Why I'm Giving Up Starbucks for a YEAR

Kind of....

So I've been thinking about this for the last two months and I'm really going to push forward.  I am NOT calling this a New Year's Resolution because it's not.  It's more like a lesson in discipline.

A friend often refers to herself as the "least disciplined person I know."  I've contemplated her statement several times and wondered how disciplined I am.  And the answer was not a positive as I'd hoped.  I am disciplined in certain areas of my life, but when it comes to coffee, especially Starbucks coffee, I am so undisciplined it is not even funny. 

Over the past year, I have often used a "bad day" as an excuse to get a coffee.  My definition of a bad day varied widely.  So what it really came down to is that I wanted a coffee and I found any excuse to get one.  My bank account can't afford my "bad days" anymore.

Now the reason I am saying "kind of" is that I am allowing for a few exceptions.  For example, when we go out of town, we often get a coffee on the way out.  This is allowable.  Or if Ryan and I go on a date and end up talking over coffee, that is allowed also.  But by and large, I will not be stopping by Starbucks as part of my weekly routine (I used to stop every Thursday before Moms group).

I am committed to becoming a more disciplined person and the only way to start is to give up the hardest habit I have. 

See ya later, Starbucks.

Reagan and Kyleigh - November 2014

Notes from last month:

Reagan:

• Bringing learning concepts from preschool (recognizing letters, counting everything, etc)
• Requests to play Duck, Duck, Goose daily
• Has moments where he seems uncontrollable, like a force of destruction!
• Still has competition moments with Kyleigh

Kyleigh:

• Does an almost perfect forward somersault
• Loves jumping, especially on a trampoline
• Says "Is me?" instead of "Am I" for all questions
• My earliest riser :(  Climbs in my bed every morning (usually around 6/615) and says "I need to be covered" as she lays next to me
• Decided on 11/18 she wanted to use the potty, so we've been working on it the last half the month
• Trying (and doing fairly well) to dress herself
• Miss independent - knows what she wants and when she wants it
• Doing better with obeying, but still likes to run off