February save on work lunches challenge

incesticde

Last week was a nightmare at work ('special' secret meeting informs us of re-structure on tuesday morning, have to sit around wainting to hear if i have a job tuesday afternoon, dealing with people who have been placed in consultation (i.e. will lose their jobs) the rest of the week) so i didn't even really try that week (understandably)

I'm in for this week (seeing as i still have a job) and i'm going for 5/5 with a £3 limit for the entire week (for fresh baguettes for my soups).

To this end i went down to M&S yesterday to stock up on their lovely soups, they were on offer 3 for 2 so I've started on the right foot already!

The_Moo

6th day in a row for me!

Ham, pickle and salad sandwich, an apple and some noodles are keeping me going today :-)

Good Luck everyone!!

VALM

OK can I still take part? I'm strictly not at work at the moment although it would be just as easy to be lazy and go out to the shops for a sanwich? Today, I made risotto for the first time. It was nice although I don't think I cooked the rice enough as some of it was still hard. x

thriftymoo

hiya

I'm in again for this month - 17 this month please managed 15 last month and 4 so far this month

MrGreen

VALM wrote: »

OK can I still take part? I'm strictly not at work at the moment although it would be just as easy to be lazy and go out to the shops for a sanwich? Today, I made risotto for the first time. It was nice although I don't think I cooked the rice enough as some of it was still hard. x

Of course you can still be part of the challenge, it's all about saving money at the end of the day, your home cooked food will be much cheaper than anything bought from the shops.

Not sure how good a cook you are but the more you practice the better it will be for you in the long run. I'm not any good at cooking myself, I can do breakfast, improving on lunch and still have lots of work to do on my evening meals.

MrGreen

lysasparkles wrote: »

hiya

I'm in again for this month - 17 this month please managed 15 last month and 4 so far this month

I've added you too
#27 lysasparkles - no spend 17 days

josephine82

I'm still in, 7 lunches in feb for me so far!

in_debt24

I do love a challenge!! Sign me up for 5 packed lunches a week!

I work in central london so buying lunch is ridiculously expensive and to be avoided. I have a colleague who spends £5 a DAY on soup, roll and cookie! :eek:

VALM

in_debt24 wrote: »

I do love a challenge!! Sign me up for 5 packed lunches a week!

I work in central london so buying lunch is ridiculously expensive and to be avoided. I have a colleague who spends £5 a DAY on soup, roll and cookie! :eek:

I'm making minestrone soup for myself today and I bet the combined ingredients for that don't amount to £5.00. x

natsplatnat

Morning All!

Ok, so day 7/20 for me. Cereal bar, cuppa soup and a couple of slices of bread. Also have a banana and a yoghurt incase I feel the need!

(must admit to quite fancying VALM's minestrone soup though!)