Thanks goes out to SingleMa for posting about this on her blog. I figured I would share it here too.

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The Huffington Post has the full list of the 600 Starbucks stores being closed broken down by state.

Is your favorite Starbucks location on the list?

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I'm totally kidding. I used to be a Starbucks addict. I used to go at least five times a week without fail. Sometimes, I would even go on the weekend. I was spending over $30 a week for my caffeine fix. When I put it into perspective how much this addiction was costing me, I made steps to break the habit. My mother bought me a coffee pot for Christmas and I started making my own coffee at home for alot less money.

Yesterday, I ran out of creamer so I made a return visit to Starbucks. This time, it actually hurt to drop over $4 for a cup of coffee. I thought about how much money I'd spent during my Starbucks addiction and thought about how this money would have helped me reduce debt or boost my savings.

I'm glad I broke the Starbucks habit. It looks like more people may be breaking the Starbucks habit. According to Yahoo Finance, the company is closing 600 underperforming stores in the United States.

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As I posted here, Starbucks is one of my bad habits that is costing me alot of money. This week, I think I may have found a much cheaper alternative to Starbucks. One of my friends, knowing how much I love iced coffee, brought me a vanilla iced coffee from McDonald's. I tasted it and really liked it. The cost for a medium iced coffee at McDonald's......$1.80; the cost for a venti (large) iced coffee at Starbucks....$4.24. The funny thing is that the large (venti) coffee at Starbucks is the same size as a Medium iced coffee at McDonald's.

Here is a comparison of the savings:

• Starbucks - 5 times a week - $4.24 per cup = $21.20 a week or $84.80 a month
• McDonald's - 5 times a week - $1.80 per cup = $9.00 a week or $36.00 a month
• Savings - $48.80 a month or $585.60 a year.

Needless to say, I will be getting my coffee from McDonald's for now on. I will treat myself to Starbucks now and then though. McDonald's iced coffee is good but it's not Starbucks good!

Do you have a Starbucks fetish? Will you try the McDonald's iced coffee?

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