I love coffee. I love good coffee…and it has to be the mocha ones from Starbucks. I always go for Venti, and anything below $4.00 isn’t worth the coffee run.

So I started a new job very recently…no free coffee here…at least, not the good kind. Starbucks happens to be downstairs…hence the beginning of my daily coffee run. Not good…at least, not good for the wallet.

After seeing my debt balance yesterday (no, coffee isn’t to blame for that because I just started), I’m ready to give up my daily caffeine dose. I really hope I’ll be successful this week: no more Starbucks.

I also stopped brown bagging lunch everyday since I started this new job. Until I become successful at not running to Starbucks at all for at least the first two weeks, I will not commit to not brown bagging everyday. I do not want to overdo it, break down, and then give up. I can’t over-promise and under-deliver. However, I shall still do my best to brown bag everyday AND skip the coffee.

It will be interesting to see how this week unfolds. What little things are you doing right now to reduce your debt?

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