Get a Mug!

For weeks before my birthday, my boyfriend begged me to tell him what I wanted from him as a gift. Generally I’m not a very lavish person, but if I am, I spend my own money, I never expect someone to buy something extravagant for me; so I told him I wanted a coffee mug, plain and simple. I explained to him that most mornings on my way to work I buy my hazelnut coffee at the gas station, and I don’t normally fill it all the way up, because the lids aren’t great and it always leaks on me. So by the time I get to work, I end up with only a 16 oz coffee, and a hazelnut smelling hand. I figured that a mug would be a practical & smart gift, plus, cheap!

I figured he’d just go get one somewhere & that would be that. Oh no, not my boyfriend, bless his heart. He scoured the planet looking for the best coffee mug money could buy. *lol* He found a mug that doesn’t leak - AT ALL - and in fact, the company is so convinced that it won’t leak, that they put a clip on it, so you can clip it to a purse or belt. AWESOME!

But he didn’t count on the fact that it would potentially save me a LOT of money.

The first time I took my shiny new mug to the gas station and filled it before my workday, the attendant gave me the total - only 69 cents! It was always $1.09 before! Granted, I downgraded from 20oz to 16oz (that’s all the new mug holds), but that is a HUGE difference in price. I told the attendant, had I known there was such a big price gap, I would have been getting the 16oz size long ago. She explained that the reason it’s so cheap was because I brought my own mug, and they only charge for refills in that case. WOW! I never even thought about the fact that they might do something like that.

So to break it down…

Before:
20oz @ $1.09/cup – can be up to $5.45/work week, which can be up to $21.80/month!

After:
16oz @ $0.69/mug – can be up to $3.45/work week, which can be up to $13.80/month.

That means effectively (were I to go get coffee every day of the year before work), I can save up to $96.00 per year! Not only that, but I don’t have to use one of their styrofoam cups every morning, so hopefully I’m helping the environment daily, too.

It’s amazing what a huge difference one little mug can make.