Jun
9
The Lunch Has Been Brought
Filed Under Spending
My budgeting talk may not be as snazzy as J over at BudgetsAreSexy.com, but I can tell you one thing. I did bring lunch today and yesterday. The new article he wrote on bringing lunch or buying lunch reassured me I was doing the right thing when today all my co-workers asked me if I was going to eat Quiznos (chicken carbonara fan), and I replied with a…”I think I am going to eat my bowl of soup I brought.” Yes it sucks sometimes but you gotta do it. I can’t even begin to tell you folks how much loot I was spending on eating out before I came to my senses.
Lets just say on the low end I was spending 6 bucks a day on food. Multiply that times 30 days a month. Thats $180 bucks just on lunch. Wowsers!
But lets just talk about the type of food you eat at work if you BYOL (bring your own lunch). I ate soup today that consisted of lentils, celery, ham pieces, spices and garlic. This meal in all cost about $6 bucks to make and will last me at least 6 meals. Now I don’t know about you but I can’t stomach PB&J all week like J can.
What I can tell you is that you can still have a tasty meal despite the fact that you aren’t going to eat with your co-workers during the week. Another great meal that I am going to eat tomorrow is pasta with italian sausage. The total cost of that meal was 8 bucks and will feed me about 5 times.
Enough about what I am eating, the point is that unless you want to throw away money that you will never see again eating lunch then “BYOL”. Here is how I try to look at things. Lunch is cheap, but Dinner time can be nicer. If you are already blowing money eating out for those 2 meals, at least cut back on one. In the process you should be able to save yourself a cool $150-250 a month. Good thing I don’t drink Starbucks or I would really be screwed 
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