A good way to keep abreast spending habits is limiting yourself to penny-pinching frugality and shameless freeloading for all things. But allow yourself one thing to indulge in. For some, it's purses. For others, it's DVDs. For me, it's coffee. My tastes and tolerances to the wonderful drug have skyrocketed to a sophisticated and sinful level. There was a time when I was willing to ingest whatever swill that the local grocery store or the local breakfast cart was brewing. Then I hit high school. My caffeine intake took off exponentially, and I could no longer suffer the burnt, bland, and base local variety. I don't think it really helped me stay up but I really just enjoyed the taste of it. Or maybe it's because I'm so accustomed to drinking coffee that it's become more
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