Stuff I Love

So, I was going to post on the chaos that is my house lately, complete with horrifying "before" pictures that I took yesterday. I thought I would save that post, though, for when I actually have the "after" photos as well, or else it will just be depressing.

Instead, I've decided to make a list of stuff that I use a lot, that makes my life easier or more fun, or that I really REALLY want...

1. The Eggamuffin Maker that Debbie gave me for Christmas last year. I only started using this about 6 weeks ago. Until then, it languished in my basement in its box because I stupidly thought, "why would I need a whole new appliance to do what I can easily do with a frying pan/microwave/toaster?" After bringing it up to the kitchen, I can't imagine what I've done without it for so long! Not only does it do all by itself what it used to take 3 things to do, but my sleep-deprived brain doesn't have to do any of the thinking when it comes to timing things, like when to flip the egg, when to start microwaving the veggie sausage, or how long I actually have to toast the pita. The eggamuff maker does it all for me! I put the egg in the egg thing, the pita in the toast thing and the morningstar sausage on the sausage tray, push a button, and magically, it's all finished at once, leaving me time to make coffee and pack lunch - brilliant!! FYI - my favorite eggamuff components are as follows: Trader Joe's Mini Apocryphal Pitas (which, without fail, prompt me to sing "A.po.cry.phal piiiita" to the tune of "detachable penis" every morning while I'm making breakfast), 1 omega-egg scrambled with old bay and 1T 2% milk, a morningstar farms veggie breakfast patty and half a slice of pepperjack cheese. Yum!

2. My New Bag that I bought immediately after it was blogged about on A Dress a Day She bought it green, mine is dark red, and now it's only available in black. For a while now, I've been trying to find a way to comfortably carry my MacBook around since my TImbuk2 messenger bag is just too sporty and not "me." I've never spent $100 on a purse before, but it has proven to be well worth the money. I like the cross-body strap with a big round buckle on it, I love all the pockets and pen holders that make it easy for me to stash magazines, a knitting pattern, a knitting project and my computer, and still allow me to easily find my cellphone when it's ringing. Plus, it's fun to have something cool enough that friends and strangers offer to buy it from me outright.

3. Fun Fitnezz - Hampden's neighborhood gym. Last year, from October to January, I gained 25 pounds and put myself into a sugar depression. Between January and February, I lost what I'd gained, but I'd rather not go through all that this year. I joined FF a couple of weeks ago, not to lose weight (for now) but to maintain through the bingefest of the holiday season. It helps that I have a bunch of friends who go there regularly, and that it is literally around the corner. I also love that it's so "Hampden." At my old gym, Gold's downtown, there were little tvs built in to each of the cardio machines. At Fun Fitnezz, there is a little 9" tv set up on a shelf at eye level in front of each of the cardio machines. Also, I don't feel out of place or uncomfortable sporting my favorite leopard-print leggings in the weight room. Plus, it's cheap, and, unlike those fuckers at Gold's, they won't charge me $150 if I decide I want to stop going.

4. Wegman's - They have everything I want to eat, unlike Stupid Fresh and the vaGiant, are cheaper than Whole Foods, and have more stuff than Trader Joe's. Yay.