Although I have recently switched to decaf, my latte factor is still way out of hand. I am writing this entry today out of necessity. Hi, my name is Pete the Planner, and I am a latte-holic.

I must come up with a economic reason to stop drinking a $4 coffee drink. The following text is my attempt to scare myself into moderation. This entry is completely self-serving.

Dear Pete,

I love you and care about you, and this is why I am writing you today. It has come to our attention (me, myself, and I) that you have a problem. You are spending up to $28 per week on fru-fru coffee drinks. I not only question your economic sense, but I question your manliness.

Let me be blunt, in five years you will have spent $7300 on coffee. That is enough to buy pretty much anything you want that doesn’t have four wheels or a front door. Please make a choice, coffee (which in your case isn’t even caffeinated) or $7300.

In adoration,

You

Thank you, me. I will take this under consideration. Hold on a second…[I’ll have a decaf triple grande non-fat latte] when I finish this cup.