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January 22nd, 2007 at 08:16 pm

I've been doing pretty good with my soda intake. I used to have about 4 to 5 sodas a day, now I'm down to maybe 4 or 5 a week. I'm feeling pretty good about it.

At work, we just had a conversation about soda & I realized something pretty funny about myself. My coworker brought at 2 liter bottle of soda to work instead of cans in an effort to keep costs down. We started talking about the price of 12 packs of cans and I mentioned that I don't really see sales for 4 packs for $10.00 that often anymore. My coworker said, she keep seeing the 3 for $9.00 and that she refuses to buy it at that price. I said, I'm the same way, I'll wait til the next sale.

Then I realized that in the past, I would have definately waited for the next sale rather than pay $9.00 for 3 packs, but if I ran out of soda & wanted one, I'd still grab one from the vending machine at 75 cents per can. Lets do the math... 12 x .75 = $9.00! So out of stubborness, I'd end up paying 9.00 for a 12 pack from the vending machines just because I didn't like the sale at 3 for $9.00! ugh! That was really dumb of me.

Luckily, I no longer do the soda out of the vending machine (in the effort to pack my lunches & limit my soda intake. But it wonder.... how much money have I wasted being stubborn about the price I'd pay for a 12 pack??

Today will not be a no spend day...I'm paying some bills (electric, cable, ect) and I'm stopping back off at the grocery store today to get the bread & few other items that I forgot yesterday.

I'll be prepacking my food for tomorrow. In an effort to make things easier for myself, I try to premake for 2 days instead of one. Its been going pretty good so far.

Tonight's dinner will be a blt on wheat and pasta salad (with more veggies than wheat pasta).

I'll take the leftover pasta salad tomorrow, along with the leftover tuna fish from today's lunch. Very easy!

Posted in saving on food, no spend, Savings | 3 Comments »

3 Responses to “soda irony”

  1. JanH Says:
    January 22nd, 2007 at 08:26 pm 1169497584
    1169497584

    I'm finding all kinds of those ironies in my life! You are not alone...at least we are realizing them!

  2. robex Says:
    January 22nd, 2007 at 09:33 pm 1169501595
    1169501595

    I've really been cutting down on my pepsi intake over the last few months. I had one on Friday (after not having any for 9 days). It tasted awful. I couldn't even finish it!

    ...not like me at all. I can still feel the bad taste it left in my mouth. Maybe I'll be off it for good now.

  3. morningstar Says:
    January 26th, 2007 at 06:43 pm 1169837017
    1169837017

    I have done the exact same thing - I think this falls into the "false economy" way of thinking. Think of how much you will save in the future by realizing this and using it on other things. . .

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