The sandwich piggy

jobbingmusician

Oh well, it's better than the residential care home I used to be responsible for. At one time the staff allowed the residents free access to the freezer, as they microwaved their own lunches as part of a normalisation programme. That is, until the staff found that one resident was cooking three packets of food and eating the one that looked nicest..................

wishingonastar_3

my sandwich bank is now back down to £15.75 really as the money i'd saved has just gone on dd new school shoes, but i'm still going cos it was so good not to have to take the extra money out of the bank. thanks for this thread, its ace. packed lunch again today, some left over cottage cheese and crackers, followed by fruit and yogurt.

scuba147

This sounds like a great idea. Can i join?

I need to clear a few things up though? i currently live with my mum and dad and pay rent and included in my rent is food to make for sarnies. So looking at the plan means that i should just pocket the SPI money straight into a pig because i don't have any costs for raw materials, as it's already included in my rent. Does this make sense or am i talking rubbish?

Any opinions from anybody doing this?

Savvy_Sue

scuba147 wrote:

This sounds like a great idea. Can i join?

I need to clear a few things up though? i currently live with my mum and dad and pay rent and included in my rent is food to make for sarnies. So looking at the plan means that i should just pocket the SPI money straight into a pig because i don't have any costs for raw materials, as it's already included in my rent. Does this make sense or am i talking rubbish?

Any opinions from anybody doing this?

Makes perfect sense to me: it's what we're all doing really, working out what we are saving by NOT buying ready made sarnies etc but taking in food from home, which in some way or other we've already paid for, you through your rent, me through going and buying it. Presumably if you oversleep and don't make your sarnies, or leave them in the fridge (as I've been known to do!) you'd have to go and buy something then.

A nice touch might be occasionally using your sandwich piggy to treat your mum and dad ...

piglet6

That's a really nice idea, Savvy_Sue...I'm sure that scuba's mum and dad would probably appreciate it as well (as they probably don't expect it!).:D

Scuba - remember to checkout the Grabbit board if you do this, for some great ideas which still allow you to save money whilst treating your parents. Better still, use quidco/pigsback and you can all benefit!;)

Piglet

Mirtos

MMM. Home made lasagne today. Delicious and cos I made it from scratch I know EXACTLY what's in it! Even better, it cost me less than £1 a portion. Hurrah!

jobbingmusician

Treated myself to one lunch from the sandwich van this week, as I really felt like a salad and hadn't brought one with me. Still doing well, though!

scuba147

Well it sounds like i'm on the right line and so i'll crack on with it!!!

I just need to get myself a nice little collection pot so I'm able to report back to everyone.

Thanks for the advice folks!!!

Quincifer

Great idea!!!
Bought myself some sainsburys frosties today (saved £1 by not buying branded!) to start saving money on my work breaks. I used to be brilliant at taking food in and have to get back into the habit so thought a tub of cereal was a good way to start because its easy to prepare! I won't be putting the money in a pot, i'm going to raise my debt payments a bit instead.
xx

hattie_pea

THis is fantastic! My pig will be full in now time considering I spend about £4 a day on lunch! Might even start taking a flask of coffee into work for the mornings - the stuff they sell in the canteen if grotty anyhow!

I'm going to make up a big pan of bulgar wheat with veg and tomato sauce. Hopefully will get a few days lunches out of this and can add too it with meat left over from dinners too!