Something is coming to town…My town…and it’s not Santa. It’s Starbucks. My oh my, what a surprise. We live in a place that is on the outer edges of a large metropolitan area, far enough away from bigger suburbs to be affordable, but not so far away that we miss all of the amenities of living in a big metro area. And truth be told, we already had a Starbucks in town, inside of the local Dominick’s grocery store. I hardly ever went there, though, mainly because that store’s prices are too high and we can get groceries a lot cheaper elsewhere. Anyway, imagine our shock as we drove by a certain area in our town and noticed a construction site with a big “Starbucks coming soon” sign.

Like the opening of an Apple retail store about a 1/2 hr. away, having a Starbucks so nearby is definitely a double-edged sword. In other words, dangerous.

And then I wonder whether my excitement at Starbucks coming to town shows just how shallow I am.