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kenny

kenny

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What do you do that you know you shouldn't . . . or do too much?

Mine is Internet, obviously.
Also I love fussing over and gazing into my aquariums - it's like creating a beautiful little world.
I DOOOO enjoy our new ice cream maker toooo much. :lickout:
I confess, I enjoy when drivers in a hurry get upset and pass me up (I DO drive only in the right lane of several). Shame on me. :twisted:
When alone at home I do enjoy wearing only undies since we don't have AC.

Edit: Oh and diamonds, of course. :love:
 
Watching Real Housewives, definitely. Also shopping at Trader Joe's and spending obscene amounts of money on coffee from MaryLou's when I could just make it at home. And spending way too much time lurking the padparadscha threads here.
 
Perfume -- the real stuff, not the "eau"
Geier Wally boots
Starbucks
Internet blogs and forums -- I should just start my own, given the time I waste on this "hobby" :twirl:
Diamonds :lol:
 
Diamonds.... big surprise there right?
:lol:
 
Portree said:
Perfume -- the real stuff, not the "eau"
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What's the difference?
 
kenny said:
Portree said:
Perfume -- the real stuff, not the "eau"
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What's the difference?
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Here's a quick and dirty "yahoo answers" excerpt that explains it very well:

"From highest concentration to least, the different forms of perfume are:

Perfume, also called extract or extrait perfume, can include 15-40% perfume concentrates. This is the purest form of scented product and is the most expensive as a result.

Eau de parfum contains about 7-15% perfume concentrates. This is the most popular and common form of perfume. It provides a long-lasting fragrance and generally doesn't cost as much as extract perfume.

Eau de toilette has around 1-6% perfume concentrates. This makes for a light scent that doesn't linger as long as the more intense versions. It was originally intended to be a refreshing body splash to help people wake up in the morning.

Eau de cologne is sometimes used interchangeably with the term eau de toilette. However, the concoction began as the name of a light, fresh fragrance mixed with citrus oils and was made popular by Napoleon. Some perfumers today have a version of this called eau fraiche.

NOTE: Kenny, I think the different "strengths" really affect the way the particular fragrance smells on my skin. I learned this the hard way when I spent $$ on a large bottle of the eau de cologne version of my favorite perfume, only to find it did not smell -- to my nose -- at all the way the perfume did!
 
Eating when no one is looking (does that count?), cheese, lunchmeat, leftovers straight from the fridge.

Surfing PS....when I should be doing housework

Buying Mascara...I have at least 10 tubes at any given time

Love buying/hoarding Shoes---They are not expensive, but I have at least 60 pairs covering the floor of our garage, and at least another 30 on a shelf.
 
@ Portree, if the difference was only strength/price you could say they all cost the same.
Buy the cheap stuff and use more of it, or buy the expensive stuff and use less.

It would be a wash.
 
Jewelry....... d'uh!

But I like rescuing second hand stones, especially vintage diamonds, and then searching for the perfect way in which to mount them to bring out their beauty and soul. I also love doing this with colored stones. As a result I have far too much $$ tied up in loose stones that do not have a home waiting for them.

Right now I have an amazing vintage omc halo mounting that has all of the prongs worn down. I've acquired a gorgeous piece of vintage persian turquoise to be mounted in it. Now I just have to find the right jeweler to do the work. One I approached was going to do a hack job of soldering on 4 prongs to hold the stone. Nope!! I want the finished piece to look just like it would have in the 1880's.
 
kenny said:
@ Portree, if the difference was only strength/price you could say they all cost the same.
Buy the cheap stuff and use more of it, or buy the expensive stuff and use less.

It would be a wash.
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LOL! That's what I was hoping -- the cheaper stuff would be a way to "extend" the expensive perfume. But to my nose, when the strength is diluted it changes the nature of the fragrance. In some cases (Chanel) it seemed like the "eau" versions don't even smell close to the perfume version. Could just be my skin -- I have dry skin. I think people with more natural oils can wear less fragrance and get more staying power.
 
Working in my favorite nightgown and matching satin robe on a crappy day like today (it's raining, icky weather)

Telling the kids there's no more ice cream left when I know there's only enough for one person...ME! (four kids, enough for one...a fight is BOUND to ensue!)

Taking a nap in the middle of the afternoon once in a blue moon. As long as I'm on the couch, the kids will wake me up with the slightest noise so I'm not unable to hear them. I typically wake up very easily because the noise carries throughout the house (gotta love hardwoods!).

And of course, drooling over the Bling here!
 
baaad reality tv shows. good ones too, but lots of bad...lol
cheeseburgers from 5 guys
antique/thrift stores
thedirty.com (not ****, i swear!)
 
Super high heels.

McDonald's. This is my most guilty pleasure. It's very embarrassing and I do feel awful about eating it, especially considering otherwise we purchase all of our meat from local farms.

The Real Housewives of NY and New Jersey. I don't watch every episode, but I am guilty of organizing papers or folding laundry in front of that show at night when DH isn't home.

The Sookie Stackhouse book series. I love it.
 
I'm with Haven on the McDonald's - I always pay in cash because I'm too ashamed to see it on my bank statement! Oh, and I bury the trash and keep my windows of the car down so it doesn't stink like McD's the next day. :bigsmile:
 
puppmom said:
I'm with Haven on the McDonald's - I always pay in cash because I'm too ashamed to see it on my bank statement! Oh, and I bury the trash and keep my windows of the car down so it doesn't stink like McD's the next day. :bigsmile:
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We must be long lost guilty pleasure twins.
I do the exact same things. Both of them.

This is something I hate admitting to myself, even, but I have a real problem with McDonald's. I limit myself to once a month at most, and I know many of you are thinking "OH MY GOSH! You eat McDonald's once a month? That's a lot! Gross." But for me, it is NOT a lot. I would eat it once a week if I could. And I always ask for extra hot fries. I have a problem.

ANYWAY, my husband has the same problem, so we're trying really hard to cut down our McDonald's habit to once every two months. I teach until 8:30 PM once a week, and so I called him after my last late class and said "I have an urge to get McDonald's on my way home. Talk me out of it." (It's like he's my sponsor.) His response? "Um, I can't. I'm eating it right now." NOT HELPFUL. Guess what I ate for dinner that night? I walked both of our bags out to the outside garbage can and stuffed them in the bottom, too.

It's really bad. We are such conscious eaters 90% of the time, and the other 10% we make really, really awful decisions.
 
My biggest guilty pleasure is probably US Weekly. I don't subscribe to it because I would find that embarrassing, so I go ahead and pay full newstand price for it essentially every week. It's so silly.

When I buy my US Weekly, I also buy a Bit o' Honey bar. I LOVE Bit o' Honey, but have been trying to decrease the sugar in my diet. It seems that one guilty pleasure is a catalyst for the other.

The Real Housewives (and other bad reality TV) is another guilty pleasure. Lately I've just been limiting my bad reality TV to the Real Housewives, but if there is bad weather on the weekend and I find myself spending some time on the sofa, I gravitate towards bad reality TV.

Oh, and anything on HGTV. I can't resist HGTV even though I find myself saying things to the TV like "Yeah, right, like it's THAT easy to close!" or "Why in the heck are you debating between offering $5k or $10K below asking when you should be offering $30K below asking?"

PS is my guilty pleasure at work...yet here I am and I'm loving it!
 
dine out too often.
eating too much junk foods,but love it !! :lickout:
love looking at diamonds than most women.
 
puppmom said:
I'm with Haven on the McDonald's - I always pay in cash because I'm too ashamed to see it on my bank statement! Oh, and I bury the trash and keep my windows of the car down so it doesn't stink like McD's the next day. :bigsmile:
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never ate a Micky D's hamburger in my life. :praise:
 
Reality TV. I am going to miss the Hills... Love RHW NY and NJ

Pizza but just found a place that uses fresh tomatoes and is super thin so doesn't seem so bad.

Magazines... US, People etc...
 
Chocolate. I eat too much of it (certainly an addiction), but I love rich, creamy chocolate.
Gemstones. Once again, I have too many of the pretty little things.

Scented bath bombs, salts and oils and face masks. I rarely get them, as the price tag on the good ones make me cringe, as does the scent on the cheap ones.
 
Lying about how much caramel popcorn is left ;) ...CAUSE I DONT WANNA SHARE! :Up_to_something:
 
Ice cream, or popsicles (seriously, I eat the stuff about 5 days out 7 especially in summertime.)
Being on PS when I should be getting things done. :cheeky:
Dean Koontz books.I cant help it, I love the man and everything he writes.
 
Chocolate

.. and one of my new guilty pleasures is fried food, because I stopped eating them a few weeks ago. I've had 1 friend chicken sandwich (Chick-Fil-A), and 1 order of hash browns at Dunkin Donuts since then. The sandwich didn't taste good, but the hash browns are so yummy!

Oh, and the iced coffee I get every morning is another one :bigsmile:

ETA: And wine! Mmm I love red wine!
 
Sleeping in
Watching anime for hours on hulu since I don't have a tv....I go through binges
People watching and making stories about what they could possible be talking about just by watching their body language
And fudge...I love fudge...a lot....
 
Sleeping in and taking power naps.
Waffle cones...with or without ice cream.
Reading about depravity of ancient rulers or senators. After that Tiger Wood or John Edwards of even JFK appear model citizen.
Used to be shoes... Chinese embroidered pictures. Paintings on velvet.

And I do not feel guilty about stones. Do not, do not...
 
I forgot two of my best guilty pleasures, although one is slipping away since I am going through the change....

Sleeping in.... I could sleep more than a teenager. Here is my thought process. If my kids aren't here, and I am no longer a care giver... I spent 16 years caring for my gradnparents who always wanted me there first thing in the morning... I had to drop the kids off at school, then rush to their house and do what ever they needed me to do.. It was always rush rush rush...

Now?? I take my damn time gettting up and if I want to sleep in, I do so and am not guilty about it... :cheeky:

There was a second point, but with the mena brain I forget what it was..... :wacko:
 
Four letters: NCIS. It's definitely a guilty pleasure! I would say diamonds--but I work hard so that I can buy things to enjoy--therefore I don't feel guilty :halo:
 
indecent quantities of orange sherbert while watching gossip girl ::)
 
America's Next Top Model, I NEVER miss it. My mom and I both love it and we watch it together.

McDonalds- I eat it every couple weeks, and I don't feel bad. I'm a poor college student and it's cheap, and oh so delicious!

Anything organizational, I could spend hours and thousands of dollars in the container store.

Trashy Romance Novels- I love them because I can read them without thinking and they always have a happy ending. They're a perfect escape. It's one of the reasons I love my kindle so much. No one can see what i'm reading!
 
Target
Bed Bath and Beyond
Kitchen Appliances
PS
The internet in general
Food, food, food
 
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