Love love LOVED the Bachelorette this season!

So I have been HOOKED on this season of The Bachelorette big time... I have to admit, the Bachelor/Bachelorette series is one my guiltiest tv pleasures... (ever since University when my partner in crime Erin Boyd and I did our own little study on the Bachelor series for an audience research class).

This season of the Bachelorette has just been soooooooooooooo good. I know I know... its a reality tv series, and its kind of unthinkable that a girl could date 25 guys in a six-week time period and end up engaged to one of them at the end, but I am sucker for love stories - and even if the relationship goes south a month or two after the show ends, I still fall in love with the thought of these people falling head over heels in love.

This season, DeAnna Pappas ended up choosing a snowboarder from Colorado - the most unlikely of candidates at the beginning of the show... but as the show progressed, she ended up falling for the 'rad' snowboarder Jesse Csincsak. I was actually disappointed that she chose him over the other final candidate, Jason Mesnick - he seemed like he had all the right pieces to make up the 'perfect' husband - but in DeAnna's heart she felt Jesse was her soul mate - and she chose him, and accepted his marriage proposal!

I don't know what it is about this show, but I just get so caught up in it, I love LOVE I guess - and I think to see people falling in love on tv just renews my faith in my own relationship, because everyone remembers how great the beginning of a relationship is, and shows like this just remind me what it was like in the beginning for PC and I! No - not the helicopter rides, and horse drawn carriages, or the private concerts by superstars - but just the feeling of the first kiss, the falling for someone, the wondering what it would be like to be with this person long term. This show has all of the elements of what relationships are like in the beginning - and that's the part I love!

They should probably do another show about 3 years time (if these couples ever make it that far), and remind people of what a relationship is like after the initial honeymoon phase of a relationship is over as I imagine it wouldn't be all that glamorous - but that's besides the point, for now I just love this show - and as stupid and unrealistic as it may be - I hope they air it for another 10 or 15 seasons, as I will watch every single season!

Did any of you get hooked on the Bachelorette this season, or any other seasons of the Bachelor? Are you a sucker for love like me, or are you rather unimpressed that networks like ABC would waste precious airtime on something like this?

P.S. Birthday wishes go out to faithful reader Erin Boyd today, and as well, my sister who celebrated her b-day on Sunday!! Happy Birthday ladies!

1 for you, 1 for me!

Today while shopping for some Christmas gifts, I notice a bit of a trend .... the trend being that at every store I shopped at, I bought one gift for the person on my list, and one gift for ME.

This is the problem with Christmas shopping. Lately, since being on French training for a century (12 months), I have been away from the Rideau Centre (which was/is located 10 steps from my office), so I practically never go shopping.

The last time I bought anything for myself, was back in September when PC and I went to Montreal for our anniversary - that makes 3 months of no purchasing for me... which is definitely a record. So... today when I set out to hit a few stores, I naturally found some good gifts items, but since I hadn't been near a mall in FOREVER, I also found some things I needed wanted.

3 stores & $75 later I had myself some new accessories!

Why do I do this?

I think with every purchase I made for ME, I rationalized the fact that NO ONE would buy me these items for Christmas... and all the items that I purchased were on SALE, so that's a good thing! I mean seriously... let's be realistic, I am the wife of Peter Coleman.... he would not want me to pass up a SALE all because of some measley holiday we call Christmas... (lord knows he would never show that kind of restraint)!

So... the purchases in my head were justified, but now that items are at home starring me in the face, I must admit I do feel a little guilty!

Does anyone else have this problem... ?