30 DAY NO COFFEE CHALLENGE, still.....

It's not that I need coffee. I don't need coffee. I want a cup of coffee because I want a cup of coffee, damn it.

This has been quite the experience for me. I thought it was going to be a breeze. The first week was easy. It was also the week my boyfriend was out of town. Sometimes I wanted coffee but settled for a cup of tea which was great. 

The second week was okay...until....I stayed up 36 hours doing a freelance illustration gig for the company my boyfriend works for. I didn't had any coffee. That's right! I stayed up for 36 hours and there was no coffee involved. There was a lot of stress, panic and deadlines.

This third week I am just irritated that I'm not having a coffee when I feel like having a coffee. This is harder then I imagined it to be. I am looking forward to the same thing my BFF mentions below.

Comments from Sara:

It smells soooo good in the morning. I heard Gene stirring his coffee downstairs today as I was waking up. It was such a yummy sound. And he buys the good shit. I blame his 50% Cuban tounge. 

I was groggy the first few days, but wasn’t so dependant on coffee enough that I was in any real withdraw. For me now, it’s just a taste thing, especially since I always had it at least half-caf. I can’t wait for a nice Half-Caf French Vanilla Soy on a chilled October day. <Content Sigh>

CHICKPEA MAGAZINE ISSUE 1

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WEEK IN PICTURES

1.Bell on door.
2. Dollhouse.
3. Things to frame.
4. Vintage ashtray.
5. Wall tapestry.
6. Walk in closet.
7. Bookshelf.
8. My friends mother when she was a child.
9. Records & a lava lamp.
10. Retro chair my friend got from her mother.
11. Milk glass with change on a bookshelf.
12. Rainbow bright bank.
13. Newark salvation army store.
14. Train ride from central Jersey back to Newark, then PATH to Jersey City = exhausted.
15. Goodreads: Eat Sleep Sit, My year at Japan's most rigorous zen temple by Kaoru Nonomura.

WEEK IN PICTURES

 

1.Pears form the farmers market. Really hold off so I can think of a dessert to make but I just made a pumpkin pie....may just eat them before I think of something to make.
2.Acorn squash, also from the market. Roasted with olive oil and salt.
3.Roasted sweet potatoes with garlic, olive oil and crushed red pepper. MMmmmm fall food.
4.Mixing blue colors.
5.Etsy photo's I took for Sophia Design Shoppe.
6.Sunflower. Seller at the market: " What are you going to do what that?" Me: " Eat it!" And I am. One by one as I make my tea in the morning.