We all have that one food and drink that we end up eating or drinking more than others. Every year for me it is different. I like to stick with one food or drink so I don't have to spend a lot of time at the gas station, at a resturant, or at a grocery store. My food quirks have been crazy over the years. I used to have a love for laffy taffy and lemonade. Three sticks of cherry Laffy Taffy and any kind of lemonade would be my vice. Every day after school I would persuade someone to go to the gas station so I could go get my daily dose of Laffy Taffy and Lemonade. Another time I had an unhealthy habit of Zero Calorie Monster. Most people like to drink coffee in the mornings at school, but I would always have two cans of Monster to help me stay up. That was until I got a panic attack at one of my cheer competitions. Every food quirk leads me to a memory or a different point in my life. For example, this year my food quirk is three chocolate chip cookies and a sweet tea from McDonalds. My best friend Jessica and I hung out almost every day of summer. Every night we would do something different, but we never failed to stop at Mcdonalds to get me a Large Sweet Tea and Chocolate Chip Cookies. One day, while it was pouring down rain, our friend had met us at the Mcdonalds by the mall to just come and hangout for a little while. We all had a good laugh at ourselves for even getting out in the rain, and we drove through the drive through to get some treats. Once summer ended, my best friend got her current boyfriend he would bring me Sweet Tea to get me to like him, even though we were already good friends. My friends sophomore year would always go up to Kum and Go to get slushies. We were the three amigos, and I remember the falling out we have and it reminds me of slushies and laffy taffy. We'd go get the slushies and hangout at my friends house and watch movies like "She's the Man" with Amanda Bynes in it. Every one has a food they get every time they go to a certain place, and memories that come with it.
I get into phases, too, where all I want is a certain food from a certain restaurant and I make my family go there over and over for a few weeks, then I don't want that food for a long time. You're right that we make memories and connections with others via food. I think I might need to stop connecting so much, though, in 2014. My body hangs onto the pounds a lot more now that I'm older! :)
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