Nespresso Love

Do you need a reason to wake up every morning? Are you sick of it SICK OF IT already and it's only January. Well, not that I want to advocate "consumerism" for everything that ails you - cuz you could get your ass up and go to the gym, or change jobs, or volunteer to feel better - but for a quick fix - get yourself a pretty little Nespresso Machine and start livin' the dream!

We are just loving our little orange Nespresso - and this one by the way is the cheapest version, so don't feel like you have to go straight to the top of the line here! Talk about a super awesome little treatsky in the morning. We make lattes and cappuccino's around our house - with soy milk (not because we are trying not to use milk, but because we think soy tastes good). And, every single time - PERFECT! 

Mine!

Foamer/steamer - mandatory!

Now I know what Penelope Cruz is talking about!

You can go straight to the source to get your Nespresso machine - or you can hunt around online for deals - seems like everyone has sales now and then. We got ours through Gilt Groupe in early December and it happened to be when they were on sale and when Gilt was also having a site-wide 20% off. So big savings. Good luck, and happy cappi!

PS- did you catch the heading? - just a little shout out to Dire Straits - Nespresso makes me think of Espresso Love from the old days.

Product I love

Have you gotten a Soda Stream yet? We did, in fact we got two of them. One for the condo and one for the farm. The lovely husband was in charge of the choosing, there are many choices as far a design and price point – so these are the ones we (he) got.

Here’s why I love this product. I get so bugged by all the plastic water bottles all over the place. The soda stream will save us all from having a zillion plastic bottles to recycle or throw away.  And yes, there are still some people who just chuck their plastic into the trash – because they are too lazy to recycle. Speaking of that, have you heard of that huge mass of floating garbage  in the Pacific Ocean. I think it’s mostly made up of plastic water bottles and it’s something like twice the size of freaking Texas. So…. Let’s avoid adding to that fiasco, shall we.

Here’s another reason why I love it. No more flat sparkly water or tonic. Just make enough to drink, use it. Make more. You don’t have to buy liters of sparkly water and then waste what doesn’t get used.

And…..there are flavors. We’re not very much of a “soda” family, so we go for the plain sparkling water, but………they have TONIC. So, when you are making your summer Gin and Tonic’s, you can make enough tonic this way and you won’t have old tonic laying around getting bad. I was sort of suspicious of the Soda Stream Tonic mix, what if it wasn’t as good as “real” tonic…. But IT IS!  I’m happy to report, you won’t even notice a difference, and now you’ve just saved more cans and bottle recycling. Awesome!

Other flavors are basically all the flavors of soda and juices, so you can pretty much find whatever you need. And they are sold in the same place as the Soda Stream.  Notice, they are at all the stores, so you should get out there and take a look. And…. The last great part is that the CO2 refills are at the same places – and you can just bring your old cartridges back there too.

Ah, sooooooo thirsty!