Good Bye Starbucks, Hello Lent 2011

First off, no I am not Catholic, but i do observe Lent.  I have been asked a million time what it is, so if you don't know you can learn more here.  This year there was alot of discussion in our church group over what each of us wanted to give up.  Some of the things given up were online shopping, sugar, and any beverage other than water (ouch, that's a hard one).  v knew right away what I was supposed to give up.  I also knew how hard it would be.  I gave up coffee!  Whether you have know me for a year or a week you know that I love coffee.  But that is the problem.  I would wake up in the morning and my first thought would be how much I wanted coffee.  When the kids were stressing me out, I would go get a coffee.  Notice a pattern.  Anytime I get stressed, I use coffee as an escape instead of going to God with it.  I know this will be really hard for me, but I am excited as well to see how I grow spiritually in the next 47 (yes 47, NOT 40) days.  I will miss you Starbucks, but there are just some (alot) of things more important.  What are you giving up??