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I first spotted the mini Starbucks card in the mall while waiting in line for Tim Horton’s with my parents. Waiting in line for Tim Horton’s, you say, I thought this was going to be about your love for Starbucks? That it is, but that particular trip to the mall was about my parents’ love for Tim Horton’s. Luckily this difference in affiliation doesn’t affect our relationship so I crossed the food court to get an iced white mocha while they waited for their double doubles.

There it was, a little sign advertising the newest little addition to the Starbucks family, the Mini Card. A bit bigger than one of those grocery store points cards, it goes on your key chain so, in the event of an emergency, you’ll always be prepared for your morning coffee.

One small problem: they were out of cards! And so was the next location, and the next. But finally, on my way to the skytrain today a very helpful barista searched and discovered a mini card that must have been saved just for me. Now my keychain might contain a car key to a manual car I don’t know how to drive yet and a points card to a store I never shop at but at least I always have $10 worth of white chocolate mochas there, too.

I think I will name my mini card.

Here’s my Starbucks inspired wreath. Still debating if I want to add to it but then I’m getting into too much is too much territory. The best part is I saw the idea and was able to make it using only ornaments I had from last year and yarn I had for crocheting.

I am a bit delayed in posting this but I am happy to announce I got my first Starbucks red cup of the season the other day. It is officially that time of the year.

I was a bit disappointed in the gingerbread latte I sacrificed my recent coffee-free efforts for (I recommend requesting they hold the sugared ginger chunks that come on top) but I did round 2 today and this has to be one of the best eggnog lattes I’ve had. Excluding the ones I made in my SBUX days of course.

I am also very excited about the wreath I made after being inspired by the yarnball wreaths and decorations they used this year. I didn’t have quite the same variety of different sizes for the Christmas balls but it was even more gratifying that I didn’t buy anything new to make it! Of course I know this is because I have some packrat genes (sorry Mom and Dad) and saved enough yarn that wasn’t long enough to crochet anything to make a whole Christmas wreath.

I have taken pictures of it so tonight I’ll get them off the camera and share my newest craft. I’m also quite proud of John and I as we have all of our Christmas cards for our ministry supporters written and ready to go and even some Christmas shopping done. I made a point to pick things up on sale throughout the year so if I can resist the temptation to buy more for people (gifts are one of my love languages) I think this could be a really relaxed holiday.

So any bets on how long I can last before purchasing and/or begging John to buy me a Christmas mug from Starbucks…