GTT – Vices

Vices.

I like to think that we all have them. Even those among us who seem infallible, important, or otherwise set “above the crowd.” Hell, even the man that the majority of America deemed worthy to act as our President (that’s Obama, for those of you who were living under a rock) has a vice – his BlackBerry. First President ever to have a personal smart phone.

I took a cue from Colleen today and asked my husband what my vices were. Either he doesn’t know me very well or doesn’t understand what a vice is, because first he said “your mother” (ok, he totally presented an argument in which that made sense, but that’s a whole ‘nother post that you don’t want to read I’m sure) and eating at 2am.

So,  yeah. Food. If you want to know where I am around 1-3am every single morning, it’s either a) my kitchen, standing by the counter eating whatever I could get my grubby paws on and checking my tweets and email on my phone as it charges or b) sitting on the couch in the dark, eating ice cream out of the carton while checking email and tweets on my phone.

Do you see a pattern? Food and technology. Color me surprised. </ sarcasm>

I’ve stopped buying things like Oreo cookies and chocolate bars and *real* ice cream, not in an effort to be healthier but because I know that I have absolutely no self control and I’ll probably eat myself into my grave if I leave these things in the house. It’s expensive, and yes it’s not good for me but mostly? It’s damn expensive! The food, the new clothes I have to buy and eventually the expensive liposuction and gastro-intestinal surgery I’ll need to keep up my habit.

Let’s not even talk about technology. I’ll admit, we do spend more than the average American family on what my mother calls the newest gadgets or, if she’s in a pissy mood, a total waste of money that you could be saving for a mortgage downpayment.  Chalk it up to our age, our generation, and our proclivity for all things technological – that’s how we choose to spend whatever we deem as “extra” money.

Honestly most of what we receive are gifts – at a gift-giving occasion we tell our families exactly what we want and they can coordinate the cash. One big gift. I’d rather that than a bunch of things I might not use So I got a shiny new phone for my last birthday, hubby got a Kindle for his last birthday, he’ll probably get a shiny new phone for Christmas, and maybe me too. Because yes, I got a new phone last year but it’s not the latest greatest as of Christmas and I’d rather have that than shoes, accessories, clothes, money, jewelery or anything else you can think up.

So.

Vices.

You can pencil me down for technology (which is probably somewhere under Greed) and food (hi, Gluttony!) and we’ll call it a day.

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Don’t forget to join in the fun! I know you’ve got a vice. Right? So either post about it and link it up, or go discuss in the comments at the Girl Talk Thursday blog!