The Lone Ladle

So I went through the "buy the best" phase during a time when I thought I needed more things than I really did....

Translation: I wasted money on useless crap I THOUGHT I needed....  

Now I'm purging.

The "Lone Wooden Ladle" made the cut....

I bought this at an arts festival maybe 6 years ago. A handmade hardwood scoop. The proposed use was to scoop sugar from my sugar canister. To leave it in the canister.  It seemed to be a good size for this. But, the handle was too long to leave it in the canister. 

It sat in a holder gathering dust until today.

I needed to ladle balsamic sauce over my slow cooking pork tenderloin....

Perfect.

A thing of beauty finally graduated to a useful life......

Yes, I washed the dust off first.

LIQUID CRACK DIY

This probably belongs in my foods blog, Cookie Cooks.... But, it's more of an addiction than a food choice really....

I was sitting innocently at work at LMU one day in the summer 2010 when my boss /friend brought in Starbucks' iced caramel macchiato. I have never been a coffee person, but suddenly I was hooked.

I got a gold CrackBucks card in 2011. I should have invested....

I've taken 1001 photos, or there abouts...

Airport crack

Vacation crack

Travel crack

Gift crack

Fashionable crack

Art crack 

Soul crack

Busy crack

Hide a crack...

Crack-Wood

Natural crack

Techno crack

Topless crack

Photo bomb crack

Natural crack habitat

New crack container

Sweets and crack

Where's my crack?

Crack want a be

Oh, not crack....

Crack whore......

Just plain crack residing at CrackBucks

So, at over $5 a hit, and 400-something calories a venti whole milk version (with whip added), I found that a drink a day was adding up... Figure $150 a month and an added 60 pounds to me....  

Can we say addiction.... And whole milk because flavor rides on fat. The drink is creamier.

So, I've completely revamped. I but maybe 2 a week and I make the rest. I've gone to 2% milk, no added whip, and a grande size (smaller).

This has cut about 170 calories and $100 a month.

Milk, caramel topping, vanilla syrup, espresso grind Starbucks coffee beans and an espresso maker.

My kind of happy ending....

Crack-ending...