<p><a href="http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/rhbhills.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-3378" title="Adam Olszewski/Bravo © Bravo " src="http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/rhbhills-300x243.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="243" /></a>I have a confession to make.  And it's not pretty.</p>

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<p>I am addicted to trash television.  Particularly, <em>The Real Housewives</em> series (yes, <em>all</em> of them) on Bravo.</p>

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<p>I am still puzzled as to how Bravo started airing these shows.  Bravo is an arts channel.  I am an arts person.  I was orginally drawn to Bravo for obvious reasons.</p>

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<p>Back in the day, when I prided myself on being an accomplished and educated woman, I tuned into <em>Inside the Actor's Studio</em> and foreign films on Bravo.  I watched <em>Masterpiece Theatre</em> on PBS.  Yes, I admit it.  I was a cultural snob.</p>

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<p>A Welsh friend once told me that I was "very cultured for an American".  I took this as a compliment.</p>

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<p>Well, Catherine, I am ashamed to admit that this American snoot has taken a cultural nosedive.  I now get a secret thrill from watching poor little rich girls and their trainwreck lives.  (Although, I have to say, I absolutely positively ADORE Lisa and on the <em>Real Housevives of Beverly Hills. </em>I want her to be my friend in real life.)</p>

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<p>My current addiction is so overwhelming that I turned a Friday night viewing with Dina <em>dah</em>ling into one of my 365 blog days.  In my opinion, that's cheating.</p>

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<p>But I am also "coming clean" which is the first step in admitting that you have a problem, right?  That is important enough to count as a blog activity, right???</p>

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<p>On Day 111, Dina <em>dah</em>ling and I ordered pizza and plastered ourselves on the couch with our dogs.  I even DVR'd that ridiculous after show with Andy Cohen who made such an idiotic and offensive statement that I will NEVER watch him again.  I may be swimming in the cultural gutter, but I still have some taste and discretion in tact.</p>

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<p>Before my addiction evolves into something more serious (i.e., before I stumble into the cesspool of a show like <em>The Jersey Shore</em>), I am contemplating doing the unthinkable in 99.9% of households:  yanking my cable.  No, this does n</p>

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