A case of the Mondays

Today's savings was easy. I have a friend that I met through work that I like to get together with for coffee. Instead of meeting at a restaurant or coffee hut, I invited her to my home. I have one of those one fun Keurig machines (purchased on sale, with a coupon), so I had several tea and coffee options to offer her. It's fresh, just like we'd get at a coffee joint, but free for her and really cheap for me (about $0.46 per k-cup). Yes, this is more expensive than buying grounds and brewing a pot - but, it's still a couple of dollars cheaper than going out for a cup and in the end I waste less of the tasty stuff by not brewing more than I will drink. During the week, my fantastic hubby does brew a regular pot of coffee to fill his work thermos and leaves a couple of cups for me, but I have the k-cups in case I need that extra jolt or want to have a friend over for a sanity check, I mean a visit. I just have to remember to buy some lo-cal sweetener for our next chatfest...I forget that just because I don't use any sweetener in my drinks doesn't mean other people don't.

Don't forget to check out places like Amazon.com for specials on K-cups. Also, ask friends where they buy their coffee/k-cups. The same friend that visited with me today clued me in to a local place that sells many flavors of k-cups cheaper than I was getting them at a chain store. I call the place K-cup Heaven, aka Good Morning Sales in Hooksett, NH, not only for it's immense offerings but also because they also offer most of their flavors by the individual cup! It's $0.55 per cup, but I can try a new flavor without being locked in to an entire box that I might not enjoy. This isn't so much a measurable savings, but I figure I've saved myself some money by trying individual cups of flavors I thought I would LOVE...and ended up truly disliking.