One day at a time...times 365.

I absolutely love the fall! All around me the leaves are changing colors and my days are sunshine with a crisp breeze that makes me want to curl up with someone special. How fortunate am I to have the boyfriend on days like this? (In case you hadn't noticed, I'm feeling all sorts of lovey-dovey today...I'll explain more in a bit...)

Alas, I have some bad news for you, my readers. I will not be posting a blog this Friday since I will be spending the day at the daily grind and I still haven't figured out how to be in two places at once. Never fear though, I have worked long and hard to provide this week's list for you today instead. YAY! I know, I know, I'm pretty great.

So why the lovey-dovey mood, you ask?

This weekend marks a special day for the boyfriend and I. One year since we met and fell truly, madly, deeply in love with each other. Or, if you're of the cynical sort, that's 365 days he's been stuck with me. Either way, it's a milestone. Ordinarily, I'm sure we would have a nice date night together...but the band is playing both nights this weekend. So instead we'll be spending Sunday together, hopefully the weather holds up and we can have a picnic. (Yup, I'm cheesy like that.)


And to honor this weekend of love, I have prepared a list of my favorite cheesy, sappy, chick flicks along with what each story tells me about love. Go ahead and thank me, you know you want to :p


My Top 9 Love Story Movies (in no particular order)



The Notebook



True love will always prevail.

Pretty Woman



Sometimes you have to take a wild chance for love to find you.

City of Angels



Even the promise of heaven is no competition for love.

Ghost



Love surpasses all.

The Holiday



If love is meant to be, it will be.

Sweet November (the 2001 version)



Enjoy the time you have together, however short or long that may be.

Ever After



The best rendition of the "Cinderella" story. Ever.

The Wedding Singer



"All I wanna do is grow old with you."

The Princess Bride



There are many ways to say "I love you."


And there it is folks, all of my lovely knowledge, now at your very own fingertips. I hope you all have a fantastic rest of your week and weekend. Don't work too hard and take some time to enjoy the brilliance of nature all around you.

On that note, I should probably go before I make you all sick with my sugary sweetness.

Toodles!

We are all innocent until proven guilty in a court of our peers.

A guilty pleasure is something one enjoys and considers pleasurable despite feeling guilt for enjoying it. Often, the "guilt" involved is simply fear of others discovering one's lowbrow or otherwise embarrassing tastes, rather than actual moral guilt. Fashion, music, and food (especially unhealthier foods high in sugar and/or fat) can be examples of guilty pleasures.

This has always been an intriguing topic for me, there's so many unanswered questions. Why do we feel guilty about it? Why are some people attracted to one thing while others find it distasteful?

Since I don't have any of the answers, I decided to just make a list of my guilty pleasures. Maybe once they're out in the open I won't feel guilty...or maybe you'll all just point at me and laugh.

I love sappy love ballads. I don't care how much they've been over played, I will still bust out in full voice to sing along. The more heartbreak in the song, the better.



I will curl up with crayons and a coloring book for HOURS! I kid you not. I used to try to use the fact that I have a child as an excuse for my obsession, but I've since given that up. Probably because he's now old enough and smart enough to tell people the truth.



This song is soooo dirty!! But since the first time I heard it on the radio, I've been addicted to it. I can't get enough!



Again, I've tried to use the fact that I have a child as an excuse for watching Disney movies. It doesn't really work, though, when I get caught watching The Little Mermaid with him no where in sight.



I absolutely ADORE fried green tomatoes. The actual food, not the movie. Well, I love the movie too, but that's another point all together. The problem with fried green tomatoes (the food) is that, if anyone will recall, I am ALLERGIC to tomatoes. So yeah, I could eat them, but then bad things happen and I get to take a fun trip to the E.R. Why do the things I like have to be so bad for me?



Yet again, another thing I've tried blaming on my child. Does anyone else for see years of therapy for all of the damage I'm causing?



I think Johnny needs no introduction. What hot-blooded, straight female does NOT have a thing for Johnny Depp?! Excuse me while I drool...



No, I do not have a secret penchant for little girls...although I do think they're adorable :) But I do have a little obsession with pigtails. I love wearing my hair in pigtails. Have I mentioned that I'm in my late 20's? Maybe it's time to start growing up...but that doesn't sound like any fun.



Agh! I know, I'm totally giving myself away with this one. Now everyone knows what a total and complete geek I am. I don't care, I can't help it. Besides, did you know that doing word puzzles lowers your chances of getting Alzheimer's and Dementia by 66%?



And here the awful truth comes out...deep down, I really am a girly-girl who loves herself a good, sappy chick flick. Someone whip out the tissues please...this one's a tearjerker.




I realize that some of the things on my list may not technically qualify as a guilty pleasure, since I don't feel a whole lot of guilt about them. But there ya have it...my list of things that make me go "Aw!"