I quit drinking coffee.  In fact, I’ve even quit drinking caffeine.  The hardest part about doing this was missing out on my morning cup of coffee.  In order to get through this challenge, I decided to start drinking decaf tea.  There’s only one problem with drinking decaf tea when you are out and about.  Nobody seems to carry it.  Starbucks doesn’t even have black decaf tea.  (They only have real black tea, or some funky flavors).

So, what’s a guy to do?  I put some decaf teabags in my work bag.  Now, when I walk in to the cafeteria at my company, I just get a hot cup of water and the lady says, “No charge” every day.  I hadn’t intended to try to get a free cup of hot water every day, but it is turning out to save me about $1.50 every day.  I haven’t tried to get a cup of hot water at Starbucks, but I bet they either charge me a tiny cup fee, or don’t charge me at all.

That’s a savings of up to $30 per month.