I had to get a second mortgage for my house :):):)

I really don't see what is so great about Starbucks coffee.It is way to strong and costs too much. McDonald's now has the latte and cappachino coffee for $2.00 and that is even too much for a cup of coffee even if it does have extra cream in it. Yeh I know it's more than just extra cream but I'm not paying the extra for fancy named coffee.

I know what you are saying! I mean, gee whiz - it is expensive! I wrote an article about little ways to save money that you wont' even miss in my blog called Coffee Break Whatever Save Money - link in my profile - and one of hte things in the article "SAVE $2,553 A YEAR - ANYONE CAN - IT'S SIMPLE, EASY AND FREE! Just Do the Math - $3.75 for a cup of Starbucks (at least, often more!) times 365 days a year (cup a day) is $1368 a year you spend on a cup of coffee a day - I sure can think of many ways to use $1368 dollars than for a cup of coffee each day! What a nice vacatio that'd make or that much farther out of debt! There are more things in this article, but the point is you are spending money and don't even realize it - do you still want to do that? Good for you for realizing it! What are you going to do with your "extra" money?!!

The Starbucks we buy is built into our fun money so I don't feel bad buying it. We onyl buy Starbucks on the weekend, usually just Saturdays. Personally Folgers, Maxewell House, etc taste disgusting. I do make Cafe Bustello at home, which is pretty good, but only when I want Espresso and milk. When I don't feel like making coffee or what something different that I can't make at home - I go to the coffee shop. Starbucks is not the only coffee house I frequent. They are all priced about the same though.

i should agree with you... the price is really too much and that's the reason why me and my hubby don't drink coffee... and if we want to drink tea or hot chocolate, we make it ourselves at home... it is much cheaper and we can save heaps of money for other purposes such as paying for our mortgages...

I have never liked starbucks, I do Dunkin Donuts on occasion but prefer my homemade Gevalia. It is a bit more expensive then regular store brands but way cheaper than starbucks and better tasting then you can normally buy. I think it is a good alternative.

I don't drink coffee, especially not hot coffee. But if I did, this is where I would get mine: http://caffino.com/ However, I have heard quite a few people say that the stuff they sell at McDonalds is just as good as Starbucks any day. That does not apply to the iced coffee, though, as I tried one of those and the McDonald' one was terrible whereas the Starbucks one was merely bad. Caffino's iced coffee drinks ROCK! They also cost around $5 which is ridiculous. So, there are about 5 valid reasons why I don't get them: 1) I don't have a mortgage and don't want one. 2) That much caffeines is, I am sorry, NOT in my opinion good for us. 3) Too sweet! I considered artificial sweeteners harmful to the health, and use real sugar in MODERATION, lol. 4) Too many calories. What, 700 calories in a serving. I've lived for years without ingesting that many in a day! 5) I don't like the whole "scene" where everyone is trying to be snobbish and trendy. Although I don't drink the stuff, I do like to use a little good quality coffee as a flavoring occasionally, especially on ice cream, so I have tried to educate myself on the topic, and learned that coffee drinking in the US has quite an interesting, and to me shocking, history. I prefer to live, but if I decided to die, I guess I would kill myself with the Caffino's. Lol, not really. I want to live!

Ok Twin you had me going then with the Title I thought then that you had to take it out to support your In Laws because they have not been keeping up to Date I do not like Starbucks and I do not like their Coffee's so you are not alone on that one and as for the Prices well I could buy a Meal from that it is disgusting so you are not alone in this and I suggest you do stay away as you really do not need a second Mortgage the same as I do not want to fall behind with my rent lol

I am not sure why, but I like the coffee we make at home better than any other place. I would have a hard time at Starbucks, it would so totally intimidate me. I did get fond of Dunkin Donuts iced coffee one summer, with lots of sugar and cream. It tends to be very waistline unfriendly. I drink my hot coffee black. We usually have half caffeinated, half decaf. Avoiding that second mortgage.

It's very hard for us to buy a new house.It is very expensive.Most of general workers need to dividee payments,which will abate their loaden.And ,they could own a steady room to live."Home" could give our safty,or ----.So,don't be worry,we should struggle for your goal.Good luck to you!