Coffee Saga
I did the deed…ordered the frozen sugary caffinated yum-yum from the cafe near the University. How cool is it to show up to class with coffee?! It makes the University/Grad School experience. So I only pulled into the drive thru because I knew I could get something like the flirty coffee guy from the other cafe made me. But this new place didn’t have sugar free chocolate syrup….and the line was building behind me. And the guy at the window was mumbling something about the woman health inspector being on premise and how she was a fascist female dog (you get the picture?) 
I felt pressure…and I snapped.
I’LL TAKE THE HIGH FAT, HIGH SUGAR FROZEN COFFEE THING WITH PEANUT BUTTER, CHOCOLATE AND MAKE IT WITH SOY! (pant, pant, pant) oh gawd what have i done…how will i ever face my buddy slimmers again?
It sat untouched til I got out of my car on campus. Stayed in my hand as I crossed the busy parking lot isle. Then I looked down. WHIPPED CREAM. Did I tell him to put whipped cream on it?! Who did he think I was! Didn’t he know I was watching what I ate….and WHIPPED CREAM was not a choice I wanted to make.! (I know, I am crazy…but crazy is as crazy does!) So I tasted it.
Frozen heaven. no….no….it tasted more like an Icee Sin…and not the kind of good sounding sinful that you wish for, but the kind you will have to really ask forgiveness for later.
Maybe I was wrong though. It must be in my mind…these things are always heaven. So a huge big, suck-fest slurp. MMMmmmmmmmore like an Icee Sin again. And suddenly…..A MIRACLE HAPPENED.
Right then and there, a lone trash can appeared next to the path to my Grad School experience. It was Fate….It was a manifestation of the Buddy Slim Universe there at the TAMUCC campus! 
I made an offering to the Garbage Goddess…listened as she devoured the caloric morsels of mind-numbing naughtiness…and walked away, sure that the pleasure of success would satisfy my taste for sweetness.
Go Rae….Go, Go, Go Rae!
Triumphantly but Humbly Yours,
Rae
Okay this post is not only inspirational…it’s a visual masterpiece! (You have to tell me how to imbed pics and I have to have that dancing Elaine!)
You go girl!!!
YEE HA! Way to go Rae! You rock woman! I’m saving this story in my back pocket for the next time I need to make an offering! Thanks for sharing!
~LOVE…..
You rock lady! That is sosoo hard - I am a STARBUCKs freak by the way so I know what you are going through. I always order the Skinny Caramel Macchiato and I have often wanted to stray - but I am afraid that if I do then I will end up with something so sinfully delicious that I will never want an unskinny beverage ever again! LOL
That took great strength and will power to offer that coffee to the trash can goddess….that is true commitment my friend!
I love moments like that, bravo!
Way to go Rae - so many times I tell myself I can’t throw things away cos its a waste of money, but then its a waste of may hard healthy work if I eat them. You rock! And I love this blog - its so descriptive we’re all there with you watching the whole thing take place!
Wow, I totally got involved in this story!! You are a masterful writer! Very visual. I have been here too many times! Good for you for throwing it away! I would’ve felt so guilty for spending the money I’d have finished every drop! I love coffees too!!!
indulge, sister….enjoy….you will not be shunned…..but im sure the garbage goddess thanks you!