Starbucks-woo hoo!

Today started like any other day- we got up, had breakfast, got dressed and B went off to the archives. I was getting ready to head to the grocery store when my Romanian tutor showed up to have our lesson early. It was a nice lesson, but still somewhat scattered. He is only in high school, after all. At the end he told me how impressed he was with my ability to figure out how to spell things when I have only heard the word. Great! I can now spell back to the cabbie/cashier the words they have said ... glad I have the right skill set for this adventure ... sigh.
After the Romanian lesson, I did head to the store, which is about a 15 minute walk away. This store is a little pricier than Carrefour, but the selection, especially of stuff we want, is better and today I noticed a shelf with tortilla chips, tortillas, salsa and guac. I didn't get any today, but at least it's there. I managed to get all the things on the list, pay and get walking home on my own! Imagine my surprise when I was walking back on a street we have been on several times and I looked across the street and saw a sign for a Starbucks!! Yeah! Seeing the store made me so happy I nearly started jumping up and down on the street, but managed to contain myself. Now, don't get me wrong, I do really like being able to get good cappuccino in any cafe (and there are so many everywhere here), but the idea of being able to go into a Starbucks and order what I would at home and have it be similar (dare I dream- the same?) was overwhelmingly exciting. Given that I had an arm full of bags and we are to have dinner with our friend later, I refrained from going to Starbucks just now, but maybe tomorrow morning! Wow! Starbucks and just in time for peppermint mochas! Yeah!
Please excuse the the ode to Starbucks. Once I got home and got all the groceries unloaded I was sitting down to check email when our door bell rang and our landlady had come by to say that they were finally able to get their car back from the shop and were heading to a large (inexpensive) grocery store and would I like to come? What luck. Oh, well.
Soon, I will leave to meet B at the metro near the archives so we can meet up with our friend for dinner. It should be a nice evening and I am looking forward to it. Well, I will have another Romanian lesson tomorrow as I had to reschedule my normal Thursday lesson because of Thanksgiving. Have a good day and have a mocha for me!-S