Starbucks GOLD!

I give major props to Kristina Stonebreaker for letting me in on this valuable tip!  If you frequent Starbucks as regularly as I do (every morning), you need to start earning rewards.  In order to do this, go get yourself a gift card, fill it up, register it online (you will start at green status), and use it every time you go.  Eventually, you will be upgraded to gold status (this happens quick if you are going every day) and Starbucks will send you their gold card.  At gold status, you immediately get free tea and coffee refills, free flavorings and syrups, free drinks on your birthday, etc.  Once you get the gold card in the mail, fill that up and use it every time you go to Starbucks.  After every 15 drinks, you get a free drink and will continue to get more and more rewards :)!