How much DID you spend on tea in 2014?
I estimate $450 total yearly spending.
January total: $66 (much more than I predict spending monthly because I purchased an expensive bag of tea this month as a one time after-holiday splurge)
I spent $95 on tea in January, $44 to Teavivre and $51 to Butiki. I had to stock up on some black tea.
I predict I’ll spend $500-750. I have developed some expensive tastes.
January total: $49.30
Teavana – 19.96 (partially a gift)
Della Terra – 9.78 (as a gift)
Yezi – 9.56
TJ Maxx – ~10
February total: $6
Shan Valley order
YEARLY TOTAL: $54.30
I have NOT been good about updating.
March total: $86
Upton – 34
Den’s Tea – 33
NYC Coffee and Tea Festival booty – 19
April total: $8
Ithaca Coffee Company – peppermint and lavender
June total: 18.25
Simple Loose Leaf – 1 month subscription
YEARLY TOTAL: $166.55
My last purchase until Black Friday (hopefully)
Mandala – 13
HALF-YEAR TOTAL: 232.70
(Budget: $50/mo)
January: $77
February (thus far): $50
No more surprise French tea sales and I should be fine. They are my kryptonite.
Ok, time to carry this over from January:
Prediction: $750
Actual:
January TOTAL: 234.66
February:
Amoda: $12.00
Hugo Tea: $50.00
The Devotea: 18.00
Aun-Juli samples: 10.00
DAVIDsTEA Mason Jug/Tea: 37.00
RiverTea: 25:00
Nina’s Paris: $25
Lupicia: $36
February TOTAL: $213
Yearly Total (so far): $447.66
How Do I Feel About This?: That’s a lot. But I still feel like I’m getting a lot of big purchases, or teas I’ve waited over a year for, out of the way. My spending should slow down. It better.
My cupboard is still hovering around 150 which is encouraging. Teas come in. Teas get sipped down.
I should probably add that I have pretty much $0 frivolous expenses outside of tea (i.e., outside of daycare, buspasses, rent etc).
I knit (very slowly!) and have enough yarn for projects to last a few months. I read, but all the fanfiction I read slows me down from buying ebooks, and I play video games, but not all the games. The $15 I spent on Starbound will keep me entertained for months.
Also, I am no good at fashion. I wear $10 t-shirts until they fall apart. ;P I could probably look pretty awesome if I just stopped buying tea for a few months, but I just wouldn’t want to!
So that helps me justify what I spend here! :D
Getting back into knitting has been dangerous for me. Even though I have a huge yarn stash I feel myself spending a good amount on yarn lately. :P
Oh, I can totally see how you COULD spend a lot on yarn! I’m just the slowest knitter out there. I really love my Game of Thrones scarf, but I don’t know that I’ll have it done until NEXT winter, especially now that I’m working again!
Here’s my progress: http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=1illao&s=8
I did most of that in 2 months, and then 9 rows in the last two weeks. :| (It’d be easier to knit if my toddler didn’t try to mess up my yarn – I end up waiting for her to go to bed now!)
Going to jump in on this since I’m really curious as to how much I spend in a year.
Prediction: 1000 USD
January
-Red Leaf Tea: 38.58
-Whistling Kettle: 58.50 (gift)
-Della Terra: 29.33
-Stash Purchase (Shadowfall): 28.50
-LiberTEAS Sampler: 23.00
Total: 177.91
February
-Teajo Teas: 35.49
-Stash Purchase (MissB): 25.00
-52 Teas: 32.98
-Teavana: 12.50
Total: 105.97
March
-Shipping (TTB & a gift): 7.69
-Red Leaf Teas: 18.84
Total: 26.53
April
Total: 0.00
May
-Adagio: 22.75 (gift)
Total: 22.75
June
-Harney & Sons: 25.00
-52 Teas: 30.00
Total: 55.00
Yearly Total: 388.16
i didn’t place any online orders in January, though i bought plenty of tea in stores ;) would be interesting to get the total amount, but receipts are all over the place.
as of February:
-Nina’s Paris: $9.91
-Golden Moon: $39.86
-Butiki: $42.04
-Harney & Sons: $15.40
Total: $107.21
also hoping to make purchases from Mandala and H̶a̶r̶n̶e̶y̶ ̶&̶ ̶S̶o̶n̶s̶
also want to try Della Terra & Davids, but don’t want to demolish my recent earnings! lol
I want to estimate about $300? Well, I’m budgeting $300 and let’s hope I stick to that!
January:
- NONE. I’M A GOOD GIRL. (I’m so proud of myself okay. Definitely almost slipped up)
February:
- Adagio: $30 – $14 (frequent cup points) = $16
- David’s: $57
Total: $73
So I’m about 25% through my budget. Looks like I won’t be spending money on tea anytime soon.
Hoping to place an order for Mandala, Della Terra and Butiki sometime later this year. LAAATER this year.
nope, I used mine a while back to purchase a new ingenuiTEA + a sampler pack and that was $24
The minimum points you need to use your frequent cup points is 100 ($10).
So if you have like 90 points, you need to get another 10 to actually use it. Since I had 240 points saved up, I decided to use 140 to get $14 off, and still have the minimum if I end up caving and making another adagio order :)
Ohhh ok, so its a minimum rather than a maximum. BIG difference. Thank you :)
Well hold on a darn minute. This is straight from their website:
“Your “frequent cups” account presently contains 103 points. Any amount over 100 entitles you to receive a complimentary gift-certificate, good for any item in our store. The maximum value that you may request at this time is $10 (100 points)"
:( Either they’ve changed the rules or someone worded it incorrectly. Now I’m back to being confused.
That’s because you only have 103 points. Any amount of 100 points can get you a gift voucher. You’ve already reached the minimum so you’re all good with using your points.
I had 244 points saved up so on my account, it says that I could request $24, for 240 points. I decided to use 140 points so I can still keep the minimum.
Say if you had 79 points, it may say you’ll need a minimum of 21 points to request a certificate.
The maximum number of points depends on your account.
Well I’m so glad I have a frequent cup point expert to consult :) thank you
Hahha, not an expert at all! I was wondering the same thing, but then one day I actually forgot I had the frequent cup points! I saw my total after the purchase and realized that I can do more than $10 :) So yeah. Good to know how all these discount things work for all these tea sites :)
February Update
Budget: $600 Prediction: $1000
January Purchases – 174.70 USD 20.00 CAD
February Purchases
Verdant Blends Club – 10.75
River Tea – 10.69
Lupicia – 27.92
Nina’s – 26.77
Running Total 2014 – 250.83 USD 20.00 CAD
Well….i almost stuck to my budget…if i technically toss Nina’s into March, since i won’t get the teas until then anyway…i could finally have made it one month reaching my budget lol
Haha, at this rate I won’t get my Vente-privee order until March! Still “processing” ugh! Maybe I should count it for that month. :)
I am doing better than expected this year. I was planning an order at Red Leaf in Feb. for matcha, but the free sample this month does not interest me at all, and we have plenty of at least one flavor everyone likes. There have been a few others that have piqued my interest, and I know I will have to order some more Laoshan Black from Verdant at some point. So far, I am seriously trying to just drink what I have for now.
Still at $25 for the year for my David’s Timolino in January.
I ordered some samples from Joseph Wesley Black Teas.
January- $25
February- $20
Running total- $45
(still under budget, but if the samples I ordered are good, look out!)
Add in:
March (so far)- $57 at Red Leaf Tea on matcha
$45 on black tea from Joseph Wesley (Shipping was FREEEEEEE!)
Running total- $147 (of $120-$180….$40-$60 per month)
March add in:
$24 Red Leaf Tea (darn the caramel matcha + pumpkin pie matcha on sale at the same time!)
Running Total- $171
April add in:
$28 various and sundry black tea samples from Upton.
Running Total-$199 (by April it should be $160-$240)
Yep, I am over now. I know it will be worse if Teavivre does a sale on the few select black teas that I love. Hopefully, it won’t be until Black Friday.
More April-
$45 at Joseph Wesley
$47 at Harney & Sons
Running Total- $291
Today is the last day of May!
May-$0
Running Total- $291 (total budgeted through May is $200-$300)
Since I don’t think I will be buying any tea in the next 2 days….
June-$0
Running Total- $291 (total budgeted through June is $240-$360)
July – $0
August 2nd- $59
Running Total- $350 (total budgeted through Aug is $320-$480)
I think I am going to aim for the lower end…..
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