Tuesday 4 August 2009

oasis, habits & toast

as you might have noticed, i have been giving a little bit of thought to my habits the last week or two and so far my most notable observation is that i don't have as many habitual behaviours as lots of other people. i probably have enough habitual thought patterns to more than compensate but that is a story for another time :)
this morning, after a bad nights sleep i was a bit sluggish and drained , i hadn't eaten at home and i set off with the idea of stopping at a local bakery for some breakfast. i got there and it wasn't right. i didnt want to eat anything they had on offer. i looked at the cafe "sugar & spice". i looked in the display cabinet. oh yes! thick sliced raisin bread
i ordered some toast and a latte. two such simple things never seemed so good. it was just what i needed. the coffee was just the right temperature, the toast hot and generous and full of sultanas.
in the ugly industrial wasteland where i work i might just like to make a habit of a stop at the sugar & spice oasis of good food

23 comments:

  1. Oh yeah baby, raisin toast- yum!

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  2. Oooh yes, adding new habits sounds more fun than deleting old ones, definitely! That sounds perfect... I love fruity toast... I wonder what their tea is like ;)

    I want to make a habit of going to Wales lol.

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  3. Sounds like a shrewd marketing move to set up a bakery in an ugly industrial wasteland. There must be plenty of other workers desperate to brighten their soulless surroundings. And who could dislike raisin bread?

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  4. hi cinnamon
    raisin toast is a big fave of mine, especially if it drips with butter :)

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  5. hi abi!
    you got it in one, girl!
    i think this idea of thinking about habits is going to start more than it stops :)

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  6. nick! g'day & welcome
    shrewd marketing indeed....
    the number of people who come and go at that joint are unbelievable and i think they are probably all looking for some kind of bright point

    come back soon

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  7. Bob, that's, "YEAH toast!"

    I am very sluggish today. Hoping to get at least a bit of a lunch break. I feel a salad in my near future...

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  8. That is my dream breakfast. You MUST make a habit of it.

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  9. hi megs!
    i hope you got your salad! what kind do you like?

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  10. leah,
    it was just what the doctor ordered.
    a bit pricey to do every day but it felt like i was getting a hug from the universe (now i'm going overboard!) so when i need a bit of a pick-me-up it will be raisin toast & coffee all the way :)

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  11. molly!
    ice cream, oh yeah baby, thats the holy grail.....

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  12. The raisin toast looks really scrumptious and is a fave of mine too. Lately i have been having coffee scrolls with my morning cuppa.

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  13. mark!
    it's been a very long time....

    a coffee scroll sounds irresistable. have one for me next time

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  14. Now I'm hungry for raisin toast!!

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  15. I love toast . . . not so much the raisins (in fact, I loathe them).

    I love finding new "habits" that enrich my life and trimming those that deplete my joy.

    You go girl! : D

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  16. I like salads with lots of stuff in them. Yesterday I had something called a 'cabo san lucas.' :)

    p.s. Did you get more toast today?

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  17. Cobb Salads rock... with plenty of blue cheese dressing.

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  18. random
    i'm hungry for ice cream!

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  19. debbie,
    yeah, i'm looking forward to developing lots of exciting new habits :)

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  20. bob & megan
    i dont know either of those salads, better be checking them out!

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