Five Question Friday

1. Do you feel guilty spending money on yourself?

Sometimes, depending on what it is and how much. If its a new book (providing its not a freakin-expensive hardcover), then I never hesitate to get it. Especially if its a new Kresley Cole Immortals After Dark or Gena Showalter Lords of the Underworld book. But when it comes to new clothes or shoes, that's where I start hemming and hawing. I try not to spend more than $20 on a new pair of shoes, same goes for pants and shirts. To be honest with you, even though its a bit embarrassing to admit, I usually buy my 'new' clothes at the Value Village half-price sale. Its just, you know, with four kids and one income there is no way I can justify spending so much money on myself. I'd rather the kids have nice wardrobes than myself, seeing as they're the ones in the public eye more often. The last thing I bought for myself that made me feel guilty was the Turbo Jam dvds. They were $60, not including shipping and handling, and I agonized for days about whether I'd just done something incredibly stupid. But when I think about it, those dvds were what started the whole WLJ, so in the end it was a good decision.


2. How well do you know your neighbors?
I know the names of the people beside me on the left and across the street; the ones to the right of us, I can only remember the names of the woman and the little boy, can't remember the hubby or baby's names. I know that the neighbor woman across and over used to be Ardan's preschool teacher, however I can never recall her name. I know certain details of some neighbor's lives, things like so-and-so had a couple of miscarriages in the last few years (thankfully, though, the last pregnancy was carried to term and we went to their baby shower, so yay!) and the ones beside us have a baby with Down's Syndrome (and he is just the sweetest, most adorable little tyke). That one, I'm waiting for the right moment to tell her about the fairy-theory of Down's Syndrome (mom knows what I'm talking about). I'm not the type of neighbor that my bff Kelly is, though; they would have get-togethers with their neighbors all the time, girls night outs, board game nights, karaoke, Guitar Hero competitions, wine-tastings, etc. I'm just not really that type of person. Which makes me sad, in a way, because I always envisioned myself being great friends with my neighbors and having block parties and such. But really, that's not me. I prefer to keep my life private -- who knows what gossip mills are going on in the neighborhood, I wouldn't want to give them any more grist for the mill.


3. What age are you looking forward to being?
I'm enjoying being 30, to be honest I don't feel much different than I did at, say, 25. Though I DO feel more confident in myself as a woman, wife and mother. I think I'm looking forward to 35, to seeing what changes the next five years will bring about in myself and the ones I love, what our life will be like at that time.
4. Do you get excited when the mail comes? Why?
No, because I know the bulk of it will be bills and flyers. The only time I get excited for the mail is if I've ordered something online and I know its coming in, but I haven't done that for quite a while.



5. What is your earliest childhood memory?
I've seen pictures of myself from around the same time as this memory, so I figure I must have been around one-and-a-half. But I can remember being in the livingroom of our trailer, back when mom was still with Fred, cuddling on the couch with my mom and hearing Fred yelling that there was a mouse in the bedroom, and mom freaking out, "Well then kill it! KILL IT!". Mom, does that ring any bells? Maybe I just imagined it, or it was a dream, haha.