you get a car, you get a car, you get a car!

I'm not giving away any cars, but Amanda and I were talking today about Oprah, and how she has super human powers. We were discussing the fact that she finished the Marine Corps marathon in 4 hours 29 minutes, an hour faster than Katie Holmes and Mario Lopez finished their marathons. I'm not knocking Oprah, but this just seems kind of weird to me. Amanda responded by confiding in me that when she was a kid, she thought Oprah's name was Okra. "Hey mom, Okra's on." And I decided if I were having a Favorite Things show, okra would probably one of the things I would give away to my audience. Probably from Cracker Barrell. Who knows? You might even get a biscuit with it too.

Nikki's Favorite Things, In No Particular Order:
Okra - fried, not pickled
Pabst Blue Ribbon on draft
Christian Louboutin shoes (not that I've ever owned a pair, I've only tried them on, but they were heavenly, and I covet them deeply in my heart)
Really big, fluffy white cotton towels
Diet coke
Papermate Liquid Expresso Pens, extra fine point (I have to be that specific)
The chicken finger dinner from the Gondolier in Sweetwater, TN (once I accidentally drove 2 hours out of way way to have it, true story)
The first season of The Real World - New York (before they just picked pretty people)
The second season of The Real World - Los Angeles ("It wasn't not funny!")
The third season of The Real World - San Francisco (snot rockets) - and after that, the real world wasn't that real
The iPod touch (I do not own one, but my mom does, and it is fantastic)
Leggings (I know I'm too old for them, and I don't care)
Guacamole from Tesoro in Decatur
Vanilla mint listerine
The Chi hair iron (probably one of the most expensive things I own, next to my computer)
Stacey and Clinton - if I could give them to myself I would

If you were on my episode of Nikki's Favorite Things, you would probably be pretty disappointed, I'm sure. It's not much. But small things make me happy.