Wednesday Hodgepodge - Summer Splurge

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A hodgepodge is a jumble or assortment of things that might not appear to belong together. Joyce at From This Side of the Pond hosts a weekly link-up called Wednesday Hodgepodge that is a little collection of questions for bloggers to answer just for fun and to get to know each other. I always look forward to chatting with friends over coffee, so pour a cup of your favorite and let's visit for a few minutes!

Here are this week's questions - and my answers - for this week's Wednesday Hodgepodge.

1.  It's National Splurge Day . . . what's something you might splurge on today? What have you splurged on recently?

 

I didn't know there was a day dedicated to splurging! Is it just once a year? Sounds like the perfect time to buy a couple of little things I've had on my Amazon wishlist for a little bit. New in-ears, and a book I wanted to pre-order. I also wanted to buy some flowers for the dining room yesterday and didn't see what I wanted, but I probably won't splurge on those until the weekend. Let's see . . . recently I splurged on a new pair of shoes because I saw them on sale and had been toying with buying a new pair for a few weeks. 

 

2. Do you have a beach bag? What's in it? Is a trip to the beach on your summer bucket list? Do you have a summer bucket list?

 

I don't have a beach bag. It's not like we go to a beach all that often. I haven't got a beach trip listed specifically on the summer bucket list, but we are thinking that a day at the lake is something we can add to our family vacation itinerary. That summer bucket list is mostly in my head, by the way. Nothing written down.

3. What's a song that makes you think of a summer past? What comes to mind when you hear it? What memories does it stir up for you?

 I was surprised how hard I had to think about this one. I settled on Footloose - the original Footloose soundtrack from 1984. I graduated high school that year and I remember seeing the movie with my friend group and how much we loved the music. In a way it set the mood for that summer right out of high school, when it seemed important to do "all the things" in those last couple of months before we would be expected to begin acting more like adults! In my close friend group, just one of us started college immediately, and he went to a local school instead of going away. The rest of the group started working full time in the fall, and then a year later I went away to school and that's when our friend group dynamic really changed. And of course, we didn't know any of that in the summer of 1984!   

4. Sushi - yay or nay? Have you actually tried it? If you love it what's your go-to order?

 That's definitely a NAY for me. But no, I haven't actually tried it. I know there's more to it than raw fish, but that's all I can think of, and it skeeves me. There's not a lot of seafood that appeals to me.

I might eat a "dessert sushi" like this
one from the Peep Show, but I'm
not a big fan of Peeps either! LOL

 

5.  I own a ridiculous amount of ____________.

 

Coffee mugs. At least that's what my husband would say, and has said a few times! I do have more than I need, but at least it's a collection that I make use of.

6. Insert your own random thought here.

Last week we had summery weather but it was still comfortable. This week it feels much hotter, and sort of muggy already. I'm not complaining! It's just that it SEEMS to be a big change from one week to the next, but maybe it's not that big a jump after all. Here's to another day in the 90s!

What are you splurging on? And what's your weather like? Leave a comment and let me know!

I'm sharing in this week's Wednesday Hodgepodge at From This Side of the Pond.

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