February 28, 2008 · filed under blonde moments

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Forgive me [bloggers], for I have sinned. It has been [34 days] since my last confession.

I confess I’ve never done a real confession. Are you just supposed to sit down and blurt it out?

Here goes: I ate meat. Specifically, two small cheeseburgers, some meat lasagna, and a piece of pepperoni pizza.

I am so going to hell, I know! Okay, I don’t really think I’m going to hell because I don’t even believe in hell (except for mega-hypocrites and serial killers maybe) but I have broken my Lenten promise not to eat meat.

The cheeseburgers and pepperoni were moments of weakness. I am weak! The lasagna was because my husband made it and I was tired of looking at his yummy dinners and munching on hummus and carrots. Oh man, it was so good, too.

For these and all the sins of my past life, especially for my sins of [disappointing my blog friends] I am truly sorry.

So, what’s my penance? Should I be forced to watch obnoxious PETA videos for an hour or donate to the Humane Society? Or should I just forget about this stupid idea and gorge on bacon-wrapped steak smothered in chicken gravy and a side of veal chops?

Ew, please do not choose the last one; I’m sick just thinking about it.

25 Comments

  1. Laural
    February 28, 2008 6:08 pm

    Don’t feel bad. I was on a no-meat kick also and I had roast beef for lunch and then meatloaf for dinner.
    Yum.
    I’ll be paying for it tonight but whatever.

  2. Angela
    February 28, 2008 6:09 pm

    Oh wow, I was going to post today about how I had failed at Lent, but then I chickened out! So, there you have it, you are not alone and far braver than I!

  3. Danielle
    February 28, 2008 6:29 pm

    Cheese and bacon, baby. Cheese and bacon. It makes the world a better place….

  4. Operation Pink Herring
    February 28, 2008 6:41 pm

    Since going veggie with a meat-eater in the house is doubly hard, I officially forgive these transgressions. Go forth my child and sin no more. May the lord be with you (and also with you).

    (It sort of scares me that those sayings are still in my head, and I haven’t been to Mass in 10 years)

    (It scares me more that I’m old enough to say “I haven’t done X in 10 years)

  5. barnmouse
    February 28, 2008 6:53 pm

    I….I don’t understand…. Your husband cooked? Lasagna? REALLY??? How do you get them to do that? Do I have to cast some type of spell?

  6. JP
    February 28, 2008 7:05 pm

    Both organizations are whack. Even if one is sponsoring your fab blog.

  7. katina
    February 28, 2008 8:31 pm

    bah, I believe the basic penance is say 10 Hail Mary’s and pray that The Great JC forgives you…and seeing as how he ate meat, I think he will…Though I think he will look unfavorably at me referring to him as the Great JC…

  8. Emily
    February 28, 2008 9:34 pm

    You make my day! I blog tag you.

  9. Julie
    February 28, 2008 9:45 pm

    Your penance is to do some market research on why people like Paris Hilton.

    That should make you sorry.

  10. Desha
    February 28, 2008 11:46 pm

    I’d say you’re probably going to have to do penance by…..watching 2 really bad Lifetime/Oxygen network movies and re-capping them for us, using Edwardian English.

    Or…not. You’re doing good! I loooove all the gray! Very cool indeed.

  11. Nilsa S.
    February 29, 2008 8:24 am

    Awww, cutie, failure and sinning and eating meat just makes you human. No need to fret. At least we know you’re not an alien.

  12. heidi
    February 29, 2008 9:48 am

    psh nothing a lil penance can’t fix ;)

    i totally went shopping last night with some gift cards i got from my boss…i didn’t buy anything but this is from the girl who was supposed to give up shopping for lent. I just don’t want to wait till the end of the month…i want a new pair of jeans NOW!!!

    i did however also give up caffeine around ash wednesday…not specifically for lent but i figure if i break the shopping thing which i’m trying…really…hard…not…to…- you know how this goes -then i have a back up :X …is that wrong? hahaha

  13. RA
    February 29, 2008 9:55 am

    Is it penance to have to read through an entire post about a bacon-themed party? Because after working out last night, it was for me!

    (Except that I did it voluntarily. While eating a piece of leftover meatloaf.)

  14. Lindsey
    February 29, 2008 10:16 am

    Quiznos has these really yummy cheese steak type subs. They are SO GOOD. I say go eat one of those. You tried really hard to not eat meat, so A for effort!

  15. Alexa
    February 29, 2008 10:17 am

    Why was he tempting you with meat? That sounds funny.

  16. ambitiousmrs
    February 29, 2008 11:40 am

    Having to eat separate meals from the hubby makes it way too hard in my opinion. Next time you need to get him in on the vegetarian kick. Your penance could be actually going to Catholic Church to do a confession – I absolutely hate confession!

  17. Kim
    February 29, 2008 12:16 pm

    We forgive you. I completely forgot it was Friday last week and Maddy and I had pepperoni pizza. About three bites into it she looked me and said “are we in trouble?” I had to laugh.

  18. elise
    February 29, 2008 12:49 pm

    Yep, I too was on a no-meat diet. And I ate those 200 calorie things from Quiznos last night. They definitely have meat.

    Crap.

  19. alyndabear
    February 29, 2008 3:13 pm

    Your penance is to totally meat me for some MEATY american burgers and fries when I come over in September. :P

  20. alyndabear
    February 29, 2008 3:14 pm

    OMG.. meat me.. I made a pun and I didn’t even know it.

    So clever! :P

  21. Laurel
    February 29, 2008 3:16 pm

    Nah, just try to do better for the rest of Lent.

    I have been slipping up and having a Bad Attitude, so if I can fail a bit, so can you.

  22. Larissa
    February 29, 2008 4:43 pm

    Seriously, why did the husband tempt you? I think he should take a bit of responsibility there!

  23. Jen
    March 1, 2008 11:48 am

    I think a house-oriented 21-Day Makeover is totally legit! I actually joined Fly Lady (very cool website if you’re hopelessly disorganized like I am) around New Year’s and that’s been a big help. I think my next Makeover will be one of two things–exercise or meditation. Exercise because I’m soooooo lazy. I can usually maintain my weight by eating reasonably, so I have zero motivation to get out and exercise in the ridiculous cold. Meditation because I think I may have ADD–seriously. I’m so easily distracted from what I’m doing. I think forcing myself to sit quietly every day might help. Thoughts? Which would you do first?

  24. Kristabella
    March 1, 2008 1:20 pm

    One year for Lent, I gave up candy. And since I have no willpower, I told myself, if I fell off the wagon, I would do something nice in turn, like give money to charity. I figured it was a good penance because I was helping others.

  25. katelin
    March 3, 2008 3:39 pm

    I cheated on my Lenten promise to not eat ice cream also, I just couldn’t turn down free ice cream, ah.