my (latest) strange addictions

Journey.  i had never heard of this wonderful group before moving to a small town.  now i hear them in every store and restaurant and gym and gas station and school and blasting unapologetically out of every car... and i kinda like that :) 

Nevermind by Nirvana.  i bought that CD the day i met my bestest friend.  so there's that too :)

ps i always thought the last line of Lithium was 'my willy's good' not 'my will is good'.  sorry Kurt Cobain for my horrible unsanitary mind..... it's been a superfast 20 years but i'm still really bummed you're dead)

blue cotton candy soda.  you take a can of sprite and mix blue cotton candy into it.  and it tastes like a hot summer night at a theme park when you've ridden the scariest ride so many times that you throw up, but you eat french fries and for some reason it makes you feel instantly better :)  

the Dollar Tree.  and not just because i have a very soft spot for the nice checker at the local store who is like 17 but seriously, the second he turns 35, i am going to insist he applies for the position of president.  of our fine COUNTRY - not just Dollar Tree!  he is just way too lovely to be working in that place.  ps  i got some major dirty looks from the other checkers for saying that too loudly...  but you know what: i'm not here to make friends, just shake worlds :)

ponytails.  ohhh dear God and prenatal vitamins: THANK YOU for making my hair long enough for swishy flippy ponytails and ponytail holders with three white rabbits on them (for the first of the month ONLY :)

clam chowder.  i am desperately seeking Olde Cape Cod clam chowder.  i think it is a green can with a clam on it.  i wonder if maybe it is indigenous to Cape Cod...?  i've looked everywhere for it (except Cape Cod.... hmm)  today i bought 6 brands of clam chowder so i can try them all (and immediately get sooooo sick of clam chowder that i can never face it ever again... it happened with c-a-u-l-i-f-l-o-w-e-r, my strange addiction of 2012... i still can't even say c-a-u-l-i-f-l-o-w-e-r out loud... if i see a recipe on pinterest made with c-a-u-l-i-f-l-o-w-e-r, i feel sick) 

clamcakes (doughnuts made with clams and clam juice... they sound so gross, right?  but NOT gross at all!!)

shelves.  everywhere. 

pilates.  everyday.

lavender.  in soap.  and pot pourri.  and flower polish.  countertop spray.  linen spray.  hand lotion.  shampoo.  conditioner.  perfume.  in little muslin bags filled with lavender in every room.  in perfect little bunches tied with grosgrain ribbon.  it's all the Atlantic Spice Company's fault... how i absolutely loooooove that store :)  ps did you know lavender makes boys grow breasts?  uhuh.... or maybe i dreamt it???

Scott and Bailey.  i really truly sadly deeply painfully miss British TV.  like reaaaaaallly truuuuuly.  that show is awesome.  and Steph Barnes is in it...????!   this still makes my head spin.  i look away from Coronation Street for 5 minutes (OK: maybe 18 years) and she gets all grown up and mature and even more awesome :)  i wonder when she became a policewoman, and whether she split up with Des....

mixing even more fattening things into brownies/cookies/cupcakes.  everyday i come across a bigger and better idea!  next experiment: those Lindor truffle balls???  inside a CUPCAKE!!!  i bought like 17 different flavors yesterday.  thundercats are go!!!

hyalauronic acid.  and salicylic acid.  and glycolic acid.  i am sure acid shouldn't be so readily available with free 2 day shipping on amazon.com :)

pizza.  but this isn't a new addiction.  at last count i'd been to FORTY of the hundred best pizza joints.  and that's without even trying!

Marlena on the Wall by Suzanne Vega.  never.ending.loop - please please stop!!!!!  this is a seriously BAD addiction that is killing my brain cells

Taylor Swift's instagram.  she baked cookies.  and her cat Meredith's ears twitch.  and she got a haircut with everyone watching.  why is this addicting???!!