I finally got around to checking the nutrition information for Starbucks' Chantico. It’s not as bad as I feared, even at 390 calories, 190 of them from fat. 51 grams of carbohydrates is choke-inducing. But! 11 grams of protein means it's not a total loss, nutrition-wise.

Okay, it's not far from a total loss, but when you factor in the flavor....

Bottom line? I don't need to shoot myself for indulging two or three times a year.

Unlike today's lunch, when I tripped over a cheeseburger and an order of French fries which crammed themselves down my throat. I think it had better be at least a year before I do that again. (I don't know what came over me, either. I honestly don't eat fast-food hamburgers more than about once a year.)

I think DiamondGirl is a wonderful person, but if she doesn’t stop using her phone on "speaker" I may have to slay her.