On th eighth day of Christmas...

very creative prompts!! perhaps some of us live on a dairy farm and could come up with something to go with maids a'milking, but not moi, so i appreciate your creative take on this one and i think i already know what i'm doing!

So pretty, grammadee . At first glance I didn't notice the deer in the background jumping out of the silver ring. I only saw the one standing in front. The white on white theme is perfectly executed. TFS.

Lovely texture and layers on your white on white card grammadee

I've gone though half a gallon of eggnog so far this season! Hubby barely tasted any. Luckily we got another gallon of it to drink before the end of the season. I drink mine cold, sometimes swigging it straight from the carton (shh! don't tell), but more often diluted with milk in my fat round coffee mug. Sometimes I make an eggnog latte at home by making weak milky decaf coffee and throwing in a good glug of eggnog.

My other Starbucks fake-out is to make weak pour-over coffee, always decaf, with a good dash of Hersey's syrup, some milk, and a couple of mint M&Ms. The candy gives a hint of mint to the mocha, and at the end you get to slurp them half-melted from the bottom of the cup.

I tried the new Starbucks juniper drink last week when I went to the tree lighting downtown. I didn't want it in a latte though so I paid $5 for a soymilk steamer with a dash of juniper flavoring and some pine sugar on top. It wasn't awful, but it wasn't great, especially for that much money! It worked well as a handwarmer though, and I satisfied my curiosity. I keep wanting to try the special Xmas coffee flavors but I expect to be disappointed so I prefer to stay safe with a peppermint mocha or just make crappy coffee for free at home ;P