The husband and I are discussing how much is too much to spend at Starbucks on a monthly basis. What’s your limit?
Here’s what I know: I miss traveling for work and expensing my coffee as breakfast, yo.
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HAHAHA!!! that video is fantastic! can’t believe you found it (can’t believe it exists!), much less posted it.
as for me, i miss traveling for work too. but it’s been a while since i had one of *those* kinds of jobs anyway.
regarding the amount spent on coffee each month?
i refuse to count. seriously. i’m not keeping track. i won’t do it. it’ll depress me and i just really really enjoy my coffee.
all the best!
deb
Did her hair change color halfway through?
Oh. My. Flying Spaghetti Monster. If my husband did that, 15 seconds later he would be soaked with coffee and have a percolator shoved down his pants.
Like deb, I refuse to keep track of my monthly Starbucks expenditure. It’s high. Way high. Ignorance is bliss. And so are sugarfree hazelnut soy lattes.
@deb The video was on boing boing, today, and the timing couldn’t have been better! If I could only make a perfect cup of coffee, my husband would love me more and stop nagging me about spending too much money at Starbucks.
@Lexy I watched it and her hair color AND texture changes. Weird.
@Perrik Amazingly sexist, yes? That’s our media history, and a good reason why Betty Friedan is my hero. “He didn’t even kiss me goodbye.” Unbelievable!
I’m pretty sure I’ve dated that guy.
Wenchie, your coffee is too rich for his ‘Instant Folgers’ taste buds.
i try to keep it to under five bucks a day. That would get me to 150. BUT if it was a month of extremes .. extreme work and extreme lack of sleep, i could see that number creeping above $200. one way to cut starbucks costs is my ordering cafe misto’s instead of latte’s.
Five bucks is reasonable. Divorce ‘on the grounds of too many coffee grounds’ is not. I’ll probably have to concede this one and compromise.
ABSOLUTELYLUVIT!!!!
Okay, I did the math. Whoa.
This weekend, I’m buying an espresso machine. By my calculations, factoring in the cost of supplies, a Starbucks Sirena machine would pay for itself in about three months. Maybe less.
To celebrate this decision, I’m… um.. well, okay, I’m going to Starbucks for a latte. Blame the hospital for sticking our admin group in a satellite office with three Starbucks outlets within a 3-block walk. (we’re supposed to be moving later this year to a location with just one nearby Starbucks, oh the humanity!)
Wait a minute? There is a limit? Crap.
Okay… M_ doesn’t even like coffee, but she bought me an espresso machine in our first year of dating (plus a demitasse set I think). Then she got me a Saeco machine several years ago. It sees regular use when I’m home: I go through about a nearly pound of beans a week. Put that in your calculator!
Of course, I do have a Too Much Coffee Man lunchbox.
I watched the video but I can’t see what’s wrong with it?
(Actually, at least it’s not Bacon Coffee, I guess!)
The husband and I were just discussing coffee. He hates Starbucks, but is thinking about switching to the store brand of coffee because Maxwell House is too expensive. So I guess that means you’d be a wee bit over your coffee budget according to his standards.
@Neil – If it were bacon coffee, the husband would be much happier. Bacon makes everything better. If our payroll sheets were printed on fatback or pancetta instead of paper, I wouldn’t gripe so much about my job.
How much is too much, Mrs. Ruettimann?
It’s never enough, until my heart stops beating.
@Eclectipundit What a crazy word. My new favorite word is INSOMNIASTIC.
@Perrik When I worked at Pfizer in Manhattan, we had four Starbucks within spitting distance. It was insane & totally unhealthy for me.
@Bryan The only limit is self-restraint.
@JackVinson Love the lunch box. I’m too lazy to make my own coffee.
@Neil Bacon coffee? Hmmmm….
@LaMama If I remember correctly, yo’ husband can main-line coffee into his veins. He is an inspiration.
@Miss Priss Well said!!!
Did someone say bacon coffee? If that were an option I’d go out pick me up a little lady right now. I wouldn’t mind throwing some little darlin’ a bone to make my other half. But if she brings me that instant crap? I’ll have have to check out the percolators of the girls at the office.
But if she brings me that instant crap? I