Submitting to peer pressure so soon

Megan tagged me on her blog to do this, and Molly said I had to do it. So I'm doing it. My top fives:

1. 5 things under $5 that I couldn’t live without

• Excedrin
  
• Trader Joe's wine (so many decent 4.99 bottles)
• Cheese
  
• PJs (mine are all worth under 5 dollars because they are that worn out)
• Allegra
  

2. 5 favorite movies

• So I Married an Ax Murderer
• Pulp Fiction
• Happiness of the Katakuris
• Mary Poppins (I like the part where they clean the nursery)
• Baby Boom

3. 5 baby names I love

• Clara
• Alma
• Ben
• Oscar
• Candela

4. 5 songs I could listen to over and over again

• Bubble Toes (Jack Johnson)
• Rehab (Amy Winehouse)
• Forever (Ben Harper)
• Seed 2.0 (The Roots)
• Best Imitation of Myself (Ben Folds)

5. 5 people who have influenced me in a positive way

• Elizabeth (an English hedonist I met in Portugal who was extraordinarily comfortable with her body)
• Molly (who first corrupted me--so by extension is responsible for Megan as well)
• Sociology professors (because they are right so now I am too)
• My mom (because she taught me how to make good mashed potatoes)
• By dad (because he taught me to appreciate the finer things in life like TV)
  

6. 5 things that are always in my purse

Boring but true...

• Puppy dog Discover
• Formerly Smartrip, now Chicago Plus Card
• Phone
• Keys
• Alternative footwear

7. 5 moments that changed my life forever

• The first day of kindergarten
  
• Deciding to study in Spain
  
• Deciding to email Kenny when I was traveling in Europe
• Choosing GW for grad school and dragging a boy to DC
  
• Recklessly deciding to move to Chicago without jobs
  

8. 5 obsessions I have now

• cleaning and organizing
• adapting to life with DVR
• getting at least one of us employed
• I would say nesting, but I think we've done it
• news/blogs/scrabulous/gchat/email
  

9. 5 places I would like to go

(limited to places I haven't been yet)

• Seattle (to visit Ms. Carri)
  
• Germany (the motherland)
  
• Korea
  
• Chile
• Turkey
  

10. 5 appliances or kitchen tools I cannot live without

• wine opener
• chef's knife
• pizza pan (has holes and I think is better than the stone)
• wine glasses
• oven
  

11. 5 people whose top fives I would like to see

• Molly (who will need to start a blog for this sole purpose)
  
• Jack (the puppy)
• 3 of Jack's closest friends