You can just call me the Starbucks Promotion Girl. I absolutely LOVE Starbucks.
Here are some of the vast number of ways I am a fan of Starbucks:
1. I register my Starbucks gift cards. I love the Starbucks gift card free rewards program, and I am on the green star level currently where added syrups are FREE (If my middle name wasn’t Anne, then I think that it would be free. LOL).
2. My family knows that if they buy me a gift card for Christmas or my birthday, then one of the top gift cards is ALWAYS Starbucks. I recently had a first for me- I reloaded my Starbucks gift card, because over time I had burned through the 3 or 4 gift cards that I had (like I said, everyone knows that I love Starbucks). I reloaded the gift card with some money that I had gotten back on my tax return. Strategically budgetted in, of course. That is my financial situation, honestly, but all is well.
3. Last week, I went with my friend to this Working Women’s Expo in my city where thousands of women attended. I was largely going to find out about cool businesses and things in my area…..plus hopefully get some cool free stuff, too. Beside playing a fun plinko game (that reminded me of the Price is Right), I also played a game at a dental table where you throw the ring toss on the toothbrush. And, I missed all 3 times. Very disappointing, but I am so glad that I found a new dentist, which is the reason that I went over to the table. Anyways, the nice girl took sympathy on me, whipped out a prize, and it was a $5 Starbucks gift card. That was a beautiful surprise!
Starbucks (Photo credit: Ivana Di Carlo)
4. When I meet with friends, we often go to Starbucks. Second, a Starbucks drive-through is close to where I live, which is quite dangerous for me, especially on my way home from work. Third, at my old job, we used to sometimes have Saturday night Starbucks runs (since Starbucks was right down the street) where we would take employee orders, then one staff member would run out on a break and get all of us Starbucks. It was super fun, all of us were fans of Starbucks, and it made having to work Saturday nights (for the group of us that consistently had to work Saturday nights) much more fun.
5. One day, I think that it would be cool to own stock in Starbucks. In the future, when I have more disposeable income, it would be nice to invest in stocks and do more financial stewardship and investment.
6. When I think of Heaven, one thing that I have pondered is what while Heaven be like? It is so hard for the human mind to comprehend, you know. I want to see my name written in the book of life. I want to meet Jesus, and hear those words of honor “well done, my good and faithful servant.” And, on a much less spiritual note, I have wondered random things about Heaven, like what we will do when we are not worshipping….i.e. will we do cool stuff, like fly? I totally want to meet the saints of old, like Esther and Joshua, and I will be honored to meet people that I never got a chance to meet on earth, like Mother Teresa, who I would have loved to have met before she died. And, I have wondered if we will eat in Heaven. But, the Bible mentions eating around a table, so I think we will eat in Heaven. So, one small slice of Heaven for me would be my own little Starbucks where everything is FREE. Yeah, that would be super cool!
7. I have the Starbucks app on my semi-new iPhone. I believe that it is one of only five apps that I have downloaded so far. It is in a select group of the best of the best of my favorite things. I find the app quite helpful when you are looking for nutritional content of their drinks and food, when you are travelling and need to know where a Starbucks is, and hours of operation for Starbucks. They even have this cool feature for the technically hip crowd where you do not have to actually FIND your Starbucks gift card to pay, but where you just scan the code for it. Kind of cool. My friend told me about that, and it seems quite convenient.
8. Thus, as you can see, I LOVE STARBUCKS! !! They should pay me to do promotion work for them, I would be quite passionate at it. I find it FUNNY how I think I am going to write a short and sweet blog (for once), and this piece seemed to be the perfect one for that. But, then somehow short and sweet turns into elaborate and detailed. 🙂
Some Last Thoughts– I would be remiss if I ended this blog and forgot to tell you that Starbucks is having a Half-Price Happy Hour Frappuccino Promotion beginning May 4, 2012 and lasting until May 13, 2012. It is only from 3-5 pm. That is definitely my kind of Happy Hour, and the only one that I am intested in, truth be told. I tried to copy the code from the Starbucks website for their fun and hip video for this spectacular promotion. The video showed the diversity of their frappuccinos, and it is a fun little clip. For some reason, their code for the video didn’t work when you copy it, and also if you try to embed it to Word Press, then Starbucks asks for your blog and your password (which seems like a security issue to me, but I have never claimed to be a tech genius….but maybe I am missing something with the whole embed/post videos thing). Anyways, check out the video on Starbucks official website if you have 30 seconds:
P.S. Starbucks very recently debuted a new Mocha Cookie Crumble Frappuccino that is quite good. It has chocolate whipped cream and cookie crumbs. Today, my thoughtful and cool co-worker, Molly, went on her lunch break and came back with 2 Mocha Cookie Crumble Frappuccinos. She bought one for me in order to bless me, which was so sweet. Neither of us were feeling that great today, so it made the day better and brighter. Random acts of kindess are cool. Here is a picture of the new Mocha Cookie Crumble Frappuccino (Courtesy of the Starbucks Official Website):
One final note.
I am excited to be off work on a vacation day tomorrow. Yay for having a three day weekend! I have a list of home stuff to catch up on, but I also organized a friend group that is going to see a matinee showing of Marvel’s The Avengers tomorrow. I have been eagerly waiting to go see The Avengers for months now, and this weekend it is opening in the American movie market. It is supposed to be THE Blockbuster of the summer, and it has been smashing world records in the overseas market left and right, from what I hear (according to TheWrap.com and other internet sites). I definitely like superhero movies (and action movies in general), and I am completely inspired by examples of bravery and courage in film and in life. But, then of course, sometime between 3-5 pm, I plan to go to Starbucks for the Happy Hour. Woohoo!!!
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