I'm not buying these juices every day. But it's gone from being maybe once every couple of months to once a month... to once a week... to sometimes multiple times a week! And as the weather gets warmer, a nice cool refreshing juice will seem more and more attractive.
Sometimes I go to a place where they make them fresh, and as I watch them stuffing a handful of spinach, a big carrot, a couple beets, and whatever else into the blender, I try to do the mental math of what it would cost to buy those vegetables. I don't have a good mental price list for fruits and vegetables, though. Or maybe I don't have a good sense of weight! When I buy apples at the supermarket, I'm often shocked at what it works out to per apple-- I've seen the per pound price, but I never think each apple will be that heavy.
I comfort myself that this particular extravagance is at least a healthy vice-- a $10 juice is still less than the cost of a pack of cigarettes, and less than the average glass of wine in many NYC restaurants.
What's your financial kryptonite?
I am a very long time reader so, I know, you are a solid saver. May be you deserve this splurge. Or, may be you should make it a budget item so that you do not spend more than you allocated.
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ReplyDeleteHii i agree with you that juices are very expensive.Me to spending $15 on them.
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ummm, juice as a financial kryptonite. according to my point of sometimes nice because its a part of everyone life, its hygienic too. but on other way juices are expensive. nice article. thanks for sharing.
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Eliseo Bundette
Coffee is my financial kryptonite. I have the same relationship to coffee as you do to juice. Somehow, I can always justify a soothing latte, or an invigorating espresso. When I'm traveling or on vacation, I seem to adopt an even more addicted-approach to my splurge: I'll buy one even if I don't think I really want it. It symbolizes indulgence, yet on a practical level: it's not too expensive, and it makes me feel like I'm having a treat.
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