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Me Time

Posted by Dayle Winnifred | Comments (2)

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I see I have a lot in common with my fellow Bitches. I am all mom, all wife, all the time. Very rarely to I get to be Winnie only. I don't take a lot of me time, and so I take those little things like lotions and baths, and books (ye gods! How I love my books!) and I hoard them like little jewels close to my heart.

My precious lovelies:

My one Diet Coke for lunch every day - priceless. And woe to the idiot who thinks he can take my last Diet Coke.

The once a month or so that I carve out the time to take a book and sit in the tub.

Having my eyebrows waxed (and it has been almost 9 months since I have had them done)

The few shows that I DVR which no one else likes to watch. I get to watch them, but never all on my own, 99% of the time, I will have to hit pause at least once to take care of something for someone, generally the toddler boy child.

Grocery shopping. Don't laugh. Yes, I really do value my grocery shopping time. I guess it is because it is the ONLY time ever 2 weeks that I am out of the house and completely alone. I don't allow anyone to go with me. Mostly because I am concentrating and paying attention to the amount of money I am spending, my list, and my coupons; to add children to that is just not going to end well. But still - I am all alone for those few hours.

My books. For the most part I get my books from the library. Budgetary restraints do not allow me to buy books like I used to, and like I would love to do. So when I buy a book, a lot of thought has gone into the book. (my e-reader falls into this category )

Having my hair done. I used to have my hair dyed every 2 months. Like my eyebrows, it has been 9 months since I have had my hair done. I am currently dying it myself with stupid do it yourself hair dye. I hate it.

And right now, I have a new little nugget of joy that I get to hide away and savor for a whole month. In a month I get a girls day out with Celeste. I'm enjoying the knowledge, the anticipation just as much as I will enjoy the actual day.


I guess I really manage to find me time and little things that help to nourish my soul all around me. It may not be a massage or mani/pedi (which at times I think I would gladly kick a puppy for) but I do have lots of little self indulgent things that keep me from completely going over the edge into insanity.


I'm a Hoarder

Posted by Celeste | Comments (3)

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I can’t really name much that I do in terms of personal indulgences. This year has been the busiest year I’ve ever had in terms of going places and that’s all been due to good circumstances popping up.

Getting a monthly manicure and pedicure is something that fell to the wayside a few years ago. It got to where I decided I’d rather have monkey hands and use that money for other things.

Oh! Wait I know! My indulgence is books. Books and comic books! I have a bookshelf crammed full of things. Signed books? Holy hell, how I like signed books. And if I have a signed copy then I also have an unsigned copy to actually read because I don’t want to muss the signed one up. Husband was looking at the bottom shelf of my bookshelf one day and asked my why two rows held identical books and I had to tell him why.

The Overlook Connection is my dealer. I have a wishlisht a mile long from there and whenever they send an email offering a great discount - I feel like it’s a sign to buy something. Right now I’m collecting three comic series’ - The Talisman, The Dark Tower and The Stand. I get the whole storyline (usually 6-7 comics) along with the slipcase cover for those as a set and then the hardcover that has all the comics bound as one book. (The book is the one I read because I don't want to fingerprint up the comics.) I tell myself that I’m being thrifty because it’s cheaper to buy them all at once instead of one at a time. And books by Joe Hill (Stephen King's son). I think I have all of his so far, signed and unsigned and special editions.

Good grief, this is a sickness.

But now I’m excited and am going to pet my books.
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