For the second time this week, I headed out of the house to Starbucks to get some work done.
I know it may sound a little kooky, but the hustle and bustle of Starbucks actually helps me focus and get work done. Sometimes working at home is a little too quiet and having a needy dog always looking to me to give her attention can make it hard to concentrate.
They don’t call vizslas “velcro dogs” for nothin’.
After an early lunch today, I headed to Starbucks to spend a few hours in the zone. Ryan met up with me around 1:30 p.m. for a quick break since I was close to his work and he usually just eats lunch at his desk.
We both ordered grande Frappuccinos (chai crème for him and peppermint mocha for me) which left me chilled to the bone.
Next time, when it’s cold outside, I’ll be sure to swap my Frappuccino for a latte. My teeth were literally chattering as I sipped my drink!
Gosh, I am such a baby. My Illinois friends would be ashamed.
I arrived home from Starbucks just after 5 p.m. and in the mood to bake.
Lately it seems like my sweet tooth is in overdrive. I can’t seem to get enough cookies, chocolate and peppermint bark.
‘Tis the season, I suppose.
I baked up a batch of oatmeal cookies that I made by following a recipe from Martha Stewart for her carrot cake cookies. (I omitted the carrot because I was too lazy to grate it and didn’t chill the dough for an hour – again, too lazy – and they still turned out fantastic.)
Dinner
Fueled by a few cookies, once Ryan got home from work, we made salmon and roasted green beans for dinner. Supah simple!
We topped the salmon with a creamy sauce that I made by combining:
- 1/2 cup Greek yogurt
- 1 tablespoon stone ground mustard
- 3/4 tablespoon Italian seasoning
The fish fueled a chilly evening walk with Sadie.
And now it’s time to get warm on the couch and watch last night’s episode of Modern Family on the DVR!
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I love your outfit! So cute! 🙂 I think that’s awesome that you met up with Ryan for a coffee. Salmon looks delicious!
I’m with you (and pretty much everyone else) on working better at Starbucks. I just wrote the greater part of a 50,000-word novel there. At home, I’m distracted by the TV, dogs, refrigerator … Once I’m settled in with my drink at the Bux, it’s just me and my computer.
Every time I see you drinking a Frappuccino, I say to myself – “is that girl crazy?!” …. and then I have to remimd myself that you live in sunny, warm, Florida. 😉 Being someone who lives in Ontario, I stop getting Frappuccinos in September. No more cold drinks for this girl until summer! lol
I always used to sit @ Sbucks throughout college to do work [read, write papers, etc.] and the noise never disturbed me! I actually preferred it to sitting in my quiet apartment 😀 Something about the quiet is too eerie…
I don’t know what it is about being in public, but it helps me focus on anything I need to do also. I think it’s because people watching is less distracting than anything around my house. And the noise definitely helps. I don’t ever go to coffee shops though, because I can’t eat any of their food and I don’t drink coffee or tea and I’d feel weird not buying anything.
It often happens to me, I drink a frappuccino because it’s what I prefer but I’m chilled right after it!
And your dinner plate looks really delicious!
I’m the same way with studying and needing a little background noise. Plus, this time of year it’s just another excuse to enjoy a holiday drink. And I’ll take that any day. 🙂
I actually can NOT study at home, and I know of a lot of people who are the same. The library doesn’t work for me, either, unless I sit in the noisy part by the coffee place (which is basically a knockoff of Starbucks, anyways).
With a registered card, you can get coffee with flavour syrups without paying extra and then keep getting refills if you’re there for long enough to need more than one drink! Just a tip. 🙂