Obsession Confession Sunday

5 Things I'm Currently Obsessed With:

1. Pilates. I realize I'm tardy for this party as Pilates was big several years ago. I did take a PiYo class back then (but let's be honest, it was mostly Yo.) I just bought a Pilates machine from WalMart because it was on extreme rollback. [Several reviewers state that the carriage slide is rough - mine works great. I think maybe they didn't put it together right. Not that I'm a Pilates machine engineer or anything; I just followed the directions.]
2. Harajuku Sunshine Lovers G. I love coconut. I love to eat it. I love to smell it. I love to rub it's oil into my skin. I found a bottle of Harajuku Sunshine Lovers G at TJ Maxx for about half retail price and snatched it up (though it's pretty inexpensive to begin with, as far as perfume goes). It's coconuty and beachy and smells like summertime. "G is an oriental/ fruity/ gourmand with notes of fresh coconut, jasmine, and cotton woods."
3. Low Carb Dieting. At the risk of sounding like an infomercial, low carb dieting really works! I've tried so many combinations of diet and exercise with little to no results. After 3 weeks of low carbing it and moderate exercise, I've lost 15 pounds. (Yes, I'm still using the pee strips - I love watching that little square turn purple.)
4. My 10 year plan. Circumstances just changed for me so I need a new 10 year plan. I'm thinking  I'll spend the next 4 years building the Whitfield Awesome brand. Of course this will make me filthy rich. Then, for the next year or so, I'll get a sperm donor/have a baby. Over the following 5 years, I will be a stay-at-home author while my daughter or my gay son and I become the next Gilmore Girls. 
5. Beyonce's Why Don't You Love Me Video. I love the styling in this video. And the sexy hope she gives to a thick thighed gal. Not to mention the content is hitting home right now. "I got beauty, I got heart, Keep my head in them books, I'm sharp, But you don't care to know I'm smart, Now, now, now, now, now, now, now." 

Obsession Confession Sunday

5 things I am currently obsessed with:

1. Domino Special Edition: Hello. My name is Jen and I'm addicted to home decor magazines. Like many others, though apparently not many enough, I loved Domino. It went out of print in 2009.  BUT. A special edition was just released. (Cover price $10.99 but I picked it up in Target for $6.99!) It's a regurgitation of stuff in the magazines but that was 3+ years ago and I don't have all of my old copies. Plus I'm okay with decor vomit.
2. Fun - Some Nights: I guess Fun would go in the alternative category as it is a little bit pop, a little bit rock and a little bit weird. The entire CD is good. Not a lot of song skipping going on here. Some of the songs sound like they would fit really well in a modernized version of Rocky Horror (which is a terrible idea that no one should run with).
3. Carbs: Boyfriend and I have been walking 3 miles a day, 5 days a week and monitoring our calorie intake for two months. We feel great but have seen barely any results weight-wise. So we are now low carbing it. The meat-fest part is great. The everything sweet being loaded with carbs part is cruel. Boyfriend gave me these pee test strips [♥romance alert♥] to help me know whether or not I am in ketosis (fat burning mode). Sounds gross but I get a little excited every time I wait for the color change.
4. Vienna Sausages: These guys are a great low-carb snack. I usually reserve them for hurricane aftermath and birthdays, but I'm now bringing them into the new normal food circle. Birthdays, what? My family was going to Key West for vacay one summer. A vacay that my 26th birthday happened to fall in. Until. Hurricane Dennis hit as a Cat 3 five days before my bday. We were still without electricity on my 26th, so we had a fine celebratory meal of vienna sausages. (My mom did manage to whip up a cake cause she's awesome like that.) P.S. We pronounce it V-Annie.  
5. Dead Bird Cooper: If you follow me on Twitter (@JenOsaurus) you may know about the dead bird outside my office window. The ace grounds crew seems to be in no hurry to pick him up, so I took the next natural step and gave him a Twitter account - @DeadBirdCooper (like DB Cooper, see what I did there?).

Your turn: Am I the only person on the planet still buying CDs? And what snack do you like that is sneered at by the masses?