Happy #thinkingoutloud Thursday! No idea what I’m going on about? Click here!
1. Before we begin, let us observe a moment of silence for the latest of my nut butters to meet its doom…
You were too young, Wowbutter… far too young. But despite your short time in this world, you managed to make a huge difference to at least one girl, so your life was not in vain. 😆 And can we just talk about why they decided to make the colour of the jar the same colour as the nut butter itself? It gives me a false sense of security since it always looks full, even when there’s nothing but bottom dwellers left!
2. Let’s keep the food talk going with one of my current obsessions — smoothies. Am I the only one who judges a smoothie based on its ability to hold up a spoon? The thicker, the better! #TWSS
3. And while we’re talking about smoothies, someone please remind me to never buy frozen mixed berries again. I felt like I was doing nothing but spitting out seeds the entire time that I was trying to enjoy my drink.
4. Have you seen these?!
I refuse to believe that anything is better than a classic Rice Krispie Square, but I’m not one to talk badly about anything involving Cinnamon Toast Crunch. It was, and still is, one of my favourite cereals of all time. Also, I almost wrote ‘serials’… I wonder what Freud would say about that.
5. I got hit with the most random thought the other day… Does anyone remember pink erasers? The ones that did NOTHING but make a bigger mess of whatever it was you were trying to clean up in the first place? Do they still sell those?!? I remember using them in grade school, and yeah… the introduction of white erasers was a godsend. Also, award for most random thought goes to me.
6. Riddle me this. You guys know I’m back to working in Starbucks; you know I love my booth; and I know that it’s a highly desirable spot to sit… which is why I’ve started going in a little earlier than normal to make sure that I can secure my coveted spot. Well, lately I’ve been coming across random people who keep asking to sit with me. I thought it was an isolated incident the first time, but it’s happened a few times since 😯
What do you say to something like that?!? I mean, I don’t want to be a jerk and say no… especially since I don’t really care as long as they keep to themselves and don’t try to start up a conversation with me while I try to work. The one exception to that was the woman from the other day — she kept nudging my feet and picking her teeth with her finer. It was quite fascinating from a social psychology perspective.
7. While we’re on the topic of Starbucks… Oprah has arrived!
You can now buy an Oprah Chai Tea Latte from Bux, with some of the proceeds from each sale going towards the Oprah Winfrey Leadership Foundation. I haven’t tried one yet myself, but apparently it’s supposed to be a slightly spicier version of their chai tea latte. Also… I miss watching Oprah on TV. That used to be my after-school thing with Mom. Good times.
8. All this talk of Starbucks lately would make you think that my sort-of-newly-purchased Keurig was getting neglected. Not so. I’ve recently started using it in place of my electric water kettle to boil water for my tea, and it is perfection. I’ve figured out the perfect ratio to make the best tasting cups. I’ll hit it once with the second to largest size, and then again with the smallest size. So good… every.single.time.
9. I survived the dentist (obviously)! I have some pretty interesting things to tell you regarding what all went down, but that’ll have to wait until tomorrow since it has to do with oil pulling and I’m planning to do an entire post on that since so many of you requested one.
10. And on a final note… the universe is laughing at me. I bought a new word search book the other day, and this was the puzzle that I opened up on the morning of my dentist appointment…
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I have seen those bars, they look AMAZING. I just love cereal so much, especially Cinnamon Toast Crunch. It was always a good day in my house when my parents came home from grocery shopping with the good cereal. Also, thicker smoothies = better. Agreed!
oh baby those cinnamon toast crunch treats look amazing! and now i want a traditional rice krispy.. so good!! classic:)
That nut butter jar is just cruel! 😉
I’m with you on Cinnamon Toast Crunch – my favorite (sugary) cereal fo’ sho.
Hmmm, and yeah, #6 is a tough one. I feel you. I’ve had it happen to me a few times before too, and my first instinct is to say “sure!”…but then I sit there and wonder what I was thinking.
Ahhhhh those cinnamon toast crunch bars!!!!! Amazing.
Also fun fact, my sister is a word search savant! She’s autistic and the words actually jump out at her. She can finish one in like 30 seconds. It’s so impressive!
Those pink erasers do still exist. When I took the Psychology GRE, we had to use traditional #2 pencils (not that mechanical stuff) and I bought two of those erasers for the test. What a horrible day, haha. Good that you forgot about them.
My mom used to make rice krispy treats using Golden Grahams. Throw in some chocolate chips, and it was like a smores bar.
I’ve never had anything like that, but it sounds like perfection. I may have to give it a shot someday!
Okay why would anyone ask someone they don’t know if they could sit with them? To me that just doesn’t make sense. Props to you for saying yes. Oh and thick smoothies that need a spoon are the best!!
I’m not sure what I would say if someone asked me if they could sit with me. I’m pretty sure I would say yes, because there is obviously a spot open, but I’m not sure how I would feel. … Yes!! I can’t wait to hear about oil pulling in tomorrow’s post!!!!
I don’t actually mind the dentist? But that’s only because I associate the eye doctor with slowly being burned to death.
I soooort of remember pink erasers, but mostly those long and skinny ones! I had one that had monkey faces on the end…it didn’t do much either but it made you look cool. 😉
Annnnnnd, now I need to make rice krispies. With no cereal or marshmallows. THANK YOU. 😉
Ok think smoothies are the only way to eat them! I used to love cinnamon toast crunch, I haven’t seen those treats though yet. What a cruel joke with that nut butter jar, although I might be able to his the fact that I go through nut butter way to quickly as no one would no how quickly I was replacing the jar 🙂
Yes to thick smoothies. To me, they should be a version of healthy pudding and then I’m happy 🙂
And that nutbutter jar – gosh, I would go crazy when opening it just to realize it is empty.
Speaking of – I need to stock up on nutbutters so bad, I have NONE at home currently! It’s high time that Sam’s package arrives and Laura in person next week, to fill up my pantry 🙂
NO nut butter?!? Kind of my worst nightmare. When is your blender getting in?!?
It’s here! But I need to talk to an electrician first – I am TERRIFIED to plug it in again and kill it and kill the whole system in my appartment. No need to happen twice 🙂
NO WAY! I just bought those cinnamon toast crunch bars at the store too! I haven’t opened them yet, but I’m pretty excited. My dining hall freshman year made treats out of golden grahams with marshmallows and chocolate chips that were amazing. I keep meaning to re-create them.
I’ve had a similar thing like the table incident. Twice in one month last spring someone ran up to me while I was out running and asked if they could join me on my run! It was the weirdest thing ever.
We must be on the same wavelength. The other day I was thinking about peachies (you know the kind that was mustard yellow with the sports figures on it?) and Trapper Keepers. I loved getting new school supplies but hated erasers. Actually, I was not fond of pencils in general. They made such a mess.
That’s a cruel trick for the soy nut butter. Meanies!
I was JUST thinking about those erasers yesterday. They’re still around because I saw someone using one and it made me cringe looking at the mess they made. Starbucks is really on a roll right now- I feel like every time I see someone with a cup the holder is a different color!
THOSE DARNED PINK ERASERS. I have successfully been thrown back to the trauma of third grade math class, losing a battle of the do-as-many-multiplication-questions-in-one-minute-as-you-can-its-not-stressful-at-all. Le shivers.
You get inspirational quotes on your Starbs orders?! I’m lucky if I get my name spelt right… Aiming high here!
Those cinnamon bars look amazing, I remember my ‘treat’ cereals being Cinnamon Grahams when I was little, I could basically eat the whole box and get covered in sugary cinnamon…ahhhhh good times 😉
Only since Oprah has ‘arrived’! And it’s kind of hard to believe that you get your name misspelled… it’s only 3 letters?
I KNOW right – even when I spell it out to them!!
I saw Wowbutter at the grocery store yesterday and thought of you! Now that I know the color of the jar matches the color of the butter – I will think twice about getting it…
As for #10 – it always makes me pause and marvel when “coincidences” seem to happen, when one conversation is repeated by a totally different person under different circumstances, or when you start seeing licence tags to a place you were debating visiting, or like your word search book and your visit…
Someone always has our back huh?
xxs
Those cinnamon toast treats would be SOOOOO dangerous. That is such a funny coincidence that you opened up dentistry at the dentist!! Have a good Thursday :))
Ok I need to find those cinnamon toast snacks asap, since they sound like one of the best ideas ever. And wow, I don’t know what I’d do if someone asked to sit with me at a coffee shop. I’ve never seen that actually/experienced it, but I don’t know that I would like it? Maybe selfish and probably not realistic since I tend to sprawl my stuff across a table when I get one, but I would be way too distracted with someone else at a table to keep working. And you just made me want to get a word search book. Probably picking one of those up next week 😉
Am I crazy that I love the dentist? 🙂 haha. The clean feeling when you leave! I wish I could get it done monthly, not even kidding!
Also, I totally agree – thicker the better for smoothies. Which is why I always add more frozen banana than anything!
CanNOT believe it’s May already- Happy May lady! <3
Call me antisocial, but I hate it when random people ask to sit with me at cafes or at the library – I like my own space!
I guess I’m more rude and/or awkward than you because I would NOT want to share a booth with a stranger…
I’m excited to read your oil pulling post!
Those erasers don’t make me as mad as the “erasable” ink pens that don’t erase AT ALL!
😆 I remember those too! Good in theory, BAD in execution.
I saw those Cinnamon Toast Crunch bars in the store the other day and I was curious! I may have to pick them up one day just so I can say that I did….
And I always through the Wowbutter jar was clear! I have been deceived.
I love that you bought a Word Search book. I remember buying those alll the time when I was a kid for camping and road trips. I think I like crosswords better though…
Really?!? Crosswords are the bane of my existence. They take me forever to do and make me feel stupid. But maybe that’s because the ones I’ve been trying lately have been a little out of my vocab range…
Oh my gosh those erasers were the worst!! Also– I’d be so weirded out if someone asked to sit with me at Starbucks haha I like to think I make it fairly obvious when I want to be by myself/when I’m trying to be productive so I don’t know what I’d say to that either.
i’ve never tried wow butter. but soy is not a fan of my intestines. LOL! is it soybeans? oh and note to frozen fruit buys–> payapa and mango are seedless. STOCK UP.
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Yes I remember pink erasers. How could I forget? Remember those fun pencils that were shaped like triangles or made out of denim?
I’m so confused by the Starbucks story. I’d never ask to sit with someone – it would be so awkward and weird. Do they just stare at you after? Try to chat?
😆 No they start to do their own thing. Read, glance through their phone, normal people stuff… Very bizarre nonetheless…
Chais are my favourite thing! I wonder if they will bring it out to Australia too?
That nut butter jar colour is just plain cruel and not user friendly at all! What were they thinking?
I do remember those erasers! What a mess they made.
Happy Thursday I hope you are having a good week 🙂
Ugghhh…I have the dentist this morning. So glad that you survived your visit! I have to get a run in before mine to tame my anxiety of sitting in that chair!
Girl, I know exactly how you feel! I had a dentist nightmare two days before my appointment 😆 Hope yours went okay!
First of all – why doesn’t my closest Starbucks have a booth? This is why I go to Panera to work instead. Second, you know how I feel about someone sharing your booth. No, just no…Pink erasers are still used in my house and usually it’s me who comes to my son’s homework page to erase sloppy handwriting and make him do it all again. That berry mix looks like the very cherry medley from TJ – love the cherries! I oil pulled as you suggested this morning – we will discuss later.
The seeds are the worst part about putting berries in your smoothies. I love the way they taste but you seriously have to brush your teeth after. ick. Also that is too funny about the lady at Starbucks. People can be so strange hahaha.
Urgh I remember those pink erasers (or rubbers as we call them in the UK) – thank goodness for the white ones, but why do pencils still come with the punk rubber on top??!!
I can never understand when I am hard at work at Starbucks, there are loads of empty seats and someone asks to sit beside me! Like you I don’t have a problem until they start doing annoying things… Like take out their phone and have a loud conversation when they can see I am working or they have kids who they let run around and make a mess! But, I still love my starbucks 🙂
I looove using frozen berries in my smoothies! There aren’t any more seeds in frozen berries than fresh berries…right? 😉
I actually worked from a coffee shop yesterday and it was quite nice. Just the right amount of background noise. No one asked to sit with me…I’m not sure what I would have said since I usually have my stuff sprawled all over the table. So weird about the lady playing footsie with you lol!
I’d be loving & hating that nut butter jar if I had to be fooled many times by the container color itself. So cruel 🙁 🙁
Ha Ha Ha Ha – people are crazy. Im just picturing you rolling your eyes, starring this lady down & maybe even giving some not so friendly looks when you’d see her picking @ her teeth or being nudged w/ her feet. You poor lady 🙁
Oprah came to Australia. Just saying.
That nut butter company is using extremely smart marketing. Smart kids those ones.
You nailed it on the head- that is the WORST part of mixed berries- hence I stick to frozen blueberries, frozen strawberries and sometimes raspberries- none of those damn currants to enhance the seeds!
Oprah came to Edmonton too — just saying’ 😛 And I made up for my mistake by only buying blueberries the last time I was at the store. Happy days.
Now you’ve got me reminiscing a certain flower shaped pink eraser all through school – which I never used after messing up my Maths book in one of the very early grades – but loved it nonetheless! The random award unarguably goes to you!
I totally assumed the first picture of the Wowbutter was taken when it was full..until you delivered the slightly shocking factor.
Errrm wow, I would not be fascinated by such a character sharing a booth with me. Appalled maybe…
Goodness me!..opening up to the dentistry puzzle before the dentist visit!? A good omen??
Ah I have the Dentist this afternoon 🙁 I have got to have 3 fillings and they are on different sides of my mouth – hello feeling like my face in on the floor – always an attractive look 😉 . I am loving that quote on the Opera cup! And yes to the thicker the smoothie the better – Mine are literally like a bowl of ice cream sometimes…
Ack! Hope your dentist apt went okay, girl! That numb face feeling is the worst, but it’s just more reason to enjoy a nice bowl of ice cream 🙂