good old Canada

I actually won a coffee! I am not ashamed to say how exited I was when I rolled up the rim and won a coffee. To make matters more thrilling, I went and claimed my free coffee and then THAT coffee had a winning rim too! I never used to drink coffee and now, slowly but surely, I seem to need one quite regularly, just before my shift at work. I am not picky either - instant will do. I don't know if Tim Horton's is now in the states- an American company did buy it out- but to me it is so comfortingly familiarly Canadian. I have been pleased that they seem to have infiltrated many downtown corners now because they used to be only a suburbs or highway treat.

In technicial news, I have noticed this new all white layout has all the images way bigger than the old green layout I had for ages and ages. This means that all my older posts, the images are now a bit pixelly because I was not yet aware of how big to format them. They bigger ones take longer to load as well. So today I made the pic 50% of its size and I like it better. Thse big ones were too shouty! Anyway, just incase you were wondering.

Comments

[elizaboothy]

Oh dear, this is exactly how I became addicted to coffee. I was so obsessed with roll up the rim that I bought them and forced myself to drink them just so I could play. That was about five years ago. Now you don't even want to talk to me if I haven't had a cup in the morning.

The good news is, Tim Horton's didn't really win in my case. Now that we're not in Toronto, the Timmys are fewer and I just make my coffee at home.

[rani]

You're on a lucky streak! You should buy a lottery ticket :)

[Deborah]

I've seen the occasional Tim Horton in the states -- but without the bilingual paper products!

[Colleen]

Oh that rocks! Timmy's. Every single time I roll up the rim I just KNOW I'll win. I hardly ever do but that doesn't stop me getting the feeling of "eeeeeeeee!" as I'm rolling. And by the way I bite my rim open. There's no WAY I can get it to just roll. What about you?

[Erin S.]

Twice in one day, now that's good luck. I'm not a coffee drinker but maybe we could convince Tim Hortons to do something similar on the Tim Bits box. Now that would be dangerous considering I have a Tim Hortons very close by :o).

[Grace]

Winning stuff is wonderful but rare. I have better luck with finding free stuff. Michigan has Tim Horton's near the border, but I do not think it has spread across America.

[katie]

never thought of your pics as 'shouty' tania - just nice and BIG! I think I may be missing the pink - as I am a big fan of all things pink. but the white is nice and clean and easy on the eye - never could work out why people have black blogs.
watch out for the coffee-rim-scam they are trying to create a 10 cups a day customer out of you!

[tania]

hee hee!
well, thats interesting that there are some in the staes! and yes, the bilingual writing does make it special- i love that!
-and coleen I do have to bite the rim too! its so tight I can't do it with my fingers-
- elizaboothy and katie, you are so right- I sense a scam top make me addicted to coffee for sure!!
:)

[Pam]

oooh, I loved seeing that shot of the Tim Horton's cup - I won a free coffee this week too and I had the sweetest lady at the drive thru today. I wanted a hot chocolate instead of the coffee and she said "you can switch that for any hot drink your little heart desires...what size?" What size? I win a free drink and I get to pick the size? Give me the largest hot chocolate you've got thank you very much. Small things make me happy. And doesn't everyone bite the rim???