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March save on work lunches challenge

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  • bargainbetty
    bargainbetty Posts: 3,455 Forumite
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    edited 10 March 2010 at 12:03PM
    I did bring my chicken soup in yesterday, with fruit and bread from home, and it was lovely. My dinner last night was the leftover takeaway from Sunday.

    Then, this morning, I found out my flatmate ate the second portion of chicken soup yesterday, so I am lunchless today! Tomorrow will be sandwiches and fruit, but today I will have to go and buy something, since I had no time to throw anything into a bag.

    4/14 so far - shipment of fail!
    Some days, it's just not worth chewing through the leather straps....
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  • charliegirl_3
    charliegirl_3 Posts: 227 Forumite
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    3/3 so far, chicken noodle cup-a-soup (Tesco value but it's great) and a wholemeal roll with fruit for afters today.

    got tonight's leftovers from dinner to take for tomorrow so it's going well so far, it really helps sharing our ideas.

    And betty, don't be down, even 4 homemade lunches is 4 you didn't buy, and 4 savings!
  • The_Moo
    The_Moo Posts: 130 Forumite
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    Bargain Betty - Charliegirl is right, think positive, you've done FOUR already!! That is not failure, it is great - Go You!!! :T

    I had a HM lunch today but spoiled things a bit with a coffee and bun from Starbucks when a power cut drove me outside at lunchtime, so today is a spendy day for me.
  • determined_new_ms
    determined_new_ms Posts: 7,867 Forumite
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    Hi everyone I just wanted to say that I felt like a king yesterday with my lunch + dinner (I worked the late shift 12-8) of ham nd salad sandwich (hm bread) nd left over chicken supreme, after Tuesday's horror of ripe (read pratiically mouldy) banana and wheatabix... Let's hope its just as satisfying today as it was yesterday! so far so good 4/18 hm...:rotfl:
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  • bargainbetty
    bargainbetty Posts: 3,455 Forumite
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    You're right - four HM lunches is still 4 HM lunches..... Today, left over chicken and rice. Yum.

    5/14 - thanks for the support! We are all making differences, no matter at what level!
    Some days, it's just not worth chewing through the leather straps....
    LB moment - March 2006. DFD - 1 June 2012!!! DEBT FREE!



    May grocery challenge £45.61/£120
  • The_Moo
    The_Moo Posts: 130 Forumite
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    Leftover salmon teriyaki fillet with couscous and broccoli today! Had another terrible urge for takeaway coffee and an iced bun - cravings are unbelievable at the moment, I am eating any rubbish food in sight :-(((( but managed to resist.

    Hope everyone's doing well

    xxx
  • elfen
    elfen Posts: 10,213 Forumite
    Can I add myself in here? Am at uni 3 days a week (Easter soon) so I'll bering my lunch in everyday - and so far I have :)
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  • swampduck
    swampduck Posts: 962 Forumite
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    Well another 5/5 this week so my running total is 10/23 aiming for 20/23.
    Just had pitta bread stuffed with cheese and a cup a soup. Just my yoghurt to eat now!

    Swampy
    Expect the worst, hope for the best, and take what comes!!:o
  • VALM
    VALM Posts: 5,954 Forumite
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    5/5 for me this week too.
    Back 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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  • charliegirl_3
    charliegirl_3 Posts: 227 Forumite
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    4/4 for me this wk, today had a half-day so no need for lunch. so far so good x
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