Easy way to save money? Bring your own coffee cup in the morning!

Now I know this applies to my Robins Donuts which I frequent pretty much daily.

They have what they call a 'refill cup' policy, so if you bring the cup.. they will fill it up at a portion of a regular cup of coffee.. The reason I am bringing this up is that Robins just increased their cost of coffee (I'm assuming to stay with Tim Hortons on this), and as such.. I started looking at how to cut the costs of my morning cup of 'jo.

Well, the cost difference is this.. a regular Large Cup of Coffee is $1.64 after taxes.. with my own Refill cup, it's only $1.38. I mean you're only saving $0.26 per cup.. but if you're like me and have one every day, that means that I'm getting a free cup every week and a half approximately. Not too bad if you ask me, plus my coffee stays warmer longer! That's definitely a plus side.

The only drawback is lugging around the cup(s), however I usually bring my lunch in to work anyhow, so it's not really an issue, and if you're like me.. you have more than one 'thermos cup' handy.