Talking about saving money within our associations has led me to think (again) about how to save money in my own life. (And of course I plan to spend a majority of that saved money on professional development opportunities to make myself a better, more involved, more committed employee.) Until recently I worked at the Institute of Real Estate Management, for which the Chicago Headquarters is located right next to a kindly Starbucks on Michigan Ave. Now, there are many coffee shops I enjoy, but this Starbucks happened to be the nearest and most convenient, so I ended up going there quite a little bit. And, especially in the summer, I started to notice that the receipts were really adding up. I blame this, of course, on the copious amounts of ice put into iced coffee beverages. Even when you repeatedly ask for "light ice," the result is almost always half a cup (or more) of ice. So you have to drink--and buy--twice as much to be a coffee-motivated, productive worker. Right?
Well, fortunately I found a cost-saving solution to this little problem. I ask for NO ice. Revolutionary thinking, yes? It seems counterintuitive to ask for an "ICED venti NO-ICE green tea latte," but let me tell you, it is possible. You get twice as much of the good stuff and, if you're so fortunate to have an accessible freezer with ice cubes available, you don't even have to sacrifice temperature quality. This is the secret to savings for which we've all been longing.
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