What's your personal indulgence?

[skygazer]

Do you have something you treat yourself with? I just got back from a professional manicure/pedicure which is how I indulge myself. My job is rough on my hands and I'm on my feet all day so it's heavenly to have them pampered and lotioned and softened. And the pretty polish is nice too.

[thefool_wa]

1. My job is tough on the head

I am a "number crunching monkey" for a call center, it can be stressful on the noggin. So, after work, my indulgence, is to straighten out the head :)

:hippie:

"Then one day, I met a man, who came to me and said, 'Hard work good, and hard work fine. But first take care of head.'"

[skygazer]

2. Well, that's another indulgence

But I've been budgeting for that for 30 years - it's more of a staple now. :smoke:

[thefool_wa]

4. Amen brother!

Unfortunately, not having received a pay raise in 3.5 years, the economy has moved it from staple to paper-clip in my budget :(

Still, to me, it is the best anti-depressant in the world and always has a place in my home :smoke:

[Oeditpus Rex]

9. So now you smoke two joints when you get up?

In the car, you smoke two joints?

You smoke two joints at the video game?

And at every 10,000 points, you smoke two joints?

[thefool_wa]

11. Well, that may be a little overboard

but only on work days :)

[LynzM]

3. Full-body professional massage

Nothing compares... and it makes my back so, so much happier :)

[skygazer]

5. Professional massages are wonderful

I spring for one about once a year - all I can afford unfortunately.

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

6. Alcohol, drugs, massages, pedicures.

I'm a hedonist.

[skygazer]

8. You've got the right idea

You even put them in the same order I would. :thumbsup:

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

13. Yep, I'm even sipping on a glass of merlot right now as I wait for my

vegan jumbalaya to be done simmering.

[skygazer]

16. Very nice

I'm enjoying a cup of hot chocolate laced with Godiva chocolate liqueur, a generous shot of Kahlua, another of Bailey's and a splash of vanilla vodka.

Actually, it's about half a cup of hot chocolate and half a cup of booze.

But damn! It's good! And my fingers and toes look lovely. :hi:

[thefool_wa]

24. I can taste the decadence from here!

Godiva is best as follows:

2 parts Godiva
1 part Amareto (Disorino (sp) is best)

in bucket on rocks, fill to top with half&half.


They are soooooooooooooo good and you can spice it up with 1 part 100 proof vodka if you want kick.

[thefool_wa]

12. Amen sister!

Hedonism is the best -ism out there.

[begin_within]

7. Big Train brand spiced chai - and ONLY Big Train brand.

Also a long and very hot bath using "Batherapy" liquid (the lavender one).

[skygazer]

10. You know, I've never tried chai

I've been drinking Earl Grey so long, it doesn't even occur to me to try something else. I shouldn't be so hidebound.

[begin_within]

22. The chai at Starbucks is terrible. They shouldn't even be allowed to call

it chai. Go to a Mom & Pop style coffeehouse, one that carries "Big Train" brand chai, and order a spiced chai. I've tried all the brands, and Big Train brand has the best flavor by far. Most other brands use way too much cardamom, and it tastes like you're drinking cardamom tea instead of chai. True chai has a balance of flavors so that no one spice dominates.

[crim son]

14. Clothing.

It's a quick if expensive cure for anything that ails me. Which is totally pathetic, I am aware.

[Jamastiene]

15. I have one word for you:

Chocolate. :loveya:

[skygazer]

18. See post #16

A fine combination of two of my vices. :blush:

[Jamastiene]

23. I like your drinking style.

I always prefer to mix my own concoctions of drinks. I have one that I call "Chocolate Vodka Sunrise." I'll share the recipe. You might like this one. I can see how adding some Kaluha would make this drink much better.

I take a regular glass and mix 1 part vodka, 1 part chocolate milk, and add 3 tablespoons of Ovaltine Rich Chocolate mix and a squirt of Hershey's syrup. I stire and drink until the sun rises on that mixture, then I actually watch the sun rise for fun. I haven't done it in a long time, but right now, it may be the answer to my 3 day migraine. My aunt sometimes will give me some of her coffee with a squirt of Hershey's syrup and some chocolate milk instead of regular milk, when I have one of these relentless types of headaches. It works most of the time too.

[AlCzervik]

17. books, sometimes shoes and my hair appt. every 2 months.

[skygazer]

19. Oh, hell, that reminds me

I guess I have several indulgences -

manicures
pedicures
booze
smoke
chocolate (preferably with booze)
books
shoes
lotions
hair care products
earrings

Hmmmm.... I guess I indulge rather a lot....

[AlCzervik]

20. hair care products, that gets me every time i get my do done

for awhile i was using Pureology and i loved it, a little went a ling way and then the salon switched over to Aveda so i got some sap moss shampoo and conditioner, i gotta tell you i hate it and i'm pissed because it was the same price as the other stuff but you don't get nearly as much and it doesn't smell all the great.

[skygazer]

21. Yeah, I spend a lot on my hair

It's long - right down to my ass - and thick. It tends to get dry if I don't use some deep conditioners regularly and I like to use good but gentle shampoos on it. Luckily, I only wash it twice a week (to help it from getting really dry and brittle) because it takes a lot just to cover it all.

I never tried Pureology - I'm using Biolage with a variety of conditioners and detanglers and all that crap.

One of these days, I'll get into a mood and chop it all off. :)

[femmocrat]

25. New clothes.

This probably sounds goofy, but I like to have something new to wear on Mondays, so I go shopping almost every weekend to pick up something to wear on Monday! If I don't find something, it's no big deal, but it just kind of makes Mondays a little more bearable to have a new article of clothing or jewelry to wear.

[flvegan]

26. 2002 Habitat red, organic from Napa

It's got more legs than the Rockettes, and more nose than Durante.

[Ellen Forradalom]

27. Good red California wine and sex

Always work for me.

[Kali]

28. popcorn with too much real butter, real coke on ice and something trashy

to read. All in bed.

[BlueIris]

29. This website.

And I really have been trying to scale back my time here.

[Heidi]

30. Nice stationery, Moleskine sketch journals, fountain pens,

and once a week, I buy flowers for my studio. :hi: