Poll: What’s Your Ultimate Guilty Pleasure?

joyy
wrote on April 2 2009 @ 01:32 pm: [report]

And a note on the eating out option: any real foodie can produce excellent food at home.  Yes, some things really do turn out better with commercial quality appliances, but most foodies I know (myself included) enjoy eating at home as much (or more!) than restaurants since most places really don’t serve very good food, and aside from often-hard-to-track-down holes in the wall (for those of us not living in NYC or other large-ish cities), truly good food gets spendy pretty fast.

CheeeeEEEEse
wrote on April 2 2009 @ 01:39 pm: [report]

@Joyy: I am so getting a torch next time I hit up Williams Sonoma.

joyy
wrote on April 2 2009 @ 01:53 pm: [report]

@cheese - you can probably get it WAY cheaper at home depot.

40yrolddad
wrote on April 2 2009 @ 01:57 pm: [report]

at the risk of providing enough information to identify myself (hopefully no friends/neighbors read this):

wine - just FedEx’d the annual $1,200 check today to our favorite boutique winery for 2 cases of nirvana in a bottle.

[can’t believe I’m admitting this one] NASCAR - I go to at least 2 races/yr which is actually more fun than you could possibly imagine (how I became a fan is a story in itself I’ll spare everyone).

what can I say?  I’m eclectic…

CheeeeEEEEse
wrote on April 2 2009 @ 02:01 pm: [report]

@Joyy: But it won’t have form to go with the function.

joyy
wrote on April 2 2009 @ 02:12 pm: [report]

@cheese - everyone knows form FOLLOWS function.  plus, if it hasn’t become apparent through other posts here, I’m cheap like it’s my job.

joyy
wrote on April 2 2009 @ 02:13 pm: [report]

And actually, I should have chosen “other” because The Frisky is my guilty pleasure.  Aside from food blogs, I pretty much hate all things blog-related.  But the Frisky is just way to fun and entertaining.

Tetrine
wrote on April 2 2009 @ 02:24 pm: [report]

@ cheese—Bed, Bath & Beyond sells the torch and it’s affordable.  Just picked up one, along with a set of 4 creme brulee bowls, for a bridal registry.

Abarita
wrote on April 2 2009 @ 02:43 pm: [report]

whenever I go into Target, it’s usually for the necessities - toilet paper, soap, razors - but do i end up with just those?  never.  the last time i was there i walked out with a post-it calender that cost like twenty dollars i really didn’t have.  i just can’t resist.

abbylyn
wrote on April 2 2009 @ 02:50 pm: [report]

@abarita - my friends and I call it the $100 curse.  Doesn’t matter if you go into Target to buy toothpaste, all of the sudden you’re leaving with $100 worth of things you never knew you always needed!

Humble Bee
wrote on April 2 2009 @ 03:15 pm: [report]

Costco is my guilty pleasure, theres everything AND in bulk. I swear i’m saving, but I only end up spending more on things I dont need, AND theres cheap liquor, geez. Your never getting me outta’ there.

Meg the Conqueress
wrote on April 2 2009 @ 08:08 pm: [report]

Well, I was going to vote for the chemically delicious junk food option, but my guiltiest pleasure is a good, hawt, steamy historical romance novel…historical, mind you, contemporary rarely cuts it.  I buy bodice rippers on amazon.com like they’re going out of style…which apparently they’re not because they still get published.  I highly recommend Lisa Kleypas if anyone’s interested.

And I agree about Target…I go in for feminine products and come out with movies and bookends shaped like lions (no joke, I love those things).

EnlightenMe
wrote on April 2 2009 @ 11:58 pm: [report]

MUSIC.  I chose “other” because there was no legitimate music option.  Music is a part of my life and going deaf would just about kill me.  I’ve been in choir since high school and thought for a little while that becoming a music major would be a good idea.

I enjoy almost every kind of music out there except for most of today’s rap and country; there are good exceptions though.  My favorite genres are Alt-Rock, 80’s music, Dance, Trance, Techno, Drum and Bass, Nu-Jazz, traditional Jazz, and old-school hip hop/rap.  These are what I listen to on a daily basis in addition to singing.

I’d be more than happy to chat about artists if anybody’s interested

Lynn
wrote on April 3 2009 @ 09:01 am: [report]

I go out to eat a lot, but not because the food is any better than it can be at home (I’m just a so-so cook but BF is awesome). I just like the whole process - getting a little dressed up, not having to cook ourselves, not having to do dishes, having whatever we want, having a few drinks I don’t know how to mix myself, maybe meeting some people or stopping at a bar on the way home for a game of pool.

bbblondie
wrote on April 3 2009 @ 11:07 am: [report]

@ Abarita and Abbylyn- OMG I KNOW!!!! I love Target. My wallet doesn’t.