ben and i walked downtown this afternoon... got food at starbucks with my gift card, where they wouldn't give me the 20 cents change from my 9.80 purchase. bastages! then we went to barnes and noble, where i bought Stephanie's Ponytail, Thomas' Snowsuit, Sylvester and the Magic Pebble, and Flat Stanley. used 24.12 or something out of a 25 dollar gift card, and at least THEY gave me change.

the other thing that bothers me about starbucks is the whole tall/ grande/ venti thing. why not say small, medium, and large? i guess they just want to pretend that their teeny tiny coffee is "tall." i like to mess with them by using real words when ordering my coffee.