Although, guilt is a little strong, don’t you think?
If you’ve read my very first post for The Prompt, which was all about guilt, you’ll know that I don’t really do guilt for the things we shouldn’t feel guilty about…
But, I wonder if we feel guilty for these moments because we feel we shouldn’t be spending time on ourselves? That the time should be spent elsewhere, on our partners, children, housework?! Perhaps we’re embarrassed to admit that we love that new pop song, that new teen movie? Perhaps we feel we shouldn’t admit to having eaten that cake or that chocolate, or enjoyed that glass of wine?
But, you know what? I like my moments of guilty pleasure, and I’m not giving them up just yet :)
…A couple of hours in Starbucks on a Saturday morning; child free, grande Awake tea, free refills (and resulting caffeine buzz), blogging, reading, thinking, chatting to the regulars…
…An episode of The Vampire Diaries or Supernatural; with chocolate and a glass of fizz, no interruptions, no comments about real life from hubby, no discussions on the ability (or lack thereof) to suspend disbelief…
…Watching Never Been Kissed; my go-to feel good movie, or an old favourite; Say Anything, The Sure Thing, Footloose, The Breakfast Club, St Elmo’s Fire… The 80’s may be the decade that style forgot, but give me the Brat Pack and I’m a happy girl…
…Cheesy pop music, Disney movies, High School Musical, Glee, Doris Day… I’m quite partial to a bit of Take That or the Spice Girls… dancing badly round the living room, singing loudly…
…School girl crushes! I’ll watch anything with Chris Hemsworth in it :) But, I have a bit of a thing about Patrick Stewart too…
…Ice cream, by the tub…
I suspect for most of us our guilty pleasures are simple pleasures. A moment of quiet to enjoy something that makes us feel good, cheers us up, makes us smile or even laugh out loud.
They may not be cool, they may be getting a bit old, they may not be good for us. But we love them anyway.
You can find this weeks #ThePrompt linky here. What are your guilty pleasures? Link up and share them with us!
Very true, pleasure should not = guilt! I realised when writing my own that I don’t even have any! My old guilty pleasures are actually more just guilty secrets ;-)
looking forward to reading yours :) Definitely no guilt!
There are some fabulous guilty pleasures on your list. Surely it’s this kind of stuff that keeps us sane in our busy lives and enables us to keep going. Here’s to guilty pleasures and making the most of them!
Hear, hear! They are definitely what keep me sane :)
Love EVERYTHING you’ve mentioned! I’m a big fan of 80’s movies (see my post!), adore Doris Day, can sing every HSM song, Supernatural’s one of my favourite shows, and ice cream – again, see my post! And no, not feeling guilty :)
Oh, can’t wait to read your post! Definitely not feeling guilty :)
Once again I think we are very similar! I thought of 80s movies too, particularly the brat pack movies and The Sure Thing (which I think I used to be able to quote word for word!). Simple Pleasures not Guilty Pleasure definitely! X
Can’t beat a Brat Pack movie :) And, anything with John Cusack in it! Definitely simple pleasures :)
You are such a great writer. I love your prompts and even though I don’t always join in I love reading yours every week. Now for the guilty pleasures, I love your list of guilty pleasures. A few we share, less 80’s for me but love them all. What a great prompt post as always. I love your perspective on life. NO one really should feel guilty about their pleasures whatever they may be but I think your right most because we feel we should be doing something else or most because it’s a secret and we are embarrassed to share them out loud.
Thank you Jenny, that’s such a lovely thing for you to say x Looking forward to reading yours :) I suspect I show my age by love of the 80’s :)
I love the film ‘ never been kissed’ and I have have a secret crush on the teacher. I may go and watch it this afternoon as its only me and the little lady, and I dont even have to do the school run, as older boys going to their nans. I love Fridays lol.
I love to dance around the house to 80’s music (can’t believe I actually admitted to thta lol ) especially when I’m feeling down. soon lifts me backup :)
I found you blog from #willynilly on twitter
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Such a great movie :) Quite like Michael Vartan too…! And, dancing around the house is a great pick me up :)
They sound like great guilty pleasures! You’ve got me thinking about what mine are now… mainly wine ;-) #PoCoLo
Definitely wine, probably prosecco in my case :)
oh my ive just posted my very first linky! im super scared of what others, people who dont know me come across! eeekkk!!!! x
Yay! Welcome :) Look forward to reading x
Your list is very similar to my own and I absolutely adore the Vampire diaries! Also love the film never been kissed too!
It’s funny how many of us like the same things :)
You’re right about the simplest things being our guilty pleasures. Sometimes, all I need is a bar of chocolate! I love watching feel-good Disney classics too :)
Absolutely, it really doesn’t need to be much, just something that is entirely for us :)
I love this weeks prompt and I can’t believe the things we are all admitting to! *cringes with embarrassment*
One of my favourite things is The Vampires Diaries and a glass of vino, pure bliss! :-)
Strangely though, we are all admitting to very similar things :)
Great post Sara! You should definitely hang on to all those guilty pleasures, they sound great! I’m not sure what mine is – probably cake, and that occasional glass of ice cold dry sherry after the boy is in bed… Bliss! :)
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Oh yes, cake, I forgot cake :)
Sorry for not linking this week. I have lots of ‘guilty’ pleasures but have to admit I do not feel remotely guilty for most of them: food, champagne, chocolate, eating the kids’ sweets (OK, maybe I feel a tad guilty for that one), being pampered, having a long, hot bath on a Sunday afternoon… x
Oh, no worries! I don’t feel guilty either :)
Yep, not guilty pleasures, simple pleasures! I used to go off to the cinema on my own…watch whatever I wanted to watch, eat whatever sweets I wanted (though flinching at having to pay for them myself!), laugh as loud as I like or cry as much as I like…thanks for hosting #theprompt Sara :) x
Absolutely :) Thanks so much for joining in x