Are your vices killing your finances?

[Hilarious Clinton 452]

Based on our three-city survey, Bankrate found that a domestic bottle of beer plus tip on average will run you $4, while a call drink (lowest-price name brands) will run you $6 a pop. If you have two beers or drinks each day, here's your bar tab:

* Weekly: $56 for beer; $84 for call drinks.

* Monthly: $240 beer, $360 for call drinks.

* Annually: $2,920 beer; $4,380 for call drinks.

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OK, Mr. or Ms. Pack-a-day, here's your money going up in smoke:

Bankrate average price of a pack of cigarettes: $5

* Daily pack: $5

* Weekly: $35

* Monthly: $150

* Annually: $1,825

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Bankrate average price for a Starbucks double tall latte: $4.

* Daily double tall latte: $4

* Weekly: $28

* Monthly: $120

* Annually: $1,460

The whole article...

[Elizabethnhenry 0]

Don't drink, don't smoke, but

[anya-D 8]

interesting.

[CarolineM 0]

That's why I had no money in grad school...

The drinking and smoking...

I finally gave up my Starbucks habit...so sad. I sure loved my vanilla lattes

[*Robert* 2]

Yep... gave up the smokes, then the booze and cigars! cigars were killing me!

[Welshcookie 17]

I knew it was a bad idea to read this thread

[irishgirl73 0]

still smoke & still drink....................but I have NO money for food

The smokes gotta go!

[rclouse 0]

This is why you should brew your own beer! About $30 in ingredients for 5 gallons.

/beer is liquid bread

[irishgirl73 0]

This is why you should brew your own beer! About $30 in ingredients for 5 gallons.

/beer is liquid bread

I like that idea

[rclouse 0]

This is why you should brew your own beer! About $30 in ingredients for 5 gallons.

/beer is liquid bread

I like that idea

You can start here! http://www.brewsupply.com/

[Welshcookie 17]

I used to make my own wine but it never made it to the bottling stage..

[Laura_and_IanM 0]

I am very proud to say that I quit my bad smoking habbit a week before christmas 2005 and have not had one since!! WOOOOOHOOOOOOO..but the rum and cokes are still a god send lol...

Laura Mitchell

[Nessa 23]

Quit smoking and drinking, yes, but i won't ever quit drinking coffee me likes it too much and i prepare at home it's way cheaper.

[Sister Fracas 5]

This is why you should brew your own beer! About $30 in ingredients for 5 gallons.

/beer is liquid bread

you sound like my hubster...he tries to convince me beer is just a grain and he should be able to have it for breakfast, like cereal...

Me...don't drink hardly at all, don't smoke, don't do Starbucks... hmmm, I should have more money in my account...

[peejay 327]

My Red Dog beer is $3.86 (tax included) for a 6-pack of 16 ouncers. Even if I kill 2 every day it costs roughly $1.29 a day, $38.60 a month, or $470.85 a year. In the big scheme of life that is chicken feed!

Why give up beer? Just give up drinking yuppie beer at yuppie bars.