Java Economics, First-World Style.

Starbucks 5x a week at $3.71 for a tall Pumpkin Spice Latte (I already forgot how much the ventis cost) = $74.20 for 20 drinks a month

Home-crafted coffee at home 10x a week... all the refills I can drink!
 - $27.84 for a 6-pack of 16-pod bags via Amazon prime ($0.29 per cup!)
 - $9 for a 3-pack of French Vanilla coffee creamer at Costco - lasts 2 months or so
 - $5 for a generic 14 oz. canister of whipped cream for that fake-barista touch at the grocery store

*sound of calculator buttons screaming*

$21.10 for 40 drinks a month.

Per drink, that's a $3.18 difference.

The monthly difference is... let's see, $74.20 - $21.10 = part of the reason we've made it thus far through this recession and the loss of my regular paycheck earlier this year, rendering us a single-income family (that is, if you consider a teacher's paycheck an actual "income."  I prefer to call it "slave labor").

Holeee... shit.

Who knew borderline-agoraphobia had its pros?

Comments

[-ck]

And what took you so long to finally figure out why we were so broke last year while you were at GWU and getting all the Starbucks you could get?

Nah...kidding. But the numbers are pretty astounding. I wonder if this will make other people think twice.

And, slave labor...yep, that.

[Josh]

Slave labor aside (grin), yep, I've stopped going to Starbucks as much, and now only go maybe once or twice a week.

And as for Barry? Well, that's a whole 'nuther story ...