Answer the questions in the comments, comment on any of my answers, do your own on your blog…whatever! Just check out Chelsea’s blog…because she’s very cool. And a billion times funnier than me.

Also…she’s hosting a giveaway this week! I want to win it but I can share the wealth. (Plus, it gives me an extra vote!) She is giving this purse away and I think it’s just about the cutest thing ever! Click on over to her site to enter the giveaway – it ends on Wednesday!

There’s also another giveaway ending at 6pm TONIGHT and it’s too awesome to pass up! Click on over to Money Saving Mom to enter her giveaway: a chance to win one of five $100 gift cards! And the best part is you can choose which store to choose from a long list of options! She has five different ways you can enter and will announce the winner tomorrow.

1. If you could change anything about your physical appearance, what would it be?

Definitely my weight! I wish it didn’t take so much work for me to be thin, though! I keep trying and trying and failing and failing. Living a healthy lifestyle is so hard after living years and years of an unhealthy one. I’m changing my entire lifestyle and it’s not easy at all. I feel like taking those “Eat anything, don’t exercise, and lose 20 pounds in 3 months” type of pills. But I don’t trust them.

2. Is there a habit in others that you find annoying?

Oh, so many! I don’t like rude people, especially. People who don’t say “thank you”, let the door slam in your face, cut you off in traffic. It bugs me a lot.

3. What is your favorite recipe using ground beef?

A type of Shepherd’s Pie. One thing you should know about me is that I don’t cook. I’m not a big fan of cooking, although I wish I was. But this is a recipe my dad would make, using ground beef, mashed potatoes, yellow corn, and chicken gravy. Just cook it all up and then pile it all on starting with the potatoes at the bottom, beef on top of that, and then corn on top of that. Then drizzle the whole thing with gravy. So good, so filling! And it tastes a million times better as a leftover.

4. What was your favorite book as a kid?

I loved The Baby-Sitters Club series. I was never actually a baby-sitter, nor did I want to be. But I loved all of their stories and their close-knit friendships. In fourth grade, I even bought The Complete Guide to the Baby-Sitters Club that listed anything and everything that happened in the whole series – from the baby-sitter’s family themselves to the kids they watched to their experiences. It also included a map of Stoneybrook, their neighborhood. It was probably 200+ pages of information and I read my first copy so much, my mom had to buy me a new one. But I loved this series so much.

5. Did you work as a teenager and if so, where?

I worked for 2 months at Panera Bread where I just washed dishes and cleaned up the restaurant. It was an awful job and I hated every second of it. Then, I got accepted at a charter high school where I took college classes that gave me high school credit as well. So I stopped working until the summer before I left for college. I worked at a movie theatre from May 2006-July 2006 and it was such a fun but hard job. I did get free movies, though!

6. Did you work while in college and if so, where?

Yes, I’m working now. During my first year, I worked for a few months at my school’s bookstore where I worked in textbooks. I loved doing buybacks and had so much fun doing that. When I came back home in May 2007, I started working for a pre-school. I worked there until March 2008 when I had to quit due to a huge school workload.

The summer of 2008, I worked as an office assistant at a print shop. It was probably, hands down, the easiest job I ever had. Mainly, since my boss was also a teacher, he needed me to be there during office hours in case anyone called or came in. I miss that job but I was laid off when business slowed way down.

I started at my current job in February and I just hope my next semester doesn’t overwhelm me too much, because it’s going to be crazy.

7. When you go to sleep do you like total darkness or semi? When you go to sleep do you need quiet or is some noise OK?

If I’m tired enough, I can sleep in anything. I like the quiet, though, when I need to sleep. In sixth grade, I suffered from awful insomnia and the only way I could fall asleep was by having a CD playing and reading a book on the floor. Once I fell asleep, I would usually wake up in the middle of the night and transfer onto my bed.

8. When doing laundry, fabric softener or not?

We use Tide that already has the fabric softener included. I don’t really know the benefits from using and not using, other than having softer clothes? (Does it really make that much of a difference? Inquiring minds want to know!)

9. Open-toed or closed-toed shoes?

Either. I don’t really care. The problem I have with flats, though, is it hurts the arch of my foot a lot if I wear them too much. It feels as if the skin of my foot is stretched as thin as it can get and it’s breaking apart. It hurts so much. I think I have a problem with my arch, although it hasn’t bugged me too much to get it checked out. (Plus, no insurance, yo!)

10. Would you rather be blind or deaf?

Honestly, I hate this question. NEITHER!

11. Dangle or stud earrings?

Stud earrings, although I barely ever wear earrings. My ears are very sensitive so I can only wear real gold or silver in my ears, or else they get super irritated. Problem is, cubic zirconia is a lot cheaper than real gold earrings. So I don’t wear earrings much. I might buy a pair for a fancy night out, wear them, and realize how much I hate wearing jewelry. Because I do.

(I swear, all those Christmas jewelry commercials upset me. I would not be happy if my boy got me a necklace for Christmas. It’s not my style.)

12. Bottled water or tap?

Bottled, always. And I’m also very picky on my bottled water. I don’t like the metallic taste of Dasani or Aquafina so I’m a big Zephyrhills drinker. I also love Evian but it’s so expensive!

13. What do you put on pancakes?

Maple syrup, and if I’m being bad, butter. Oh, butter on pancakes is so delicious!

14. On a long trip, would you rather drive or fly?

I’ve actually never flown on an airplane. No lie. I’ve gone 22 years of my life and have never been on an airplane. I’ve taken many long road trips to places but I would love to fly on an airplane someday. (Plus, if Mom and I are going to be contestants on The Amazing Race, we have got to get familiar with flying!)

Anyway, my answer to this question would be flying, since I’ve never done it!

15. Do you prefer classic old movies or new?

I don’t watch too many classic old movies. I like newer stuff, especially newer remakes. There’s just so many better special effects and better acting. Then again, the simplicity of a classic movie can’t be beat!

1. Cost aside, if you could go (back) to college for anything besides what you currently “do,” what would you study?

I’m currently in school for journalism and I was an elementary education major for 2 years. The education classes were a blast but the internships were horrible. But if I could try out another major, I think I would try secondary education. I think I would’ve enjoyed the classes and internships more. When I was studying education, I had a professor who taught middle school social studies and she just got me so incredibly excited about the subject and teaching. She had so many fun ideas. And I’d like to think I’d be better at teacher older kids and it would excite me more.

2. What do you do for a living? Do you love it/hate it?

Right now, I’m a full-time student and work part-time at a preschool. I love being a student and would do it forever if I could! I love the atmosphere of a college, I love the challenge of papers and projects, and I love the friendships I’ve made. And it’s really, really scary to think of graduating and having to become an “adult.”

My job as a preschool teacher is also fun. It definitely has its challenges but I get to work with one of my best friends and I love the kids. They’re busy and rowdy but they are so smart and funny that it all makes up for it. Maybe not my ideal job, but I’m making the best of it.

3. What is your favorite Christmas ornament? If you don’t celebrate Christmas, what is your favorite holiday tradition?

I have two. And none of them are homemade or something from a long time ago. Truthfully, I think all my homemade ornaments look like crap and I’m sorry they have to be showcased on the tree. This girl? Is not crafty.

But my favorite ornaments are a snowman my mom bought a few years ago that is big and plump. I just think he’s so incredibly cute and he makes me laugh every time I spot him.

My other favorite ornament broke on Sunday. Sunday was a weird day with my tree falling three times for no reason at all. I’ve have live trees for most of my life and I’ve never had a problem with it just falling down – after it’s been standing up and in water for 3 days! Very weird. Anyway, this was another snowman ornament that had a cute snowman head and then a Miami Dolphins football body. As a lover of everything Dolphins, this was an awesome ornament that I loved and I’m so sad it broke.

I would take pictures of these but I’m just way too lazy to do it.

4. Name something you could literally do without for the rest of your life.

Tom Brady. Yes, I get that he’s an awesome football player but, honestly, he just annoys me. I don’t like him because he’s a cheater and the media thinks he walks on water. Everything he does is amazing – even his mistakes. To be honest, he’s not playing good this year and the media needs to realize that. I don’t think I would hate him as much as I do if the media didn’t love him as much as they do. Plus, the Patriots would be crappy without him and the Dolphins would always have a playoff spot.

5. If you were going to have any kind of “cosmetic procedure,” what would it be?

I’m scared to death of surgery and would never opt to have plastic surgery that would require major downtime. I’m not fond of my nose but I’d never consider rhinoplasty because I’m a big baby when it comes to pain. I really don’t think there’s anything I would consider, especially right now. Talk to me in 15 years and I’ll probably have a different story.

6. Do you have any “collections”? (comic books, shoes, etc.)

Not really. Maybe magazines, although the only collection I have is Shape magazine but I throw them out after a year, mainly due to space issues.

7. At what age did you get your first cell phone?

Seventeen! I was so late in the game. I have a cousin who was seven when she got her first cell phone. I didn’t get texting on my phone until I was in college (and it was only 300/month) and just this year, I got Internet and free texting on my phone.

And it was thanks to my grandma that I even got a cell phone. She badgered my mom about it until she finally agreed to buy me one. Have I ever mentioned how much I love my grandma?

8. What is currently in your purse (or pocket or backpack if you’re a guy)?

Not much. I have my wallet, a pen, and a tampon. It’s very exciting, I know. I’m a very simple kind of girl.

9. Are you a neat-freak or a slob?

It depends. At work, I like to have everything neat and tidy. And not relating to the classroom itself, just paperwork and things on the tops of shelves. At home, I’m iffy. I get very lazy so my room tends to look like a tornado hit it by the end of the week and then I clean it up. And it’s so nice and tidy. It makes me feel so much better when my room is clean.

When I was away at college, though, my side of the room was always so neat and clean. My roommate was the biggest slob known to mankind. It drove me crazy!

10. What kind of parent do you think you will be? If you’re already a parent, what is your style?

It’s hard to say. I’m only 22 years old and while I can’t wait to be a mother someday, it’s probably 8-10 years away before I even think about having kids. I’d like to think I would be a good mother. I would love to be a stay-at-home mom and I believe I’ll be the type of mom who loves her kids unconditionally, but doesn’t take them too seriously. I don’t think I’ll be one to baby them and drop everything I’m doing, every time they let out a sound. I want my children to be independent and self-sufficient.

That said, I long for the day when there’s a baby growing in my belly and my own children filling my life. I can’t wait for that day.