Roskow Blog

The cost of petrol was being debated on the radio this week with prices ranging from $1.30 per litre up to $1.60 per litre for unleaded petrol.

It always fascinates me that the price of petrol irritates people yet they don't complain about the cost of a bottle of Coke from the shops, the cost of water at the cricket or a new one to hit our budgets over the last few years; the cost of coffee. 

Consider this:

On the Coles website a 1.25 Litre bottle of Coke costs $3.94 or $3.15 per litre.

A bottle of water at the cricket is $5.00 for a 600mL of water works out to be $8.33 per litre.

A medium coffee (around 333mL) costs $4.00 which works out to be $12.00 per litre.

Takeaway coffee is an item that is relatively new to most people's spending habits and it's scary how much it costs when you add it up.

My wife Sarah and I calculated that we spend up to $20 per week each on takeaway coffee and together might drink two bottles of wine per week at a cost of $30 per week.  If we cut this out of our budget (at least most of it) we can save $70 per week or $280 per month.

With this additional money we've decided that we're going to apply for gym memberships at the local YMCA and we're thinking about getting Foxtel (for the upcoming footy season).  If we are able to restrict our takeaway coffee to one a week each and cut wine out of our weekly diet, not only will we be fitter we'll still have money left over to throw at the mortgage.