Guilty Pleasures....

So I graduated! Woohoo!! I was offered a full time job where I was interning and accepted. I haven't started yet though. Still waiting on a start date from them. Not exactly the job of my dreams, but with the way the economy is right now, I am thankful to have a job. Anyway, with the new found down time (something I am not used to AT ALL) I have found some ways to keep myself occupied. Some of which are somewhat constructive. Some of which are simply silly, and those I call my new found guilty pleasures. Let's start off with the more constructive things first, so I don't look like a complete loser....
1. I have started baking alot. Now don't start thinking crazy. I still stick to easy recipes and have still resorted to the good ol' box of brownie mix on occasion, but not always! I love the way the house smells when I'm baking. I definitely don't need to be eating all the stuff I have been baking, so I send majority of it home with my boyfriend. He lives with 4 other college boys. They love me.
2. I have always loved working out. It's therapeutic to me. But now I have the time to actually type out a workout plan that I can bring with me to the gym. It helps me focus on certain body parts each day, and working out is a lot easier to fit in when you have NOTHING ELSE going on that day. I really have no excuse to not have my butt in the gym.
3. Free time has given me time to get through the Twilight series. Now I'm not sure if this should be listed under constructive or guilty pleasure. Reading is constructive, so we will keep it in this category.
4. I have been able to watch the babies some for sissy. Whether it's at her house or I take them around town ,it gives her a break and I love the time I get to spend with them.
5. My house is spotless, always.
Ok I can probably think of some more constructive things, but I'm bored with that....Let's move on...
Guilty Pleasures:
1. Sleeping in. This has only been the past couple days. My body is so used to waking up early that up until the past 3 days, I have been up by 7:30 at the latest everyday. Then Monday came around. I woke up at 7:30 like usual, but decided I would just lay in bed alittle bit and next thing I knew it was 10:30! This happened Tuesday and Wednesday too. I actually don't really like sleeping in. I feel like I am wasting my day. So this is a guilty pleasure that actually I want to end....
2. Twittering. In a previous blog I made a comment about how I tried visiting the whole Twitter world and I just didn't get it. Well due to my recent bit of free time, I have revisted Twitter.com. After reactivating my twitter account, I "revisit" twitter.com hourly. Ugh. But I haven't even gotten to the lame part! On Twitter, you 'follow' people, which means you read their "status updates" if you will (fellow facebookers, should get that concept). Well I "follow" 21 people on Twitter right now. I only know 3 people on Twitter. What I am trying to say is that I am religiously reading the status updates of 18 celebrities that I have chosen to 'follow'. Serously Molly????
3. Reality Shows. Now I have never been embarassed to admit that I am a watcher of the Hills. Now it's the Hills, The Bachelorette, Real Housewives of New Jersey, Dancing with the Stars, John and Kate plus 8, Keeping up with the Kardashians.....

But I have to admit, I am bored. Poor and bored! I would actually much rather be waking up at 6:30 every morning and going to work then these silly things that have been fun for awhile....Well I take that back. I want to still have time for the constructive things.....ok, ok, and a couple shows. ;)

Gotta Love Girly Nights

Girls nights are great. Most of my girlfriends are in serious relationships and at this age, we all seem to struggle with a balance between girl time and time with the boy. It is easy to get caught up in the excitement of the relationships that we are in and we might forget how much we need our girl time. So, Friday night was girls night. We decided to stay in and have a movie/wine night. So after some wine and Bride Wars (cute cute cute movie) we decided to turn the night into a wedding planning night. We picked wedding dresses, churches, reception sites, colors, bridesmaids etc. Now keep in mind, none of us are engaged yet, but it was the general consensus that the groom is really just an accessory (an important one, don't get me wrong) but they are pretty versatile and really just need to show up. So , I thought I would share a couple things that I came up with....

Church: St. John's Episcopal. If you live in Tally, you know what I'm talking about. It's this gorgeous brick church downtown. I am in love with it. Now, I did read on their website that in order to get married there, you need to be a member and I'm not Episcopalian, but we will work the details out later....

Reception: Lemoyne Art Gallery Gardens. As most of you know (the 3 people, that read this) this is where sissy got married and had her reception. Not only was her wedding gorgeous and I have great ideas for the garden area in the back, I think it would be so cool if we both had our receptions in the same place. Warm fuzzies. :) Anyway, think dusk, white tents, white couches outside, and pretty white lights everywhere....ahhh, so romantic. Loves it.

Dress: Ok, I am in love with J. Crew. I love the look and I feel like it's such a hot, classy mom look. Anyway, they have a wedding section that I love because it's simple and classic. Here's a picture of the dress I found that I just love. Classic, simple, but still girly. And the pockets are great!

The colors and such change pretty much everyday....But I'm pretty sure I have awhile to figure all of that out. (that will be a later post) :)

Anyway, it's just fun to plan and day dream (or in this case, midnight dream) with the girls....

Grocery Store vs. Red Bull

I used to love red bull. (sugar free) The sound it makes when you pop open the can, the little bubbles that tickle my nose when I take the first sip, the bit of kick that it gives me to start my day off....but alas I have a new energizer.....Publix. Pretty weird huh? Especially because I work there...but seriously! I worked 8 hours at Publix today then drove home, changed into my sweats and went back! Grocery shopping is my new Red Bull! I start off the grocery experience feeling organized because I bring my little reusable bags and my neatly categorized grocery list. Those two things alone are putting me in a good mood. Then I proceed to shop for everything on my list without going over whatever the amount is that I alotted for groceries that week. Adding up all the prices in my head, leads to inspiration for the rest of the week to live within a strict budget. Buying food for meals that I plan on cooking, buying cleaning supplies to keep my adorable new house clean are filling the domestic instinct that I have been feeling lately. (the domestic instinct that I have been feeling lately, could actually be a whole other post, and probably will be soon.) The satisfaction of going through the checkout, staying within budget, having groceries to prevent myself from eating out, and a feeling of helping the planet by using my reusable bags gives me a sense of accomplishment that just spurs more energy. I get home, unload and feel like reorganizing and cleaning my fridge as I put everything away. Then for some reason I always want to do laundry after the grocery store, so I do all the laundry too. Then I'm feeling good about the healthy purchases I made so it makes me want to go to the gym....blah blah blah. By the time I get home from the gym, the kitchen is clean, laundry is done, clean sheets are on the bed and I have fit in a good work out. Did I mention that it makes me want to be a better and nicer girlfiend? I feel like cooking dinner for the boy and doing all of his laundry and cleaning his house too! All because I started off with a trip to the store! Crazy huh? I know, it does sound weird and I'm sure since I have voiced my adoration for grocery shopping, the normal people out there that hate it are going to be asking me to go for them....
Anyway, that has been my night in a nutshell....
I know, I'm weird.....but I could be getting my "high" from other things....

Gotta Start Somewhere...

Well here I am...in blog world. No offense to any fellow bloggers, but I hesitated to get wrapped up in this "blogging" for a couple different reasons....
1. I feel like the only people that I know that blog are the ladies that come through my line at Publix and my sister.
2. I don't know if I will be a dedicated blogger and keep up with it. I would like to think I would, but I'm quite the fad tester....I had a Live Journal, I had a MySpace, I had a Twitter. **Sidenote**Did you know that it's possible to have a Twitter account, and occasionally Twitter and still not understand the concept of Twittering?? Like I said....fad tester. Anyway here I am....
For me, one incentive to having a blog account is so that I can comment on my sissy's blogs. I am tired of becoming so enthralled with her blogs that I continue to try to comment on the post, only to get the annoying pop up reminding me that only the fellow bloggers are allowed to participate in commenting.

Well I'm going to do some navigating and learn more about this blog site. Shall I say thanks for visiting? I bet my only visitor is going to be my sister....Maybe she will introduce me to more bloggers.