99) Addictive Personality

I have an addictive personality that causes me to fall in love with so many things, to think about them, to crave them,  and ultimately include them in my every day life.  Growing up, this had the very real potential of causing me serious harm.  Luckily, I had Chris there to keep my addictive behavior in check as it pertained to the more dangerous of substances.  Following is a quick catalog of past addictions.  I am sure I am leaving many things out, but this is what I can remember off the top of my head.

• The first addiction I can remember was the Drumstick ice cream cone.  In elementary school you could buy a drumstick by bringing a quarter to your teacher at the beginning of the day.  For the most part, I remembered my quarter.  Occasionally my mom and I would forget, and these truly were the worst days of all.
• Around the same time my mom introduced Little Debbie Snacks.  I enjoyed many Little Debbie Addictions, including but not limited to:  Nutter Bars, Swiss Cake Rolls, Star Crunches, Oatmeal Cream Pies, Ding Dongs
• Baseball cards.  The first two baseball cards I ever got were from The Market Place in Houston.  Chris's mother took a group of us up there and because I did not have any money she bought me a Bo Jackson rookie (donruss) and a Mark McGuire rookie (tops).  I think I still have them.  That started a 2 year craze where I bought and traded thousands of baseball cards.  Most of them have been stolen by family members or friends of family members. 
• In junior high I would see my dad over weekends, and for the first couple of years he lived in a 1 room efficiency apartment (because it was the cheapest possible rent out there).  For lunch we went to Burger King where I ordered a double cheeseburger.  It was the perfect sandwich because it only came with mustard, ketchup and pickles...the three things I liked on a burger.  And it came with 2 patties.  It was glorious. 
• To stay within the fast food genre for a second longer, in high school Taco Bell came out with the Double Decker Taco.  The commercials had Hakeem and Shaq.  I still crave Double Decker Tacos sometimes, though I rarely eat fast food.
• In high school Chris introduced me to Symphony Chocolate with Toffee.  On weekends we would rent movies and buy a gigantic bar and eat it until we felt sick.  Recently, I have been craving dark chocolate again.  Every day, in fact, over the last 2 years.  L. and I have been exploring different dark chocolates.  My favorites so far include an Espresso Dark Chocolate, A Dark Chocolate with Peppers and Pop Rocks senstation (can't remember the name), and a sea salt dark chocolate with ginger wasabi.  
• In college, I learned of 3 margarita recipes.  1 came from Craig's waiting experience at Don Julios (or some other such restaurant), 1 came from Craig's step-mom, and 1 came from the ninfarita.  I morphed them all into what became known as The Dirty Margarita.  For awhile I craved margaritas all the time, and I definitely loved Dirty Margarita nights!
• Jackie Ala Berry.  I ate so much ala berry fajitas in my 3 years of working at Ninfa's.  Not a healthy way to live at all.  Best fajitas I've ever had and I will  go out of my way to head back to Ninfa's in Waco to get eat them.
• Spicy Chicken Sandwich from Wendy's.  I went through a period of time where I ate at least 4 of these per week.  One might think I would tire of this sandwich after a couple of weeks.  I did not.  And will not.  I could go for a Spicy Chicken Sandwich right now!
• About 3 years ago Beverly introduced me to Rosemary Balsamic Vinegarette (Drew's) by providing it in my annual Christmas Basket.  I have poured this dressing on my daily salad ever since.
• Never been much of a beer drinker.  That is until I was introduced to Ten Fidy, which is an Imperial Stout from Oscar Blues Brewery.  So delicious that I often find myself thinking about stouts.  And when that happens I go home and drink one.  This happens often.
• I am addictive to guitar shopping.  The strange thing is, I am not addicted to guitar buying.  Only guitar shopping.  I own a Fender Telecaster Deluxe 72 series and am not interested in owning another guitar.  First of all, I do not get enough guitar time to warrant a second guitar.  Second of all, I still love the sound of the one I have.  However, I enjoy looking through the catalogs that come to my house, and I often find myself online researching and looking for deals on different guitars, amplifiers and effects pedals.  Again, I am not interested in buying anything...just addicted to the shopping.
• I cannot stop thinking of Game of Thrones.  Not sure if this really counts as an addiction, or if it is simply pure love.  But I watch the shows (usually more than once), I am reading the books, and now I get to watch some dudes weird cartoon version they post on the internet.  And I cannot seem to get enough!
• Most recently I have become addictive to listening to and searching for old Vinyl records.  I realize this is a senseless addiction.  But I cannot help it.  I like the idea of finding an old record (I know a guy who spends most of his time going to different garage sells searching for Vinyls.  I check in with him every so often to see what new records he's stumbled upon).  I like thinking of some kid in the 70s who bought that record and listened to it while dreaming to be a rock star.  It is very strange, but I have become addicted.