From Dollar Tree buy 3 bottles of Stars and Stripes 2.75 L of diet cola and 1 bottle of Fayco 2.5 L diet cola: 4 bottles for $4.00. From Aldi, buy 3 bottles of 2L Diet Coca-Cola for $1.68 each. Total price: $9.72 with 7.5 percent sales tax on Ohio soda.
For each drink using an old plastic soda drink container with lid, mix:
250 ml Diet Coca-Cola $0.21
250 ml Stars and Stripes or Fayco Dollar Tree diet cola $0.09
500 ml water to dilute diet soda 50-50 FREE
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1000 ml diet soda "drink" $0.30 TWO SERVINGS FOR 2 DAYS
500 ml diet soda "drink" a day for $0.15 a Day
Former diet Coca-Cola consumption: 6 * $1.68 2L bottles a week = $10.08 a week
Recent diet soda "drink" consumption: 7 * $0.15 500 ml "drinks" a week = $1.05
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Savings: $9.03 a week
As part of the savings, start asking for a cup of water when eating out for dinner a day instead of drinking diet soda and save even more: Additional savings $2.49 * 3 = $7.47 a week
Total Savings a week: $16.50 A Week
New habit: At all times except at 4:15 PM, drink only plain water while at the computer.
What to do with the savings:
Start eating a custom oatmeal recipe for breakfast daily with crumbled chopped pecans, cran-raisins and fruit/nut trail mix mixture on top of one serving of oatmeal a day with 3.5 tsp granulated sugar added.
$0.23 a Day 295 calories a day
Start eating an orange a day from Aldi 8 oranges for 3.99 = $0.50 an orange a day.
Use a better EditPad Pro 7 editor on the computer: 365 days for $79.99 = $0.22 a day.
Julie Nield October 20, 2018
Indexed Under: Savings Tips Caffeine Diet Soda Regular Soda Recipe
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