Java

What a title. The one thing that gets me kick started in the morning. My afternoon dessert. My daytime splurge. I love, love, love coffee. Not just any coffee; the blended Snickers from Jumpin Java, the Pumpkin Spice from Starbucks, the oh so sweet and sugary kind. Just walking into a barista puts my senses into high gear. For four months, four long, painful, agonizing months I went without. First of all let me tell you how much money I saved. It was crazy when you think about $6 a day, five days a week, 52 weeks in a year. That’s like a million mermaid dollars. Seriously though, it’s $1,560!!!!! Who spends that kind of money on coffee 🙄 Second of all I had no idea how to order anything that didn’t have over 50 grams of sugar. I asked for the sugar free options and the lady said, you know there’s still sugar in it. Well geez woman, here I am saying sugar free if I wanted sugar I would have just ordered anything off the menu. That’s false advertisement. However, one very sweet lady at a nearby mermaid (Chase’s word for Starbucks) the only 3 year old I know who can spot one a mile away. Oh yeah and a Target. Lol…. I digress. She took her time to walk me through what they could do 100% sugar free. Now ladies, your options are slim to none but oh so worth it. A machiotto with sugar free vanilla and almond milk has become my favorite splurge. That’s right, like once in a blue moon I’m too broke cause I love to cook, splurge. What I did find out was I could do similiar at home. Do I do it often, no. But I figured it out and let me tell ya, $6 goes along way when you do it yourself. What I do to switch it up is find any sugar-free creamer that is seasonal. Like Pumpkin Spice, some of y’all are shaking your head and I can about tell ya who. Lol…. But some of y’all know I have a pumpkin addiction and it hits the spot. At Christmas there are multiple sugar-free options. On a regular basis there’s always vanilla, sweet cream and hazelnut which happens to be my #1. By switching up my creamers it gives me variety. Also, it leads to little to no sweetener substitute. If your not a java lover, I’m sorry I don’t know how you made reading it this far. Also, we can’t be friends. ( <—– joke!) Here’s to saving money, staying caffeinated and enjoying our favorites. Then there’s just the pleasure of saying I would like a skinny coffee please….😂