I want, I need, I write about it instead

I need:

• A bike ride
• A haircut (last week's scheduled appointment had to be pushed back a week, so I'm getting it this Saturday instead, but by waiting another week, it means I might make poor decisions, like when we go grocery shopping when we're hungry and I get grumpy and impatient and eat a whole bag of chips before we even leave the parking lot)
• A super-long trip to the bookstore
• A flute lesson
• To put away all the laundry I did two weekends ago
• To do more laundry
• A new HEPA vaccuum
• To stop eating a bowl of popcorn every night for dinner

I want:

• These boots
• A pair of Bass penny loafers (thank you, J. Crew, for fueling this passion. And, were they always this expensive, because I swear I had a pair in the 80s and there's no way my mother bought them at this price?)
• New sunglasses
• A stylist, trainer, maid, and a personal chef
• A 12-pack of Diet Coke for work
• Another day to spend lying around reading science fiction
• After 35 days of not eating meat, my brain is telling me it wants a cheeseburger, but I swear to god, brain, quit it. You do not need a cheeseburger. Think of the pretty cows.