The Starbucks in Longview (the one by Target) :)
Danae, Cassia, Bristol, and I went out today…Our last stop was Starbucks.
Earlier, I had purchased at Walmart a very plain yet practical clear glass container to serve as pencil holder for my office desk. When I arrived at Starbucks, I was struck with inspiration upon seeing a mug at the counter, filled with whole coffee beans which supported an assortment of handy-dandy ink pens.
The idea was PERFECT for the office. But alas, I have no whole coffee beans. SO, once again, inspiration struck!
I decided to take a long shot and asked the gal behind the counter if, by any chance, they had any older, stale, whole coffee beans lying around that I could have. I let her know that I too knew that mine was a rather random question, and that I’d like to try out their pen holder for myself. :)
A bit taken back by my unexpected question (and with a line of non-question-asking customers behind me), she thought, pondered, then informed me that she didn’t think they had any. :( (WHAT?? They don’t collect stale coffee beans??? ;) ) She turned to another gal (I believe t’was a manager) and asked her my question.
At some point, I was informed that “yes, indeed” this was a random question.
The manager gal said that “no” – they didn’t have any beans to share with me. BUT then inspiration and kindness struck HER!
She was like “We don’t have any – but you can have OURS.”
Bless her heart, she got me a little bag and filled it with the coffee beans out of THEIR mug!!!!!!! So sweet!
So now, I have my free, whole coffee beans to put on my desk. My random question was answered beyond satisfactorily. And I hope the customers in line behind me weren’t too perturbed by me – the random-question-asking customer.
Speaking of random questions…this concludes a random post. :D
June 9th, 2007 at 10:46 pm
SO FUN!!! Wow…I can’t WAIT to see your pen holder!!! :-D
June 10th, 2007 at 9:47 pm
I love you sis-oh-mine…I can’t wait to see you tomorrow!!!!!!!!!!!!
June 10th, 2007 at 10:19 pm
I am READY for y’all to be HOME! Looking forward to seeing YOU TOO! LOVE YOU OH OH OH SO MUCH!!!
June 10th, 2007 at 10:25 pm
Toooooooo cute Perkster!!!! :-) Go you!!!!!!!!!! :-) Love you and miss you!!!!!!!!!!
June 10th, 2007 at 10:28 pm
I miss you too, Erin!!!!
I rearranged my bedroom tonight. There is now space on the floor JUST FOR YOU!!!! And Malloo too, of course, of course, of course!!! Bring on the air mattresses!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :-D
Love y’all SOOOOOO much! HUG SQUISH SQUEEZE!!!!
June 11th, 2007 at 5:24 am
I miss you too Perky! I miss Chris and Cat a lot! Life at ALERT without Chris would be a lot different. ALERT is a lot better for having Chris and Cat here.
Have a great day today Perks! See you at coffee time! ;)
June 11th, 2007 at 9:07 am
They come back tonight!! YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I’ve missed them too. I love having family here – I agree t’wouldn’t be the same!
June 11th, 2007 at 2:26 pm
Alright Guys and Gals !
I’m part of the missing everybody committee.
Looking forward to seeing my Daughters , Son in Law and friends !
God is good and blessings to all.
Much love,
Mom
Also looking forward to meeting my Grandbaby when the time comes
June 11th, 2007 at 2:29 pm
Aw, Mom!!!!!!!!! You are part of the “those BEING MISSED club” too!!!!!! I LOVE MORE THAN WORDS CAN SAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
So So So So MUCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Do me a HUGE favor. You give Daddy a COMASSIVE hug, while he gives you GRANDIOSE one BACK! And both hugs will be from me!!!!!!!
Will we see you this weekend????
June 11th, 2007 at 6:33 pm
Sweet! You should put up a pcture of it. :-) Hey I miss you too. I was driving through Conway the other day and almost called to see if you wanted to do lunch again. :-P
June 11th, 2007 at 7:00 pm
LOL! You SHOULD HAVE!!!!!!!!!! hee hee. AND you should come visit us here sometime :-) Me and Chris and Catherine and baby and J and David and Caryn and all the kiddos are ALL HERE! Now THAT is a reason to visit!!! We can put you to work during the day…and at night you can visit with family and friends! Whadya say???? :-D
June 12th, 2007 at 12:32 pm
Sounds like a plan! :-)
June 12th, 2007 at 12:49 pm
YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! When??? :-)