how to stop those lunch time spends

System

Have a look through this thread for ideas.

Thefunkygibbons

I now bring in my cereal daily, because if I kept a full box in the office, I would snack on it

Regrets_2

I read this recently and realised those lunchtime treats soon add up!

"On average we splash out a total of £57,434 before we retire on non-essential treats, according to research released today by CreditExpert.co.uk, the online credit monitoring service from Experian®.

If we cut out indulgences, we could slash a staggering eight and a half years off our mortgage repayments or even increase pension contributions by 50%.

Research among 1,500 people in the UK showed Britons are handing over an average of £1,222 a year on ‘non-essential items’, such as coffee-shop lattes, soft drinks, daytime snacks, lottery tickets, taxis and gym membership that never gets used."

Gerradene

i've been battling with lunches at work for a while now.

i have cup a soups in my drawer and sometimes bring bread and butter with me. Then i find i am so hungry by 10:30 i have the soup and bread and when it comes to lunch time i'm hungry again, and if i don't eat i will go window shopping where i inevitably find 'the bargain of the year'!! Then comes the guilt at having bought something that i would never have known about.

My worst habbit at lunch is to buy hot chocolates from various cafes (usually one per day) They range from £1.50 to £3.19. Why do they taste so nice?! I have hot choc powder in the office but i don't use it.

We only have a kettle here and i don't like noodles etc

Anyway, my plan today is to buy some crisps and eat them with my bread and butter and make today my second day without buying a hot choc. Or i could have my soup now and join the library at lunch.........really want a no spend day!!:D


i bought the crisps..........:rolleyes:

Montymoo_2

i used to keep cupasoups for emergencys as we didnt have access to a microwave

rubytuesday

Thefunkygibbons wrote:

I now bring in my cereal daily, because if I kept a full box in the office, I would snack on it

I think I will have to bring my cereal in daily because when I leave a box at work everyone else eats it!! I'm only there two days a week so its usually gone before I get a chance :mad:

lynzpower

I usually take in a job lot of tins of soup, bottle of squash, tin of beans, loaf of bread, loads of crisps type food, and do that on a monday. Usually I have enough to keep me going every day and never need to buy anything. Altho cos I havnet done a big shop recently, Ive fallen foul, quite literally of the works canteen

tee_pee_2

scheming_gypsy wrote:

must be a Manchester thing.

lol :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: