Truffles?

Alrighty,
I've recently decided that Starbucks should return to only making coffee (and I wouldn't really mind of they stopped making that as well). Over the past two weeks or so I've had the occasion to try two different flavors of Starbucks truffles. The flavors I had the misfortune of trying were 'Mocha Peppermint' and 'Chai Tea', now peppermint is nice, and Mocha is nice but the two of them together in a dark chocolate shell isn't so nice. In fact it's terrible. The other one (Chai Tea) was better only in that it didn't try to pack two completely different flavors into one chocolate. I like me a little chai but I like real chai. This so called Chai Tea Truffle was not real chai. Again it was two flavors (in this case chai and milk chocolate) that should never be mixed packed into one small candy. I don't know who at the Starbucks headquarters comes up with these schemes but he should be sacked immediately. Anyone who thinks it would be a good idea for a international coffee company to launch a line of little chocolate with absurd flavors has no right to be employed by said international company. As I said before, Starbucks should stick to making mediocre, over priced coffee

A Trip To Wal-Mart

I generally try to avoid Wal-mart as much as I can, it makes me feel icky. But the other day I stopped by Wal-mart with the intention of buying (a) a set of long underwear and (b) a nine volt battery. This seemingly simple task was, in fact, not simple in the least. I figured I'd grab the battery first, but after more thought I realized that I had no idea where one would find a battery in the vast expanse of Wal-mart. After much stumbling around it dawned on me that perhaps batteries could be located at the checkout. I frantically dashed to the front of the store only to find that batteries were not to be found there. At this point I was almost desperate enough to ask one of the grouchy looking employees for help (which I ultimately did and got naught but a blank stare), so I decided to go in search of the long underwear. This too proved disastrous but not nearly so much as the battery escapade. when I finally found the Men’s Clothing section and ultimately the aisle with long underwear, I found that you can no longer buy a set (or pair if you prefer) of long underwear, you need to buy the shirt and pants separately for six dollars each. If that weren’t distressing enough, I couldn't find the pants anywhere. I finally found them buried behind several rows of shirts. Now that I had my long underwear I had to resign myself to the fact that Wal-mart is the only place around I know of to buy it and that I would have to pay twelve dollars for it. When I finally convinced myself that I would shell out a dozen clams I still had to find my battery (which when I did find it turned out to be a ridiculous five dollars).
This is why I will always opt for a thrift store over almost any other retailer there is