TW was a Coke addict when I met her. Coke as in the drink in the red can, not the white powder-y stuff. She’s talked about cutting back and even quitting, and from time to time she’s had some small success with both.
But that never lasts. She just plain likes Coke.
When we were down south, in May, for BlogHer Food and to visit family, Cokes were on sale. She thought we should buy them and bring them back. I said we didn’t need to because there would be another sale soon – and I was right.
Shortly after we got home from that trip, we stocked up on Cokes again.
And then TW found a new drink addiction – Komboucha.
I didn’t realize that the Komboucha addiction had actually taken over for the Coke addiction. I thought she was still drinking one Coke a day, most days – along with her one Komboucha a day.
Last week there was an awesome sale on sodas – so we bought 8 more 12 packs of soda (4 Coke, 2 Fruit Punch, 2 Orange Fanta) and TW couldn’t figure why we bought that. (It actually was one of the things that put us over budget.)
I told her we bought it because we needed it.
She said we didn’t because she wasn’t drinking Coke anymore.
I rolled my eyes.
Today, I reorganized the stockpile room.
She was right – she’s not drinking nearly as much Coke. I’m shocked.
I don’t know how you replace a Coke addiction with a Komboucha addiction. Komboucha TASTES horrible. (And also – it’s freaking expensive.)
I have no idea what Komboucha is, but nothing can replace my Diet Coke!