Well, yesterday I was doing my grocery shopping (a task that I absolutely adore instead of loathe like most sane people) and came across some almond milk on sale. I've seen all the various commercials for Silk's Pure Almond milk a million times, and I've seen it in the grocery store stocked right beside my soy milk. It's usually a little bit pricier than Silk's soy milk (the kind I prefer), but yesterday it was on sale 2/$5 at Kroger. Sweet! I figured I'd buy some of the original flavor and the dark chocolate flavor so I could try out both since it was pretty cheap.
Well, last night I put away all my groceries, grabbed a Clif bar (my favorite is the Clif Mojo Peanut Butter Pretzel one - it's sweet and salty, and they were on sale at Kroger 10/$10) and poured myself a glass of the dark chocolate almond milk.
It was so good! In comparison to regular chocolate milk, which is so thick I feel like it coats the back of my throat and feels gross, the almond milk was a lot thinner. The flavor was rich and creamy with a little hint of nuttiness - deeee-lish! I'm officially converted to the chocolate almond milk, that's for sure. I haven't tried the original flavor, but I'm so impressed with the dark chocolate that I'm sure I'll love it, too. Another great bonus is that it's MUCH healthier than regular milk!
I was thinking it would probably make one hell of a yummy milkshake, too - six or seven cubes of ice, a cup of milk, two scoops of chocolate non-dairy ice cream, how good does that sound? And you can mix it in that Ninja you hopefully have invested in by now because if you haven't, well you're just an ignoramus. I love my Ninja, and I love my sister even more for getting it for me.
Another little update I have is that I will now be spending the next six weeks before we move to Florida off work. I had submitted my resignation date as being October 30th, but Belk decided to go ahead and hire someone to fill my position and let her start September 24th, which made Thursday the 23rd my last day. At first I was very angry that they weren't going to let me work out my notice but I've decided to look at it this way: it's a blessing in disguise. This way, I'm going to get to spend time with my family and friends that I wouldn't have gotten to spend otherwise. For example: next Thursday, my niece Breeann will be walked out on the football field by her parents at Family Night because she's a cheerleader for her middle school football team. I probably would have had to miss that otherwise, but now I'll get to see it. And when my friend Laura has her baby sometime in the next week or so, I'm going to be able to go up to Parkersburg for several days to help out and meet the new little monster. So while I'm vaguely bitter towards Belk for treating me the way they did, I am almost thankful for it. The ONE thing I'm still upset about is that I don't get to spend four weeks with my countermate and close friend Kim like I would have. I'm used to working with her every single day so missing out on that part will make me sad. But I've already gone down and had lunch with her on her break, and I know we'll see each other often.
