You might have a Starbucks problem if...
Look at me! Doing something productive with my little addiction. I've started a list... think Jeff Foxworthy's "You might be a redneck if..." but different. Undomestic Diva style.
You might have a Starbucks problem if...
... you have to throw away on old Starbucks cup in order to have room in your cup holder for a new one.
... your drink is waiting for you when you walk in each morning.
... you know the baristas at your local Starbucks by name.
... and the baristas regularly attend your children's birthday parties.
... you consider Starbucks a type of fuel.
... you consider filling up on a cappuccino to be the same thing as putting gas in your tank.
... when people talk about rising fuel prices, you rush to your local Bux to see if it's true.
... you own stock in Starbucks (SBUX) and consider your daily cup of joe an investment.
... Starbucks is where you go because 'everybody knows your name.'
... when a client asks where your office is, you give them your local Starbucks' address.
... Starbucks Green is your favorite color.
... and you've petitioned Crayola to rename "Kelly Green" as such.
... your GPS navigation system sighs audibly when you ask it for the nearest Starbucks location.
... you can't, for the life of you, make it to the gym three times a week, but your discipline is uncanny when it comes to stopping by a Starbucks every.single.day.
Finish the sentence You might have a Starbucks problem if... in the comments section of this post. Enter as often as you'd like through 8:00 PM Pacific today. We will vote on our favorite tomorrow (so be very creative), with the winner announced Wednesday.
Oh yeah, the prize? $20 gift card to - where else? - Starbucks.
...when your 3year old starts spitting out your order before it's even your turn! Then tells everyone that "we come all da time!"
Posted by: Melody | 16 June 2008 at 04:50 AM
...when you can tell a new barista exactly how to make your drink!
Posted by: Laurie | 16 June 2008 at 04:52 AM
... You know the location of every Starbucks within a mile of any given destination.
... When you plan a vacation the proximity of a Starbucks is a deciding factor.
Posted by: daniele | 16 June 2008 at 06:02 AM
... you choose a hospital for the birth of your child based upon whether or not they have a Starbucks on site.
Posted by: Brianne | 16 June 2008 at 06:17 AM
...the drive-thru person knows who you are because you're the one with the Paul McCartney special edition Starbucks card.
Posted by: Sara | 16 June 2008 at 06:18 AM
...you had a weird ordering experience and your first thought was about blogging it.
http://spit-upandstilettos.blogspot.com/2008/04/parlez-vous-coffee.html
Posted by: TheMama | 16 June 2008 at 07:05 AM
... when your 3 year old can spot a Starbucks before you can. Rock on sister!
Posted by: Jill | 16 June 2008 at 07:18 AM
*...when you call your hubby (or wife) by the name of your favorite barista during...you know...
dinner. (Dirty minds!)
*When you spill your Starbucks drink on your lap whilst driving and your first reaction has NOTHING to do with the fact that you wore white pants today, or that your lap is suffering some seriously painful burns, but rather a "Dammit!" and pulling a U-ie to go get a fresh one.
Posted by: Jenn in IL | 16 June 2008 at 07:55 AM
...when after your daughter has major surgery and comes out of her drug haze....the first thing she screams at the nurse is "I WANT STARBUCKS". (totally not kidding)
Posted by: Kerrie | 16 June 2008 at 08:26 AM
....you think going there too often is a problem - no problems here! visit again and again!
Posted by: be the change | 16 June 2008 at 08:36 AM
ha... when you walk into starbucks and the tile on your feet feels like your walking on pastries and you stare at the walls and all you see is coffee pouring down them. and the sound of the coffee grinder, steamers and the blenders is like music in your ears and nothing else around exist but you and your cup and it's so overhelming that the room starts spinning and you find yourself in a middle of a pile of coffee beans... hasn't happened to me yet?
Posted by: me | 16 June 2008 at 09:12 AM
...if your six year old can go up to the counter and order a Iced Quad Venti Sugar-Free Vanilla Nonfat w/ Whip Caramel Macchiato.
Posted by: Momo Fali | 16 June 2008 at 09:21 AM
... your GPS navigation system sighs audibly when you ask it for the nearest Starbucks location.
HA, I laughed out loud at that one.
How about...if your three-year-old hands you a penny he finds on the ground to add to your coffee fund
Posted by: Becca | 16 June 2008 at 09:39 AM
...when you use Starbucks locations as landmarks in giving directions.
...problem? I don't have a problem! Just pass me the tall Skinny Cinny latte and back away SLOWLY!
Posted by: Sprite's Keeper | 16 June 2008 at 09:44 AM
If you hide the starbucks coffee beans and give your hubby the Folgers in the cabinet so he doesn't take all of YOUR coffee to his work coffee mess.
Posted by: Bekah | 16 June 2008 at 12:29 PM
...you have more Starbucks gift cards in your wallet than credit or membership cards.
Posted by: suzanne | 16 June 2008 at 12:39 PM
You lie to your boss about having sales calls you must go out on;instead you're sitting in Starbucks sipping an iced venti white chocolate mocha reading undomestic diva on your laptop.
Posted by: Lori | 16 June 2008 at 01:16 PM
When you tell your family you have to go to the grocery store, and your 4 year old says "Daddy, hers is sneaking away to Starbucks again."
Posted by: Lori | 16 June 2008 at 01:18 PM
Instead of throwing away the cup from your last Starbucks trip like a normal person, you toss them in the back seat of your car to make room for the new one. Then, your husband decides he's going to drive your car one day and is greeted by, no lie, 33 empty Starbucks cups in the back seat.
Posted by: Lori | 16 June 2008 at 01:21 PM
your 4 year old preschool lunch consists of prepacked fruit/cheese combo ($5.95!!) and she thinks low fat blueberry coffee cake is a healthy treat.
Posted by: Swirl Girl | 16 June 2008 at 01:45 PM
if you go to starbucks at night and buy two drinks one for that night and one for the next moring because your afraid you won't be able to make it there.
(my stepmom does this)
Posted by: ib Kid | 16 June 2008 at 02:02 PM
When you're riding in the car with your husband, he see as Starbucks and he looks to you for the nod to turn in. And, he knows how to order your drink, including the temp you like it.
Posted by: Kelly | 16 June 2008 at 02:18 PM
......if you go into your local Starbucks, see some guy sitting in YOUR favourite chair, and have the cojones to go up to him and actually tell him, hey, you're sitting in MY spot! And then stand there, obviously waiting for him to move!
Posted by: Lennie | 16 June 2008 at 02:31 PM
You berate the barista because at 6am in the morning she has the audacity to first, give you a skinny Carmel latte instead of a cinnamon dolce, and second leave the sausage off of your sausage classic. Bless her heart, she didn't know she was in danger.
Posted by: Lori | 16 June 2008 at 02:35 PM
...when the barista knows your name and order but knows your kids name and their order...
or better yet... when they know you by "your Katie's mom." because you are frequently taking your daughter there but you don't order.
Posted by: evil chef mom | 16 June 2008 at 03:09 PM