Don't it make my brown eyes blue

BLUEBERRY. TEA. LATTE. Thank you, QuikTrip! My favorite convenience store, besides Buc-ee's of course.

Speaking of Buc-ee's...you have to try the Beaver Nuggets if you get the chance. Sinful, sweet and gum-grating. I would describe it as a corn puff with a thick caramel coating, or hull-less caramel corn...kinda. They only come in a 13oz bag. I've polished one off before and I was sick the rest of the day, so don't overindulge. Share if you can. Good luck with that.

Anyway!!! Back to the latte. It actually tasted like I was drinking a blueberry muffin. Now that may sound disgusting in a way, because I hate soggy bakery goods. Cake DOES NOT touch ice cream. Bread pudding is a sign of endtimes. But trust me it's delicious. It wasn't so sweet that I couldn't drink the entire thing. On myfitnesspal.com the calorie count for a 20oz cup is 360. Ouch! I don't know why I looked. <whimper> Guess I'll have to treat myself occasionally.

Since I'm on a gluttony roll, let me tell you about Godiva. First, are you a member of the Godiva Rewards program? If not, I feel for you. It's completely free and with no purchase necessary you get a free truffle every month at their stores. I've yet to leave there with just the one free piece, but I digress. The employees are so friendly and don't make you feel like a mooch. I tested this on Saturday by brazenly announcing I was just there for my free piece, thank you very much, then folding and buying one of the new Parfaits. The clerk just smiled, knowingly. The flavor I got was Death by Chocolate. I seriously had an out of body experience eating it. Go now!

Heaven! 

I'm about to go into a sugar coma just thinking about all of these. And that's not a bad thing.

Happy Wednesday!

What's the Dill? It's National Pickle Day!

I still don't know why I call my daughter Pickles. I think because I like the word, how it sounds. It's a happy word. At any rate, a friend just let me know that today is National Pickle Day. Seriously? That's awesome! I'm such a pickle fan I even dressed my daughter (Bellamy) as one for her first Halloween.

Pickles and Grandma Gini (2010)

Besides the word, I absolutely l-o-v-e eating pickles. Especially fried with ranch. Yum. Paula Deen has a recipe courtesy of Uncle Bubba's Oyster House for Fried Pickles using the hamburger dill slices. As soon as I can get my hands on a deep fryer I'm making those suckers. For now I have to hang my head at the local Hooter's to get this kind (as opposed to the spear version found everywhere these days). Here's a pic of those nummy golden discs of wonder.

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Have a great day, y'all!