Last week I went into the starbucks while Cody waited in the car. The barista must’ve been new because it took him a long time to make the drinks. Longer than usual anyway.

So I was checking out the coffee mugs and various toys and found this weird beige stoneware coffee mug with orange stripes that had an orange removable rubber bottom and lid of the same material that fit on top in a very strange way - so strange that I thought it was broken or warped but was actually a feature. I was intrigued by this mug - mostly for it’s strangeness and the combination of beige and orangish-burnt sienna stripes. This was a mug only a mother could love, right? I even thought about buying it but didn’t.

Cody went into the same starbucks yesterday and when he came out he was carrying a bag. At first I thought he had gotten a new bearista for me but it was the weird orange mug.

These are the moments when you know you’re with the right person.