If you’re anything at all like me, you probably have certain signs and traditions that signify to you that the holidays are approaching. I shared one of my own not too long ago, and now today’s happiness is brought to you by another – my first annual Starbucks Cranberry Bliss® Bar.
Visits to Starbucks used to be daily occurrences – at least on weekdays – as I picked up coffee and breakfast every day on my way in to the office, and often stopped by later in the day for another drink. Then I moved to Windsor and started working from home, and those visits dropped dramatically – first of all because I wasn’t going out to work, and secondly because this city is definitely not Victoria when it comes to coffee options! In Victoria you can find a Starbucks on every corner (ok, a bit of an exaggeration – but truthfully, I used to stop by one on my way to work and then, if the line was too long, head over to the one on the next block rather than wait!), but here in Windsor you’re more likely to see another Tim Hortons instead.
So now that I actually have to go quite a bit out of my way to get to a Starbucks, visiting has become a rare treat. Today, since there happened to be one en route to my morning appointment, I just had to stop by and pick up a coffee (a reward for getting up and out so early!)… and when I saw the Cranberry Bliss® Bar on the menu… well, my day was made. After all, “bliss” is right in the title – how can that NOT be happy-making?!
What treats signify to you that the holidays are coming?
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December 1, 2014
Usually, it’s apple cider for Halloween and eggnog for Christmas. =)
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December 1, 2014
Mmmm… both sound good to me!
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December 1, 2014
Are you kidding? Starbucks hot chocolate is my total love plus any of their pastries are delish! I have to will myself to stay away, except for those few times when I feel like I deserve something special!
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December 1, 2014
I hear you – it’s probably a good thing that getting to one is less convenient for me these days!
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December 1, 2014
Looks yummy! We don’t really have any seasonal traditions yet other than putting up a tree after the 12th and no presents under it until the kids are asleep Christmas Eve. Our main traditions involve the day itself. Bacon & egg breakfast and then opening presents with a roast turkey or ham for dinner and pavlova for dessert!
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December 2, 2014
That sounds lovely, and delicious! Thanks for sharing. 🙂
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December 1, 2014
Early morning, you got me craving for some hot chocolate and chocolate pastries!! Not fair, Laurel 🙂 🙂
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December 2, 2014
Heehee… sorry about that! 😉
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December 1, 2014
My Mom’s European Vanilla Kipferl cookie recipe: deeeelissshioussss! 😉 Much better than shortbread and is NOT shortbread! 😉 <3 (I make them now too!) <3
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December 2, 2014
Yum!
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December 1, 2014
Those are Vanilla Crescent cookies I believe in English. The original are moon-crescent shaped cookies…. 😉 <3
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December 2, 2014
They sound amazing!
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December 2, 2014
The holiday treat I am not allowed to forget to bring to family gatherings is my cream cheese coffee cake!
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December 2, 2014
Oh, that sounds delicious!
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December 2, 2014
The treat looks yummy Laurel…I have to find this…:)
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December 2, 2014
I hope you do – they’re lovely!
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December 2, 2014
When it comes to food there are no occasions for me. Anytime is a good time to celebrate
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December 2, 2014
LOL, sounds good to me!
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December 2, 2014
Yummm…deliciousness!! Let me go explore my neighborhood Starbucks today! 😉
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December 2, 2014
I hope you find them!
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December 2, 2014
I love the smell of fresh pine trees when I visit grocery stores–wreaths and trees and seasonal stuff. But I only like it in December, no earlier.
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December 2, 2014
I love that smell too – so evocative.
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You know, I have never been to Starbucks. I have never developed a taste for coffee. That is a lot of the reason. That pastry looks to die for. That might be enough to lure me in.
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December 2, 2014
Oh, it’s definitely worth it, Kathy!
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December 2, 2014
Eggnog! In Ithaca, New York, about an hour from where I live, there is an ice cream company that makes the world’s best (I mean that) eggnog. They sell it in one local store where I live between Thanksgiving (4th Thursday in November for us) and New Years. And, I just purchased some Green Mountain eggnog flavored coffee.
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December 3, 2014
Oh, that sounds divine! I love adding a splash of eggnog to my coffee, but I can’t imagine that anything I could buy would be as nice as that stuff! Enjoy. 🙂
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Anything peppermint. Peppermint hot chocolate. Peppermint candy. Peppermint peppermint and more peppermint. Yum.
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December 3, 2014
Yum! The first candycane of the season is always special. 🙂
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I just had a chocolate ice cream… thank God for that! Or else I would have been drooling now. 😉
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December 4, 2014
LOL, good thing! 😉
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