A Friday Favorite

My sister, Lori, has an L-List. She took her cue from Oprah who has that favorite things show every year - the show that everybody wants to be on because they get to take home one of each of Oprah's favorite things. Anyway, so once a month, a package shows up in my mailbox and I rip into it, anxious to see what Lori's favorite thing is this time - and of course, try my own free sample.

Well, I have no free samples to give, but I have decided to share about my favorite things too - because what are little sisters good for, if not for copying off their big sisters who copy off Oprah? So, until I get bored or run out of favorites, each Friday will be my day to share a favorite thing.

Tonight was a lazy sort of night. A Friday when my friends had plans and I did not - and maybe that was even sort of refreshing. I came home from work after running a few errands and curled up on the couch under my pink princess blanket to become acquainted with the TV show Northern Exposure. I'd never seen an episode in my life but have on loan the entire first season on DVD, so I began learning all about life in Cicely, Alaska.

About halfway through the second episode, I decided I was cold - which is not a good sign since it's still August, and the air should be able to run at 67 degrees. It was too late to drink coffee, since I don't own decaf and the fully leaded stuff should not be consumed late at night if I have any intentions of sleeping. But I found in my cabinet one scoop of chai left in the bottom of the Tastefully Simple can. I forgot I had one serving hoarded for such a time as this. And though I was too eager to drink and now have no tastebuds functioning on the front half of my tongue, it was so worth it - because that is good stuff.

Nothing beats a chai from a cafe, but in the variety of chai mixes that I've tried, Tastefully Simple wins my vote. So if you've never tried chai, I think you should track down a Tastefully Simple consultant and buy a can of Oh My! Chai.