For all you country fans out there if you have heard the
Toby Keith song “Red Solo Cup” then you are well aware of the million and one
uses for solo cups, but have you ever consider that the reusable plastic cups
people are carrying around have many of the same uses? While it may have been cool to carry around
your squeezable water bottle in elementary school, it is far more grown up to
carry a thick plastic cups with screw top lid.
These cups come in just about every color you could ever imagine and
cost around $5 at your local HomeGoods.
If you are lucky the bargain Gods may shine down on you and you may be
given one by your company or at your next charity function, but trust me this
just may be the greatest $5 you have ever spent!! You can take them just about anywhere and thanks to their handy dandy lid if you keep them upright they are virtually spill proof.
Have you
ever considered how much money you spend on bottled drinks or drinks from a
fountain? Well most drinks cost anywhere
from $1.25 to $2 and more often than not, bottled water costs even more than
that. So let’s say you buy a bottle of
soda every day during your typical 5 day work week you will have spent anywhere
from $6.25 to $10 per week on drinks alone.
Times that by the typical 50 weeks a person works per year and you are
spending $312.50 to $500 a year on drinks alone! All of those bottles you purchased over the
course of the year also have to be recycled, not a cheap task people.
My broke girl tip of the week…buy a reusable
plastic cup! You can fill it with just
about anything from soda, to water, to iced coffee, to iced tea, to smoothies,
it can handle it all. You will end up
saving yourself a ton of money in the long run if you buy a 2 Liter bottle of
soda for anywhere from $1 to $2 and then refill your cup, or you buy a giant
container of iced tea mix for around $3.99 which makes enough iced tea to last you
through the summer. The most budget
friendly option though is to load your cup with some ice and fill it with water
from your tap or water pitcher, clearly the most budget friendly option since
water is FREEEE.
I
personally love to go for the water option when I fill up my blue plastic cup
but since spring has sprung and summer is right around the corner I decided to
share my favorite smoothie recipe with you all…
¾ to 1 cup of your favorite
yogurt (.69 cents for individual sized or $3 for 32 oz frozen bag)
½ cup
strawberries ($2.99 or less in season or $7.00 for 40 oz frozen bag)
¼ to ½ cup blueberries (these
can be expensive but you can get a 40 oz frzn bag for 10.99)
1 whole
banana
Splash
of your favorite juice (I recommend OJ)
1 cup of
ice
This can
make anywhere from 1 to 2 smoothies depending on how big your cup is and how
thirsty you are. Frozen fruit is always
a good idea because it lasts in your freezer for a really long time and it won’t
go bad, so you won’t waste your hard earned dollars. Blend up this sweet treat any time of day and
ENJOY :)
PS...Yes I know my straw does not match the cup but I have this unique ability to break the straw off of every plastic cup I come across, what can I say I'm a little accident prone.
Until Next Time,
Broke Girl
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