Convenience Stores

Summer is approaching quickly, even if Mother Nature insists on throwing curve balls to make us think otherwise.  A vice that is more difficult for me to avoid in the summer is the dreaded convenience store.  I'm perfectly content to sip on my hot cup of coffee, made at home, in the winter months.  However, I have an unhealthy love of soda.  It's my drug of choice in dealing with my chronic pain.  My rationale for purchasing the sweet elixir of life at the convenience store is 1) I will drink less because it is not in the house & 2) the cost of the "convenience" will deter me.  If only those things were true.

I have a plan.  I will NOT go into a convenience store for the next 90 days.  By doing this I hope to break the habit of nonchalantly refilling my trusty convenience store mug for 97 cents.  I will instead buy soda at the grocery store and have a collection tin next to it in the fridge at home.  Each time I want a 12oz soda, I will have to pay $1 to the tin.  The money I save will go towards a small goal.  I don't want to encourage my drinking habit by setting a goal of a cruise thereby justifying each purchase by getting us closer to that goal.

Maybe the goal should be negative.  A prime example would be if I had to give the money to my son to support his new smoking habit.  I'm cringing at the thought.  I don't know if I'd ever drink a soda again.  Damn, why does my brain have to be so devious?