Tomorrow night, a great old band, English Beat, will play live in my hometown of Denver. I don’t think I’ll be there, but I’ve had this song in my head. Here’s a hint — the photo at right is about remedying a slip-up.
I rent a shared office part-time. Usually, I bring my own coffee from home in the morning, in a nice stainless steel mug that my husband orphaned.
But this week, I decided to make some coffee at the office after a long, long weekend of working more than playing. I like some milk in my coffee. Before I knew it, the coffee had brewed, and I found myself in the situation of many office workers … sipping coffee:
- from a styrofoam cup,
- stirred with a plastic spoon, and
- diluted with (don’t tell Michael Pollan!) lactose-free, “lite” artificial creamer. It contains two items on the “avoid” list, and the only item that would pass Pollan’s rules 2 and 3 is “sugar.” Ugh.
Oh, dear.
The next day I brought in a little container of milk and my own mug. I can keep the milk in the fridge all week and wash the container on the weekends.
If you’re feeling guilty of an eco-sin or a nutrition sin, here’s a song to absolve you … unlike the song’s narrator, at least I didn’t ruin two lives this week.
And now for the wrap-up:
- When something that sounds too good to be true – isn’t – from WiseBread. Stories of amazing deals, and cautionary tales.
- Also from WiseBread, a recipe and cost breakdown for homemade dog food. Have any of you made your own dog food? I do make my own dog biscuits, but we buy fancy allergenic-free dog food at the pet store for Schnauzer Cheap (who has allergies to dust, or something).
- Happy birthday! Or if it’s not today, it’s surely coming up within the next year or so. Suddenly Frugal has a list of birthday freebies for you.
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Comments ( 3 )
(Still dancing in my seat at work) Love English Beat. And don’t beat yourself up too much about coffee cup/creamer. The journey of many miles starts with a single step-Nobody’s perfect- Don’t cry over spilt creamer.
Enough of the psycho-babble and the Dr. Philism’s.
Just sit back and listen to the music. Have a cup of coffee. With creamer!
Rob added these pithy words on
Mar 05 10 at
4:07 pm
Thanks for linking to my <a href="http://www.suddenlyfrugal.com/2010/03/14-birthday-freebies/"Birthday Freebies' post on Suddenly Frugal.
And as far as your English Beat reference, at first I thought you may have been confused and thinking about Squeeze’s “Black Coffee in Bed.”
Clearly, you have good taste in music–I’ve got an English Beat radio station on Pandora.
Leah
Leah Ingram added these pithy words on
Mar 06 10 at
6:57 am
I wouldn’t beat yourself up about the cup of coffee. We all get caught off guard by an impulse/serious need. Guilt isn’t productive. Look on the bright side – it motivated you to find a solution!
I don’t make Blitzkrieg’s food. I found a US made kibble that has human grade US sourced ingredients that I’m very happy with. I know a lot of dog sport people who do for various reasons. Like everything, there are people who swear it is the best thing or was the worst thing for their pet.
I make Blitzkrieg’s dog treats from time to time because he has allergies too. And I like to bake. The bad thing is whenever I bake he automatically thinks I’m making stuff for him.
Blitzkrieg got his Molly Mutt bed! He loves it. Thank you!
Condo Blues added these pithy words on
Mar 12 10 at
9:16 pm
