Tuesday Things.
1. I’m paying $1.99 for avocados (like for ONE avocado) and I don’t even care. Because they are finally getting good again. Please don’t tell me how you spend three cents for a fantastic avocado. It doesn’t happen here.
2. This mint mocha shake. I can’t even. The photos. The shake. Totally craving.
3. I’ve never been interested in April Fools. Does that mean I lack a sense of humor and funness? Probably. I only like the pranks if they are REALLY good. The american eagle american beagle thing was pretty fantastic this week – and they are using it do something good? These ones are also making me giggle. I wish somebody would cover my car in post-it notes. Because #OMGschoolsupplies.
4. Apparently… according to pinterest and major retailers and stuff, backpacks as purses are BACK. I can’t even tell you how I longed for mini backpack purses when I was a tween. I def had my fair share. GAH. But now… I don’t think I can do it.
5. Oh. Also. I should probably wear these donut shoes. Or not. Can you even imagine?
6. Eddie doesn’t get understand how Target steals all of my money every week, but these 53 thoughts pretty much go through my head every time I step through the door. When did my cart get so full?
7. The Walking Dead! I thought the finale was pretty darn good, though I must be desensitized to terrible things because I wasn’t that blown away. I am loving that Rick is BACK. Hmmm Nashville. Never did I ever think I’d wish a show moved more slowly for some extra buildup – I am afterall Miss Impatience. I mean, can’t you see the suspense if Will’s storyline was three or four seasons long before anything was revealed? But no. Like why are we already messing with Juliette and Avery? WHY CAN’T ANYONE BE HAPPY FOR MORE THAT TWO SECONDS? Oh well. I’m still obsessed and want to move to Nashville.
8. I’m a GMA morning show devotee who thinks her world is now over since Josh Elliot left the show.
9. I gave up going through the coffee drive thru for lent. Like, going through Starbucks or Dunkin to get iced coffee. It was becoming a serious issue – I wanted to go every single day. I still want to go every single day. And yes, I really just mean going through the drive thru. Because it’s 2014 and I’m lazy and don’t want to get out of my car. I will go on a run or walk four miles and then DRIVE THRU to get coffee. I get it. I hate me too. It’s the epitome of what sucks in this generation. I just want all the iced coffees in the world. This is making me want it even more. And NO, of course I cannot make it myself. Because it’s 2014 and, you know… I won’t go into that again. If I had iced coffee, I wouldn’t go off the rails like this.
10. As a note, I should say that someone is benefiting from my lack of drive thru iced coffee, and it’s Eddie. He loathes coffee, but way more than I ever hated it back when I hated it. Like can’t-stand-the-smell loathes it. He thinks it’s a disgusting habit like smoking. I torture him with it. I’m a wonderful wife.
74 Comments on “Tuesday Things.”
YES TO MINI BACKPACKS!!! good thing i kept my knock off prada from 8th grade.
But really, HOW did you make yourself like coffee??? I want to be cool like the coffee drinkers but it makes me feel high and nauseous all at once…. booo!
lots of sugar and cream!
no, but really – i started out drinking iced coffee with cream and lots of flavor and it grew from there. however, i will say that even though i hated coffee for a long time, i always loved coffee flavored things like ice cream. so i guess it’s natural that enough sugar and cream would make me like it?
oh but i should add that it also makes me feel high and nauseous. if i get it somewhere other than my house (where i can control it), i almost always get decaf or half caf!
Now I know the identity of the two Michonne Pet Zombies! WOW!
We can enjoy spring and summer until TWD comes back on in October! WHEW!
seriously. that was a huge OMG moment for me!
homemade iced coffee is incredible and so easy. every other day i fill a cafe press with a few scoops of starbucks breakfast blend and cold water and let it brew in the fridge overnight. then when i want, crushed ice from the door, cold pressed coffee from the fridge and a shot of coffeemate natural bliss something. so easy. i use the ikea french press (like $8?) and the copco sierra on the beach tumbler from amazon. saving trees and drive-thru. try it!
I had my first good avocado yesterday… in like, months. and yeah, I probably paid $2 for it, I didn’t even look. it was glorious.
I’m with you about Josh Elliot. My momnings will never be the same!
After previously dating a coffee hater for 5 years I’ve added “likes coffee” to my top qualities in a mate. And now I’m craving iced coffee – I just need it to be a wee bit warmer. My fave Sundays are walking over to SB (half a mile away), sipping an iced latte and reading on the patio.
Oh – and the cheapest avocados ever get around here are $1.50. I actually danced in my kitchen, after nervous hesitation, when twisting open a perfectly ripe avocado last week. It’s the little things.
You can JUST get coffee through DRIVETHRU? Uh-oh. I’ve always felt too guilty to just order coffee, but I think your problem has now become my problem! :D
That’s a big move to give up coffee once you get a little bit addicted to it! Bravo for you. Just think of all that money you’re saving. You can buy more shoes now :)
I didn’t drink coffee until about 3 years ago, and I’m married to a non-coffee drinker. My newly acquired obsession drives him nuts!
There are places where you can buy cheap avocados??? They’re always about $2 each here, and I buy one a week to make myself some guacamole. I’ve never questioned it and even knowing I’m overpaying isn’t going to stop me!
I had a few mini backpacks as a tween, my favorite being a Clueless inspired plaid one!
and I wasn’t that shocked by the finale of The Walking Dead either, mostly relieved about that horrible group of dudes being wiped out. An acquaintance of mine was complaining that he thought the show is getting too dark and that he was completely blindsided by the plot…and wants it to somehow be happier for everyone…and I was like, WTF? what show do you think you’re watching? Maybe that’s because I pretty much had an idea of what Terminus was going to be about, but really?
yes THIS.
That Target list had me (and my husband when I showed him) laughing hysterically.. Because- its true. And then I proceeded to go to Target…and fill my cart. $100 later…. true story.
You just need to find the closest Starbucks/DD and make that part of your workout – and go inside – for your IC. Our office is attached to the mall (i know, right?!) so we walk across the skywalk to SB at least twice a week. I get in a mini walk before consuming my Venti Iced Coffee with Sugar Free Caramel. Its the little things….
Sorry Jessica but I have to disagree about the Josh Elliot thing. I find him to be such an over the top egotist…so full of himself. I read that he wanted an 800% salary increase and was generiously offered a 500% increase but that was not enough. I also read that NBC is eyeing bim as a possible Matt Lauer replacement when Matt decides to leave. I guess they want to relace one egoist with an even bigger one.
i don’t disagree with you nancy – as more has come out and with how abruptly he just left, it definitely seems like he was on an ego trip. i was actually more sad when sam left because i loved the dynamic of him, josh, robin and george – but as long as robin stays, i’m good!
Huge fan over here too. I was thinking it was abrupt! Ooh, now I need to google it! I agree, those four were magic together. I’m not going anywhere, though…I adore Robin…and George.
All joking aside, the post it thing has happened to us!!!! When my husband and I got married, 7 years ago, we woke up the next day to my civic completely covered in post it’s. I have pictures to prove. Let me just tell you that post it’s DONT COME OFF CAR PAINT. Then to make matters worse, my brother in law took the scratchy side of the kitchen sponge to my car. Me = no longer a happy bride.
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I’m with you on Nashville, like, can we breathe for a second before something major unfolds?! I love it though and am a devoted follower. Unlike you, I loathe the drive-thru. I must go in, I think it’s a control issue thing. I also grew up with a mom who parked as far away from the entrance of any store, I hated it when I was little and now I have turned into her, ack!
You need a Toddy in your life. When it’s iced coffee season I make a big batch on Sunday that lasts the whole week, and boy oh boy it’s the best iced coffee ever. Trust.
http://www.williams-sonoma.com/products/toddy-cold-brew-coffee-system/
My husband is like yours with coffee. If i make an actual pot of it, he’ll go outside and eat breakfast and pout like a 4 year old, haha. So now I try to be courteous and I use those individual packet ones (not a Keurig, but like tea bags), plus they are easier cleanup anyway. As always, loved Tuesday Things!
You should get a Toddy to make iced coffee! Or get the iced coffee concentrate from Trader Joe’s! Save yourself the work of getting in the car! :)
I was so sad when Josh Elliot left GMA, it just won’t be the same anymore. :-(
HA! Yes to the smell of coffee and torturing our loathing husbands!!! Honestly, they don’t know what they’re missing. My husband won’t drink any “hot” beverage. He thinks that’s weird. No tea, hot cocoa, or apple cider for him either. It’s a shame. Also, are you ready for the ACMs on Sunday?!!!! :)
um, i am SO excited! it’s like the highlight of my spring.
also, i’m kinda with your husband. i really do not like hot drinks. if i make coffee here, i’ll drink because i’m not patient enough to allow it to cool, but i don’t like anything else hot!
I am so with you on Nashville. Just WHY do they already have to go and eff up Juliette and Avery. Just leave them be… and Scarlett, please go away. That is all I have to say about that.
Also, sidenote, I am craving that Spring Greens with Candied Meyer Lemons and Spicy Fried Goat Cheese salad so hard right now.
ugh, scarlett. i feel like they have RUINED her. last year i loved her character, albeit timid and shy and new and cute and whatever. but this year, that has transformed into whiney and miserable and generally unlikable. i love the actress so i’m hoping they can do something to turn the character around?? i mean, they did it with avery!!
That Buzzfeed on Target cracked me up. I used to live down the street from a massive new Target, and as this was Los Angeles there was never rain to keep me inside. I can totally relate to the homewares, Essie Spring Nail Polish and EOS conundrums.
I love when you take words right out of my head.
“8. I’m a GMA morning show devotee who thinks her world is now over since Josh Elliot left the show.”
My thoughts exactly. Devastating. My coworkers laugh at the old lady that I am every time I reference a story I saw on GMA.
xoxo
I do that too! I’m always like, “this morning on Good Morning America…” :)
I pay $5 for 2 avocados here… One time it was $5 for one. #sorrynotsorry
I had more then one friend send me the target list. Lol. Too true
I am so down with mini backpacks….SQUEEEE!
WAIT!?! josh Elliot is leaving GMA? The cute dark headed handsome cutie-patoote is LEAVING GMA?!?! Sigh. I think I’ll go cry now.
I have just been wondering aloud when/what is avocado season because I’ve noticed they are so good lately! Totally paying a lot as well but worth it.
According to my local grocer, there is an avocado shortage and the prices are going to skyrocket (because they aren’t expensive enough as it is?).
Anywhoo, my grocer suggested i buy an avocado tree, which, I live on the west coast, but the pacific NORTH west, not California, slight temperature difference by the grocer assures me I can grow one on my patio, no problem.
However, I’ve been known to kill cactus plants, so while I’m quite taken by the idea of walking out onto my patio, iced coffee in hand, and plucking an avocado off a tree (I’d also grab some fresh cilantro from the herb garden too. If I’m going to dream, i’m going to dream BIG), I can’t see this fantasy actually coming to fruition.
When I lived in Alaska I often had to spend $3-4 on ONE avocado. And they are my absolute favorite food so I tried to get them as much as possible. They’re not great quality up there either since they’re shipped so far.
My boyfriend wants to move back to Alaska and my number one reason for resisting is “because avocados.”
Wait…in Minnesota avocados are $2.50 when they go on sale! I still buy at least two a week…
Do real people buy shoes like that?! I wanna meet these people!
He doesn’t like the SMELL of coffee?? I didn’t know people like that existed! Blasphemy!
If it makes you feel any better, I pay nearly double your crazy high prices for avocados. Thank you, Singapore.
OMG those shoes?
One could break one’s neck wearing them and they’re soooo ugly.
Would you wear them Jessica?
So I shouldn’t mention I get avocados for fairly cheap?! Anddd I agree. GMA is not the same without Josh. I sense a rivalry starting.
I love your recipe posts but I really LOVE your Tuesday Thing posts. Ha Ha.
I was at Target yesterday!!!! I needed a lock for the gym. $69 later…. I swear
I can totally relate to the Target list. It’s sooo crazy how the cart just fills itself. Also, so glad to see you mention Lent. It’s refreshing in this secular world :)
Love the Target thing… I don’t go to Target since I can’t spend money as if it were water, LOL! I learned that long ago! Plus super Targets with food…. pullllease they do not have all my food needs covered and it is all an evil ploy to make me food shop there so I spend ALL my money there. Evil! LOL!
Is Josh the cutie with the pretty white teeth? While flipping channels, I’ve stopped and watched whatever he was reporting just to see him, whether I was really interested or not.
I gave up Coke zero last July. I think about it all day, everyday.
So coincidental because yesterday I was in the handbag department of Nordstrom talking myself into a bunch of cute bags I really shouldn’t be blowing $$ on and the saleswoman told me that little backpacks were in right now. Couldn’t believe it. I also CANNOT do it. I just can’t. It’s just dropkicks me back to 7th grade way too much. I barely got on board with crossbodys, this takes it one too far!!
The donut shoes remind me of these hamburger wedding shoes: http://www.katieblauer.com/Gallery/#All/View All/27/Allison’s Wedding
Well the link didn’t work but go to http://www.katieblauer.com and you’ll see the hamburger wedding shoes (or cut and paste the link above from the http all the way to the end of the line).
Oh goodness. I picked a giant bag of avocados for you last-last weekend (like 30 of them) and then left them on my kitchen table. They are now all perfectly ripe and ready for the largest vat of guac ever made. Better get my faux-Mexican butt back to the yard and actually send the ones I pick this time… :o)
I like a squeeze of lime on my avocado, and now there’s a lime shortage too. They were charging 89 cents for ONE lime yesterday. Yikes.
I can totally sympathize with you on the the whole lent issue; I gave up sweet tea. Never have I wanted it more than I do now, and drinking unsweet tea is just not working for me! I can’t wait till Easter, the first thing I’m doing is heading to McDonald’s for a huge $1 Sweet Tea!!!
You may owe me your first born for this info..Trader joes has bottled coffee concentrate that I am now ridiculously hooked on. I don’t think it’s as great hot, but for iced coffee it is stellar….like mind blowing-ly great and quick.
And how’s that for easy…ice milk and coffee concentrate. Done. The directions say to dilute it w/ water, but I don’t feel it needs any dilution. I just use lactaid milk and ice, because that type of milk is sweeter…and since I don’t like my coffee drinks very sweet…it’s perfection. Obviously you can add whatever you like into it, but it’s a quick easy and really good.
Enjoy!
To be honest I do not think that is a lot to spend on Avocados at all! Even with the exchange rate I would be paying several dollars more for an avocado in New Zealand! And with you coffee dilemma… count yourself lucky! The only place that I can think of that would do drive through coffees over here is McDonalds :/ oh how I would long for a starbucks drive thru!
i just can’t get enough of avocado! sadly they’re incredibly expensive here as well.. but totally worth it, so I’ll just keep throwing one into my basket!
xo, cheyenne
“8. I’m a GMA morning show devotee who thinks her world is now over since Josh Elliot left the show.” – AGREED. I’m so bummed out. The show isn’t the same!!
Last year I saw someone’s car COVERED in post its…I’ll have to find the picture I took! I am so bummed Josh is leaving GMA too! I don’t know what to think…I heard Michael Strahan is replacing him? But I don’t what to think of that either!