Simple pleasures, guilty indulgences...

Thread originally posted on the Aeclectic Tarot Forum on 05 Sep 2002, and now archived in the Forum Library.

napaea	05 Sep 2002
Yes, it's true, I sometimes am a hedonist. I love to love. So if it's food, I loooove eating it. If it's art, I love enmeshing myself in it. Some of my simple pleasures and guilty indulgences follow.... * i love to have a yummy beer while watching NYPD Blue (Pyramid's Apricot Ale beats all!) * i love mud masks! * i love sitting in the shower * i love to treat myself to comics once in a while * i love to buy myself "must have" items that i didn't know i needed! ~ what are some of your simple pleasures & guilty indulgences?

debins	05 Sep 2002
Perfume, cappuccino, books, East Indian food, wine

Starfish	05 Sep 2002
godiva chocolate, books, candles, facials, lipsticks... :TQW Starfish

Phoenix	05 Sep 2002
Tarot(evil grin), books, and art materials.

wavebreaker	05 Sep 2002
A bar of chocolate ... A new book ... A new deck ... A warm shower ... Ben & Jerry's ice cream ... Stuff from the Body Shop ...

Liliana	05 Sep 2002
Tarot and unusual food and vanilla coke and a mixed drink called a Pink Squirrel that I have stuff to make right now :) (its white creme de cacoa, ameretto, and cream, tastes like chocolate milk but looks pink so your brain tinks strawberry hehe) :THP

Violet Gargoyle	05 Sep 2002
3 words: Ben and Jerry's (Particularly the cookie dough flavor!) Besides that: Mountain Dew or Vanilla Coke, and Reese's Peanut Butter Cups (Or Gardeners Meltaways if you are anywhere near PA to find some....)

Kismet	05 Sep 2002
Quote: Originally posted by Violet Gargoyle 3 words: Ben and Jerry's (Particularly the cookie dough flavor!) Besides that: Mountain Dew or Vanilla Coke, and Reese's Peanut Butter Cups (Or Gardeners Meltaways if you are anywhere near PA to find some....) VG, I relate to the Mt Dew and Reese's Peanut Butter Cups, hehe..:P I'd also add good books, cigarettes, humm...perfume, any types of bath oils...Have to give some more though to this, I'm sure there's more,hehe Love and Light, Kismet

SharonElizabeth	05 Sep 2002
Chocolate, books, cosmetics, singing in the car, bailey's irish creme, fancy journals (even though I only end up writing in about half of it before I buy a new one), pens, and too much sleep.

jade	06 Sep 2002
carob covered ginger.......OMGoddess i loooove this treat :D smoked salmon (only occassionally cause i don't like to kill and eat the poor salmon so it's a rare wonderful treat) brie, perfectly ripe. new plants, indoor or outdoor. beads. balls - crystal, fossilized marble, tourmaline - whatever....i love balls. :D and divination decks/tarot decks of course :P candles. lush bath bombs. special coffees (like latte and mocha) :D:D:D jade (and i have all of these in my house right now, which is even better!)

mooncat2	06 Sep 2002
Books, books and more books. Tarot cards. After years of having to rise at dawn, wiggling my toes and lying in. A perfectly chilled glass ( or three) of NZ sauvignon blanc, a cigarette and food I've talked someone else into cooking.

Strega	06 Sep 2002
1. Intimacy of some sort w/ SO. :* 2. My love of many foods - keeping the quantity small of course. 3. Cocoa and dark chocolate - just a little bit every day. :P 4. My mid-morning cappuccino. 5. A little wine at dinnertime. :) 6. A cuppa tea - plain black, green, or flavored. 7. Sleep - I always make sure I get enough! :D 8. At least a new book each week. 9. A trip to the spa. ;) 10. Shopping! P.S. I confess: I don't feel so much guilt for these. I just try to enjoy them. :P

Violet Gargoyle	06 Sep 2002
Now, My tacky guilty pleasure is watching so much of the Food Network that I can quote some Japanese bits of Iron Chef....

Strega	06 Sep 2002
Quote: Originally posted by Violet Gargoyle Now, My tacky guilty pleasure is watching so much of the Food Network that I can quote some Japanese bits of Iron Chef.... I wuv the Food Network! :D

Laurel	06 Sep 2002
spicy pickled sausage sticks vanilla foaming bath new anime DVDs at least once a month time every day to myself, eyes closed in the dark, relaxing. Indulgence is a good thing! Its never bad unless it moves into compulsion or involves acts that intrude on the freedoms of others. Laurel

blue_fusion	06 Sep 2002
anything sweet. can't get over this addiction...

Liliana	06 Sep 2002
Quote: Originally posted by Violet Gargoyle 3 words: Ben and Jerry's (Particularly the cookie dough flavor!) Besides that: Mountain Dew or Vanilla Coke, and Reese's Peanut Butter Cups (Or Gardeners Meltaways if you are anywhere near PA to find some....) I live in Pennsylvania and have a garndners in town, so once the weather gets cooler (cant have them melt during shipping, they arent THAT kind of meltaway) and you need a fix, let me know and we can work out some kind of deal lol :THP

Rhiannon	06 Sep 2002
My favorite guilty pleasure is having a day to myself! I love leaving the kids home with hubby and going shopping, or to a movie or to lunch ALL ALONE! Going out places alone used to bother me, but now I love it! R :)

ChrisTheObscure	06 Sep 2002
I love to crawl up on the couch, rent a bunch of indie films ("Mulholland Drive" is my current obsession), get a bottle of chianti and some cheese and crackers, and waste the night away :) I also love going to baseball games...and getting snockered on good old, cheap Minnesota beer :D Not to mention roadtripping up to the Ontario woods and camping alone for a weekend. Hmmm....in fact, I may need to devote next weekend to just that! C.

Violet Gargoyle	06 Sep 2002
Quote: Originally posted by Liliana I live in Pennsylvania and have a garndners in town, so once the weather gets cooler (cant have them melt during shipping, they arent THAT kind of meltaway) and you need a fix, let me know and we can work out some kind of deal lol :THP *Homer Simpson Voice* Mmmmm Meltaways, peanut butter oozing.

amyel	06 Sep 2002
Sleeping in on a Saturday morning. Buying the paper. Making a big ole' cappucino and taking it and the newspaper out to the deck and read it. Slowly. Realizing it's almost 1:00 p.m. and stretch a bit thinking about what I'm going to do for the rest of the day. :)

kayne	07 Sep 2002
• Red Wine (bottle only, no goon-bags for me :P)... keep it flowing please :D • Clothes! Especially shirts. I can go a month without washing and still have funky, this season clothes to wear... • DVD's CD's and... this is terrible... If I really like a CD, I will get all the CDsingles released for that album as well. • Latte's in cafe's. • Gelari Icecream. (Italian icecream is *the best*) • Watching movies in the cinema. I have been known to watch a movie I have loved three times in the cinema... • Going to bed at 3:30am and waking up at midday when I am on holiday. • Did I mention Red Wine...?

WolfSpirit	07 Sep 2002
Red wine (p.s. Kayne: what's a goon bag ??) Belgian beer Guinness (no more than two) (all the above not all at once) Chocolate Coffee or capuccino Hot apple pie Fresh-baked French bread with French cheese or salmon (Jade let's have lunch together :D) Tear the wrapping paper of new books or decks Play with the cats or go for a walk when I should do something useful Oh dear, this list could go on and on...

Liliana	07 Sep 2002
Is a gon bag those things I always laugh at in the liquor store, those big cardboard boxes of wine with a little plastci screw top like an orange juice bottle? Ive never had the courage to try one of those, they always just crack me up thinking of drinking wine from a box. We have a winery an hour away that makes the best elderberry wine, but they only make it once a year in very limited quantities so its hard to get. But my favorite is their sherry, oh the sherry is so yummy :) :THP

Violet Gargoyle	07 Sep 2002
I will serve you red wine in a box with a nice chianti and a side of flava beans. Theuououppt!

napaea	07 Sep 2002
oh yeah, i have to add on chips and salsa to my list and pizza and beer (football sundays, not to be confused w/NYPD night!) (VG: i'm glad YOU said it, i was too chicken!)

jade	07 Sep 2002
Quote: Originally posted by WolfSpirit Fresh-baked French bread with French cheese or salmon (Jade let's have lunch together :D) well since you live in the house behind the trees and i have trees in my yard!.................i'll meet you outside in an hour :D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D :P:P:P jade

DarkElectric	07 Sep 2002
Really good, dark roast coffee. With sweet heavy cream. Thai food. Tarot decks. Metaphysical "stuff" of all kinds. Kim Chee. ( Addicted to this) Driving really fast in my car on the empty highway late at night. (Risky thrill. The late night highway is never REALLY empty. The other people on at that time of night are truckers, and the Po-Po...)

Phoenix	07 Sep 2002
I forgot to add: Black Coffee(absolutely nothing in it!!!) Pizza Pasta(I could live on the stuff) Tanning Beds Wine(homemade is the best) Long Island Iced Tea Scotch

Melvis	07 Sep 2002
Waayyyy too much TV for my own good...(guilty indulgence) Going out for breakfast on my days off...(simple pleasure) Books & the used bookstores they come from...(simple pleasure turned into an overwhelming obsession ;) ) Peace, Melvis :TSTRE P.S. ChrisTheObscure: Twins or Saints? Me=Twins! And, while I don't do beer, I just gotta have a Malt Cup when I go to a game! :D

Violet Gargoyle	08 Sep 2002
Quote: Originally posted by Melvis Books & the used bookstores they come from...(simple pleasure turned into an overwhelming obsession ;) ) But don't you just love the way old book stores smell?

Red raven	08 Sep 2002
a few irems I don't need, but I really want. And I like big furry caterpillars. and clouds. Just thought I'd mention that...

kayne	08 Sep 2002
Quote: Originally posted by Liliana Is a goon bag those things I always laugh at in the liquor store, those big cardboard boxes of wine with a little plastci screw top like an orange juice bottle? That's exactly right! My parents drink 'cask wine' every night. Underage teenagers are known for drinking sweet moselle from a a cask (otherwise simply known as 'goon') in parks. NOT very classy... :P

Ladyhawke	09 Sep 2002
Quote: Originally posted by napaea ~ what are some of your simple pleasures & guilty indulgences? Simple pleasures: ~ Napping under an afghan crocheted by my (now deceased) great-grandmother with both of my cats curled up with me. ~ Singing (and crying) around a campfire with good friends. ~ Camping. ~ Bubble baths (very long, very hot, with a good book). ~ Standing still and letting the wind blow around me. ~ Horseback riding. ~ Driving around on nice days with the windows down and the stereo in the truck up *LOUD*! Guilty indulgences: ~ Hockey. Hockey hockey hockey. ~ Ogling at the Renaissance Festival (or anywhere else I feel like ogling... }) ) ~ Ghirardelli hot chocolate. Or regular hot chocolate with peppermint schnapps. ~ Bailey's Irish Cream. ~ Taking a "mental health day" from work. Ladyhawke

Poetlove	10 Sep 2002
My art supplies, and I guess soda. I really don't need or want a lot of things. I keep everything pretty simple.

pentunen	10 Sep 2002
~Jewellery~ I just can't resist anything that dangles or sparkles. Hence I have far more jewellery than I could possibly wear and still be within the "good taste" region. *sighs* :) ~Notebooks~ I love notebooks, especially ones with cute covers or colourful paper. As a result, I have way too many notebooks, the vast majority of which are far from fully used. ~Seaweed~ Either you love it or you hate it, and it seems to love it you have to grow up with it. I unfortunately fall into this category, which means I probably have iodine levels well into the toxic zones... ;) ~Pickles~ Have I mentioned I love pickles? When I was young I used to eat them until my lips turned white from all the vinegar. *looks all nostalgic* ~Apples~ I've loved them since I was a kid. I think they qualify as my favourite food - juicy, crunchy, sweet, and *boggle* healthy too ;) ~Blue~ This is the bestest bestest colour; aye, even better than black. I'll like anything if it's blue. I still fantasize about the dream house I'll get one day with my mate, where I'm going to have my own little study decorated completely in blue - blue desk, blue computer *gets out the spray paint*, blue beanbag, blue mattress, blue bookshelf, blue walls, blue curtains, blue... Okay, okay, I'll stop now. ;) ~Finnish Music~ Don't ask. ;p - LittleCub *mew*

jade	10 Sep 2002
(did you know that high iodine levels have been connected to acne breakouts)

amyel	10 Sep 2002
Quote: Originally posted by pentunen ~Blue~ This is the bestest bestest colour; aye, even better than black. I'll like anything if it's blue. I still fantasize about the dream house I'll get one day with my mate, where I'm going to have my own little study decorated completely in blue - blue desk, blue computer *gets out the spray paint*, blue beanbag, blue mattress, blue bookshelf, blue walls, blue curtains, blue... Okay, okay, I'll stop now. ;) [amyel quietly sings: "i'm blue da da dada, daaaa da da ddda...i have a blue car .lallalalala lalalallalalllalal.... i have a girlfriend, and she is so blue......i'm blue, (repeat chorus)"] Thanks. Now I'll have that song in my head all night. Sigh. :)

Phoenix	10 Sep 2002
GRRR!!! AMYEL!!!!! NOW I WILL TOO!!!

Violet Gargoyle	10 Sep 2002
They played that song alot on New Years 2000. Blue were the streets and all the trees are too......

pentunen	11 Sep 2002
Quote: Originally posted by jade (did you know that high iodine levels have been connected to acne breakouts) No, I didn't! (So that's why I'm so spotty. Oops. %)) Hmm, clean face v.s. seaweed, clean face v.s. seaweed... *sighs and reaches for the seaweed* I guess I'll just hafta make friends with Clean and Clear... - LittleCub

Yogi Cat	11 Sep 2002
I love books and can't stop buying them Tarot decks (Just starting with this one) plants for garden and large containers for plants chocolate macadamia nuts wildberry camembert chinese takeaways standing in the shower for ages gathering driftwood and shells on the beach an evening with friends movies with a group of friends a day out with friends having a pedicure having a massage visiting the hairdresser

napaea	14 Sep 2002
ooooo yes, plants! and did i mention how much i love the smell of leaves burning? yummmm! and fresh baked bread! gawd! and i love to go to my massage therapist, that is like getting drunk and having sex all rolled into one!

starr	14 Sep 2002
Flowers aah the odors. Books and more books Ice cream Peanut butter roll ups Tickets to a baseball game Massages Lattes This could go on for hours! Starr

VGimlet	15 Sep 2002
Simple pleasures A new book or a book new to me, either from the library, or my own. Sleeping in on my late-shift days, what luxury. Playing with the dogs, or cats, or birds. (The turtle is not much for games, although she does like a good swim now and then.) Taking an extra second out of my day to notice something perfect at that moment - an outrageous sunset, the tiny bit of chill in the air on early fall mornings, the sound of rain on the porch roof...hmmm, I could go on and on. Guilty indulgences Taking a whole day off work just to write. Buying clothes. Watching a certain trashy reality show (no, I cannot say!) :| Opening a really good bottle of wine just for myself Office supplies (I have a weakness for them...) Going to bookstores, because I work at the library. And I buy a *lot* of books - not to mention tarot cards.

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