$2 vs $65

Remember a couple of months ago when I told y'all I bought AdvoCare's Spark energy drink mix? Well, I just finished it up a couple of weeks ago. Now, let me first say I bought the energy drink mix for the caffeine in it and that is all. As embarrassing/ridiculous as it is I get caffeine headaches when I go without it for too long (as in a day, as in by 9:00 a.m.) I used to drink a coke every morning but I just wanted to break that nasty habit. It made me feel gross and was definitely not good for me. I don't drink coffee so that's not really an option. So when I heard about Spark I was super pumped about it. I was going to get my caffeine AND it was going to be good for me.

  The only problem with it...the price. I'm pretty sure this was my reaction when I saw the price for it

But silly me thought it was the answer to all my problems lol and I bought it.

I paid around $65 all together. I throughly enjoyed the taste of it. It took care of my caffeine headaches, but energy? I didn't feel this burst of energy after drinking it. Maybe it's because I wasn't working out after drinking it? After about the tenth day of drinking it I was tired of the flavor and had to force myself to drink the rest because I was not about to let that go to waste.

 

I was talking to my dad about it and he told me about this drink mix that he buys.

At Wal-Mart. For $2 AND it has caffeine in it.

I'm pretty sure this was my reaction when I saw the price for it

You better believe the next time we went grocery shopping I picked it up to try.

 

 

It works just as well! 10 packs for $2

 

 

I am SO glad my dad told me about it and that it actually works!

I was getting tired of the Spark fruit punch flavor and I was VERY hesistant about trying another flavor. If I didn't like the new flavor then I was just out $65. With the Wal-Mart brand "energy" drink mix I can pick up a couple of different flavors and if I just absolutely can't drink it then I'm out $2.

 

 

I am in no way at all trying to bash AdvoCare Spark drink. I have heard many great things about the company and their products. One of my really good friends drinks it before her workout everyday and loves it. It was just not fiscally responsible for me to continue purchasing it. And the reason why I wanted to share is because maybe you are in the same boat that I am. Maybe not, but it's still good to know your options!

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Pocket change

If you went to your car right now and gathered up all the loose change how much would you have? Two dollars, five dollars maybe even eight or nine dollars?

I never realized just how fast change can add up until I worked at the bank. Customers would bring in even just a small zip lock bag full of change that they found in their cars or that they had been saving for the past month and it seriously would add up to be $20 to $50. I was completely shocked, I have always heard that change adds up quickly but I didn't really think that much of it. Well growing up I had these little piggy banks, actually one was an Easter rabbit...rabbit & piggy banks.  I had probably four and then when I was younger I had made clay jars in art class. My mom would empty her pockets every day and put in my piggy/rabbit banks and then I would just add my loose change into those clay jars.  While I was packing up my room I didn't want to have to pack those up so I poured them all out and started counting and counting aaaand counting.

and this is the total I had

4 piggy/rabbit banks, 2 clay jars...now these were small banks that I could hold in my hand so they filled up pretty quickly but sill $79.30?!?!!!!! 

That's $79.30 more than I didn't have.

So on the next rainy day go dig out all the loose change around your house and out of your car. Count it. Roll it. Deposit it. and when the teller hands you your receipt showing you the amount you just deposited, you can thank me with half of it ;)

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Pocket change