The Beginning of $100 of Starbucks

"I am an avid coffee drinker." The first step to any problem is admitting that you have a problem. I don't have a problem with coffee... I have a problem without it! My love for coffee is something that started younger than most. I was about five or six years old and my grandmother would let my older sister and I have coffee in the morning with her; now at this age we would put so much sugar in our coffee it never fully dissolved and so much cream it was basically sugar and cream.

Fast forward about six years and coffee was a drink I would enjoy only on the weekends for breakfast. Since this was a weekend treat I remember I would fill an extra cup and save it for the following dreadful Monday to warm up and get me through junior high. It was no coincidence that in September of 2006 God answered a pray that brought a Starbucks to North Platte, Nebraska. This was HUGE for North Platte. We were no longer just a small community with Buffalo Bill as our classic indicator; no, no, no.. We were a small community with Buffalo Bill and one of the first Starbucks in Nebraska as our indicator! With Starbucks right off Interstate 80, North Platte was now on the map to many people who would no longer have to stop at some dive truck stop for a water downed pop and now were granted the wish of hot, aromatic coffee beverages.

My sophomore year of high school jolly, old Saint Nick brought our family the greatest and possibly a rather most deadly gift of a Keurig!! This began the start to a beautiful friendship that would allow me to start the day, everyday with fresh, lovely coffee. College has been no problem where I upgraded to my own Keurig and I am a daughter to a woman who basically owns a lifetime supply of K-cups. Also a self titled "local" at one of the four Starbuck's in Lincoln.

So now that you are all caught up to the present, you're probably wondering where this is all going. Well for Christmas this year I received an outstanding one.hundered.dollars exactly in gift cards for Starbucks. This was obviously due to fate or that I have great friends and family that know me so well. So without further ado I present: "One Hundred Dollars of Starbucks" an update of different drinks and experiences from Starbucks.

Enjoy!

xcxc (hugs and coffee)

-Kristy