I went to a Mexican restaurant with Malissa tonight and it turns out she and her 2 coworkers were just chilling at a bar being completely mellow. She was having a strawberry banana margarita, which she let me try, and not wanting to just sit at a bar drinking water, I decided to order one for myself. I got a blueberry margarita (on the rocks, sugared rim) for $7.50, which I thought was pretty expensive, but I had never really bought an alcoholic drink at a bar before so I wouldn't know what to compare it with. (Now that I think of it, I could get a pad thai for that much from Lemon Thai...that's a whole meal and a half for me!)
I did not finish it. It tasted okay, but not as good as Malissa's strawberry banana. I got through about 1/3 of it and ate some of her friend's leftover fries (which were really good) and then started feeling something like tipsy. Again, I wouldn't know, I've never drunk this much in one night. Earlier, I had a few sips of Wachusett Blueberry, which was disappointing because it just tasted like 99% beer and 1% blueberry, and I dislike beer a lot (x10). Bleugh. I guess I was hoping it would taste like Mike's Hard Lemonade. I also had about 1/2 shot of Baileys mint chocolate, so altogether that was more alcohol than my body ever had. I just felt really sleepy and full (but not sleepy enough that I couldn't drive 5 minutes home).
Just now I remembered that I had been to Punch's Alley at my school about a month or so ago with a friend who came to hang out and visit campus. It's the bar on campus that's completely painted red, and it looks nice and fancy and small. I ordered an Alley's punch or something, and it turned out to be just grenadine and sprite...essentially, sugar water in a glass. That was only $4, but it was non-alcoholic. Too sweet + Don't like soda = Didn't drink the whole thing, either.
I'm now half-snuggled in bed with a sort-of headache wondering what this all amounts to. Drinks are just as expensive as a meal, and they do nothing but make me sleepy and headachy if I drink a lot (still little by American standards) and taste too much like sugar and alcohol. I've always known I wouldn't be a beer drinker, but that I'd be willing to try out different mixed drinks and whatnot. For now though, I'm sticking with my mini bottle of Baileys ($1, will probably last for a few days).
