Once upon a time there was an insulated cold drink cup that I loved.  And then lost.  The links in that post have long expired, but let me tell you, as much as I loved that cold cup there was no way I was spending in the $70-100 range for a cold cup.  No.Way.  (I seriously thought about it though, I kept justifying it by dividing the number of uses I would get into the price I might pay, but sanity overruled.)  A friend or two (possibly more) searched all of the Starbucks they came across, but there was not a cold cup to be found at regular retail prices.

Until now.

I have been frequently checking into Starbucks this spring, waiting for them to introduce this season's cold cup and as recently as Monday I couldn't find one.  I was actually thinking that it was kind of late and that maybe they weren't doing one this year, but then Gillian called me and said that she got an email alerting her to the news that the cup had been reintroduced this spring.  She did the internet version of a run to the website (immediately clicked on the link) only to find out that they were already sold out.  Already!  I couldn't get to a Starbucks at that minute, so I called Pete and sent him to check our local store. 

SUCCESS!!!!!

Now that I have procured one for myself, one for each of my kids and one for the one I will break, I can share the news.  AND!  This year it comes in a grande and a VENTI size!  Gillian found a venti in NYC and got it for me for Mother's Day.  In my usual obsessive nature I am tempted to buy every one I can get my hands on and hoard them.  If you want one, you should get yours before I get to it!

Sixty-one.  Now brewing:  Iced Tea!

Comments

[margene]

Starbuck right across the street so I'll be checking it out today!

[Vicki]

I'm so out of the Starbucks loop now that my baristas have moved on... Those are pretty cool cups, though.

[Norma]

I'm thinking of getting one, too....though I love my screw-top ones (also from Starbucks, but not see-through) and they seem to do the cold trick very nicely, too. I am not sure I want yet another thing to take care of and to remember to bring with me. But these are pretty nifty-looking.... and all the cool kids have them. Heh.