One of those days

[pegkerr]

What with the layoff, I've gotten to the point of penny-pinching where buying a latte feels like a truly decadent luxury. I'll do it maybe once a week, but I have to really argue with myself first.

But today, I woke up unexplicably grumpy and so I decided to treat myself. A latte? Can I afford it? Go on, splurge a little, Peg! No, really, it's okay! You put in seven hours of overtime this week, surely you can allow yourself this, not just a standard latte, but $3.75 for a gingerbread latte!

Whereupon I managed to slop it all over the front of my blouse. Now I'm grumpier than ever.

Tell me something to cheer me up, friends list.

Comments

[kerryp.livejournal.com]

One year ago, I went to the Miami Book Fair (this week being the anniversary of the event) and they had a Starbucks Van that gave out free samples. One of the free samples was a small cup (bathroom dixie cup sized) of hot chocolate (peppermint, I think) with copious amounts of whipped cream. I waited in a long line for my free sample, and when I finally received it, I threw back my head to drink my hot chocolate shot . . .wherein the whipped cream slid forward against my lips and the hot chocolate fountained down the front of my shirt. I was mortified, to say the least. I spent the next hour looking for a replacement shirt. Once I was cleaned up and heard my next speaker, I decided that I had been cheated, having still not had my peppermint hot chocolate. So I went back to the Starbucks van, waited again in the long line, and . . . .did exactly the same thing all over again. My friends couldn't stop laughing when I showed up with the second hot chocolate sodded shirt, which I wore for the rest of the day.

Sometimes, you have to laugh, to keep from crying.

I hope that when I go back to the fair this Saturday, I will have the willpower to avoid the Starbucks line. But, like the Monkey who won't drop the apple to get his hand out of the jar, I probably won't have that kind of self-control. I will, however, pack up a back-up shirt, just in case.

I wish you the best in cheer, soon.

[anemonerose.livejournal.com]

Bring along a small straw to stir up the whipped cream if they don't have anything like that available at their van. That's really the only way to make sure that doesn't happen. When we'd do samples of drinks in the bookstore we always put a straw in them even if they were hot drinks so that people could stir in the whipped cream and avoid potential messes. :)

[kerryp.livejournal.com]

Thanks! I'll try that.