Five (Semi) Important Things

So apparently, there's this fun little game

floating around blogland

which involves two things every blogger loves - 

1. Tagging friends and 2. Talking about ourselves.

If only we could figure out a way to throw an OOTD in there.

Oh good. Now that that's taken care of....

My favorite little New Yorker, Erin, tagged me.

And I'm tagging Lauren, Kristen, and Sheree.

Now for five super duper, sort of kind of, really not at all

important things you need to know about me. 

{1.}

I never fill up my gas tank up completely.

When I do put gas in my car,

it makes me happy to stop at an even number,

but it makes me even happier to stop at a palindrome number

like $40.04.

I also never ever wash my car. 

I can probably count on one hand the times it's been washed

in the year that I've owned it.

Whoops.

{2.}

If things are in neat piles, I don't feel like there's a mess.

For example, even though there are 18 different pairs of shoes

by our back door right now,

as long as they are all paired up and in a nice, neat line

I'm okay.

The same goes for my desk and neat, little piles of paper.

{3.}

At school, when I'm working with a small group

I usually wear a pink feather boa

so other students know not to interrupt me.

You fancy, huh?

Today when I was working with a group,

I hadn't put on my boa but instead 

had it hanging on the bookcase behind my table.

When low and behold, one of the kids in my group

points out a HUGE spider tucked in one of the feathers still alive.

I most definitely will have nightmares about that tonight.

{4.}

I am currently obsessed with the DIY Network

and have about 50 million different home improvement ideas

constantly running through my head.

The only problem is, they are all so different

and I can't decide on just one,

so most likely none of them will ever really happen.

Oh and there's that little thing called money too, eh.

{5.}

I sort of got to go on my honeymoon two summers in a row.

And I'm already going through withdrawals 

knowing it won't happen again this summer. 

When Robbie and I got married in July 2011

we went to the Hard Rock Resort and Casino in Punta Cana, DR.

It. Was. Amazing.

Last summer in June 2012

after my brother graduated high school,

we took our first "blended-family" vacation to,

you guessed it, the Hard Rock Resort and Casino in Punta Cana, DR.

It. Was. Still. Amazing.

And it didn't take long for Robbie and I to get used to the idea

of traveling somewhere all-inclusive, tropical, and gorgeous 

every 11 months.

We'll be due for another paradise vacation around May

and will be taking any and all donations starting now.

Kidding. Kind of.

Two things about traveling.

1. I travel much better to all-inclusive places.

I have a really bad habit of being way too OCD about money

to the point where I'll keep a running record in my mind 

of everything we're spending, even on vacation.

Paying a one-time fee, up front and not having to think about money for the rest of the trip

is sooooo nice. Unlimited food, drinks, and massages 

without whipping out a credit card = heaven on earth.

2. I'm linking up with Helene for Travel Tuesdays

and counting down the days until Spring time is officially here. 

Hugs,