Local Starbucks – Closed for Renovation?!

It was so hot yesterday, I was willing to spend even more time under the sun walking to my local Starbucks to cool down with a nice and cold frappuccino. Only to find:

“Temporarily Closed. Please enjoy your favorite beverage at another one of our locations.”

I was shocked. I walked all the way in that grueling heat for a closed sign? I peeked through the window and it looked like they’re getting renovations done. They’re closed for another week and a half or so. I WANT MY STARBUCKS! These better be really good renovations.

Frappuccinos, if you haven’t tried them, are a blend of ice, water, coffee, milk and various flavored syrups. In my opinion, they taste kind of like milkshakes. I believe Starbucks divides their many, many varieties of “frapps” into two categories: Blended coffee and blended crème. The latter offers you a sweeter taste because it has no coffee (it’s cream-based) and there’s no caffeine, so kids like to enjoy this beverage as well.

My favorite flavor is the vanilla bean. It’s sweet and creamy and it tastes like vanilla ice cream, only better. To save calories and a little guilt, I skip the whip cream. It’s still really good; I’ve wasted way too much money buying this stuff. One day I’m going to learn how to make one myself, although I’m sure it will never be as good. Alternatively, I will go work at Starbucks for a month and learn all the tricks.

Or maybe I should believe that the closed Starbucks is a message from God telling me that I need to start drinking more water and less overpriced high-cal stuff.

Save money, save calories. It sounds like a pretty good incentive to stop going there, even though I know I won’t. I love Starbucks too much for my own good. Is anyone else addicted to that place? Could you live without your Starbucks?