Guilty Pleasures?

Artful Quilters Ring Mom Diane has posed the question to us: "What's your favorite guilty pleasure?" The thing is, it's taken me a few days to figure this out. Why? Mostly because I never have time to indulge in activities that would make me feel guilty. On those rare occasions that I allow this to happen, I would say that there are two things that I get phenomenal pleasure from, always accompanied by at least a little guilt.

The first is attending a weekend-or-longer workshop with some wonderful fiber artist. I feel guilty because there's always plenty of work to be done, and taking that much time off will usually set me back a bit. Then there's the cost. Again, there's always something else that the money could've gone to. But hey, I'm worth it! In particular, workshops with Laura Cater-Woods are worth their weight in gold, as is a week or more at QSDS or any of the other venues that offer concurrent workshops across a wide spectrum of the arts.

The other very guilty pleasure is a facial. I've only had two in my entire life - and today's my 50th birthday! The very first was 4 years ago when we were in Key Largo on vacation. The resort had a wonderful little spa complete with a thatched roof. It was amazing. Then, last year, I was at a conference in another resort down on the Chesapeake Bay in Maryland. This place was posh - and since the rooms and meals were so outrageously expensive, why not add a facial to the hotel charge?!