No matter how often you go to Starbucks, chances are this woman has you beat.
Beautiful Existence (yes, that is her legal name) ate breakfast, lunch and dinner from Starbucks every single day of 2013.
The Seattle mother of two’s unusual and pricey diet was part of a 365-day challenge she started at the beginning of the year.
Her self-established rule was that she could eat anything sold at Starbucks or from a “Starbucks-inspired” store or brand such as Roy Street Coffee, Tazo Tea and Evolution Fresh.
“WHY? am I doing this challenge? Or WHY? will I do any challenge in the future? Because I LOVE being human and I LOVE the privilege of being able to ask the question WHY? in the first place!” she wrote on her blog.
Existence, 40, spent an average of $500 to $600 a month on meals. She also blogged about and took pictures of all of her Frappuccinos, Bistro Boxes and everything in between.
Although she had more to choose from than just coffee and pastries, Existence told the Daily News that her palate still got bored towards the end.
“In the last month, in the last couple weeks, it’s been really difficult. People had pizza at the office last week and I was dying,” she joked. “I’m happy to be able to eat whatever I want (again).”
Her first non-Starbucks meal was fish and chips from Seattle-based restaurant chain Ivar’s.
“My taste buds have been freaking out for the last 24 hours,” Existence told The News. “Starbucks doesn’t really have anything that’s fried, and you can only eat so much after you haven’t had stuff like that for a year.”
Challenges like this one are the norm for Existence. In 2012, she followed all of the advice from the articles in Parents magazine. The year before that, Existence bought everything for herself and her family, including clothes and presents, from Goodwill.
Her next adventure focuses on another Pacific Northwest-based company — REI. This time, she’s going to learn some 80 recreational sports.
