Tuesday, November 9, 2010

Guest Post: "Promo"

 Today's Guest Post is by Constance Woods.
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So I go to Babies "Я" Us to buy two cases of diapers, and when you buy two cases you get a free $15 gift card.

So I go to check out and they ring me up and then add $15 to the total for my gift card.

I'm like no it's a free gift card.
They said it's a promo to get wipes or soap later, and I'm like well I could do that now if I need it.

So I return it, but they couldn't even give me all my money back because of the gift card, so they gave me my money for the diapers and I bought a $15 gift card.

Promo;  sure it is.


Tuesday, November 2, 2010

The Changing Face of Sugar

As many of y'all know by now, my Doctor has taken me off of sugar and caffeine.
And as most of you know, I really enjoy Dr Pepper.

Hrm…

Amazingly, the adjustment has been quite smooth.



Normally, I would drink regular Dr Pepper. It's good stuff.

My parents shipped me up some Dublin Dr Pepper that I've been rationing. And I drink that on occasion.

Regular Dr Pepper is sweetened with high fructose corn syrup.
Dublin Dr Pepper is sweetened with Imperial pure cane sugar.

Mmmmmm…


So I'm used to two different sugars.


And then I went to Australia…

I'm not 100% on what type of sugar they use down under. But it isn't what I'm used to up here in the states. But it is sugar, not corn syrup.

When I got back to the states, my local Walmart was selling anniversary edition Dr Pepper "Made With Real Sugar". Woo!
Wait.
It was certainly not Imperial sugar. But it was also better than corn syrup.

I call it mid-grade Dr Pepper.
Not as good as Dublin, but better than regular.


And now I have to avoid sugar; cane and corn syrup alike.

So I switched to the Diet. And, well, it tastes more like regular Dr Pepper than I expected.

My taste buds knew that it was the sweetner that had changed; and I've spent the past year changing sweetners.

Before I was done with my first can, I had adjusted to the aspartame.