Wednesday, January 11, 2012

Boost Your Budget {Week 2}

After last week's savings disappointment, I knew I had to do some brainstorming to find a sure fire way to start saving.  So with great saddness in my heart I bring you this weeks cutback.

My Keurig.  I will no longer be buying coffee for my Keurig. 

My children are home for school and honestly I don't enjoy it.  Its many hours of work daily for me.  It takes away my "freedom".  Instead of going to the grocery store when I choose, I must wait till school is done.  Its basically like I am in school.  Every morning I wake up and think, "I don't want to do school today" just like a child would!.  But since I think at home is the best place for my children, I do it anyways.

My daily cup of coffee was something for me to look forward to each day as I began school.  The warmth felt comforting and, well, I just truly enjoyed it. 

However, anyone who has a Keurig knows, the K cups...they are not cheap!  I would go through 2  boxes a month.  A box will run around $14.  So a monthly savings of $28.  I think that is pretty significant especially when you combine that with any other saving efforts done each month. 

I am trying to make myself like to drink hot tea.  I am just not loving it.  But tea bags are inexpensive!  Sometimes tea, especially in the morning, actually makes me throw up.  So that's not going great.  I do love hot chocolate, but its too high in calories for me.  So, mainly, I am just going without my warm beverage fix. 

This post was written to repond to the Boost Your Budget challenge here

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