A couple of firsts

While I was away on my mini vacation I did a couple of things that I’ve never done before. Now I know you’re probably thinking “Really? Things you've never done before?" Yes, believe it or not, there are things I've never done before....

One of the things I did was go to IKEA. I mean, I’ve been to IKEA before and it was good. Very good as a matter of fact. I do enjoy myself in IKEA. Which is odd. I don't really care for shopping. As a matter of fact, I'd rather watch paint dry. Preferably paint that has been applied by someone else. And, to make watching paint dry even more entertaining, the ceiling paint that goes on pink and changes to white as it dries. Now THAT is more entertaining than shopping in my opinion.

But what I've never done in IKEA is not buy something. I didn’t buy a thing. Not one single item. Can you believe that??

It’s not that I didn’t want to buy stuff. I did. I really did. There is tons of stuff there that I wanted to bring home. But how was I going to get that big ass glass bowl with the matching big ass pitcher home in one piece? Or what about the set of dishes that I was absolutely dying to have but didn’t need? There was no way I could pull it off. So I left empty handed. And shed a tear.

The other thing I did that I've never done before was go to Starbucks. Don’t ask me why, I just did. Well, actually, I know why. I met some family members there and we all had coffee. After waiting in line for 10 minutes to make it to the counter, I was very surprised at how expensive it was. I mean really expensive. After getting over the shock of how much I was going to pay for my coffee I thought, well, go big or go home girl! And I ordered myself up a “Spiced Pumpkin Latte”. Venti size I do believe (the biggest cup they had anyway). I had heard that these Spiced Pumpkin Latte's were absolutely to die for and thought, why not? You're practically putting up the farm for this coffee tab, may as well enjoy what everyone else has raved about.

And I will tell you right here and right now, it was probably one of the finest things that I have ever put into my mouth. Really. It was that delicious.

So imagine my surprise when back here on the prairie I came across a Starbucks quite close to the place I spend five days a week. Turns out they’re all over the place here but, not being a big coffee shop kinda chick, I never noticed. I can tell you where every grocery store is (including a lot of the smaller "mom and pop" shops), but ask me where a Timmy's or Robin's, and now Starbucks, are and well, I just couldn't. Places to buy grape, oh yeah, I got that down. Wally's world, I'm on it. But coffee shops? Nope.

And, with this discovery, well...now we have trouble. Serious trouble. Trouble with a capital t. Particularly since this Starbucks is right next door to a really, really, really good Indian Restaurant.

In the amount of time it takes for the lunch order to be prepared for take-out, you can head next door, get yourself a Spiced Pumpkin Latte, come back, grab your food and head on back to the office.

Not a good thing.

Not. At. All.