#thingsicurrentlylove

Or, A List Of Things I Really Like That Are New Or New To Me:

1. Deva curl hair products. They make my hair curly and bouncy and fun without brewing weirdly frizzy or crunchy or flat or whatever. Plus they smell good, which is always a bonus. 

2. Pb2. Where has this been all my life??? I know it's not new, but it's new to me and I think it's great. I can have two tablespoons of this for one quarter of the calories of normal peanut butter. Whaaaat. Pus I kinda like texture. I want to try the chocolate version for sure. 

3. Jon McLaughlin's new album, Holding My Breath. I mean, it's not a secret that he's my favesies, (I mean just listen to him.  Actually, just LOOK at him.  Hello.) but his new album is good. It's calmer and the piano-ness is just lovely. He even gave us a track that's piano only, At Night, and it's great. 

4. This blended Greek yogurt. The yogurt I usually eat has all the fruit stuff at the bottom, so then you have to stir it around to mix it up but it never blends all the way, and I like each bite to be evenly distributed. But this stuff is, for one, blended, and for two, tastes like delicious dessert and fools me into thinking I'm having a treat when actually I'm eating protein and junk. 

5. Bath and Body Works new fall scents. I have Vermont Honey Apple and Aspen Caramel Woods in lotion and bath gel right now, and it smells sooooooo delicious it actually makes me look forward to taking a shower. And then I smell like divine warm fall scents all day long. Yum. 

6. Gympact. It's an app where you pledge to work out from 3-7 days a week and set a dollar amount to pay for each time you don't make your pact. You pay via PayPal, but you don't have to pay anything if you don't miss your pact. Workouts are tracked either via RunKeeper, gps location of a known gym, or anywhere using the phone's accelerometer. It's motivating because I have to work out 5 days a week or else I pay $5 for each missed workout, which I definitely don't want to do. And bonus, each work out you complete, you earn money! It's not a lot each workout, but at this point I've earned about $8, which is more than I started with. 

7. Tazo chocolate chai latte. I admittedly have an obsession with chai tea, but this stuff just jumped into my shopping cart the other day and it's pretty great. It's not like chai-spiced hot chocolate, it's more like chai tea with a hint of chocolate, so it's a pretty good combination. 

8. Painting furniture. If you've read any of my other posts, you know that furniture painting and redoing has kinda become a thing for me. I'm still new at it and learning techniques but it's a fun hobby that could turn out to be a good way to make some extra cash, too. #bi-winning

9. Roasted okra. I like fried okra because hello it's fried, but a few weeks ago I tried some oven roasted okra and it was delicious! So, on days when I have the time and patience to slice and roast some okra, I do, because it's good. 

10. The Noticer. Earlier this week I went to a live taping of a tv show, and author Andy Andrews was on. He was talking about his new book, The Noticer Returns, and I got a copy and had it autographed. I had heard about his books before and The Noticer has been sitting on a pile of books by my bed that has sadly been ignored while I watched Scrubs and How I Met Your Mother instead. But I read it the other night and liked it enough to write down a few quotes from it. It's an easy read but has many good points and is very inspiration. I recommend it. 

And there's the end of another list because lists are still awesome.