Starbucks vs. Me

Starbucks won.

I am a pretty loyal Dunkin Donuts girl.  I am happy with a medium French Vanilla Light and Sweet any day of the week.  I can't be bothered with Latte's or Frap's or whatever else S.B.'s has to offer and quite frankly I still don't get the whole "Tall, Grande, Venti" system.  I think it's stupid and I think I sound stupid asking for my size that way.

Anyhoo.  My mother-in-law feels the same way, and had TWO gift cards in her wallet that she had been carrying around for over a YEAR!  She asked me if I could use them, so I told her I would.  I mean, it had been over a year!  If it came down to it, I would happily order a hot chocolate or something.

I am not even joking when I tell you that I actually researched what to order and how to order it!  I went in with my mom, who also had no clue what to get, I should have also preplanned for her.  I asked for a Grande Mocha...simple.  Mom got some sort of Caramel Latte.  I should have known something was up when the girl asked me if I wanted room for milk....um, no, I thought to myself, I'll just mix in the whipped cream when I get home and that should be good enough.  

 I get home...no whipped cream!  Man, I got ripped off!  Because after my hours of research, a standard Cafe Mocha COMES with whipped cream.  So I sipped it anyway and thought I would die.  There was no sweetness (remember I like a light and sweet coffee), no chocolatey flavor.  So I doctored it with Splenda, and my own whipped cream, more Splenda, then some Half & Half, then DUMPED more Splenda in.  OMG why is this not tasting better!????  I finally pull the receipt out of my wallet (which got covered in coffee on the way home, ugh), and surprise!  I was served Dark Roast Coffee, not the Cafe Mocha I could have written a 4 page thesis paper about.  

 
Damn you Starbucks.  Damn you.