Addendum

[gothikmaus]

I forgot to mention I stopped at Starbucks while I was at Alexa. I hadn't been at Starbucks since last December (in Leipzig with Patti), but I was thirsty and saw they had Caramel Frappuccino and thought "All right, I'll just be a tourist and get myself one." Since we don't have Starbucks in Italy, I always associate it with being on holiday and, thus, a tourist. Then while I was waiting I caught a glimpse of the cheesecake and got that too (I LOVE cheesecake, but hardly ever eat it in Italy). And as I sat down and began eating, "Just like heaven" by The Cure started playing. That's what I call a perfect little moment. <3

Comments

[angrylogic.livejournal.com]

we don't have Starbucks in Italy

You're lucky XD

[gothikmaus.livejournal.com]

Haha, I'm not a Starbucks fan, but sometimes I give in. :P

A few weeks ago I saw one of my cousins had joined the Facebook group "Let's bring Starbucks to Italy" and I thought "WHAT!? HELL, NO!" So I felt a bit guilty today, but only a little bit. :P

[angrylogic.livejournal.com]

Urgh, every time I go up to Glasgow to see friends, they spend hours sitting around in bloody Starbucks doing nothing. It does my head in! Especially because they always go to one right across from the Willow Tearooms.

Lol, I can imagine Starbucks must be a serious insult to Italians XD

[gothikmaus.livejournal.com]

Well, I'll drink anything as long as there's coffeine in it, but most Italians claim that only espresso is "real coffee", everything else is "dirty water". So, yeah, Starbucks would be evil incarnate. XD

I just don't like the idea of these huge companies taking over the world and levelling everything. I mean, I used to love H&M when there were just a few shops around, but now they're everywhere. Yes, I still shop there every now and then (I like some of the stuff, it's cheap and, hey, they have my size!), but I don't really like the idea of wearing something that thousands of people probably wear.

[angrylogic.livejournal.com]

I don't think I've been in an H&M for at least a year but yeah, they're cropping up all over the place. That, and Primark, which is just really cheap and nasty. There is a reason the prices are so low! Everything is made with cheap labour and cheap materials that fall apart after two washes >:( I think the last thing I got out of there was a fleecy blanket for my bunnies to nest in.

I really detest buying new clothes though. Li is tailoring me a few items at the moment from beautiful fabrics which is actually costing me a fraction of the price of what it would cost to buy the ready-made thing that doesn't even look as good from a shop. I loathe seeing men in shop-bought suits. Go to a tailor, you cheapskates! It's not actually that expensive, and you can get something unique!

[gothikmaus.livejournal.com]

I wanted to buy a cotton scarf last autumn and it took me forever to find one that was actually cotton! Everything in shops was polyester or some other artificial material. I finally found one on a stand in a small Christmas market in Hamburg. Why is everything made of plastic these days? ;_;