Thursday Thirteen #5

Thirteen Things About Me.

1. I love books (duh). Obviously, I love to read them, but I also love to read about them, collect them, think about them, make lists about them, and, in general, just be surrounded by them.
2. I love purses. Last spring I bought a large, bright orange, canvas purse. It was the most perfect purse I'd ever had. The straps were long enough, it had exactly the right pockets and it held everything I wanted it to hold. Then the monkey spilled a cup of milk into it. It was not washable and I had to replace it. Every time I went to the store it came from I looked for it's replacement, but they were never there. I could not find it on Ebay. Then, on Sunday, I was in that store and THERE IT WAS. It has one small design change, and I had to get a different color (green), but once again I have the perfect purse.
3. I am currently obsessed with eating at Khoury's Mediterranean Cuisine. In particular, the falafel.
4. When I get to a very suspenseful part of a book I have to stop reading and calm myself. Sometimes for seconds, sometimes for days. It can be any kind of suspense, it doesn't have to be life threatening. Romantic moments count. This helps explain why I read more than one book at a time.
5. I no longer enjoy the taste of Pepsi. This will be shocking to people who went to school with me.
6. I hate returning phone calls (at work).
7. I have had the same robe since I went to college. It was an outrageous splurge at the time ($84!!) and has definately been worth the money.
8. I have kept a log of everything I've read since 1993.
9. I think Anthony Wiggle is the hot one.
10. I am from Alabama, but I don't usually find the snow to be unbearable. I do, however, find the length of winter to be a bit much. I want flowers and green stuff way before it shows up here in South Dakota.
11. I have a $25 gift card from Victoria's Secret and I can't seem to spend it. Help!
12. I have an overabundance of pickles of all varieties in my fridge. Also, pickled okra, pickled banana peppers, pickled cherry peppers, and some olives (black).
    
13. I am about to go vote for Jordan on American Idol.

I'm so glad that Thursday Thirteen continues on, thanks to Carol and Beth. You can find more lists here.