$6,600 Breakfast!

August 16th, 2006 at 03:03 pm

So, for the past, I don't know, maybe 6 or 7 years, I have done the DnD Breakfast Run every morning on my way to work. The DnD Breakfast Run is this:

1 large Dunkin Donuts Iced Coffee
1 Dunkin Donuts Bagel sandwhich

The prices always range depending on where I live, or what year it is. But right now, I pay $4.61 every morning for my DnD Breakfast. Let's do the math:

DnD Breakfast Run: $4.61
X 5 workdays a week = $23.05
X 4 weeks a month = $92.20
X 12 months a year = $1,106.40
X 6 years = $6,638.40

I have thrown away over $6,600 on coffee and bagels! And that's not counting the occasional weekend DnD Breakfast Run or the sometimes 2nd Coffee at 3-PM-Slump-Time Run.

$6,600!!!!

What could I have bought for $6,600???

110 months of membership at a nice gym
330 new DVD's
440 new CD's
33 Prada bags
1 Used 2000 Dodge Neon
1 Used 2000 Chevrolet Metro
1 pair of 1.5 carat, platinum setting, diamond earrings from Tiffany's
3 EACH Pacific Blue Kenmore Elite Washer and Dryers
3 Hitachi 57" Wide Screen TV's
733.3 bags of cat food
2,200 gallons of gas for the car
10.5 months of my rent paid
507.7 WW meetings
9.4 Cruises (including airfare!)
7.3 Round trip flights from Boston to London

*sigh*

I bought coffee to make at home every morning before I leave for work, and I have cereal, frozen waffles, and WW bagels for breakfast every morning.

Time to give it up.

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10 Responses to “$6,600 Breakfast!”

StressLess Says:
August 16th, 2006 at 03:18 pm 1155741521
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Wow, that is an interesting list! Sure is eye-opening. I've been bemoaning the fact that I can't afford to rejoin my gym yet, but all I have to do is find something that will save me about $3 a day. Well, you've got me thinking--thanks!
veronak Says:
August 16th, 2006 at 03:31 pm 1155742318
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Yep it is time to dive up DnD on a regular basis, I am proud of you for realizing how much you were spending, I was eating out an average of $300.00 a month which is equal to $3600 a year. But I stopped eating out at fast food restaurants and I bag my lunch every day I have saved so much money by doing this. Good luck and stay away from DnD
ima saver Says:
August 16th, 2006 at 04:14 pm 1155744866
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The guys that work with my husband spend close to $10 a day for lunch, that is $200 a month. My husband, the boss, makes his lunch everyday.
Guess who has a paid for house!
daybyday Says:
August 16th, 2006 at 04:14 pm 1155744884
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Yikes! Those small amounts really add up, don't they?! Yeah, eating breakfast at home sounds like a good plan.
annab Says:
August 16th, 2006 at 05:41 pm 1155750090
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A quick cure for wanting a restaurant's product is to work there for a month or two. You'll not want donuts or coffee from there probably ever again!
Seriously though, the little things add up, and if they give you no value, then why not cut them?
annab Says:
August 16th, 2006 at 05:46 pm 1155750387
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Oh yeah, you could probably make the bagel sandwich at home. Those kind of things are made at the factory and shipped frozen, then nuked/toasted in the store -- they're not typically made on-site.
robex Says:
August 16th, 2006 at 08:10 pm 1155759011
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holy Moley! It sure makes you look at breakfast in a whole new light, doesn't it?
jacquelynrose Says:
August 16th, 2006 at 08:23 pm 1155759830
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Wow that is an interesting way of looking at it!
Jacquelyn
homebody Says:
August 17th, 2006 at 12:37 am 1155775061
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Geez my peanut butter on toast and glass of milk just suddenly tasted even better!

That's after my morning cup of coffee and half and half purchased and made ourselves at home.

Good for you!
koppur Says:
August 18th, 2006 at 03:11 pm 1155913886
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Thanks for the encouragement all! I'm having massive caffine withdrawl headaches since I haven't gotten around to making my own coffee in the mornings, but I guess that just tells me I was drinking too much caffine to begin with! And this morning, not even knowing I was not buying DnD anymore, my co-worker M came in with an iced coffee for me...her treat! Yay! Caffine!

Have I mentioned my co-workers ROCK? =)

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