OK....where's my freap who explained to me that Starbucks Pumpkin Spice Latte is just pumpkin spice flavored..not pumpkin flavored? (I'm thinking it was Mkrop?)
YOU COST ME $65 TODAY!!!
I started craving one of those lattes as soon as I read your post. So today on my way to
Walmart..I stopped at the Starbucks drive-thru

. I had a GC that I had left over from teacher's gifts last year, so it was "free". I got a tall(why don't they just call it small-that's what it is) and OMG, OMG, OMG....I wish I had gone for the Super Size. It was so good, by the time I got to WalMart I had already decided to look at their espresso machines..
So I bought...
a cheap Mr Coffee espresso machine-$30
Starbucks espresso-12 oz.(WHEN DID THEY STOP SELLING COFFE BY THE POUND??? - $7
Hazelnut syrup til I found Pumpkin spice-$5
OK, so I stop at Starbucks on my way home to buy the syrup. I ask if they sell their syrups? Yes, we do. Do you have Pumpkin Spice syrup? No, Starbucks doesn't sell THAT syrup, it's exclusive to the store's products.

(You have to understand now that I have finished my latte, and it was NOT my first caffinated beverage of the day..) WHAT???!!! I CAN'T EVEN BUY IT ONLINE???

No ma'am, sorry...
HAAAAARRUMMMMPH!!! We will see about that..So I go online and find a few homemade recipes (one actually had PUMPKIN in it

), and nothing seemed right. I did find a site that sells coffees and syrups, and they had a pumpkin spice syrup...so I bought 2.
I am going to be sincerely bummed if this doesn't work out..I don't know if I can justify a $4/day coffee habit...
Soooooo....how was your day??
Anyway, I'm warning y'all that haven't tried the Pumpkin Spice Latte....
DON'T DO IT, IT'S LIKE HEROIN!!!!!
jk, of course, I am going to enjoy my new espresso machine, even if it's just with hazelnut flavorings...
mkrop, darling, you know I

you!