I've missed a few weeks, and anything other than a simple list might not make much sense tonight. With that in mind, I was thrilled to see a list prompt this week on Mama Kat's Weekly Writing Workshop. I chose the 10 Reasons Why I Don't Drink Coffee prompt.
1. I have to admit, I've never even tried the stuff, but the idea of drinking something that looks like sludge repulses me.
2. I don't remember ever seeing my parents drink it either, so I must not be too far off!
3. I am a Dr. Pepper addict, through and through!!
5. From my trips to Starbucks with coffee loving friends, it's a little overpriced in my opinion. I can get almost 24 cans of Dr. Pepper for the price of a grande. I go for the calorie overloaded vanilla bean thing instead.
7. Other than water, Kool-Aid and sweet tea, it's the only thing I remember drinking as a kid. Thankfully, my parents weren't like other weirdo parents who served milk at dinner...barf!
8. I don't like hot drinks, they burn my tongue because I'm a bit impatient. Hot chocolate gets a thick layer of marshmallows and I'm sure giving the same treatment would be blasphemy in some minds.
9. Why drink something that I have to add sugar to? My Dr. Peppers come fully loaded, thank you very much!
10. Saving the best for last, when I was pregnant with our first daughter, she was breech. The well meaning doctor made a date for us at the hospital to turn her. They injected me with some concoction that they said would make me feel like a drank a whole pot of coffee. I still remember shaking for hours afterwards from whatever it was, and if coffee has anywhere close to an effect like that, thank you, but no thank you!
Mandy
lol! I used to work at Starbucks. After a shift, I would take a shower, and it smelled like I was brewing a fresh pot of coffee because it had saturated my hair and skin. It's one of the downsides of working in a coffee shop - your shift isn't over until you get out of the shower. I'm not a huge fan of coffee. It's too strong for me caffeine-wise, and I don't care for hot drinks. Iced coffee is ok on occasion, but generally I'm a soda fiend.
ReplyDelete#10 was a huge eye opener... what did they give you? I can relate to your reluctance to try coffee as it is an acquired taste.
ReplyDeleteI drink coffee occasionally as I love tea and hot chocolate... :-)
Stopping by from Mamakat's Workshop.
Have a great weekend!
Elizabeth
I like coffee, but I take it with a lot of cream and a lot of sugar. :) Actually, I didn't start drinking coffee regularly until a few years ago. It was the kids. I needed the extra pick me up. But a few weeks ago, I decided to stop and drink green tea instead.
ReplyDeleteWhenever I would pass by a coffee bean store, I thought it smelled like skunk. Hahaha!
I don't think I've ever tried a Dr. Pepper. Putting that on my grocery list. :D
I love the smell of coffee, just like I enjoy the smell of some smoking tobacco(the type that they put in a pipe). But just because I enjoy the smell, doesn't mean that I partake. I love my Diet Dr. Pepper or sweet tea (made with splenda).
ReplyDeleteThis is for Bella Sinclair - How could you have gone through life so far and never drank a Dr. Pepper? You need to try one, they are the bomb.