Starbucks

I love coffee. The way it tastes. The way it makes me feel. The conversations i have while enjoying it. The holiday themes. The hours spent studying because of it. The confidence it gave my younger self by allowing me to feeling more sophisticated. The various ways it's prepared. The way it mixes with soy. The cute shops it comes in. oh i could go on and on. . .

But normally, i'm the type of girl who's searching out tiny coffee shops with cool settings and delicious coffee/ espresso so i can have an enriching Americano. I always get an Americano with steamed Soy, rice, or almond milk with cinnamon and agave. And then on days when I'm feeling lazy i treat myself to a soy late with cinnamon.

However, I'm going through a starbucks phase. SO CRAZY FOR ME!!!I got a card with money on it as a gift and once i learned i could register it, add more money on it via la inter-web-net, earn STARS THAT GIVE ME FREE THINGS, and have my drink registered to the point where ill get my specific drink free every so often, immediately enticed me!

It all Started when my friend ordered her drink at starbucks this morning. It was one of "those" orders that challenge a Barista for the better or made them hate you. Luckily my friend is so sweet and knows each employee at her stabucks by name that they all want to make her drink perfect! Her order: A venti light frapp. with 2 pumps sugar free caramel 3 pumps sugar free vanilla 4 times blended with an extra cup with the left over drink and a venti cup of hot water with a straw to warm her up after drinking a cold drink first thing in the morning! It was the girliest cutest silliest thing ever and I LOVED it! I had to take part in this girly adventure! Hence my registering my very own starbucks card. One day- I will have a gold personalized card and receiving free drinks, how exciting!!

I'm creating "The Jillene Drink" but don't know if it's right yet. I want it to be very few calories but delicious! Today I did: Venti frapp. made with water, ice, 1/4 cup soy milk, plain cinnamon, and 2 pumps of sugar free Vanilla. I want to try to stay away from the artificial sweeteners so tomorrow im going to bring two packets of stevia for them to add instead of the sugar free vanilla and add a banana... I mean this is going to be my daily breakfast.

oh! and the woman behind me asked me what my drink was after i took my first yummy sip and wrote it down word for word! haha i dunno if she's a blogger of crazy drink orders or just liked my drink idea but, i was happy to amuse someone other than myself by this crazy Manhattan Girl order of mine...

cheers to finding the Jj drink