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March save on work lunches challenge
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Hi everyone :hello:
I might be a bit late, but can I join in please? Haven't been counting so far but there's 12 more work days left of March so I'm aiming to bring my lunch in 11 times.
Thanks, K x0% overdraft runs out 30/06/10: £577.17/£1000; PAD: £495.99; NSD: March 8/15;Crazy Clothes Challenge 2010: £0/£100;Bring Lunches to Work Challenge: March 4/11;£1 jar: ???? - I'm consciously trying not to keep a count of what goes into my £1 jar. Looking forward to a nice surprise when I open it... end of June 20100 -
Ham, cheese and pickle sandwich for me today. Cottage cheese, tomatoes and lettuce as an extra; banana and apple for snacks....
Think I'm on 10/20, need to check!0 -
Got a bit of a surprise today when I got a lunch provided unexpectedly and so didn't need my HM lunch. It will save for tomorrow anyway.
Does everyone think that this counts as a minus lunch?:rotfl:0 -
Leftover SC chicken and potatoes for me today. Also made another batch of pearl barley & spinach risotto and got some chilli on the hob...Oh it's getting more exciting than sandwiches!0
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Hi
Am joining halfway through please put me down for 2 bought lunches in March :rotfl:
I only found this forum yesterday so today was first day of taking lunch :TTotal Debts £28,590 (roughly) :eek:
Overdraft 1200, DP Card £140.00 Halifax Card £3000 Hal Card £3740 Hal Loan - £7,500 Coventry mortgage loan £13000
Save £365 in 365 days £13/£365 /PAD Challenge0 -
First the good news - lunch from home, healthy wholemeal roll with ham and some cherry tomatoes, followed by satsuma and Go Ahead bar, thats me thinking 5/5 so far, all good
then the bad news - was drawn to the lure of the evil vending machine not once, but twice today!!! Aaaaaghhh!!!oh the shame!
so that was my hard work all cancelled out by my own greed!!
note to self - stop taking money to work.....and stop eating choccy!!0 -
Another sandwich brought from home today - corned beef salad on wholemeal. I would prefer to take home made soup or something else but the place that I'm working at this week and next only has a tiny kitchen and everybody is queuing for the microwave as it is so I can't be doing with the hassle of reheating something. xBack for the No Buying Toiletries challenge. I pledge to only buy when I run out of a product that is not already in my stash no matter what wonderful emails land in in my Inbox or threads I read on MSE re: glitches!
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Doing well this week so far - had arranged to go out for lunch with colleague but then she cancelled - fortunately I'd brought a 'back-up pack-up'. We've rescheduled for Friday so I can still do 4/5 HM lunches this week. I'm having a feta phase at the moment. Feta and pears.May NSDs 10/11 (Feb 8/10, Mar 11/10, April 11/11)May save on lunches challenge 12/18 (Feb 16/16, Mar 20/20, April 18/18)0
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Another sandwich brought from home today - corned beef salad on wholemeal. I would prefer to take home made soup or something else but the place that I'm working at this week and next only has a tiny kitchen and everybody is queuing for the microwave as it is so I can't be doing with the hassle of reheating something. x
You could always take a flask? Wee change from sandwiches...
I'm also still thinking about a bento box but they look a bit too big and bulky and I already end up taking about 3 bags to work with me every day.0 -
Day 2 and forgot to take lunch in with me, must try harder. Aim for 10 out of the remaining 11 working days.0
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