Monday 15 August 2011

Listography - Guilty Pleasures

It has been ages since I have taken part in Listography and I really wanted to do last weeks as I think it would of done me good, but I only started reading other entries yesterday and of course Kate over at Kate Takes Five has now published her next list. So I'm going to jump back onto the Listography wagon this week and think about my guilty pleasures

  1. Having my hair cut. This is a huge pleasure for me but one I feel is very indulgent as it is not cheap. I am very fussy about having my hair cut and who does it and would prefer to go without a cut than have a bad one. Since moving back to my home town I have found a new hairdresser and for the first time in years am back to a naughty 6-8 weekly hair cut. I find it seriously addictive, as a student I use to travel 80 miles home and pay £30 for a hair cut on top of my train fare every 2 months - how did I afford that??  My new hairdresser is a man which I prefer, quite young so thinks about what is in fashion, and the most indulgent but is I get a complementary Indian head massage when I first arrive for about 10 minutes, then when I have my hair washed I am reclined in a vibrating massage chair, with a proper neck rest so you don't get the basin digging in, and the way they wash your hair is all with their finger tips and thumbs like they massage. Once you are towelled off, they then offer you a Japanese head and neck massage for 5 or 10 minutes in this little candle lit area with low music playing, and then comes your hair cut.  I LOVE it.  Infact as I have been typing this my sister-in-law has just text me to say she is going for a consultation with my hairdresser this afternoon.
  2. Mentioning my sister-in-law brings me to my next guilty pleasure and that is occasionally going out and 'doing' lunch which I have begun to do with her, and old friends. Its not that regular but it has certainly helped me to get to know my SIL as living away since my brother meet her, and married her meant i barely knew her. We really enjoy these meet ups and tend to frequent the same place which is a little cafe/restaurant in Harrogate called Fodder.  If anyone ever visits Harrogate, I cant recommend Fodder highly enough (I have tried to link to their website). It is run by the Yorkshire Agricultural Society and one side is a shop with a butchers counter, deli counter, fruit and veg, jams, preserves etc. It is all farm grown, organic, freshly baked and from Yorkshire. The cafe also uses all these ingredients and it is well worth a visit, and overlooks the Great Yorkshire Show Ground so the views are of open fields.  it is not in the town centre but I think that is what appeals, and it doesn't seem to suffer for it as I have never yet been in and not had to wait for a table.
  3. Opening a bottle of wine and sticking on something like Mama Mia, The Rocky Horror Picture show, Grease, Moulin Rouge, Dirty Dancing (I love a good bit of Patrick Swazye grinding his hips) you get the picture and having a damned good sing along. This only occurs when t'husband is away or out and the kids are asleep. I love it!
  4. Spending hours on rightmove and googlemaps. I am sooooo nosey, and love looking at people's houses especially when people tell me their house is for sale or one I regularly pass goes up, I am the first to race home, and get on rightmove to check out their decor and room sizes and garden.
  5. Bald men! Nope seriously, it first started when t'husband made me sit through hours of Star Trek and being the starry eyed new girlfriend I did it, and really got quite a liking for Patrick Stewert and his bald head.
  I am not talking about people with shaved heads but proper bald heads. Think of Bruce Willis he is now going bald, Vin Diesel, Michael Rosenbaum who plays Lex Luther in the Smallville series, mmm, I just love a bald head!

Now that I have started thinking of guilty pleasures I could also add having a bath with a good book, and a glass of wine whenever the house is empty otherwise my baths are gate crashed not only by the boys but also t'husband!  Pop over to Kate takes Five and join in.

24 comments:

BNM said...

I can honestly say that luckily as I have girls no 3 is done while washing up in our house! I can be doing any kinda housework with the music on and then they both want to join in. I must get them to help out next time.
OH as given up on me and my taste in music but has been known to join in too.
BNM

Anne @ Domesblissity said...

LOL. I just love Googling (or should that be ogling LOL) other people's houses. It's great! Love your list!

Anne @ Domesblissity

Gemma @ My Big Nutshell said...

I am coming over next time you plan on #3!

Cat Parrott said...

Nosing round houses is such a good one. I should have put that in mine.

veryboredincatalunya said...

I often wile away hours on property sites although more to find myself a perfect and totally unaffordable place to live, I usually feel very depressed afterwards.

Caroline said...

Love your number 3 - what better way to spend an afternoon (or evening) than with a large glass of red and cheesy movie?!

Reluctant Housedad said...

Love your list. My missus is always poking her nose around Right Move and Findaproperty. 'Why you looking, we're not moving.' 'I just like to look, that's all.'
So I keep my nose out.

1978rebecca said...

Oh yes 2 and 3 sound great and definitely nothing to feel guilty about.
Not so keen on the bald men thing, but it's supposed to be an indicator of testosterone or something, isn't it?

Theramblingpages said...

Gemma you are more than welcome as I think it would be so much more fun with other like-minded wine drinking mad women!

Theramblingpages said...

I don;t know anything about the testosterone bit, there is no danger of my husband ever going bald unless I shave it first and wax it for him!

Theramblingpages said...

I am so with your wife, although I have also got my husband fairly addicted to it as well now!

the rambling pages said...

Couldnt agree more Caroline! It appears many share this guilty pleasure x

Theramblingpages said...

Yep I have to admit I am guilty of that too!

Theramblingpages said...

I love it! I also get some reallyt good ideas from it though!

Theramblingpages said...

Thanks Anne, must admit it is one of my favourite passtimes

Theramblingpages said...

and don't forget your music is great to cook too with friends while doing curry!!!

jade foster said...

yes moulin rouge!! guilty pleasure to stick this on and pretend im nicole kidman!! xxx

Sarah MacFarlane said...

Right Move, oh yes! And bald men ....... hmmm, why is that?

Katetakes5 said...

These are all excellent guilty pleasures. I've been cutting my own hair for about a year now but after reading this I may need to make an appointment.

Whitelilymummy said...

Hi Hun, love your list. I don't have my hair cut often enough and my hairdresser always shout at me....oooopppppssssiiiieeee!!! I also love having a nosey on rightmove, there's always another house I'd love to buy and do up!! I've got itchy feet again, and would love another project but the lack of dollars is stopping me!xx

Blue Sky said...

Until I was finally settled here I used to happily spend Saturday afternoons wandering around the open viewings of the houses for sale by auction in Dublin during the boom years :) And I really must do Listography more often. Perhaps that could be a guilt pleasure too :)

anthea barton said...

Hahaha ... love number 4 :o)

Francisca Burgess said...

I second the having a bath with a book and something chilled; bliss!

Deb at Aspieinthefamily said...

I'm back and testing your new comment system. Love your list and I have to admit to having a bit of a nosey on googlemaps and righmove too. In fact this reminds me, my old childhood home is up for sale and I might look it up on the internet - might make me sad though. Deb x