An old Friday night standby

[pegkerr]

There was some pretty severe stress at work this week, and the budget is very constrained; the combination led me to fall back on a Friday night routine that has served me well in the past: I went to Chipotle for dinner (dinner for just about the cheapest price around, although I did splurge and get the margarita--I needed it). Then I went next door to the Starbucks/Barnes & Noble and browsed until closing time. Oh, and I indulged in the espresso brownie/latte combo.

I haven't eaten quite this much for awhile, since I have been trying to lose weight, but I have been eating much more the last three days, and I can feel it. I enjoyed the tastes of some of my favorite foods, but I feel unpleasantly bloated, and will be happy to get back to my healthy living commitments tomorrow. Or at least I hope so. What was a bit unusual was that my reading browsing choices were definitely unusual for me: I gravitated toward and pored over celebrity rags, reading articles about makeup, celebrity babies, and as prncsmoonbeam puts it, Shallow Fashion Details.

Now mind you, ordinarily I have zero interest in makeup and Shallow Fashion Details. Tonight I found them extremely soothing. And I actually found myself interested in buying a lot of the things I saw in the pages of Glamour, Vanity Fair and People. Which was frustrating because, of course, I have no money to do so.

The best thing I read all night was the last page of the last magazine I flipped through, right as the overhead loudspeaker said, "Barnes & Noble will be closing in five minutes." It was a remark of Paris Hilton's and it struck me, I guess, because it seemed to be the most common sense thing I'd ever heard her say (not that, of course, I ordinarily pay much attention to Paris Hilton's opinion on anything).

"Always be sure to be more important than your clothes."

Which, when you think about it, is pretty good advice.

I will probably try yoga tomorrow. I think it would be good for stress reduction and because it is a good choice when you feel that you want to get into better tune with and accepting of your own body--good when trying to get healthier.

I realize, however, that I am dreadfully bored with the small rotation I have of exercise DVDs that I use. I have done each one of them dozens, some hundreds of times. Even my beloved Sharon Mann Works set is beginning to pall. I might stop by Borders and see if I can snaggle something new, if I can find anything that looks interesting/cheap.

It's a pity: my health care plan offers a discount for health club memberships, which I can't afford. But they don't offer you any discounts for buying exercise DVDs.

Comments

[aerden.livejournal.com]

Me, I'm waiting for Avocado Ice Cream Day.

which doesn't dovetail too well with exercise workouts, but I'll bet it tastes better. (g)

Chantal

[pegkerr.livejournal.com]

Funny, I was just thinking about avocado ice cream not less than twenty minutes ago! I was driving home and listening to NPR's The Splendid Table and they were talking about homemade ice cream, and I was thinking, yum, avocado ice cream . . .