Save yourself a Latte

For most of us, we can't imagine forgoing that daily caffeine fix, including me. Be it Starbucks, Caffe Ladro's, Stumptown, Seattle's Best, Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf- you name it, whatever your wake-me-up poison is, the going price for a latte is around $3.50. With a weekly fix of your caffeinated bevvy, you're looking at spending close to over $900 annually! What can that $900 buy you? Well, here's a list of my must-haves and what you can get for shelling out $900 smackaroos:

183 of Forever 21's Heritage 1981 Basic V Neck Tees @ $4.90 a pop (layers, layers, layers, and more layers!)





36 Bare Escentuals bareMineral's SPF 15 Foundations @ $25.00 per compact (not that you'll need that much in a year, but can you imagine all the other products you can try? LUSCIOUS!)



1 Burberry Floral Black and Grey Check Bowling Bag @ $895.00


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I'm not a financial planner or anything, but I just utilized this growth calculator on Fidelity Financial's website and figured that at the average rate of retirement at 62 years, investing $900 annually for a 25 year old for 37 years (provided that you retire at 62 years old), will yield you an astonishing $169,318 in returns. Yes ladies, that's a comma between the 9 and the 3. Amazing isn't it?




If you can kick the caffeine habit this might even be one of the best rewards yet...that of course, and no more stained pearlies either.