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My dad told me I was spending $60 a month on 'stupid coffee' so I finally broke down the numbers
So I was visiting my parents last spring and my dad sees me walk in with a latte from the local cafe near their house. He goes "you know that's like throwing a $20 bill in the trash every week right?" I kind of rolled my eyes but later I actually added it up. I was hitting up coffee shops 4 or 5 times a week at about $4.50 a pop. That's around $75 a month. It didn't seem like much at the time but over a year that's $900. That really hit me. I bought a decent espresso machine for $150 off Facebook Marketplace and now I make my own. Still grab one out sometimes but my monthly coffee spending dropped to like $15 for beans and milk. Has anyone else had like a sneaky daily expense that added up way more than you thought?
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knight.uma3mo ago
But $900 a year is literally a plane ticket or a few months of car insurance, kinda wild it just disappears on morning routine stuff. I bet most of us have one of those silent budget killers, like having the AC running all day or grabbing snacks at the gas station every time you fill up.
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milalewis3mo ago
My coffee maker costs $15 and I use cheap grounds, so that's more like $30 a year for me. The morning routine thing only adds up if you're buying fancy stuff every day.
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rosepark3mo ago
Well, knight.uma makes a good point, but not all of us can afford to look that close at our spending. My silent budget killer is buying replacement chargers for everything. I lose them in my own house, they get chewed by the dog, they just vanish. At $15 a pop, I probably spend $200 a year on chargers I can never find when I need them. Makes that $900 coffee habit look almost reasonable, if you ask me, though I've never spent that much on a single cup in my life.
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