Monday, June 11, 2012

Cafe of Woe

The Starbucks date. 

It is praised as being the financial incentive for men to date more; if he doesn't have to treat to her to meal, or find a suitable hotel lounge, he'll be more likely to go on a date to a conveniently located and priced Starbucks.  

My issue: 

What does a gal do if she don't like coffee or tea?  

I once bought an Earl Gray, which I ended up throwing out. Nasty. 

The bottled fruit juices for sale tend to be mango, the one flavor I don't like. 

So I came upon a solution, albeit a childish one. 

Drink box.  

You know the one by Horizon? The flavored vanilla milk is very good. Pop the straw in, and sluuuuuuuuuuuurp. Very attractive. 
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But on one date—horrors!—my drink box was sold out! With no other options, I ordered a passion fruit iced tea. Three added sugars later, it was quite palatable. 
For once, I looked somewhat adult. Phew. 
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4 comments:

  1. pretzelJune 11, 2012 at 5:06 PM

    Order it sweetened next time!

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  2. Mighty Garnel IronheartJune 11, 2012 at 7:01 PM

    Come up to Canada and get a guy to take you to Tim Horton's, our national doughnut chain. The drinks are cheap (except the latte) and the entertainment - the endless parade of white trash and their witticisms are priceless.
    Upside is you'll smell like fresh doughnuts for a couple of days. Downside is you might not think that's an upside.

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  3. Single on the SceneJune 11, 2012 at 11:40 PM

    OK, here's the deal-I'm a BIG coffee drinker (albeit girlie coffees, and anything with crushed ice is a fav!) so I can't imagine what it must be like for you. BUT-I do have friends who are anti-coffee & tea, and I have a great solution, especially cuz I know they have them at Starbucks=NAKED JUICED. Great conversation starter (tznius n' all) and great fruit smoothies. Plus, you can ask them to blend it with crushed ice and look all 'officially' starbucksed out.

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  4. Princess LeaJune 12, 2012 at 9:26 AM

    Pretzel: I can do that? Nice.

    MGI: Eh?

    SOTS: Whenever I get there the only Naked is mango, the one flavor I'm not crazy about. There seems to be a conspiracy against me.

    But if they do have something in berry, I'm totally getting the crushed ice! Thanks for the tip!

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