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yumyum's Lagerfeld Coca-Cola bottle

Chanel Style, that is…..as part of the campaign for the product: Coca-cola Light in France, M. Lagerfeld designed a bottle fashioned with his silhouette and actually photographed the ad campaign. ooooh la la.

Ad campaign for Coca-Cola Light by LagerfeldPhoto: Karl Lagerfeld for Coca-Cola via slashfood.com

And, truth be told, if you really want to wear CHANEL’s Cruise ‘11 Collection (gasp, it’s h-e-r-e-e-e-e-e) you’re going to need get used to LIVING on this stuff and little else (…well, “coke” and cigarettes are probably FINE……).

Karl Lagerfeld prefers to imbibe his “Coco” -Cola Light in a favourite Lalique ‘goblet’, wearing fingerless gloves ….. …..OHPLEASELETMEWRITEWHATIWANTTORIGHTHERE……..and I think I’m just gonna KEEP my vivid imagery to myself (my lawyer thinks it’s best)……

So, Cheers, Salut, Compei and all that Fizz.

VIA-Starbucks. 12 Li’l pkts of Joe for 9.99.

VIA-Starbucks. 12 Li’l pkts of Joe for 9.99.

(EXCEPT WHENEVER I GET THEM, SOMEONE HAS TAMPERED WITH THE BOXES.)

‘Ahoy There Coffee Pirates, You’ll not be gettin’ yer Caffeine VIA ME no more…har dee har.’

Starbucks Via individual instant packets

Okay, Now, maybe that sounds a bit Stingy, but 12 cups for $10, ….but I’m only getting 11 (virtually un-openable) say one out of every four purchases (**ha, ha, but NOW I’m checking and YOU should too)….so really, it’s been a bit shy of a buck a cuppa.

So, basically I have three ‘mugs’ of coffee each morning which equates to a two box per week Habit. Two boxes of 11 ‘envelopes’ a week OR=22 servings…so I can actually have three cups a week and invite a friend (or allow an additional theft at will) one morning every seven days:

“Isshoni yoake-no kohi nomanai?”
Translation: Do you want to drink morning coffee together?”
which has nothing to do with the beverage and more to do with nocturnal amusements.
i.e……like saying “Wanna spend the night with me?”

In need of Coffee

But, back to basics—this mathematics is a bit intense for me. (I’ll wear my brown hair today….see photo WITHOUT coffee–now, don’t I look contemplative?)

All this long division and J-slang aside, the instant coffee is actually the finest that I’ve had. My friends in Tokyo get rabid over it as it is still not widely available at the franchises here. Instant coffee is much more prevalent in Japan than in the US at offices. Frankly, I’ve had some of the worst of my life in some of the best places—that said, I wouldn’t want a critique on US rice dishes either.

One interesting note, despite what MUST be a resounding profit for the Starbucks company overall–unless their global expansion has been too rapid to maintain–they seem to be cutting corners on their deliveries and menu options. We were told that their new selections were being re-evaluated and that a write-in campaign was underway to resurrect their old fare. That sounds like a bit of a burden for the consumer to yyc. What’s next—gas surcharge for the Venti?

Conspiracy Theory—

or
Why I never did trust those Little Elves in the Hollow Tree.

So, I’m hunting down my favourite Keebler cookies–the peanut butter lover’s chocolate chip variety and it’s vanished!

Naturally, I’m thinking—okay, another e coli issue in the food stuffs like about a year ago when it all got yanked off the shelves—but, no….(work with me here, if I HAD a sample for a picture to illustrate this post, girlfriends, I’d use it and then eat the props).

Now at Target, I see a bag of the competition: CHIPS AHOY WITH REESES PEANUT BUTTER CHIPS COOKIES…..

Chips Ahoy cookies with Reeses Peanut Butter Chips

This was never available before as a product. I would have scoped it out in desperation…..

Methinks there is a plot afoot.

Worry not, I am in the process of testing this thing out….sort of a blind taste test on different bags.

I’ll keep you apprised of my results.
P.S. Tell Jenny Craig I’ll be calling in two weeks.

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