WATER:
3 bottles a day at $1.25 a bottle. In a week, I spend about $16.25 on water bottles. and in a typical year, that’s $780 dollars (48 work weeks).

COFFEE:
About 15 dollars a week times 52 weeks (cause I drink lattes whether I’m working or not), totaling $720 dollars.

Smoothies
I spend about $18 a week on smoothies. Multiplied by 52 weeks is $925 dollars.

So to quench my thirst, if I do a VERY conservative calculation from the numbers above, it will cost me $2425 to quench my goddamned thirst this year.


WOW.
Time for me to make some changes in my spending habbits. $2425 is a hell of a lot of debt I could be paying down or a vacation I can be taking. Gawd damn.


On just the water Alone, I’ve bought a BRITA water filter/pitcher today that I’ve taken to work. Today I saved $3.75 in water (I drink 3 bottles a day at work). So the pitcher is half way paid for
Every two months I need to replace the filtuer (5 bucks), so with 6 filter swaps a year, that’s 30 bucks vs. $780 bucks.

Now I just need to figure my Smoothie and Coffee lifestyle changes

Damn…. A few small changes makes a hell of a lot of difference.




What’s your water/Latte factor like?

4 can min red bull a day. 85p from tesco. that's £1241, or $2,483.81 USD. motherfuck! could have had 1 high class hooker in Monaco for that.

I have a Brita too - I love it!

GaryTheNoTrashCougar said:

x 1,000,000,000




Actually, that's true

applekisses said:

OMG, my Brita is going to change my life.


CHANGE. MY. LIFE!!!

Andrea, why didnt' you tell me about this? Got any other secrets you're keeping from me?

Get the Brita filters at Costco they are way cheaper

I make my own tea at work in the mornings and try my best to bring water from home as I don't like the water from the city I work in.

oh, and I've had a brita forEVer.

CarrieMpls said:

I wonder if Hello Kitty makes a water filter

veronikka said:

Do you have to have a membership to shop at Costco?

Imago said:

omg, that would be awesome.

I can only mention water, since I put a lot of effort into not drink my calories, I got issues. Anyway, I like the taste of Nestle water, which I lucked out cause Sparkletts is my favorite. Nestle 24 pk, cheapest is $3.88.

Imago said:

yup

brita here

and, i make my own coffee

Imago said:

I've been using one for 10 years.
How did I know you were making your protein shakes with BOTTLED water?!

Imago said:

Water = Mountian spring/well water - tested - pure as "bought" water

added fliter system onto houe also - we dont buy water we use our own bottled water taste like plastic to me



Latte is NOT a factor - we make offee here when we want it

Technically, you have to take coffee out of the equation. It's a diarretic. It's not quenching anything mister!

I have a PUR filter, but I don't like the taste as much as bottled. Fortunately my work supplies water, so I can drink that.

But I also drink sparkling water. I need to find a way to make my own seltzer.

We haven't gotten to beer yet...

GaryTheNoTrashCougar said:

4-can min red bull a day!?! Geez! Why not just try crystal meth? It'd be a cheaper habit.

Lammastide said:

dont forget the cigs

morningsong said:

Saying that it last 2 weeks , that's 100.8 USD a year.
So you'd save about 70 dollars a year going to Brita filters--not a huge savings actually.

So your solution ain't half bad financially.
Though environmentally that's 624 plastic bottles.

Imago said:

XxAxX said:

Is that what you're calling it nowadays!?

applekisses said:

Mach said:

That's some real tree huggin, hippie lovin shit right there.

MIGUELGOMEZ said:

Everything you type always has sexual energy to it.

NDRU said:

What is sparkling water anyways? It's far more commonly served in Europe than still water. I found it to be gross gross gross!

How does it get sparkling?


No, nevermind, don't answer that. I'm afraid we'll get XxaxX's wikipedia itch going.

Imago said:

It's a gift.
[Edited 7/15/08 13:02pm]

Imago said:

whats the water like? its really cold and its good.

i like fiji water.and i dont drink coffee usually cause i find it gives u bad breath. but ill tear some non coffee frappuccinos up! not a pretty sight.

Imago said:

It's got nano-gremlins that blow bubbles in it.