i have a new obsession....

ok, what else is new... i live my life hopping from one obsession to another.

let's see...

genealogy
birding
gocco
embroidery
gardening
photography
dieting (hahahaha, not really)
cooking - well, buying cookbooks anyway
sewing clothes
monitoring spending - but short lived, of course
and now....?
i want a beach cruiser

i won't go near a beach with it - maybe, but i would ride it to work, and back (which is why i need a 3 speed, so i can haul my ass home).  i only have 2 miles to go either way and i think it would be good for me... and the earth.  and! i want it to be orange. not all of the ones i am looking at come in orange, and i suspect that choosing one based on color alone might not be the smartest way to go.  but, my god, a tangerine colored bike with a pink or red basket?  i mean really, why would i consider anything but orange? 

am still considering streamers to fly from the handle bars... but i bet they would be stolen immediately.  streamer stealing bastards....
i have 6 decks of cards and some old clothes pins in the cupboard so i am set there.

this one is the single speed, i would need multiple speeds - you know, so i could make it home without killing myself, or my pride (ha, pride?)

this one, this one is at the tippy top of the list. you can see why, can't you?

this one is pink, i am not sure i can get it in orange, but i can get it in a vanilla color with a saddle brown seat - if i remember correctly. 

and this one is nifty too....

ohhhhhh, man..... thoughts?

Comments

[tut-tut]

The last one, definitely. Why don't you post some pix of your sewing, while you mull all this over??

[Michelle]

Sewing clothes? Where? Prove it. ;)

[Jonah]

I vote for the 2nd orange one because I love orange! I have a blue cruiser I had bought from Germany in 2000 and I still have it. Now I want a tricycle with a basket in the front and back.

[shisomama]

i was recently obsessed with a cruiser as well, although i'm very lazy and don't have anywhere particular to ride to. you will definitely need a bell or a horn for that ride!

[jeanetta]

i have spent the last 2 weeks combing the internet trying to decide which one i want as well. i am quickly realising that alot of the one's i like are out of stock. i think there is a run on the market lol.

[Sonya]

Oh you are a wicked, tempting woman, do you know that? Sharing your latest obsession like that? And here I am having got over my obsession to own a beach cruiser, in San Francisco. I already have one bike I don't use, why not two?

[Berlinswhimsy]

I can relate to the jumping from one obsession to another! It's the story of my life! I also would love a beach cruiser---there are so many fabulous ones out there now...

[lucinda]

i adore the first one, because of the white wall tires. too cool. i have an old black huffy beach cruiser with white walls and an old wicker basket - it's perfect for rides with no hills as is has only one speed. the orange is gorgeous.

[Laura]

I must must must have the orange bike!!!! I'm in mad swoon!