters seperated at birth??? I love most of the same things ramen is my guilt pleasure!!!

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  45. Love the Cadbury eggs. Love Velveeta - Rotel is the best. I still get a can of Spahettios every 4 months or so. My kids won't touch it.
    And who cares how old he is? Tom Selleck is still hot. I still get weak in the knees over Sean Connery too and he's in his 80s I think.

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  46. I love love love spaghetti-o's. Will go for them any night of the week :-)

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  47. How cute is all of this! Thanks for the comment on my blog. I stopped by to see yours and it blew me away! How the heck do you garner all those comments? Little Miss Popularity I suppose [and quite clever posts :).]

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