Woooohoooo!! Carried's gotten in touch with her inner child!! Wheeeeeeeeeeee. :)

Blowing bubbles and silly putty. I love them!!

Rock on, carried and everyone else. There's a ton of great ideas here!! :)

Shevie

You're right, Shevie, I did connect with my inner child. Makes sense, since I started smoking at age 8. Only my inner child has any experience with not smoking for any length of time and can figure out other things to do! I shared the clay with my quitter friends, and they loved it. We kept handling it through the night. They didn't seem to get the bubbles thing, though. I now have a bottle in my car, and occasionally blow bubbles out the window! Also, the other day, found my good Duncan yoyo I bought the last time I tried to quit.

bumpity bump bump bump! Oh geesh I love to dance! LOL

Now I want BUBBLES!!!!!!!

how about a shopping spree of some new clothes, or even going out to dinner. A new bottle of perfume that smells really good now that you will be able to smell it yourself.

A makeover hair nails the whole kaboodle. A day at the spa. A massage OH YEAH!

bumpity bump! Oh yeah, I got myself a little treat...a new bird feeder. I have a triple tube bird feeder which is great for the smaller birds but I got what's called a table feeder for the larger birds. Spring is around the corner...well sort of and the summer birds will be migrating back north soon so I'm anxious to see what this feeder attracts.

I went SNOW Shoing for the first time. Now, if you knew me, you would know that I'm so not an outdoorsy type of girl...so there is some humor it in. But it was great exercise and it didn't hurt my knee. I felt very satisfied afterwards!!
Oh, and then I went sledding! Haven't done that since I was a kid! It was great walking back up, and not feeling that icky "I smoked too much yesterday" feeling!!! You know what? I like sledding :)

Mainly bumped this for the newbies, to go along with Shevie's bump, but since I'm here again: slinky, slinky, what a wonderful toy. Also, I have taken to making myself decaf iced tea. I put it in my tall, pretty cut-glass glass, half full of crushed ice (OMG, I really AM an optimist!) and add freshly cut and squeezed lemon slices and Splenda. SOooooooooo refreshing, such a treat! If you haven't got that kind of time, check out Peach Fresca (sugar free, caffeine free, and oh, so effervescent!) Keep up the rewards, guys, I swear they are key for me. PS: bought myself FIVE bags of sugar free Lifesavers the other day. Some day, maybe I can have a bowl full of JUST the PINEAPPLE!!

I've bought myself flowers a few times. My husband's starting to wonder if I'm actually buying them for myself!

Bumping this up one more time!

one MORE time for the newbies, and Shevie's is next!

My little rewards have been going to the drugstore on sundays.I buy plenty of gum and some licorice.Maybe a little candy too.I also always have spent alot of time boating and fishing.It's soo nice not to worry about getting your cigs wet or having enough lighters.While I'm on the water now i'm starting to smeel the roses.I really enjoy it much more.

That's a good one LouisG. I love the beach and you're right, now I won't have to worry about where's my lighter? and are my smokes wet?
I also have a bag of "goodies" that i look forward to restalking up on (gum, life savers, lolly pops, etc.) I think people are jealous of my magic goody bag. I always share though ;)

Here's for you eenanny I'm bumping up carried's post this thread ought to give you some ideas!

oh, yeah, thanks for reminding me. Last weekend I found something new. We have a Daffodil Festival where a lot of vendors come from all over to sell stuff. There was a guy there (Native American - very cute) that was selling and playing flutes. He made them all and tuned them himself. I picked out one and asked him to play it for me, so I'll know how good I CAN sound someday. It's a pan-type, and takes a LOT of wind. Also symbolic for the blowing something out pretty vs. nasty. I can actually blow a few tunes on it already!