Starbucks Recipe: Caramel Macchiato

My favorite drink at Starbucks is the caramel macchiato. yummy. They even make a non-fat, sugar-free version so I'm in heaven. If you folks want to make it home, here's the recipe (from an ex-Starbucks employee):

Caramel Macchiato
The average coffee mug is probably equivalent to a Tall (12-oz/355 mL). I am not following precise Starbucks standards, though if you must know it's properly one shot of espresso, about .75 oz syrup (.25 oz per 4 oz liquid capacity).


milk
espresso
vanilla syrup
your favorite caramel sauce
In a regular-sized coffee mug, add vanilla syrup and steamed milk. Top with milk foam and add freshly brewed espresso through the foam. Drizzle with caramel sauce.


Iced Caramel Macchiato
Same ingredients, plus some small ice cubes and (optional) whipped cream

In a pint glass or iced tea glass (we're assuming 16 oz), add vanilla syrup and fill about 3/5 of the way with cold milk. Add ice almost to the top and pour espresso (2 shots would be typical) over the top. If you've done it right, the espresso will mix in only about halfway down without stirring. If adding whipped cream, add it here. Drizzle the top with caramel and enjoy.

NBC B*stards

In case you missed it, Saturday Night Live from last Saturday had a great parody of Beyonce's Single Ladies video featuring Justin Timberlake, Adam Samberg and one of the new guys dancing in black leotards.

The problem is that those Nazi b*stards at NBC have removed all of the videos from the Internet without posting it on the official SNL website. Wha? So mean.

If anyone out there finds the parody, please forward it to me and I'll post it. Until then, you'll have to get by with the real Single Ladies video.

Let's Go to Target!

Folks, I love shopping at Target but since I'm on a budget I often end up at stinky ol' Walmart. No more, friends!

Target announced yesterday that is slashing its prices and will match Walmart. Evidently their third quarter earnings were much lower than expected and they need to increase their holiday earnings to have a chance of making the fourth quarter earnings estimates.

You know what that means? Let's get dressed up and go to Target! Yaa-hoo!

Proctor and Gamble Saver

I have to confess that I like clipping coupons. I am a bargain shopper at heart. There are tons of websites and blogs devoted to coupons and deals but the problem is that most of the deals only apply in certain regions. A great example is that there are no stores in Las Vegas that offer double coupons. None!

You may have experienced similar frustration so I thought I would share a little secret: the P&G Saver. The P&G Saver is a monthly newspaper insert in the first Sunday of the month. If that Sunday is a holiday weekend, then it is the following weekend.

Not impressed, yet? Think about all the P&G products in your house: Tide, Colgate, Cascade, Pampers, Charmin, Oil of Olay, Bounty, Febreze, Folgers, Crest, Iams, Pringles...the list goes on and on. You're probably surrounded by P&G stuff.

Here's the plan: on December 7, by the newpaper or steal it from your job on Monday morning. The P&G saver is its own little booklet in the section with the other coupons. You'll be surprised how much money you'll save on stuff you buy all the time. You can thank me later.

The Universe is Mocking Me

My buddy Cladeedah is still gone on vacation. I miss her soooo much. To get my mind off of her absence, I went to Williams Sonoma to look at Thanksgiving menu and decorating suggestions. Look what I found right on the first page:



Cladeedah, please come home soon!

Church Outfit

I'm going to church later this afternoon so I was wondering what I should wear.

After some brief Internet research, I have decided on this classy outfit modeled by my fave Shauna Sand. It covers all the bases:
black (check), skirt (check), lucite heels (double check).
Perfection!

I Can't Resist