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Coffee me

coffee, coffee at work, perks of coffee, coffee lover, coffee addict

CF / May 22nd, 2012 / 2 Comments

My workplace does not have free coffee. It is a little frightening. As a software developer, coffee is what creates code and keeps me happy. No coffee = no code. There’s a few options for coffee near by: Starbucks, Tim Horton’s, and the like. Buying coffee from Starbucks every day adds up pretty quick. Even a short drip coffee costs $1.75! At 5 days a week, that’s $8.75…...

Posted in: Life Hacks, Minimalism and Frugality Tagged with: coffee, french press, latte factor, make your own coffee, Starbucks, tim hortons

Recipe Idea: Oat Fudge Bars

Oat Fudge Bars, desserts, coffee and fudge bars, coffee habits

CF / March 6th, 2012 / 4 Comments

Having the most frugal grocery budget in the world isn’t going to help you and if you can’t put together at least a few healthy, tasty, and cheap eats! Every month, The Outlier Model features a cheap recipe idea, along with the cost breakdown. Got a Starbucks habit? I sure do. And nothing makes me happier than a yummy oat fudge bar to go with my coffee. There’s fudge… there’s...

Posted in: Recipes Tagged with: baking, healthy oat fudge bars, Oat fudge bars, recipe, Starbucks, Starbucks bars

Updates: Erm… most of the summer? Let’s call it July 3-9

most of the summer, trip to Germany, travel, back from traveling, train station, reading in a train

CF / July 9th, 2011 / 1 Comment

Brian and I just returned from Germany a few days ago and WOW it’s been hectic! Before the flight, I had massive studying to do for my exam (PS – well above average, thank you very much). I had intended on doing some writing while on vacation, and I have to say – good intentions have a way of going awry. We brought our little netbook on the trip so that we could be blogging away...

Posted in: Weekly Updates Tagged with: frappuccino, James Altucher, postmodern theory, Starbucks