Where did all that caisch go???

This is a thought provoking article about the ways we waste our hard earned paychecks. I wouldn't want you to have to actually click on a link (I assume that you do not know how since there hasn't been a comment on here in about 2 months) so here is the list to help us determine what we actually spend our sweet, sweet dollars on:

1. Coffee - The article assumes $1.80 per cup and only once a day on workdays for a total of $360. Sounds pretty weak to me. I'm thinking about $4.75, and all you coffee junkies buy the stuff on the weekends too so I'm saying that's about $1700, and that assumes only one cup a day.

2. Cigarettes - A pack a day at $8.00 is over $2900 a year. Look at all the money we are saving by only smoking Jelly and Mike's smokes. Genius.

3. Alcohol - This is the killer for this group I am guessing. I am just going to go ahead and multiply their number by 4 for over $15,000 each spent on booze. Nice work team.

4. Bottled Water - only ladies drink bottled water. I'll stick with their projection: $365.

5. Manicures - um... I will take their word on this one too. $1,000 a year. Any insight Jelly?

6. Car Washes - I guess $368 a year sounds reasonable. I don't really know; I don't even get car washes. What do you think rain is for?

7. Lunches Out at Work - Pretty accurate. We'll round up to $3,000. Damn the Bank One food court.

8. Vending Machine Snacks - Who buys a pack or cookies from a vending machine? This is stupid and I am dismissing it. If any of you spent more than $15 on vending machine snacks in the last year I will consider it, but most likely I will just consider you a fat lard.

9. Credit Card Interest - Could be $5,000 in interest. This one's a bitch. You should be paying off your credit cards before you buy your vending machine snacks.

10. Unused Memberships - And this is why I don't join a gym. $480 sounds good.

So that's almost $30,000 by my highly scientific calculations. Holy crap that's a lot of money on nothing. That credit card interest seems a little high so lets make it $25,000. Still tons of jack. It makes you feel good doesn't it?

Don't let this dissuade you though. Keep it up, if you are not spending the terrorists have already won. USA...USA...USA!!!!