The cost of living . . . well?

I have a Starbucks addiction. Every morning - and I mean every single morning, 7 days a week, 365 days a year - I get a Grande Mocha, no whip, from Starbucks. I've been drinking cafe mochas from Starbucks on a daily basis for over 12 years now. I actually sat down yesterday and came up with some frightening numbers:

$3.55 . . . the cost of one grande no whip mocha
$24.85 . . . the cost of a week's worth of grande no whip mochas
$1,292.20 . . . the cost of a year's worth of grande no whip mochas

This is a startling number. I think this is more than we pay for our combined auto insurance for a year.

Over the last 12 years, the cost of my addiction has fluctuated, since Starbucks occasionally raises its prices and for a time I was drinking a Vente Mocha with an add shot every day, and for a time I cut back to just a tall mocha every day. But I think it's safe to say that over the last 12 years, I've spent somewhere in the neighborhood of . . . gulp . . . $12,000.00 on effing coffee!! And that's not even factoring in Michael's coffee. He gets regular coffee from Starbucks (although he claims not every day) at the cost of $1.60 a cup. I don't even want to do the math.

This got me thinking about the other ways I treat myself. How about the $75ish I spend every month to get pedicures and my nails done? And how about the $30ish we spend every week on pizza night?

It's certainly nice that we can afford these things, but man. Just think if this money went into a savings account instead. Kind of depressing.