Stop it with the free stuff

As stores slowly to open up. And our Nespresso stash was just down to maybe like 5 pods, we had to drive up to UTC La Jolla and stock up. Anna jokingly said, “Yep, were about to spend $200 on coffee again”. With the $$$ signs suddenly shocking my thrifty nerves, I said “Hell no, we’ll limit ourselves to only 10 sleeves”.


We got there as early as 10am unknowingly that stores open now at 11am. We had enough time to ponder on what flavors we would get and get a cup of Starbucks. We then got in line and prepped up. But all that conditioning was brought down to a crumble when the person helping me out in my orders uttered “Sir, if you get 15 sleeves, we’ll give a freebie”.


Darn it. That's it. First, it was 5 more sleeves on my intended purchase. And now saying there's a freebie which include a pod holder. I then took a slow deep breath and said “Thank you for letting me know”.

After doing all our errands, we got home. I’m so proud of myself i was not compelled to buy and give in to that so called promo of theirs.

Fudge, went home with 30 sleeves and 2 of that free container. I was suckered in again. On a positive note, these pods would last us a good 3 months the most. Grrrrrrr