Spice up your life!

I bought Pepsi's new limited edition Holiday Spice cola this weekend. Normally, I'm a Coke girl-- the drink, not the drug-- but I couldn't resist "spicing up my holidays" and I'm a limited edition anything whore so I bought a case. I know, I should've just bought a bottle, but I was on a high from my earlier shopping spree and couldn't think clearly yet. There the case sat; forlorn, lonely, waiting for me to drink. I tripped over it a few times, but quickly forgot about it. Then, today, I remembered and decided to try. First thing I notice: it's red. Well, not red, red-ish. And it tastes like Coke but maybe sweeter. Very sweet. I'm not tasting a whole lot of spices here. I was expecting a chai latte cola, I guess. And there's a faint, strange, plastic-y aftertaste.

Don't get me wrong, it's not bad. It's just not...unique. It tastes like soda. And I guess it's quite like the holidays: a whole lot of build-up for the inevitable letdown. But at least there's not a drunken uncle Bob hitting on uncle Joe's new trophy wife and the drunken brawl that will result in the red wine stain that you'll never get out of the carpet. And no mushy, over-cooked peas to eat!

Here's to the holidays!