Life Under Construction

(written for this week’s Sunday Scribblings writing prompt)

I find indulgence necessary.  Indulgence in time, in luxuries, in things I don’t necessarily need.  I do need it.

Por ejemplo, because you would never guess in a million years, wait for it!!…    I love shopping.

What, you knew?  ;]

I love shopping.  I’m not one of those girls that could run out and spend hundreds of dollars on shoes and clothes and purses at the drop of a hat, but I could (and quite literally have done) spend hundreds of dollars on books.  At the drop of a hat.  I’ll spend hours in a bookstore, looking, reading, thinking, wanting, and having.  It is the only time I am ever without a care in the world.  Until I get to the register.  But it’s always worth it, that purchase.  It might not be necessary, but I want it.  I indulge myself.

I’m lazy.  I’m so lazy that I’m often too lazy to get up to pee.  Whether I wake up in the dead of night, working, or sitting at my computer doing less than nothing… I’m more than often too lazy to get up and pee.  But I’m not talking about that kind of lazy, when it comes to indulgence.  I indulge myself in taking my time to do everything, even when I’m in a rush I’m slow about it.  I wait until the very last minute, I procrastinate, I indulge myself in a few extra moments (or hours, as may often be the case!) of what I’m doing that’s currently more pleasurable than what I should be doing.

I don’t really deny myself much in the way of material things.  If I want it and have money, I will get it.  If I should be saving but I really want something, I’ll save next paycheck and give in to myself.  I don’t see any reason why I shouldn’t, not if it’s my money.  I’m not hurting anyone.

And lastly:  I eat chocolate ice cream almost every night.  When I’m not eating chocolate ice cream as I play WoW or watch TV with Sarah, it’s pickles.  Right out of the jar.  Sometimes both in one night!  I’ve had it pointed out that when it comes to food, I love what I love and I won’t settle for anything less.  ‘But it’s food’, is always my response.  Can there be any other answer?  It’s the one thing that should never be compromised on or ’skimped’ on, yet it’s the first thing to go when people find that their budget is tight.  But not me.  I like my food my way, and I won’t take it other wise.  I’m not sure if that’s an indulgence (at least I don’t consider it so), but I’m sure some people think it’s unnecessary.

That’s really all I could come up with on the subject.

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