I'm a sissy

I do not do well in scary movies at all. If I'm at a theater, I'm clinging to the hand/arm/leg of the person sitting next to me. Which is awkward if it's not anyone I know, but I'll hang on to whoever I have there. If I'm watching it at home, I'm pretty much sitting on the lap of the person that I'm with. And believe me, there will always be someone there-I will not watch one alone.
This weekend, PJ and I were going to see a movie, but there were several we wanted to see. We couldn't choose, so we did the only sensible thing-we put the names of the movies on pieces of paper, rolled them into balls, and put them on the floor for the cat to play with. Whichever one the cat chose to play with is the movie we saw. We rolled the dice (so to speak) and he chose Paranormal Activity. I don't know if anyone has heard of this movie, but it's a scary one. After watching the trailer (I hadn't even seen it!) we were on our way, and I was doubting our choice the whole way there, but I decided, it's gonna be good, we'll just see it.
Needless to say, the movie scared the living daylights out of me. At the end of the movie, I was curled into my chair, violently gripping PJ's whole freaking arm, and almost hyperventilating. Seriously, this movie freaked me right out, and for the next half hour or so, I was still shaking over it. I do know that I'm a sissy, but still, I couldn't believe this movie. And I made a huge mistake that night-after watching a movie about people hearing scary noises in their house-I chose that night to stay at PJ's, so I was almost freaking out about any possible noises that could happen in a strange house. But I survived, of course, if not a little tired the next day.
Would I do this all again? Absolutely. Even though I hate watching them, I always get such a feeling of relief when the scary part is over, and the anticipation of the next scary moment is just awesome.

Well, we've all done this

This happens to everyone. I mean, it can be as simple as a quick trip to the grocery store, and you end up buying a few things not on the list. But when it happens to you, the severity always seems worse than when you hear it from someone else.
This weekend, I did a bit of shopping, and I went to Old Navy. I just went for one thing-I needed to pick up a pair of flip-flops. One tiny pair of flip-flops, because I was wearing some Nike's that day, and my feet were too hot. When we walked in, we saw signs all over the place saying something about celebrating a 15 birthday or something, which I didn't even pay attention to. We walked about, trying to find where the shoes were, and I started to glance at clothing. I realized that about everything in the store was some variation of 15 dollars. It was either 15 bucks or 2 for 15, that sort of thing, and holy cow, those are some good prices. I was finding so much, it was ridiculous. And of course, its all winter stuff, which just makes sense to buy at these prices! I kept loading things up, pretty soon, my arms were hurting from all those dang hangers.
Finally, I had to tell myself to stop. It was too much-I needed to take myself away from the situation. I dragged myself up to the register, and got the final tally. What was supposed to be a simple trip to the Navy to pick up a pair of 'flops ended up a shopping spree that cost me upwards of 80 bucks! I couldn't believe it. I told myself that it was ok, it would all be needed, etc, but all I could think about was holy crap, that's a giant chunk of change I spent.
So really, this isn't all that bad, and luckily, I stopped before it got really steep. I'm just here as an example for everyone. If you want to keep your spending in check, make sure you stick to the list you have. And if you do stray, realize that once your hands can't hold your items of purchase, you might have gone overboard.