Wednesday, April 26, 2006

Do you have / Do you / Are you /Have you / Did you

Do you have:
(x) your own cell phone
( ) a television in your bedroom [Absolutely NOT, ever. Never.]
( ) an MP3 player
( ) a photo printer
(x) own phone line [It's under my name...]
( ) TiVo or a generic digital video recorder
(x high-speed internet access (i.e., not dialup) [wireless]
( ) a surround sound system in bedroom [See above re TVs in bedrooms]
( ) DVD player in bedroom [see above...ditto]
( ) at least a hundred DVDs
(x) a childfree bathroom
(x) your own in-house office
( ) a pool
( ) a guest house
( ) a game room
(x) a queen-size bed or larger
( ) a stocked bar
(x) a working dishwasher
(x) an icemaker
(x) a working washer and dryer
(x) more than 20 pairs of shoes
( ) at least ten things from a designer store
( ) expensive sunglasses
(x) framed original art (not lithographs or prints)
( ) Egyptian cotton sheets or towels
(x) a multi-speed bike [...not that I ever use it...]
( )a gym membership
( ) your own set of golf clubs
(x) a pool table [bumper pool counts, right? hee]
( ) a tennis court
( ) local access to a lake, large pond, or the sea
( ) your own pair of skis
(x) enough camping gear for a weekend trip in an isolated area
( ) a boat
( ) a jet ski
(x) a neighborhood committee membership [Homeowner's Assn.?]
( ) a beach house or a vacation house/cabin [someday...maybe...]
( ) wealthy family members [define wealthy]
(x) two or more family cars
(x) a walk-in closet or pantry [both]
(x) a yard
( ) a hammock
( ) a personal trainer
(x) good credit
(x) expensive jewelry [not much; don't get excited]
( ) a designer bag that required being on a waiting list to get
(x) at least $100 cash in your possession right now
(x) more than two credit cards bearing your name (not counting gas cards or debit cards)
(x) a stock portfolio
(x) a passport
( ) a horse
( ) a trust fund (either for you or created by you)
(x) private medical insurance (at least in theory)
(x) a college degree, and no outstanding student loans

Do you:
( ) shop for non-needed items for yourself (like clothes, jewelry, electronics) at least once a week [a.k.a. purgatory]
( ) do your regular grocery shopping at high-end or specialty stores
(x) pay someone else to clean your house, do dishes, or launder your clothes (not counting dry cleaning)
(x) go on weekend mini-vacations [about twice a year, within about 50 miles of home]
( ) send dinners back with every flaw
(x) wear perfume or cologne
(x) regularly get your hair styled or nails done in a salon (every 3 months) [my hair gets attention every 5-6 weeks]
(x) have a job but don't need the money [define "need"] OR
( ) stay at home with little financial sacrifice
( ) pay someone else to cook your meals
( ) pay someone else to watch your children or walk your dogs
( ) regularly pay someone else to drive your taxis
( ) expect a gift after you fight with your partner [oh puhleeze]

Are you:
( ) an only child
( ) married/partnered to a wealthy person [again, define "wealthy"]
( ) baffled/surprised when you don't get your way [not since I was about 17]

Have you:
( ) been on a cruise
(x) traveled out of the country
(x) met a celebrity
( ) been to the Caribbean
( ) been to Hawaii
( ) been to New York
( ) eaten at the Space Needle in Seattle
( ) been to the Mall of America
( ) been on the Eiffel tower in Paris
( ) been on the Statue of Liberty in New York
( ) moved more than three times because you wanted to
( ) dined with local political figures
(x) been to both the Atlantic coast and the Pacific coast [I'm counting this, even though I was actually on the other side of the Atlantic, but at the coast...]

Did you:
( ) go to another country for your honeymoon
(x) hire a professional photographer for your wedding or party
(x) took riding or swimming lessons as a child [well, I went to one swimming lesson anyway...
(x) attend private school [technically, my undergrad was private]
(x) have a Sweet 16 birthday party [but not a big deal one--we went to a movie and came home for cake/ice cream]

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