Hi Thrifties!
Yesterday I took another trip to GoodWill for some second-hand retail therapy and I came back with another great find! I got a brand new stick blender with three attachments and a swiveling head for only $8.99 still in the box! I also got a copy of Phil Edmonston's 2010-2011 Lemon-Aid used car buying guide for $2.99 (less than the cost of the app!) This was a great find because my husband and I are still surviving on just one tiny hatchback, which will not work forever. I brought home a game for my husband as well, which he was very pleased with. Games and toys are some of the best priced items at GoodWill. I find occasionally that their ladies clothing can be over-priced for being used, especially considering the great prices you can find at Winners on new merchandise! It does not however, come close to the ridiculous prices of the un-named thrift store (rhymes with Balue Billage.)
I should learn to stay out of GoodWill once in a while, or I will fill my kitchen with nifty accessories and my living space with books!
I have started making my own tea lattes at home now. I developed a teeny tiny Starbucks addiction over Christmas with all of their great specialty lattes and I just can't stomach the price! I can now make something for myself that I like much better, and it is easier to wait until I get home!
I make a strong tea by boiling either a chai or other spiced tea for a few minutes in the kettle (I actually boil with the bag in for a stronger tea rather than just steeping.) Then I make a sweet whipped cream with honey and vanilla (or vanilla vodka, yum!) Next I microwave a mug of about 1/4 cream and 1/4 milk (1% or skim) until hot. Mix in some honey and fill the rest of the mug with tea. Top with my whipped cream and enjoy!
I understand that this is not a light beverage and probably not a true latte either, but it does taste similar and somehow better than the $4.00+ Starbucks delight.
Frugal on!
** Update to Lattes **
ReplyDeleteIf using cream and replicating this on the stovetop for more servings. Avoid overcooking! It leads to "cooties". Using just milk turned out fine in the past, but evidently overcooking the cream made a sort of skin. Embarrassing for when a friend comes over and you are proud of your invention and then you both enjoy a healthy dose of tea chunkies... if that happens.