Decadence.

It may have a negative connotation, but what a delicious word! It makes me think of chocolate and velvet. I guess taste and touch are major channels. Here are some examples of my kind of decadence, rich and sometimes frivolous happiness, maybe the sort in which I should indulge more often.

• getting comfortable alone with a book for hours.
• reading a magazine cover-to-cover in one sitting (I did this on my 30th birthday).
• clean, slightly worn sheets.
• mermaid stamps, stickers, and so on. That kind of magic should be easier to find!
• laughing my head off with one of the people I most love to talk to.
• multiple acknowledgements of a blog post I thought would interest no one.
• Gold pens.
• Dove chocolates with peanut butter.
• Magnum mini ice cream bars.
• Dr. Pepper right when I need it and so cold.
• Bingeing on a show as I did with Bates Motel.
• Fleece pants.
• Writing fast and pushing the pen hard.
• Noticing a word I just learned out in the world.
• Buying multiples of something I adore.
• Holding hands.