Seriously? You're gonna give me attitude about that paper cup?!

So, I woke up this morning and skipped down the stairs (oh yes, I skipped) and started boiling the water for my french press...because, well, making your own coffee at home saves money. In fact, if I spend approximately 3$ a day (2$ for coffee, 1$ for tip, because I AM NICE and considerate) on coffee out at CoffeeBean or Medici or heck, even theFoodWhole, thats 21$/week.

Let's do the calculations shall we?

21$/week x 4 weeks/month = 84$/month

84$/month x 12 months/year = 1,008$ a year on COFFEE.

Folks, thats ridiculous. Not to mention, all of the paper cups you waste, right?

So I made my coffee and started perusing the online papers and blogs I read. The Huffington Post, The New York Times, and countless "healthy living blogs" that consist of girls taking pictures of what they eat and talking about nutrition, exercise, and healthy living. Really, its fascinating.

Anyhow, so I drink my coffee then get dressed for a run. Yes, a RUN; a whole 25 minutes in fact. and I felt great. But thats not the point of this post. I go to the ATM on my way home from the run because I am going to the farmers market. Why? Because I like to eat local and sustainable whenever I can. Unfortunately today, pickin's were slim so I bought my injera from aster over at her ethiopian booth, and walked home...It's just too wasteful to drive my car 6 blocks to the market; Plus, no need to pollute, right?

I get home, eat, and shower. I shower using Dr. Bronner's magic almond soap: cruelty free, organic, vegan, you know the drill. No need to put all of those chemicals on my skin. I complete my grooming by slathering almond oil on my skin [again, no need for excess chemicals] and using my crystal deodorant [again, no need for excess chemicals!][.

Ok, I promise this post has a point.

I decide to leave the house to study today. I could've ridden my bike to Medici, but that would have necessitated changing my clothing, which would have been easy enough but would have also meant that I would've been making my laundry pile bigger. More laundry=more loads=more water=not good for the Earth, right?!

So yes, I drove.

I walked in. Found a table with my back towards the HUGEJASS window [this is a BIG deal, because I am the person that likes to sit in the back row of a room, in the aisle of a movie theater or airplane, or at the corner table in a restaurant with my back up against a wall]...Then I walk to the counter and ask for a decaf Americano in a PAPER cup.

Simple enough, right?

Can you see where this is going?

Oh thats right, the barista behind the counter snarled his lip incredibly unattractively and said "Is this to go?"

"No. I am staying here...but I prefer a paper cup."

"If you are staying here, it must be in a ceramic mug and if you have to leave we can put it in paper."

"I prefer a paper cup."

"Really? We are trying to cut down on waste."

[ok douche bag, thanks for implying that I am wasteful and don't care about pollution and trash] "Well, I understand that, but I prefer paper because drinking out of mugs in coffeeshops really freaks me out." [This place is clean enough, but that couch in the front window is enough to make me want to fold up inside of myself it looks like it is harboring so much fecalbacteria and 1000's of dustmites. OmG-d, am I blushing?] "Im sorry. I will reuse the paper cup. I won't throw it away." [Did I just apologize? What ever happened to customer service?! Isn't the customer always right?]

"Really? Ok."

He rang me up. I paid.

Then, instead of leaving him 1 DOLLAR, I left 25CENTS.

No need to waste a good paper dollar, right?