January save on work lunches challenge

InaPickle

:eek:

focus888 wrote: »

Is it snowing where you are yet? not a sign of snow in sight but everyone has warned me its going to get really bad tonight

Had cous cous with roasted vegetable for dinner tonight, enough leftovers for tomorrow's lunch x

I'm in Manchester and God help you if you get what we had: 6 inches at least and digging the cars out for impassable roads!

focus888

pavlovs_dog wrote: »

yes, finally. Hope it continues overnight because i have exams and coursework to mark as well as 70 odd reports to write by Friday so a snow day would be a fab chance to catch up with myself

Everyone advised me to miss my evening class tonight because they said i would have difficulty getting home, so missed it but as didnt see a drop of snow all night thought i just wasted a perfect evening, had a look now and its completely covered, so they were all right!!

Is it impossible for you to get in or just difficult? im thinking if im able to make my way into work tomorrow, when this happened last year i dragged myself in by walking 20-25 mins to the nearest tube station but when i got to work it was dead and they ended up sending us all home anyway. Plus worried i can get into work and then end up stranded there because its far to get into work and wont be able to walk back

focus888

InaPickle wrote: »

:eek:

I'm in Manchester and God help you if you get what we had: 6 inches at least and digging the cars out for impassable roads!

The newspapers have quoted 18-40 inches of snow if that believeable :eek: I will wait and see what happens in the morning. It was snowing at half 9 but now all the roads are completely covered. So it has come on quick and strong so far.

Ps sorry im hogging the thread of snow talk.

bramble1

Day 2 = success!

I've made another tuna sarnie on homemade bread for tomorrow, but the amount of snow we've got, i could be eating it at home!

Apricot

Took a tin of soup to work with me today but....got sent home due to snow so that can be for another day!:j

Tomorrow will be another day when I don't spend money on lunch as I've already been told not to bother going in to work (I only live 10 mins away but if they insist:rolleyes:)!

SADIE

Great Idea can I join.
aiming for no spend over 5 days, usually costs about £15 a week.

pavlovs_dog

focus888 wrote: »

Is it impossible for you to get in or just difficult? im thinking if im able to make my way into work tomorrow, when this happened last year i dragged myself in by walking 20-25 mins to the nearest tube station but when i got to work it was dead and they ended up sending us all home anyway. Plus worried i can get into work and then end up stranded there because its far to get into work and wont be able to walk back

i shouldn't actually face that many problems getting to school if truth be told but our feeder area is huge and 90% or more of our pupils are bussed in, many from mountainous and/or rural areas. as it's a split site school staff have to drive from a-b during the day whatever the weather. the site was already pretty slippery today and very poorly heated so hopefuly health and safety will win the day. i think going in to be sent home is worse in some ways than having to go in for the full day so send snow vibes to south wales please

back on topic , i've just checked and there's a heinz lunch pot in the cupboard i can take (beef stew whereas today's was lamb casserole), so if i do go in I'll take that and a bagel.

Nottoobadyet

Probably going to try out my new hiking boots I got for christmas and slug into the office tomorrow. I imagine it'll be a late in early out situation though.

eleanor73

Can I join too - normally a comper but this thread caught my eye. Have had nice fresh soup from the bargain bin (99p) half yesterday and half today with reduced wholemeal rolls out of the freezer. Got bolognese left overs and a bargain bin pitta tomorrow. All less than £1.10. Even my favourite baguette shop doing a reduce 'meal deal' down to £2.99 isn't going to stop me!!

As for snow I have never seen anything like it in my nearly 30 years on this earth - it's over half way up my boots!:j

Nottoobadyet

elenor - happy to add you, do you have a specific challenge in mind? Under £1.10 a day maybe?

Ahh well at the expense of seeming old and foreign, I'm recalling my days as a lass in New Jersey in the late 90s (so not that old really ) shoveling snow that would form drifts 6 feet tall! And somehow public transport was running and streets were clear in the morning, I imagine if this weather is the way of the future London will have to start investing in some heavy equipment!