Following along with everyone….

1. Pedicures – Once a month in the winter, once every two weeks in the summer. I try and convince myself that it’s a necessity, because I get the most excruciatingly painful ingrown big toenails that there is no way I’d be brave enough to dig out myself, but really? I lived without pedicures before.

2. People magazine – Like Nancy, I am all about the gossip. People is my favorite, and the subscription price is ridiculous, but there is something so mindlessly fun about unwinding on a Friday afternoon with a glass of wine and that week’s junk food reading.

3. Diet to Go – I just get the lunches, 5 days a week. Healthy, freshly made, and one less thing to worry about buying, planning, or packing the night before a workday.

4. Cars – You all know I love my cars. I couldn’t bring myself to part with my Mini Cooper, but wanted something slightly more practical and still fun (read: has four doors). So, I kept the Mini and bought the GTI. It’s still in my Dad’s garage outside of Atlanta, and he gets out for regular spins. Does one person need two cars? No way. But I love my Oliver.

5. Clothes – Specifically, work clothes and jeans. This includes shoes for work. I think of clothing on a cost-per-use basis, thanks to one of my favorite blog reads, Cardigan Empire. If I’m going to wear something day in, day out, for a long time – like my jeans, which I live in, year round – they are worth extra money to me. Ditto with work clothes, particularly classic cut dress pants. If you feel like a million bucks and love how your clothes fit, you project that attitude and in turn, are more confident and professional at work.

6. Hair Color/Cut – Shocker, right? After getting my first hair cut and color by someone really good when I was 19 – thanks to my mom – I firmly am in the camp that a good hairdresser is worth their weight in good. I used to do my own color experimenting, but when you do it with someone who actually knows what they’re doing and isn’t guessing at the back of a box? So much more fun, with much more reliable results. And a good cut? I spend less than 5 minutes on my hair every day. I wash it every other day, but all I have to do is blow dry my bangs straight, put some product in my hair and scrunch – or spray with water the second day – and go. My hair looks awesome 90% of the time.

7. Pets – Maybe we just have big hearts, but having 5 pets and being able to do so and be able to take care of them, give them good lives, love them. They’re a guilty pleasure. Five is a lot. But we can, we want to, and when there are so many who need a loving home, why not? There is no better home for a pet to end up in than our home, because we treat them like family and would do anything for them.

8. My Job – I am paid well, work 40 hours a week on the nose, is virtually 100% stable, and have little to no stress. It’s not my dream job, but to be able to have this job and be good at it is totally a guilty pleasure.

9. Dunkin Donuts – Small iced blueberry coffee, skim milk, two Spendas. Every day, sometimes on weekends. I could make it at home, I know.

10. Generally….I honestly don’t deprive myself of much. I save, but I should save more. I have debt that I’m paying off pretty quickly. Other than that, we’re fortunate to have stable jobs with good pay and no kids to worry about. Having a good amount of disposable income in and of itself to do things (like renovate a bathroom or go out to eat whenever we want) is a guilty pleasure!

Hopefully we’ll have an update on the bathroom soon. It’s been a month and a half now, and it took a lot of work to get the walls level from the removed wall sections. I finished painting on Saturday, and once Jason gets in and starts the tile, I should get some better pictures.

I really want my master bathroom back. I pretty much have gotten to the point where I just hold it if I wake up in the middle of the night and have to go to the bathroom rather than actually get up and walk downstairs to do so. LOL.

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