I love ice cream!

So this weekend I went with David, Ryan, David's mom Linda, and my sister Carol to Lubbock for the Baylor vs. Texas Tech game. For those of you who don't know me you may wonder why I drove 6 hours to the middle of the desert to go to a football game, a sport which I am not very fond of watching, but many of David's cousins go there and all of his family on his dad's side were going to be there, so I thought I should go with them. It was advertised to me as a stress-free weekend, which of course it was not. In fact it was very stressful, as David, Carol and myself all slept in the same bed and Ryan slept on the floor of our room both nights. I am not going to go into the details of all that annoyed me this weekend as I have vented A LOT already, so I will just let it go. Saturday night we went bowling with all the cousins, which leads me into the story of my eating issues. How you might ask? Well, Saturday we ate at Rosa's after the game at around 3:00 and by the time we went bowling it was 11:00 at night, and all I had had since then was about 8 glasses of Sprite. So at about 1:00 in the morning I had another heart palpitation, almost fainting attack. The history behind those is that I basically was not eating well at all and not taking a multivitamin since school started and my heart was beating funny a lot. I went to th doctor and he told me to eat healthier and take a vitamin, so I have been and I have felt a lot better. But Saturday I did not do that and it hit me like a ton of bricks. The problem is that I LOOOOVVEEE ice cream, bread, fruit, candy, and especially coffee. I am not a vegetarian on purpose, but the only time I really eat meat is at the Roadhouse. So I have been trying to eat meat even though I don't like it. The thing is that I can only eat a little meat and then I get sick of it, but I will eat bread until I think I am going to puke. I LOVE it! The same goes for ice cream. So, the point is, I am trying to eat better. Whoop-dee-do.

Next on my list is the fact that I am a huge product junkie. Many of you know this, but I really realized it today. Let me start out by saying that my lip gloss collection is huge, and I have more lotion than I know what to do with. My two main weaknesses are Kiehls and Origins. Funny story about Origins. Jennie and I went to the one in Vegas, and even that sales lady who had known me for 5 minutes told me she thought I am a product junkie. Ok, so today I got an email from Kiehls saying that I would get free shipping on orders of $40.00 or more, so I go on the site and put $16.00 face wash, $17.00 body oil, and $16.00 dog shampoo in my cart and sat there and stared at it for 20 minutes trying to rationalize getting it. I was actually going to spend $16.00 on dog shampoo! Now, that is not to say that I might not buy it later, but with about $700.00 worth of Christmas gifts looming in the next month, I was very proud of my self that at this time I just exited the screen. Whew!

So with Christmas around the corner I am getting ready for the fact that I am about to be out in the "real world" of the work force, but I am not sure how applicable that is to the job I will have. I love my job because it is fun but serious at the same time, and the people I work with are great. I am blogging right now even though I have a paper I need to be writing, so I am looking forward to being able to do this all I want without the threat of homework looming over me. Because I love my job so much I will advertise for the Dr Pepper Museum right here on my own blog. I recently redid the newsletter, which features items in the giftshop. Need a great holiday gift? Check it out! For the newsletter go to www.dpmnewsletter.blogspot.com/ or the gift shop at www.drpeppermuseum.org/drpepperstore/. Love it!