Current Book(s):
Finished - Knit Two and Knit the Season - both by Kate Jacobs (lovely books for a knitting-lover like me!), In a Sunburned Country by Bill Bryson
Currently reading - The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield
* Another slow month of reading for me...
Current Music:
The Last Kiss Soundtrack. Such a fantastic Soundtrack. You know that pop sound with the "What You Say" chorus? Well, that is ripped from Hide & Seek by Imogen Heap, which is one of my favorite songs on The Last Kiss Soundtrack. Has a very different sound, but I love it. I want an Imogen Heap CD so badly but I am not letting myself buy anything unnecessary these days!
Current Shame-Inducing Guilty Pleasure:
Mini-peanut butter cups. My co-worker always has them in his candy drawer and I cannot resist... I kept asking him to stop buying them!
Current Colors:
Mustard Yellow
Current Obsessions:
My half-marathon and full marathon training plans that are hanging in my cube. I love looking at them and calculating how far I'll run each week/month/etc. Yes, I am a running dork.
Current Drink:
Home brewed coffee! Totally successful on my only drinking lattes on Fridays!!
Current Song:
"Sort Of" by Ingrid Michaelson. Or her whole album.
Current Movie:
Sliding Doors - fantastic movie. Check it out if you haven't.
Current TV Shows:
The new season of Project Runway! I am SO glad it's back in NYC. It just wasn't the same when it was in LA!
Current Wish-List:
- Imogen Heap CD
- New Coffee Pot
- This knitting pattern book that they had on display at the little yarn shop I frequent!!
Current Needs:
- a cleaner condo
- a less cluttered coffee table. It basically functions as my desk!
Current Triumph:
- I have resisted the temptation to buy new CDs during my weekly trip to Target. I have been trying to cut down on unnecessary purchases and have done so well so far!
- I haven't bought a book for myself in well over a month. My goal is to not buy another book until I have read all the ones I own. So I should be good until June or July I am guessing!
Current Bane of my Existence:
- My complexion. I have been a bit stressed lately (see Bane of my Existence #2), and my face is not handling it well. I basically want to wear a paper bag over my head. I have an appt with a new Dermatologist this morning. I am crossing my fingers that he has a solution. Besides birth control. That was the only solution my previous derm would recommend...
- A contract negotiation I am working on at work. It's a great opportunity with lots of exposure to super high finance management, but it stresses me out. Big time. Like I wake up in the middle of the night sometimes and stress about it.
Current Goal:
- Stop eating those dang peanut butter cups!!
Current Indulgence:
- Peanut butter on apples. The apples are basically a vessel for the peanut butter. Can you tell that PB is a total weakness for me?
Current Blessings:
- Getting 9 hours of sleep/night the last 2 weekends!
Current Slang or Saying:
- Describing things as craptastic.
Current (Fav) Outfit:
- Work dresses with tights! It was pretty mild earlier this month so I wore dresses quite frequently!!
Current Excitement:
- My college friend get-together this weekend!
- Meeting my parents for Mass & an early birthday lunch on Sunday!
- My weekend in Phoenix at the end of Feb!
Current Mood:
- Pensive
* Have a fantastic weekend everyone! I will be heading north to Grand Forks, ND for the weekend. What do you have planned?
I read The Thirteenth Tale and I think I liked it (it was a few years ago). Hope you enjoy it! I need to hang things up in my cube but I keep forgetting to bring things in!
ReplyDeleteI completely agree that Project Runway is so much better set in NYC!
ReplyDeletei hear you on the face thing..i've always hated my complexion. in reality, it's probably not THAT bad but it's not good enough for me. i use medicated face wash clothes called plexion clothes that my dermatologists prescribed and they work miracles! i still get a small break out every now and then if i'm stressed or depending on what time of the month it is but overall, they have helped a ton. i hope your appt goes well. have a fun weekend!
ReplyDeleteThe Last Kiss soundtrack is so good, I was disappointed that the movie wasn't quite as good. And, I know what you mean about Imogen Heap..she's got such a beautiful voice.
ReplyDeleteSounds like you had a great month!! Can't believe January is almost over...
Can't wait to hear all about your weekend. Family time sounds great too =)
ReplyDeleteThe Last Kiss... I really liked that moive. I realize I was in the minority but something about it really gets to me (in a good way, I guess).
This weekend I'll be relaxing, hitting up the gym, writing cards to friends, seeing a writer that I really like (Ridley Pearson, he wrote the Peter & The Starcatcher series) and more relaxing. I travel to FL next Wed and traveling makes me nervous/tired so I'm trying to save up some energy :)
Have a great time this weekend!!!!! You deserve it!
I have a horrible weekend this weekend.... Working, working, working. Not that that is unusual but Sunday morning we have our annual physical inventory and I have to be there at 5:30 AM! YIKES! So that means this girl will be in bed EARLY Saturday night. :(
ReplyDeleteI also looooove The Last Kiss soundtrack and I also really liked that movie. My reading lately has been really slow as well. Like, I'm barely getting through a book a month. I think it's just because Cy and I are trying to figure out where we we're comfortable together and it will just take time for me to fall back into my natural groove that meshes with him. :)
Have a great weekend and a great trip!
Mini Peanut Butter Cups + Imogen Heap are my kryptonite.
ReplyDeleteAnd I'm with you on the complexion!! I'm so fair and my skin is a mess these days. I'm waiting for a new moisturizer to come in the mail and in the mean time I'm living on water and cutting out all refined sugar and bad oil (ie-salt and vinegar chips lol) from my diet. So lame!!
Hope your dermatologist helps!
Hmmmm, chocolate peanut butter cups are my favourite! LOVE - no combo is better than chocolate and peanut butter!
ReplyDeleteHave a great weekend with your college girlfriends - that sounds SO fun!! XO
I heart Ingrid Michaelson - and Project Runway!
ReplyDeleteI have zero plans and I am excited about it! I have also been rocking the work dress with tights this week...it's super comfortable and still looks great!
ReplyDeleteHope you have a great weekend away!
I am also VERY excited for your trip to Phoenix in Feb!!! :) I can't wait to see you!!!
ReplyDeleteI love that you have ready more books this month than I have in the past year, and you consider this a month where you have been "slacking". You are incredible.
I hope your appointment goes well and they can find a better solution for you!! And I also hope the stress fizzles out some!!--or this weekend serves as a great get-away for you!!!
I used to also be obsessed with peanut butter! But think I ate it so much that I odn't like it anymore!! ...I hope that doesn't happen with mustard.
Don't worry, in my January re-cap--you wll get to hear about my latest condiment-obsession ;)
Have a great weekend Lisa. sleep lots and read lots. and run as much as you need to. it will help the stress level.
ReplyDeleteGirl, your job sounds STRESSful. Just be sure to get a good balance of down time when you can! I've been thinking about getting a facial lately. Seems like it would help when my face gets bad. Have a fun weekend with the college friends!
ReplyDeleteOh my goodness, I love peanut butter. I just have to get that out there.
ReplyDeleteNOTHING!!!!!!!!!!!! I am so excited. Already in my pj's waiting for my husband to get home. Though Frankenmuth is having Snowfest and it looks fun, maybe I can convince my husband to go tomorrow. But it is flippin cold so I will probably not really want to go. :)
ReplyDeleteLisa, I've been craving peanut butter, too, and on apples! I've also been thinking about PB on celery - love that, too! Wish I could say I've been reading as many books as you, but I just read snippets of several books and magazine articles and that's about it! See you Sunday!
ReplyDeleteI hope you have a ton of fun with your college friends this weekend! When are you going to be in Phoenix? I am going to be there February 18-21st.
ReplyDeleteHi Lisa. I *love* Sliding Doors! SUCH a wonderful movie!! I even watched Monty Python because of James, though didn't find it as funny as he did.
ReplyDeleteAlso, while it's already been covered in your comments: peanut butter + chocolate = love. Frankly, it's really the PB that has captured my heart. I've been known to eat it plain and I'm comfortable admitting that.
Anyhow, I hope you have a great weekend!
Hahaha, Craptastic!! Well things will get better I'm sure :) And if not, you've got those peanut butter cups ;)
ReplyDeleteI loved your answer to "current drink" :P