What is your guilty pleasure?

[houseelf]

A guilty pleasure? As in just one?

Perhaps my most shameful one is that I recently started watching Millionaire Matchmaker. It's everything I hate about how sex, dating, feminitiy is packaged. It is also California's stereotype par excellence: "Let's do cocktails!", "Where do you get your botox?". In the past I have had sordid television relationships with Howard Stern, South Park, and John Edwards 'Crossing Over'. All quality programming, right?

Then again, I love cute children's clothes, think Gymboree, Janie and Jack, and Hannah Anderson.

I'm seeing a esthetician (sp) now for chemical peels. Yeah, I'm so vain.

I have paid a baby sitter to go for a run on more than one occasion.

I also spend more than I budget for at both Starbucks and Barnes and Nobles.

Yup, I'm sort of a hedonist.

[Ladybug]

We love millionaire matchmaker. Even DH watches it, and we really don't watch that much TV. It's hysterical! Patty cracks us up. Definitely not something I would brag about.

[Michele]

Lately, it's been e-books. I'm seriously addicted to reading on my iPhone. Can't wait to get my iPad! I just wish I had a desire to read the free books. All I want are trendy urban fantasy/paranormal romance.

[Pollyanna]

Oh dear, I have a lot...

Bookstore, we own more books then we even have room for. Why bother with the library, right?

Magazines, LOVE them.

All TV reality, oh yes, the epitome of quality programming, but I love it. Millionaire Matchmaker is certainly in the mix. Also enjoying 9 by design. Honestly, my DVR does not have enough room.

Sephora, I could spend hours in there.

Rush, love listening to his podcasts.

Silly dates with my husband. The other night we went out after the baby was asleep and put the big kids in charge. Sure we only went to the grocery store put it is so fun to get away alone together and kiss in each and every aisle.

Sunflower seeds (this is new and has to stop. I blame baseball season).

[GreyhoundsRUs]

I have to agree with Sooner - Lush is a HUGE weakness!

and books...

and the occasional mani/pedi

[Sheherezade]

Books. I'm a steady customer of the buy-two-get-one-free shelves at Borders. And, while I'm there, why not a soy misto from the coffee bar?

I'm also hooked on the dark chocolate and sea salt bars at out local grocery chain. Luckily, everyone else in town is as well and they are murder to find. I saw two at the store last week and I bought both. I'm hording them in my vitamin cabinet.

I also download House sometimes midweek and watch it alone while paying bills or doing laundry. I do feel guilty about that. TV in the middle of the day is just sooooo idle.

[Amiens]

Mine-- crafting stuff, going to fabric stores, surfing the net-- iMSN, Facebook, having a sitter that comes a few days a week, really any thing that involves time to myself. As far as food goes- it would be ice cream- I LOVE ice cream, I feel guilty getting it out of the freezer, and then after the first bite, the feeling disappears.

[Vanquisher]

I don't know how to answer this question. Sometimes I feel guilty about this stuff, and sometimes I don't. Today, not so much. I am sick, and I feel like crap, so I don't care that I haven't been out of bed today.

I watch entirely too much t.v.

Food, sweets, food, snacks, food.

Internet.

[Meenah]

Angie, one night last week I watched 5 episodes of House in my office (HULU) while doing paperwork.

[oceanchild]

Tara, I love sunflower seeds. Especially the ranch ones. At my old job, I would eat them at my desk all day long. But now I sit at the front desk, which requires a bit of decorum, so I have had to stop. It really isn't an attractive habit.

We spend a lot of money on take-out these days, and I always feel guilty about that.

And I love pedicures, and clothes that are probably more expensive than I need.

The truth is I'm kind of neurotic about money and just about anything I buy ends up feeling like a guilty pleasure.

[Thirteen]

I had totally forgotten about House. Oh man, I love it. The only "medical" show we watch -- DH usually goes through the diff dx and tries to "figure it out" while we're watching. I let him, but man I can see how it would ruin it for other viewers.

Facebook, books, fabric, and virtual shopping-including a loaded basket on items I never end up buying...

[mommax3]

Re: What is your guilty pleasure?

I'm spending way too much time trying to think of mine! It must be my job, because that is what keeps me from doing many of the things you all have described, which all sound tempting! I do miss the kid-free time I used to get when my boys were younger.....it was awesome! I haven't had a kid-free day in I don't know how long and would love one.

[Vishenka69]

I have a lot of pleasures but lack the ability to feel guilty about much of anything!

I've had a hard time deciding how to answer this until Lily did it for me. I lack the ability to feel guilty about doing stuff for me, especially when it doesn't benefit anyone else.

Mine is Coach purses and QVC.