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I’m giving away some more free stuff so the Internet will love me. Love me, Internet! Love me! I am the uncle you never see who tries to buy your affection with snow globes from Florida! I’ve got seven Starbucks cards worth $5 each that I will give away to seven randomly selected readers. To enter, leave a comment on this entry specifying what you’ll buy with your $5 card, which could be a coffee or an item from their new line of breakfast items. Yesterday I had the pumpkin and cream cheese muffin and it almost made the pain of the day go away. Almost.

ETA: This is open to international readers too, though I don’t know if the cards work internationally. It would also help if you actually have a Starbucks near you.

ETA: Whoops, I forgot to set a deadline! Comment on this entry by 11:59pm on Sunday, October 12 to qualify.

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  2. Caramel machiatto. Do we really need anything else in life? I think not.

    Although, the pumpkin cream cheese muffin would be a nice accompaniment!!

    =)

  3. umm, pick me? (randomly, of course.)

    i even made my email legit.

    not to be a jerk and just post on this entry. i read the other ones, too.

  6. I love the fall items at Starbucks. I am all about their pumpkin cream cheese muffins with a caramel apple cider. Yea for fall!

  7. mmm. steaming venti bold brew of the day, black. it’s the fastest way to feel like a human in the morning.

    hope everything is going well for you, love reading your posts.

  11. Decaf skim peppermint mocha – but WITH the whipped cream and chocolate shavings. Really, it’s the one and only thing I like at Starbucks.

  13. A pumpkin spice latte! I dream of these when they’re not in season. I haven’t had one yet this fall, so I’m definitely looking forward to it.

  14. Venti Unsweetened Ice Green Tea and a Spinach Feta Wrap…it’s a wee bit over 5 bucks but I can cover the rest.

  15. Hi-

    Just bought your book and it came in the mail yesterday- started reading it right away!

    Coffee and a book- my favorite thing! Pumpkin Spice latte all the way. YUM.

    Thank you,

    Rhonda

  19. COFFEE!!! Two of them, as a matter of fact. I’d even have 70 cents left over for … a crumb of something? I don’t know.

    BUT COFFEE!!!!!!one!1

    I’m not addicted at all, no.

  20. Definitely would get a pumpkin spice latte (the essence of autumn in one drink – how can you beat that?), and a toffee almond bar!

    Pick me, oh random number generator!

  22. I love Starbucks, so it’s a pretty tough question. I’d probably opt for a skinny latte with sugar free caramel syrup, though. :)

    Love the blog, by the way. And the book!

  24. Well, since I’m pregnant, it’ll have to be a decaf for me.

    I think I’d have to get a decaf skinny cinnamon dolce latte with a Splenda.

    Yeah, so I can’t have the caffeine but I sure will take the chemical sweetener! Maybe my baby will have 3 eyes instead of just the two! ;)

  25. I’d probably buy my usual: nonfat latte. But I might throw some protein in there, and make it a mocha if I was feeling especially decadent that day.

  28. The new Signature hot chocolate with whipped cream and cinnamon sprinkled on top to help get myself through the cold New England winter.

  29. Since I’m poor I haven’t been having Starbucks lately! I’d bet a Grande Non Fat White Mocha and an apple fritter. That is the only time I ever get apple fritters. Yuummmm

  36. Oooh, good question! I’d get a nonfat latte, and if I was feeling skinny that delicious pumpkin cream cheese muffin, or if not so skinny, the power protein plate.

  38. Skim Pumpkin Latte and a pumpkin muffin…

    Ok that’s more that $5 but I can swing a few bucks :-)

  39. I’m all about the raspberry skim lattes. yum.

    I definitely will NOT be getting any pumpkin scones. they are delicious, but not worth the 600 calories. evil.

  41. Since I”m down to $4.00 in my checking account (sigh…pay day is tomorrow) I would order a Tall non fat decaf latte and use my coupon I have for a free bowl of their new oatmeal! Yum! Yes, I can survive the economy-my new mantra.

  42. Mmmm…. I would buy a Grande Skinny Hazelnut Latte and one of those yummy granola bars and then leave a big tip for the cute Starbucks barista (baristo? it is a man) at the store by my work =)

  43. I’d get their oatmeal with fruit and as much nonfat-latte as the five bucks would stretch to. :)

  45. Yep – coming out of lurkdom for the chance at $5!

    I think I’d try the Protein Plate.

    Or something with lots of chocolate.

  46. I’d save it until Christmastime and get one of their Peppermint Mochas. That’s my absolute favorite thing at the ‘bucks.

  48. I’m a Starbucks newbie, so I would use it to buy something other than the hot chocolate I always get! Maybe something with pumpkin..

  49. I’m hoarding ww points to have a pumpkin scone with yummy frosting and pumpkinny goodness… and vitamin A, right? If that plan falls through, I do love a skinny hazelnut latte and I might try the oatmeal. I appreciate healthier options and think that the restaurants offering them should be rewarded with my patronage!

  51. A Shaken Green Tea and something delicous like a coffee cake…no wait i’m a fat kid….nope….I was right probably a coffee cake. :)

  54. Since I’ve officially lost 15 pounds and have been to the gym at least 4 days a week for the past bit, I would totally use it as a cheat card and get a double chocolate chip frappe.

    And then die happy.

  55. Definitely get the Power Protein Plate, minus the bagel, plus a sugar free pumpkin pie latte. Heaven! :)

  57. Well, I live in the subtropics, so if they still have their frozen lemonade, I will get that. If not, perhaps one of those pumpkin and cream cheese muffins will put me in the fall mood without cold air and turning leaves…….

    Karen

  59. White chocolate mocha latte.

    Or maybe the pumpkin spice latte.

    Or the peppermit mocha latte.

    All of the above would be skim, of course.

    Yummmm….

  60. I am a fan of Mocha Light Frappuccinos… and when they have the mint version available, those can be even better! Except the chocolate chunks get stuck in the straw sometimes.

  61. A double-tall vanilla latte and slice of that pumpkin spice loaf cake with the ginger icing. Yum!

  63. Although I totally get your statement regarding the pumpkin cream cheese muffin, because I had one the other day and WOW!!!! YUM!!!! But, I would likely have a Grande Skinny Vanilla Latte, because I could have a couple of those a day….and my sister told me to try one blended next time I need a cold drink. So….Pick ME Please!

  64. $5 is almost enough to get a bottle of one of their flavoring syrups. I would probably get Almond for me, or Cinnamon Dolce for my spouse. Num num.

  65. Pick me! Pick me!

    Soon, very soon, the pepermint mochas will be back…decaf, skim, no-whip Venti!!!

    Thanks

  67. My all time fav is peppermint mocha and I would have one of them with this card!! Yummy!!

  69. Of course, I’ll enter! I’m a coffee junkie!

    I count as international during my study abroad semester, but I have a local US adress…just in case I get lucky :D

  70. In the days of yore I would have bought a Spinach and Cheddar biscuit, but they are gone now. Today I’d buy a Soy Chai Latte (Venti)

  73. I would get a venti skinny cinnamon dolce latte, with a tip to the barista. That should take up the $5 (and maybe a little of the change in my pocket).

  74. Caramel machiatto. Or I might try some of their new breakfast stuff! I love Starbucks, so anything I got would make me happy!

  75. Hi, I’m hoping you pick me! I live in Canada, but will be visiting Buffalo to do some shopping on Monday, and I bet I could use a pick-me-up in the afternoon.

    I’d get a double shot of espresso, and pretend i’m in Paris. (I may have to close my eyes and use a lot of imagination!) Sorry, Buffalo…ers? Buffaloians? But besides a pretty decent mall, what else do you do in Buffalo?

    Thanks! db

  76. I would manage to get two meals out of it: I’d get my usual for breakfast (5 shots of decaf over ice, with a little chocolate & half & half mixed in, a.k.a. extra-shot decaf venti americano, no water; luckily I have the local baristas trained, so I don’t have to actually SAY this order), but then I’d treat myself to a Vivanno (orange mango, please) for lunch.

    Their oatmeal is actually pretty decent–it inspired me to get some Bob’s Red Mill hot cereals to keep in my drawer at work for breakfast.

  77. I would have a venti skinny sugar free cinnamon dolche dark roast coffee. I have too much weight still to loose and this would fit my flavour craving to a T! And no guilt trip ticket – I’m a travel agent for guitly pleasures.

  79. The pumpkin cream cheese muffin is back???? Oh, yummo! I tried to make pumpkin muffins last night but they came out rock hard. Trying to figure out if I can call them “scones” and serve them at my open house…

    I would buy a venti skiny caramel latte in the drive through so I don’t have to see those yummy muffins.

  81. As much seasonal, pumpkin-flavored, splenda-saturated, caffeinated goodness as 5 dollars will get.

  94. Venti, non-fat, sugar-free Caramel Machiatto..a little less guilt and still tastes good..woo hoo!

  95. I’d get one of the new pumpkin spice lattes that I’ve heard good things about. I think you can get it light (I guess made with non fat milk?) for 4.5 or 5 WW points.

  97. This is a GREAT giveaway! I love Starbucks–and I don’t even drink coffee.

    I’d love to try one of the new breakfast sammiches– they look yummy!

  99. First of all, I love your site. And your story. And the way you tell it.

    Secondly, were I to win, I would buy as many Pumpkin Spice Lattes as $5 will buy me. MMMMM!

  100. I have been wanting to try the power protein plate or the oatmeal, but I might do my fall back drink of venti skinny cinnamon dolce latte.

  102. What I SHOULD get is a non-fat cappuccino. What I WILL get is a caramel macchiato. Pickmepickmepickmeadinfinitum

  103. I don’t really like Starbucks…I know, I might as well declare that I don’t like kittens are Christmas either. But, my dh loves him some good coffee, so I’m entering in the hopes of winning him a cup or two.

  105. Umm – I think I might have to try that pumpkin and cream cheese muffin with a tall white mocha latte – a special treat after having healthy oatmeal all week!

  106. I will have to say good old white chocolate mocha….if I get anything else even if it is good, I wish I got a white chocolate mocha. Same thing happens to me in restaurants with dinners.

  108. Whatever the largest darkest cup of coffee is and I’ll dump some creamer into it. Let’s see….I’ll spend the remainder on a tasty muffin or cookie that has chocolate in it.

  111. Hello,

    I would buy a venti pumpkin latte (with skim). It would be such an indulgence for me that I would probably have to go to confession shortly afterwards.

    Thank you for your consideration. And for this very inspirational blog.

  112. I would buy a large vanilla soy latte & use whatever was leftover towards the oatmeal. And if you could bring it to me right now, that would be terrific.

  115. Cafe Americano. Nice and basic, and generally consistent in quality. I’m kind of finicky about buying prepared coffee products. I blame it on my 3 months of being a coffee barista years ago.

  116. I’ll have the Grande Salted Caramel Hot Chocolate please–with nonfat milk and whipped cream of course! Num Yummy!

  117. We do have Starbucks here in New Zealand although I have only ever been once.. I would have a hot chocolate, sitting in one of the velvet chairs in the window.

  118. Grande Non-Fat Starbucks Double shot on ice.

    Because caffeine is the only thing keeping me alive at this point. I’m a grad student who decided she didn’t have time for sleep no more.

    Honestly, if i could but an IV with caffeine in my arm, i would.

  119. I love the Vivanno line, the orange mango one, yum!! The oatmeal looks great too — I’d like to try it! I didn’t know they had that!!

  120. $5 Starbucks card = luxurious. I’m unemployed right now so the thought of a non-homemade brewed cuppa is like a dream.

    That said, I’d make my dollars stretch. At $1.90 each, I’d make two separate trips (in the span of 2 weeks) for a Tall Iced Coffee w/1 splenda and HH.

    And on my last trip, if I was a good hen and stuck to my workout plan, I’d use the last $1.20 towards a scone or fritter and then just sit there and people watch and read a book or something. That really is what I miss most about not going out for coffee.

  121. I’d have one of the new portabello mushroom piadini and an iced venti unsweetened black tea.

  122. I would buy a grande non-fat latte… and on a second trip, a venti shaken iced black tea…mmmm. :) I’m such a coffee/tea addict (it’s what I replaced soda with when I started losing weight).

  123. I’d buy a caramel macchiato for my fiance…because he LOVES them but only splurges on special occasions!

  125. I swore off the pumpkin cream-cheese muffins last year after I realized eating them every time I passed a Starbucks was getting too close to a habit … the kind you go to jail for.

    And I’ve already figured my Pumpkin Spice Lattes (or Cinnamon Dolce Lattes) into my weekly budget, so I wouldn’t get that either…

    But I might finally get up the guts to try that new Perfect Oatmeal everyone’s drooling over.

  127. Cafe Americano and a huge chocolate chip cookie! They are so freakin fab! I live in Dayton Ohio and ya know since we’re practically neighbors and all…

    But if I did get picked I’d have to hide it from my husband, I think they are having an affair.

  128. Ouch, I was supposed to write what I’ll order…This is what happens when I read blogs during my lunch break.

    So, it will be a tall caramel frapuccino (I don’t know if I spelled that right). I’m still debating on whether to get it with whipped cream.

  129. I’ll have one of the seasonal coffees such as Pumpkin spice or peppermint. I love them but only get it once a year as a treat. I may pay a little extra to add in a pastry, you never know, if they look good enough and I’m hungry.

  131. A venti non-fat iced chai latte with 5 pumps OR since it would be free possibly a venti iced chai latte with soy milk. Milk has not been my friend lately, but I’m scared to try something with soy milk, but if it was free I might be more willing to try it out.

  133. Tazo Chai Frappuccino Blended Creme

    I don’t like coffee, but Oh. My. Goodness. These chai frappucinos are AWESOME!!!!

  135. Grande skinny caramel (sugar free caramel, ff milk). Except my starbucks guy and I agreed we hate the word “skinny” so we call it “Skaramel.” mmm

  138. Grande chai tea latte, extra chai (six pumps), extra hot, no water, no foam. Might have enough leftover to get that pumpkin muffin, too.

  140. If I were going for breakfast, I’d get a venti black iced tea, unsweetened, and then maybe a spinach feta wrap. Yummy!!!

  141. Not 100% sure what I would purchase with the gift card – something probably chocolate flavored with skim milk. I know….boring, but I can get wrapped up too quick with the really sweet drinks!

  143. Yummy caramel apple cider. My neighborhood starbucks only carries it when it’s cold out. :)

  146. I would buy 2.5 servings of the grande Pike’s Place Blend (2 dollars each)…each time, reminding myself how much more I liked the House Blend before they switched to Pike’s Place…and THEN I would remind myself that it doesn’t matter because at least I’m still getting my caffeine fix.

  148. I love the Skinny Cinnamon Dulce Latte. Yum! Also, I would add a shot of espresso to their new choco-banana protein drink. I would be good to go for the entire day.

  150. It’s almost Peppermint Mocha season, folks. I don’t CARE how many calories/ carbs/ Points it has, darn it! It’s SO good.

  151. $5.68 buys me my once-a-week treat: the new fruit and nut bar (yum!) and a grande skinny hazelnut latte. Even Florida’s seeing some cooler fall weather — I should be having a warm drink soon instead of an iced one.

  152. Well… with $5 I could get 2.5 grande coffees…. 2 if I go all out and get a red-eye (coffee with espresso).

    Pick me, pick me!

  153. I’d take my ten year old with me, let him get whatever treat he wants, and just hang out with him. We rarely get time that’s just us.

    -DonnaLynn

  156. I would LOVE to have a card! Please pick me.

    I have to say, though, that I have no idea what I would choose. I’ve only been 2 times (everyone gasps with shock and horror). I always look longingly toward it as I drive by, but am usually too broke to go. It would be awesome if I won!! :)

  157. Hi, I am an starbuckian wench…there on a daily basis. I would indulge in the grande non-fat caramel macchiato. A single drink of bliss that would also wipe out the value of the $5 card.

    P.S. I love the maple oat scones too, but it is a rare treat given it’s caloric nature.

  158. WOW, I rarely go, but LOVE their coffee. That’s what I’d get. I had no idea they had all that other stuff. Except Frappucinos. Which I’m sure have too many calories because they are too good. Though that might be a nice one-time treat, too. :-) But right now, I’m craving coffee. Maybe I’m moving from soda drinker to coffee drinker. Hmm.

  159. I would buy a sugar free cinnamon dolce latte. I love that but don’t buy it often because of the price

  161. I would buy a 5 minute vacation (aka: peppermint/mocha latte). Ahhh, 5 minutes just to contemplate the perfect compliment of flavors. They taste like hot peppermint patties!

  162. There was a time when my answer was easy: a triple venti nonfat no-whip white mocha. Or, if I waited a month or two, an eggnog latte. Or one of those glorious cream cheese muffin or the oldschool peanut butter brick. Now, thanks to severe food allergies that limit my diet to practically nothing, I would get the blissfully simple iced vanilla latte. The leftover would go towards a bag of expresso beans to take home to the boonies with me to use in my vain attempt to create the perfect cappuccino!

  163. Pick me! Pick me!

    With the $5 starbucks card, I would buy 1.9 Venti Nonfat Mistos! (They are $2.65 so I could almost get two!)

  164. MMM-Hhmmm With the gift card I would buy the Power Protein Plate so I can feel powerful all day!! And then of course I would actually buy a chai tea latte with my hard-earned, hard-to-come-by cold-hard “cash”!

  165. I will give it to my daughter (14) who will order a double choc. chip frapp. with whip cream.

    Sigh~ to be 14 and slender again.

  168. It’s that time of year again! Pumpkin spice latte’!

    That pumpkin & cream cheese muffin sounds wonderful too.

  171. I haven’t made it to Starbucks yet (despite driving by probably 10 of them on my way to work) to sample their pumpkin goodies, but it’s high time I did!!

  172. Oh I think I should win cuz I’m a Starbuck’s virgin!!!! IT’S TRUE!!! I’VE NEVER MADE A PURCHASE AT STARBUCKS! I am not a coffee drinker so I’ve never ventured in. BUT that Oatmeal or those Spinach egg wrap thingies look awful tempting. BESIDES, tomorrow is my (57th) birthday!!! :D

  175. I also love their Tazo Green Tea Latte….YUMMMM

    I think I’m going to go by Starbucks on my way home from work now… I’m drooling just thinking about it…

  179. I would probably get my standard tall soy latte and maybe one of those amazing pumpkin muffins. I haven’t let myself have one yet but it has to happen sometime… It might as well be free!

  180. I am all about their pumpkin cream cheese muffins with a caramel apple cider. Yea for fall!

  183. I’d have to try out the new make your own oatmeal…not sure what it’s called on their menu…but I’ve heard good things about it!

  184. I would buy a Tall coffee of the day and the turkey & swiss on wheat bread (and I think I’d have to kick in some change because I think that will exceed $5).

  185. I like thier passion tea leamonades but i think they only bring those out for summer so i would have to say the Spiced pumpkin latte sounds warm and delicous. :)

  186. This time of year, I’ll take a pumpkin scone and a grande skim latte. Yum!

    But come December, I love the egg nog lattes.

  187. I would get a Cappucinno (Venti) and a nice almond biscotti!

    Hope I didn’t drool on your blog!

  189. Wow, I haven’t had starbucks in a long, long time. I’m easily swayed by their Caramel latte and not the kind with the low fat milk, either.

    However, an indulgence, once in a while, is a good thing, don’t you think? And after losing 56 pounds, I deserve a good cup of coffee. Once a year or so ;-)

  192. Enter me please!

    I would get:

    Spinach, Roasted Tomato, Feta & Egg Wrap

    Caramel Skinny Latte

  193. Venti iced green tea (unsweetened) and the “perfect oatmeal”– I’ve been wanting to try it!

  194. I would give it to my husband-in-a-week-from-now because he looves some decaf non-fat sugar-free vanilla iced double shot!

  195. I am ready to try their oatmeal. It is such as great idea for a fast-food breakfast — and I am one of those weirdos who really likes ‘real’ oatmeal but doesn’t want to take the time to make it.

  197. I will buy my agent (whom I haven’t met yet buy you did in San Francisco at the BlogHer convention) whatever coffee drink she wants and we’ll raise a toast to you, babe, for getting me inspired to blog :)

  198. i heart frappuccinos. around the holiday season, they usually have a mint mocha one that is sooo delish.

  199. I would get a decaf Grande Mocha. Anyone remember the reduced fat Marble Coffee Cake from a few years ago? I LOVED it. Wish they’d bring it back.

  200. Actually, I would take this card and buy a Carmel Apple Spice for a friend. She was just diagnosed with cancer and we stop for one everytime I take her to a doctor’s appointment.

  201. OK, so I stumbled upon your blog since it was linked from another, which was linked to another….need I go on?

    Anyhoo…cool blog, and cool idea for a giveaway!

    I would get a tall nonfat carmel macchiato nd a berry stella. (unless it is a warm day, then insert a venti black iced tea)

    Thanks!

  203. Hmmmmm. Probably a hot chocolate. I don’t go to Starbucks very often, so I might as well enjoy it…

    The internet loves you anyway!

  205. I am torn between the perfect oatmeal and the apple bran muffin.

    Also, I am now very hungry.

  206. I don’t do coffee but I sure do love me some Chai Frappuccino cream. And with it, I would get a cookie for my daughter. :)

  209. Everything sounds so good!! I would probably have to have the nonfat pumpkin spice latte with extra foam. :-)

  213. Mmmm, since I just found out I am pregnant a few weeks ago and have known for months that I am terribly broke (insert devastated stock market photo here), I would lavish upon myself a … chai latte. Gettin’ REAL adventurous, huh?

  215. I’d buy an Americano, and then donate the rest of the card to a friend :-)

    I read your book from start to finish last night. Over and over I thought, are you my twin or WHAT? I was 350 lbs my senior year of college. I was always heavy as a kid (165 in the 3rd grade) and my family was always supper skinny. By slowly exercising and cutting out the crappy food (never followed a diet!!) I made it down to 180 by my 26th birthday. My day of reconing came when I was breaking the bones in my feet trying to walk from the dorms to class. I also lost weight on a long slow decline, with no major gains. I’m now almost 35, so that’s 9 years of maintaining my new lifestyle. I had so many of the same experiences you did, that I was constantly saying to myself, “Yup….I know…” I even WORKED at Lane Bryant, although when I first stated I was too large to wear any of their clothes. Eventually I had to leave because their size 14 was too large, and my sales went down: customers thought I couldn’t relate to them, and snubed me. I swear I needed to wear a “before picture” button to convince them that I did in fact know what they were living with in our stupid world.

    I just want to let other people know, you can do it without diet books, doctors, surgery, etc. It’s slow, and it takes work, but many people have done it and so can you. Be patient and try to appreciate each and every small gain in strength and self confidence. If place your focus there, one day you’ll realize those pants are WAY too big for you. It takes time for your mind and body to become friends. Let it happen slowly and it will become permanent.

  217. Non-fat caramel frappachino, but with whipped cream. And you said it almost took away the pain of the day? What happened?

  218. I find it incredibly funny/interesting how most of your posts have an average of 20-40 comments, but the second you mention “Free Giveaway!!!” 215 people (at the time of my comment), felt the need to try for free caffeine! Hilarious, I’d say. Love your blog/book/story!

  219. I would either get my old standby of a nonfat, sugar-free latte, or maybe go with my newish favorite of an Americano.

  220. I would love to try the oatmeal with the dried fruit added! My usual is a skinny decaf cinnamon dolce!

    THanks,

    Kim

  221. I love the starbucks card,very neat idea ,i have been reading your blog for a long time,but have never started my oen yet,if i wone a starbucks card i would buy a carmel apple cider .yummy.Cilla

  224. Grande, non-fat sugar free gingerbread latte.

    With full-fat whipped cream.

    A girl’s got to have a little joy in her life, no?

    The annual post-Thanksgiving 4 am “running of the bulls for women” is right around the corner, and Starbucks is gracious enough to open their drive thru long before the crack of dawn so that I can get my first holiday season NFSFGB latte jonez appeased even before the first fist-fight breaks out in the Toys R Us parking lot. I can’t think of a better way to start the day…

  228. My son just told me about a new caramel sea salt hot chocolate! Over 500 calories, but I’d like to splurge on it just once!

  229. quad, venti, breve, latte

    I enjoy your blog and a Starbucks card giveaway is as good as dessert.

  230. id like to enter! I would like to try thier oatmeal and of course a non fat iced mocha!!!!!

    love your blog!

  232. I wish I had a Starbuck’s near me! If I won I would give the card to my sister so she could treat herself to her favorite coffee!

  233. Have you people seen their salted caramel hot chocolate things?

    I had one. A big one. It was incredible. And worth every single salty, sweet, chocolatey amazing calorie.

    Please be my enabler.

  234. Mmmm Just latte with skim milk – extra shot of espresso. Have a Starbucks near work. :-)

  237. Triple grande vanilla nonfat latte. Would be lovely for someone to feed my habit. I have gone 8 weeks now with no daily Starbucks after 8 YEARS of daily. Budget trimming sucks. :-(~

  243. Oh man, I’m so late in responding here!

    When I worked there, my drink was a half-decaf double tall one-and-a-half pump cinnamon dolce soy no whip extra foamy latte. (Disclaimer: I never have been a mean enough person to actually have someone else make this for me.)

    Now I stick to Awake tea with a splash of nonfat milk.

  246. I think I’d try the protein power pack. I saw it today when I was there, and was intrigued.

  247. Grande non-fat latte. It’s bitter enough at the start to keep me from gulping it down, but eventually melds into espresso-milk sweet goodness.

    Love your book by the way! Favorite snippet was the bit about licking the spoon with mint extract on it…or maybe the spoon with cat food, that was good too. Maybe I just have a thing for spoons? Anyway, it is a really fun read, even the bits without utensils.

  249. Venti non-fat chai with 2 pumps of mocha. If they had decaf chai I would be in Starbuck’s drive thru twice a day. I must try the pumpkin cream cheese muffins – sounds delish!

  250. As my boyfriend of three years finally takes me out ring shopping this month (since we both got decent jobs and can actually afford to look for expensive things like rings!), we’ll buy two vanilla lattes on the way to the jewelry stores…. Mine will be soy milk, though, so my nose isn’t plugged all day!

  251. I would seell it at the door for $5 and then go buy a drink from a locally owned and opearated company.

  252. mmmmmm…tall, no-vanilla, one-pump-hazelnut, non-fat no-whip hot chocolate, please!

    I used to work at starbucks, and STILL dislike coffee, frappucinos, and espresso drinks, but lovelovelove the hot chocolate. And, as prissy as my drink sounds when I order it, I swear it’s actually quite simple!

  258. Ooohh I will get something pumpkin-flavored! I get so excited when it is fall because I luuuurv pumpkin-flavored things!

    And so I would choose whatever was pumpkin-flavored that lit my fancy. Possibly accompanied with the pumpkin cream cheese muffin, only because your description made it sound delectable and when I tried it last year it disappointed me. Perhaps my expectations were too high?

    I should stop writing now.

  259. OK, so this just made my night! :) I love love love Starbucks and I’d have to say with a $5 Starbucks card, I’d buy a coffee for me and a friend and then sit and chat about what a nice person you are for treating us! :) I’m crossing my fingers! Thanks jennette!

  260. Mmm, Starbucks. I would buy my new favorite, the Chocolate Banana Vivanno, made with skim milk. It’s one thing I don’t feel guilty about having!

  261. OOOOOH this is awesome!!

    i would get an iced grande soy starbucks double shot, a petite vanilla scone, and a single serving pack of almond butter.

  262. well i would probably buy a new mug from sbucks…because i dropped mine and it crashed all over my kitchen (at least it was empty and not full of hot coffee!)

  263. Can’t win if I don’t enter, right? I’d love a $5.00 Starbucks gift card. I’d take my daughter and we’d have my new fav – Venti Iced Green Tea with 3 splendas – it brings out a nice minty taste. Yum! Thanks! Leslie

  265. If I were selected to receive a gift card, I could buy 2 Venti Green Ice teas with no sweetner. Plus I would have $.80 left over. Please, please!

  268. I have never been to a starbucks…i sometimes go by one on the way to work though and it smells so good. I think if i had to choose i would have a tazo tea, my sister swears by it. And a biscotti. Cause I’m italian and love them. And wouldnt even think about spending money like this without a starbucks card…I have a 3 year old and dont treat myself often.

  269. No doubt, I would purchase a tall White Chocolate Frapp. Doesn’t get any better than that. I might even go off the deep end and ask them to give me one squirt of hazelnut in it….just ’cause I’m crazy like that.

  270. Hi there!

    I would buy a mango frappe because they are yum yum yum!!

    And I can’t usually justify spending $5 on a drink!!!

  271. Nothing would make me happier than drinking one of the last blended lemonades of the year (for free)…but if I miss out on the sour…I’ll take a sweet sf vanilla steamer (for free)…

    Thank you and have a wonderful day :)

  272. Hey, I know I’m #272 (wow, there are a lot of commenters) but maybe I’ll get lucky. I’d get a venti 2 pump regular chocolate, 2 pump white chocolate mocha with whip. Why? Because they are my very fave and I decided long ago I would never spend my OWN money on them, but other people’s money is fair game!! ~j

  274. I will buy a grande cafe mocha with a squirt of orange or hazelnut :-)

    BTW, I’m about to read your book for the SECOND time!!

  275. A lovely peppermint hot chocolate (kids size) for me and my little girly :)

    what could be better on a chilly fall morning!

  277. My current fave is a tall, with room Americano. I don’t like as much milk anymore (used to only get lattes). Bonus: Americanos are pretty cheap!

  279. Wow! Starbucks Pumpkin Spice Latte would really help this morning after looking at what the stock market did to the 401… agh!

  283. I’m dying to try the Protein Plate, so that. Or the Chocolate-Banana smoothie (Vivanno? I think that’s the name). Those make a great afternoon snack.

  284. A grande skinny latte, with sugar free syrup (probably vanilla). I love love LOVE these, but find them to be a bit pricy to be an everyday thing, and so make it more a healthy-ish treat.

  287. Coffee with the sugar free vanilla syrup. Or at least I would, if they had that in Japan. Luckily, I’m well enough progressed in my caffeine addiction that I can tolerate coffee without sweetener 90% of the time! (That said, um, I doubt the card would even work here, anyway… but hey, my little brother’s birthday is only three months off! He would probably buy a chai latte or something. Skinny little twerp.)

  288. Hi.

    I absolutely LOVE starbucks. LOVE IT!!!!

    I had my son a little over 2 year ago, and EVERY DAY while I was pregnant, I craved Dunkin Donuts Coffee and a bran muffin (lets not talk about the amount of weight I put on). I also have a daughter who is 7 months old, and while pregnant with her, I craved Starbucks. Every day I would get a Venti Decvaf Soy Latte and a scone. EVERY DAY!!!!. It’s an addiction. I mean I just couldn’t wait to get off the train to buy it. My little caffeine fix!!!!

    So, my daughter is now 7 months old, and I still can’t shake off the habbit. This Starbucks stuff is awesome!!!!

  289. Gotta try one of those new breakfast sandwiches with egg, spinach & feta. Everybody is talking about them. I want one!!!

  291. Mmmm- we just got a Starbucks here within the past year or so but it’s not on my daily commute route so I rarely treat myself. I would definitely get my first Grande Chai Tea Latte (with vanilla and non-fat milk) of the season! One of my favorite parts of the weather turning cold again!

  292. Every time I go, they ask if I want that fabulous looking oatmeal in the middle of the afternoon! NO…not unless it’s a freebie!

    The internet DOES love you!

  293. I definitely want to try one of those Chocolate Banana Vivanno drinks. Starbucks is a rare treat for me, so I’d be thrilled to have an excuse to indulge!

  295. Pick me! Pick me! Tall iced skinny caramel latte. ‘Cause when I try to do the cheaper (and less calorie) coffee con leche all that caffeine gets me hopped up like I’m on crazy bad diet pills. Yuk!

  297. Pumpkin cream cheese muffin! Were the calories ok in it cause if so I am getting that! ;) Love your blog btw! Your hilariously funny in the last post, yet serious! haha

  298. Sadly, I do not enjoy the taste of coffee, but the smell is to die for. The card would be wasted on me…..oh, but wait, there are pumpkin & cream cheese muffins. yum….. That is what I would the card for. Thanks.

  300. I’m pregnant right now, so I only give myself a single coffee drink every three months. No tea or soda either! That drink, for the holidays, has to be an eggnog latte. I lurv me a Starbucks eggnog latte.

    Bisous

  301. I enjoy their Vivanno smoothies, especially the banana chocolate one. So that’s what I would buy!

  305. This is the competition of my dreams… who needs an Extreme Home Makeover or Biggest Loser game when you have a $5 Starbucks card hanging in the balance.

    Here’s what I would do with it:

    a tall nonfat latte (maybe w/one pump of pumkin spice if I was looking for some sweet fall flavors)

    an oatmeal w/a scoop of protein powder and either the mixed nuts OR brown sugar.

    It’s well-balanced, healthy and tastes amazing–especially in the crisp fall air.

  306. This is the competition of my dreams… who needs an Extreme Home Makeover or Biggest Loser game when you have a $5 Starbucks card hanging in the balance.

    Here’s what I would do with it:

    a tall nonfat latte (maybe w/one pump of pumkin spice if I was looking for some sweet fall flavors)

    an oatmeal w/a scoop of protein powder and either the mixed nuts OR brown sugar.

    It’s well-balanced, healthy and tastes amazing–especially in the crisp fall air.

  307. i love coffee :) i would buy an iced caramel macchiatto and a gingerbread latte, once the holiday drinks come out!

  308. Tall caramel apple cider – no whipped cream, maybe sugar free caramel syrup.

    Oh my FAVORITE FALL DRINK.

  310. Hot Tea, Man it tastes terrible, but after the first half of the cup, you have burnt your tongue so badly you cannot taste the second half anyway, and it has ZERO calories! Woo Hoo!

  312. Promise I am not a brown-nosing health nut! I truly have been dying to try the oatmeal (with the nuts, not the fruit)…I just hate spending $2.90 cashola on it unless I KNOW it’s going to be well worth the cost. That being said, anything left over would go towards an Iced Grande One Splenda Skinny Caramel Latte (with caramel sauce drizzled on top)….

  313. I would try one of the new Salted Caramel Hot Chocolates. I love the salted caramels they used to sell at Trader Joe’s so I’m sure I’d love this hot chocolate too.

  314. A Venti, add shot, non-fat, with wip, and extra sprinkles on top, no lid Moca Venecia. = )

    (hee..I get non-fat milk so its not as thick…not because of calories = )

    BTW…I love reading your blog, I never post, but read most all of them = ) Im constantly on and off again with SBD…so it helps me to get back on..sometimes. Im currently giving the Herbalife shake’s another try.

  316. october – pumpkin spice latte and pumpkin cream cheese muffin

    december – peppermint mocha

    february – cinnamon dolce latte

    when it’s hot – iced chai latte

    any other time – non fat misto with vanilla

  317. Venti skinny vanilla latte…and I’d chip in a buck of my own to get a piece of the low fat cinamon swirl coffee cake. HEAVEN!!

  318. Ok, I’ll get one of those oatmeals. That looks so good! I’ll have a skinny tall cinnamon dolce made with sugar free syrup to go alongside of that. Yum!

  319. hmmm… starbucks yum!

    I’d probably get a plain old grande caffe latte… and a slice of their yummy pumpkin loaf… $5.67 (exactly what I got last week!)

  323. I’ll be good and get a white chocolate mocha in the secret “Short” size, with no whipped cream. That one’s only 200 calories.

    …But then the whipped cream is free, so turning it down would be wasteful. Okay, with whipped cream. I’m only up to 250 calories now!

    Oh, but look. The “short” one is only 30 cents less than the tall, which is one and a half times the size. I can’t pass up that value! Okay, 370 calories, that’s do-able.

    But wait, it’s the same price difference for “tall” to “grande”….and “grande” to “venti”….!

    Fine. With my gift card I’ll get a 580 calorie beast of a coffee…but only because Starbucks gave me no other choice!!

  325. I would buy that new sea salt drink they have. Though it sounds gross, a friend of mine said it was a little sip of heaven. And you don’t need to buy my love, Pasta Queen. Because of you, I’ve lost 15 pounds!

  326. i love love the pumpkin spice frap , but usually limit that , and for breakfast i eat the turkey bacon , with light aged white cheddar with egg whites on a whole grain muffin :-) YUMMO! and if you dont pick me … i will still love you ! :-) i am loving your book right now !

  327. I would buy 2 decaf coffee’s (I’m a south beacher also). I live in a college town (I’m a student) and there are 3 starbucks in about a 15 square block downtown area so I would definately use it.

    thanks

  331. I would buy a skinny latte with sugar free vanilla syrup. I’d wish it was a mocha of some sort the whole time I would be drinking it.

  332. Hey! I’d get either a peppermint mocha (fat free), a ff raspberry mocha, or a ff caramel machiato!!

    YUM! They are all so good!!

  336. if it was a normal day i would get a tall iced americano. But if it was a special, treat-myself, I-won-a-contest-and-can-eat/drink-whatever-i-want-with-my-fee-money day i would get a tall pumpkin spice latte and an apple bran muffin. mmmmmmmmmmmmmuffins.

  338. My most delicious choice would be a GingerBread Latte that I savor every holiday seasion. I may even throw in a slice of GingerBread Loaf!

    P.S. You rock PastaQueen.. I have a special Jello recipe for you too (and it has pretzels!)

  339. My most delicious choice would be a GingerBread Latte that I savor every holiday seasion. I may even throw in a slice of GingerBread Loaf!

    P.S. You rock PastaQueen.. I have a special Jello recipe for you too (and it has pretzels!)

  340. I have honestly never been to Starbucks. *Gasp* I know! So, I would use this gift card (if I were to win) to try something new.

  341. #340 here is embarrassed to tell you I’ve never been to a Starbuck’s, although there is one 3 minutes from my house. I would go into the store, act like I’ve been there a million times, and order the richest, cream cheesiest thing I could find. Could I do that for 5 bucks?

  343. Don’t go to Starbucks much, but that pumpkin latte sounds wonderful, so pick me so I can try it. Jancd

  345. I would probably buy a skinny Cinnamon Dolce Latte. That drink is like drinking a buttery cinnamon roll. I love it. But I’ve been getting Hungry Girl’s emails recently and I’d really like to try the Spinach, Roasted Tomato, Feta and Egg wrap. It sounds really tasty.

  346. Well, since I don’t drink coffee … it would either be a peppermint hot chocolate with whipped cream OR some tasty pastry item.

  347. Caramel Macchiato. I live in China, and Starbucks is so outrageously expensive here that I just can’t buy it very often – it’s such a treat! :)

  349. Oooh I would totally save my ww points for an entire week just to get one strawberries and cream frappuccino! :)

  350. I’ll buy a chocolate banana shake. And I’ll schmooze with those managers who always go there on their coffee break.

  351. I would put it towards one of their beautiful starbucks travel mugs. Want to get on the eco-conscious bandwagon!

  352. I might buy a couple of iced americanos (double iced espresso over ice, no more ice, more ice!), or a single french press to share with a friend, or some chocolate covered graham crackers, or maybe even a caramel frappucino, which I use as a reward after the dentist or the gyno.

    I live in Santiago, Chile, where they probably won’t accept the card, but my mom lives about a 23-minute walk from a Starbucks. So you won’t just be feeding my caffeine addiction, you’ll be getting me moving as well!

    thanks for the chance!

    eileen

  356. Wow, you certainly became popular once you posted this giveaway. I would most certainly buy coffee with your card since I am a teacher and must be at work by 7:15 am. Congratulations, you won the popularity contest.

    Carly

  358. A hazelnut soy decaf latte, iced!!! The big one! It’s my favorite. I check your blog daily! It on my igoogle page so pick me!

  360. I read your book and came to check out your blog and found this. I would get a hot chocolate and an oatmeal.

  361. I’d get a venti Pike Place with 2 Splendas and 2% and 3 petit vanilla scones. Then I’d say I’d save 1 scone for later. Then I’d eat it anyway because they are like heaven.

  362. I’d get a venti Pike Place with 2 Splendas and 2% and 3 petit vanilla scones. Then I’d say I’d save 1 scone for later. Then I’d eat it anyway because they are like heaven.

  363. I’d get a venti Pike Place with 2 Splendas and 2% and 3 petit vanilla scones. Then I’d say I’d save 1 scone for later. Then I’d eat it anyway because they are like heaven.

  364. I’d get a venti Pike Place with 2 Splendas and 2% and 3 petit vanilla scones. Then I’d say I’d save 1 scone for later. Then I’d eat it anyway because they are like heaven.

  365. I’d get a venti Pike Place with 2 Splendas and 2% and 3 petit vanilla scones. Then I’d say I’d save 1 scone for later. Then I’d eat it anyway because they are like heaven.

  366. I’d get a venti Pike Place with 2 Splendas and 2% and 3 petit vanilla scones. Then I’d say I’d save 1 scone for later. Then I’d eat it anyway because they are like heaven.

  367. Thanks for writing your book! I’m nearly done and now I’m investigating your website. I know everything you’ve done started out for yourself, but you have become a role model for so many. Thanks!!!

  369. Yay! I would absolutely buy a Venti Iced Caramel Machiatto. YUMM!

    I don’t think I’ve ever commented before (see what the hope of free Starbucks will do to me) but I love your blog and book!

  370. Pick me, pick me! I’d order a Tall, Vanilla Bean blended cream frapuccino (sp?), no whip. Mmmmmmm….

  374. I would set my own needs aside and use it as a stocking stuffer! …with a note to thank and read PastaQueen, of course.

  377. Whoa, I’m 372! Well, then. I live in New York, which is RIFE with Starbucks. In fact, I know of at least three within a four block radius of my office. So a $5 card would be put to great use in my hands. AND, I’d stretch that puppy out… maybe two venti nonfat mistos? They’re $2.71 apiece, so I’d be digging into the pocket change, but I’m prepared to weather that storm. Or maybe I’d hoard that card till the Christmas drinks come out and get myself a chocolately delicious peppermint mocha. Yum. OH, and can I add that I work, like, a block from Wall Street? Pick me and consider it your own personal Starbucks bailout! Yay, bail Katie out, hooray!

  378. I’d get a venti Pike Place with 2 Splendas and 2% and 3 petit vanilla scones. Then I’d say I’d save 1 scone for later. Then I’d eat it anyway because they are like heaven.

  379. Wow! what a popular listing! If you select me for the $5 gift card, I will march myself into the San Francisco starbucks on California st. across from the hospital, and pick out a fantastic reduced fat berry scone on the way to the madness that is my job!!! yay reduced fat berry scones!

  382. My Starbucks is closing on October 24th, and they’re having a buy 1, get 1 half off sale on their 1lb bags of coffee beans. I would use the $5 towards coffee beans, because I can’t afford to pay them to brew it for me, and this way it’d last a lot longer. You might think I’m frugal, but is it really being frugal when you don’t have the option to be wasteful? Trust me. I drink my fair share of Folgers. Starbucks is a treat, and it would be deeply appreciated. :)

  383. Triple venti latte.

    If it’ll help me win some brownie points, I myself am in the middle of a weight loss mission. Already down from 230 to 210.

  384. I would keep my Starbucks card in my wallet for a day I will forget breakfast. It will happen inevitably and I will whip it out and buy some of the new oatmeal. I had it once and it’s not bad. I don’t even like oatmeal usually, but theirs isn’t too fakey.

  385. I would get a white chocolate peppermint latte, decaf. Why wait for the holidays?

    Thanks, PQ, for the contest.

  388. I would get my favorite any day drink, an iced grande americano with 2 splenda and a little skim milk.

    Or I would save it for my very favorite Starbuck’s drink a grande gingerbread latte! So ready for fall and my GBL!!!

  389. decaf triple venti soy latte and a petite vanilla bean scone…or maybe the new oatmeal and a tall decaf soy latte. mmmmm.

  391. october – pumpkin spice latte and pumpkin cream cheese muffin

    december – peppermint mocha

    february – cinnamon dolce latte

    when it’s hot – iced chai latte

    any other time – non fat misto with vanilla

  392. I would have a skinny latte with a skinny blueberry muffin. Unfortunately, where I live it costs 7.40 euros which is lots more than 5.00 dollars but worth every penny.

  399. I would give the card to my husband so he can get his Americano with Half and Half and Splenda.

    BTW, I just finished your book and it was AWESOME! Loved reading it.

  400. I’ll get my standard – a skinny cinnamon dolce latte. And maybe I’ll add on one of those berry stellas – they look so pretty but I’ve never gotten one yet!

  401. Pumpkin Spice Latte w/ a pumpkin scone – there’s nothing else to get this time of year. Nothing!

  403. Hmm… a Tazo Peach drink and a tall apple cider (it will probably be a bit more than $5 but not by much. yummm apple cider!)

  404. Forget all the other stuff. Just give me the biggest strongest cup-a-coffee they’ve got to get me through the dreaded morning meetings.

  405. Iced chai latte with vanilla and a warmed bear claw. OMG. Best combo EVER.

    So many goodies, so little time!!

    Pick me pick me ;-)

  407. I would buy a delicious caramel frappucino and the cranberry bliss cream cheese bars. Pure heaven.

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