be a coffee-drinking individual - espresso yourself!

i am in love with my parents new coffee maker..Tassimo; the art of the perfect cup. seriously, this thing makes everything; coffee, espresso, latte, cappuccino, hot chocolate, tea...all you have to do is put your tdisc in the top part (the water goes in the back) and within seconds, whatever you're making is brewing up a storm.

the Tassimo coffee machine=love. 

 for a cappuccino, you put the milk disc in first, it brews it up in seconds all frothy and nice...

then the espresso disc goes in second. and again, in a few seconds, it's trickling into your cup. (actually, for the cappuccino, it's supposed to be the espresso first and milk second. but i follow the latte way of making it (because we were out of latte's) and do the milk first and espresso on top-i like it better that way)

ya, it splatters just a little...

the perfect cappuccino in under 1 minute.

want to know the kicker? Shoppers Drug Mart (which is like your Duane Reade in the states) had a special on about 2 weeks ago. this machine was regularly priced at $169.99, but it was on sale for $89.99. there is also a points card at this store, just like every other store now-a-days. so for one day only, you could trade 40,000 points and pay just $10 (!!!!) for the coffee maker. say what!?? (my mom had a tonne of points, they add up fast) so of course my parents were all over this deal! it's going to be a sad day when i go back to my apartment in toronto in a week or two and i'm stuck with instant coffee again haha

i am obsessed with this thing! and i bought my snazzy yellow cup from the dollar store (holla) so i could have my latte's and cappuccino's in style. now you know what would top it all of? if i find out they have pumpkin spiced latte's. i would be in heaven. (hey Tassimo, did you hear that??)

**just an fyi, i was not contacted by the company, or paid by anyone to write this. i just love waking up to my delicious coffee everyday now that i thought i would share!**

it's friday!! hope everyone has a good weekend!
 ♥

i'm cheating on dylan-with fred...

i have a real love for fred products. i actually haven't bought anything yet, but i ohh and ahh every time i walk in a store that has the products! ha
**i guess i should say that i am writing this on my own, i haven't received anything from the company, they have not contacted me, i have not contacted them, or anything in between, i just think they have really cool products. i'm not sure whether that statement was necessary, but i figure i should cover my bases just in case.**
i thought i would share a few of my favorites; i'm sure i would have a kitchen full of this stuff if i didn't live in the tiniest kitchen of life (i'll have to show it one time-seriously, it was a closet..).

you pour coffee into the molds, freeze them and then put them in your iced coffee! that way regular ice doesn't water it down-brilliant! look how cool it looks!

i love this one! i want it-for my birthday maybe? (hint, hint dyl ;) or tell my mom to get it as part of my gift). it's so neat and would totally become my coffee cup every day.

absolutely love this one too-what am i saying, i love all the stuff i'm posting-duh! i've seen this at indigo (a huge bookstore chain in canada) and am obsessed with it. it's glass, and i look at it every time i go in. it would look great in my apartment, just sayin...

 dylan can make me this breakfast and pretend that we're in paris! ha!

i'm pretty sure dylan would love these..yes, i know he would.

these would be perfect for our cottage trip next month. i'm sure after a few drinks, everyone would find these even more funny.

haha 'instant anonymity.' does it get any better?!

all of the images came from the website here. there are so many cool/funny/funky things to choose from! luckily, there are stores around me here in toronto that carry a lot of the things.