Thursday Thirteen #8

Thirteen Reason's I know I'm addicted to Coffee

1). It's the first thing I think about when I
wake up, okay sometimes second!!!
2). I love to have the pot set the night before,
so it's done when I wake up (it's also my
alarm)!!! It brings back a childhood memory of
my mom making coffee, and as I layed in
bed, I could smell the familiar aroma!!!
3). Okay, then there's chocolate & coffee,
the #1 being, chocolate covered coffee beans,
and believe me I've eaten my fair share!!!
4). I love my first sip of a good hot cup of
coffee, I sit and enjoy it in the summer!
But, when I'm working, I usually have a
couple of sips before my shower and finish
it while getting ready for work! Pour a second
in a travel mug to take with me!
5). When I started drinking coffee as a young
adult, I drank it with cream.
6). Later, I switched to black coffee. I'd moved
into a neighborhood, where a few of us got
together and always had a cup of coffee in
our hand, (we all drank it black.) It was a great
time, all our kids played together as we visited,
and we 'ALWAYS' had coffee. Sometimes we
played cards, other times, worked on crafts,
but 'ALWAYS' over coffee!!!
7). This was the about the time I started working
for one of my neighbors, we drank coffee there
too! Later on, I discovered Coffee Mate flavored
creamers...I soon become hooked on hazlenut!
8). Years later, I gave up regular hazlenut (to help lose
weight), I went to fat free and used that
for a couple of years. At first it was terrible, but I
quickly adapted to it and was hooked on it!!!
9). Later I decided to give that up too,
and use plain powdered creamer! I'd still
love to use the flavored creamers, (now they
even have chocolate raspberry)!!!
10). This should have been put near #1 , I
hate hate hate old coffee!!! Or, burnt coffee...
I really like to drink it fresh!!!
11). I also hate the smell of old/burnt coffee. I can
smell it right away!!! But it happens... sometimes I'm
given a cup of old brew...I really try not to drink it.
12). I also love coffee in blended drinks, my #1 fave
espresso is raspberry mocha and same with a blended
or iced coffee...totally a dessert to me...YUMMM!
13). Please look at my Wordless Wednesday under this
post!!! It's the cutest espresso shop I've ever seen.
It's called 'Hot Spot' as good as it is cute!!! I'm
lucky it's not far from my house!!!

I'd love a cup of coffee right now, but it's too
late...:(