Do you purchase a cup of coffee a day?
Maybe twice?
Three times, even?
For me, I typically go with tea, and if I do purchase coffee, I go with decaf because regular coffee doesn’t make me sleep very well and also dehydrates my cells. I’m really loving the Celestial Seasonings Gingerbread Cookie tea and I’m sipping that as I’m writing this now. My classmates are up early at 8:30am at the lineup at Starbucks, ordering their morning expressos and lattes, and I wonder how much money the spend on coffee a day. Being a university student living on campus is really not a cheap investment. Every meal on campus costs at least $10, multiply that by 3 a day and then 7 days a week, we’re talking over $210 dollars a week on food here! And that’s just ONE person! My mom spends only $60 a week on groceries for a family of 5. The last thing you should be spending money on is drinks, but it can’t be helped sometimes as a post-secondary student living on residence, especially for those 8:30am classes.
Luckily, I’ve never been addicted to coffee or any sort of liquids; I’ve never been a huge fan of pop of juice even as a child. My bees knees is actual food(coughcoughCHEESEcoughcoughNUTBUTTERS).
I found this infographic over at www.buddyloans.com about money and coffee:
How to Cut The Costs
No one is saying give up your love for coffee, especially the coffee industry, but when you look at how much you may be spending, there are a few ways to cut back and save some money.
Reduce the size: Get a medium or small cup as opposed to a large cup. This can save you 30%.
Go simple: Skip the cappuccinos and get a regular filtered coffee.
Skip the extras: Coffee shops sell much more than just coffee. Skip the muffins, crisps, and cakes.
Loyalty rewards: If a coffee shop offers loyalty stamps or cards, use them and save.
See more at: https://www.buddyloans.com/blog/how-much-is-your-coffee-addiction-costing-you/#sthash.3D0tP8HK.dpuf
So while you won’t be seeing lots of posts on my social media with drinks, you will be seeing lots of food and runs:
…and that snow has melted by now and the first week of December has passed. I sure hope Toronto has a white Christmas this year. It’d be miraculous, since we haven’t had one since 2008!
Some lunches I had:
One Sunday the room/housemate and I went to get poutine from Popeyes. I told her she ain’t tasted the real thing yet, because Costco’s are absolute bomb.
I made some cream of bacon soup. You can find the recipe on my Instagram.
And when Smoke’s Poutinerie came on campus I ordered a box of cheese curds and gravy. Words cannot describe how amazing this tasted. I am no longer a Smoke’s Poutinerie virgin.
A photo posted by Linda (@thefitty) on
My housemate did some henna on my left hand and I find it beautiful. I left it to dry overnight as I was sleeping and woke up to find a huge mess everywhere! Lesson learned: Never go to bed with henna unless you’ve rubbed off the black goo.
Thursday’s are regular speed sessions! 6x400m sprints with 200m jobs in between 6x200m sprints with 200m jogs in between 🙂 8 minute cool down A photo posted by Linda (@thefitty) on
Another run! I’ve decided to do weekly speed sessions at the indoor track to help me build a faster base for running. Typically they’re 20 minutes long and then I jog back to the house. And the best dinner award goes to…
COCONUT CURRY PASTA! I used pork kidneys, coconut milk, low calorie pasta, spices, and hot peppers! It tasted SO CREAMY and delicious, better than campus food. Oh my GAWD I loved this. I used 0 calorie noodles to make this and a single portion works out to be around 150 calories. This is keto and paleo friendly.
A selfie post-18k run this past Saturday. Jeez, I didn’t know I had that much in me. I never fail to amaze myself sometimes.
a linkup with Amanda, Megan, Heather, Nicole, Jill & Jessica, and Jenn
this is a sponsored post.
How much money a week do you spend on tea and coffee? Do you always get a muffin with your coffee? Where do you purchase your coffee?
