Attack of the PSL

'Tis the Season [or so I hear]?

It's that time of the year again; bring on the hoodies, bonfires, messy buns and pumpkin everything. 

yes, iliza.. yes

 ^^ Here's where I make a confession to the universe of all my dear friends who've waited the year for this time:

I don't like Pumpkin Spice Lattes. 

There, I said it. I'm sorry guys. I tried, I did. This morning, we discovered that our office supply of coffee grounds was empty, so in a flash decision, Nick sprinted off to Starbucks. I let the team talk me into getting a PSL, which is the official call sign for Pumpkin Spice Latte, in case anyone else out there had to ask what that meant...

... No? Just me? Okay.

Anyway, off he went and returned with said PSL.

Here's an overview of how this went: 

before & after

I wanted to like this thing, you guys. I promise, I did. It was a fun experience though, getting a sugar high off a drink that tasted like melted pumpkin pie mixed with equal parts sand. I admire all of you daily PSL drinkers out there - I really don't know how you do this.  

It led us into a conversation on Contrived Scarcity though, which was a much more entertaining dialogue than the drink itself. If you're not sure what CS means [-wait, we're still doing the initials-slash-acronym thing, right?], the short Econ-class definition will tell us that it's the intentional limiting of a popular item to create a perceived shortage of said item.

In this case, "Limited Availability" and "Get it before it's gone!" are phrases that make me laugh whenever I hear them. We all have that natural trigger to do a double check on whether or not we want or need whatever this limited thing happens to be.. and lemme tell you what, this PSL fandom is taking it very, very seriously.

Anyway, I really wanted this to be more of a momentous bookmark in the book of my mundane life, but uhh... I'm good. 

In other news, and on a very serious note, Jaclyn's surgery is scheduled for tomorrow morning, and if you're reading this, it would mean the world to her and to her support network if you could say a quick prayer, send a good vibe, whatever it is you do when the going gets tough.. for her as she goes into cancer removal surgery tomorrow. Love you, Jax - you've got this!

As for the rest of us, it's been another whirlwind week here, and I'm ready for Friday to come and go! Have a wonderful day tomorrow, blogbots!

xo | cms