Guilty Pleasures

Let's face it, everyone has their guilty pleasures in life. They may change once in a while (or frequently), and we know that something about them may be wrong, but oh, do they feel so right. These are my very current top 5 guilty pleasure in life. 

Instagrams of Food

I think everyone on instagram is guilty of posting pictures of their food. It's a pretty universal guilty pleasure of instagram users, but, as a photographer, instagram in general is a huge guilty pleasure. I love it. But I know there's something a bit odd about using a cellphone to mimic the look of film. But, you know what? Who cares! And in honor of this guilty pleasure, all of the photos of this post will be instagrams (admit it, you're excited).

Noodles

I. Love. Noodles. Now noodles in general don't seem like much of a guilty pleasure, but my great love and minor obsession with ramen noodles, well, I categorically list that as a guilty pleasure, because I'm not eating them because I can't afford food that's, let's say a little less processed, I eat them because I want them. I crave them. Also this summer Lilly made the mistake of introducing me to sesame noodles at the take out place she goes to in her home town. I was skeptical. Who wants noodles that aren't even hot, right? Wrong. They were amazing. And I crave those noodles sometimes, and have to settle for lesser noodles. It makes me sad. But once I'm eating noodles in general, I forget some of that sadness. 

Pretty Little Liars (or Guilty Pleasure TV in General)

I started watching this show six days ago. I am obsessed. I have a problem. I'm on episode 8 of season 2. That's the 30th episode!!! Once I finish this episode I will have watched 21 hours of this show... IN SIX DAYS. That means that since I started watching it, it has comprised almost a sixth of my life. That's insane. I eat, sleep, go to work and watch this show apparently. Though to be fair I only really watch it when I'm home alone and when Lilly's already gone to bed and I'm still up. And believe it or not, I have actually done productive things like errands, and the dishes, in the past six days as well. Maybe I should sleep more? But guilty pleasure TV is a beast unto itself. I only tend to feel guilty about it if it's a show that's clearly targeted at a slightly different demographic than I fit into and I watch it obsessively. I do watch other shows that I'm sure people would consider guilty pleasures (can I get an Amen! for Glee? a Hallelujah! for Smash? ...anyone?), but those I tend to watch as they're on, and not get sucked into them for, you know, a sixth of my week. (It should be noted that Lilly's guilty pleasure TV show is Hart of Dixie). 

Cookie Butter

You've never had cookie butter you say? Go out to Trader Joe's right now and get some. You'll thank me. Your diet won't. Lilly does not consider this a guilty pleasure because "it's so good. And it's only a guilty pleasure if you feel guilty about it." ...She's right this stuff is soooooo good. But it's also a spread that's made in part with crushed biscuits. ie: crushed cookies. It's great on ice cream, toast, or my personal favorite: on a spoon. Seriously. 

Rum and Coke (or Root Beer) Float

Thank you Chunky's Cinema Pub for the menu item Captain Morgan's Root Beer Float. (BTW - Chunky's is one of my favorite places to go, and is in its own right a guilty pleasure. I feel bad for all those people who don't know the joy going out to dinner and a movie at the same time. And their food is actually pretty damn good for pub faire). This is an adult treat that I'd like to think I would've discovered on my own had it not been introduced to me, but I'm glad I didn't miss out on all those years it would've taken me to figure it out on my own. 

Having revealed my top guilty pleasures currently in life, what are yours? I'd love to know :) and, as always, I will see you next Tuesday!