November work lunches challenges

MrGreen

Hello everyone and welcome to the November save on work lunches challenge, now into it's eleventh month.

Please let me know what your target is for November, for anyone new to this challenge, it's to help you reduce the amount of money you spend on lunches at work by bringing in food from home, you'll find lots of people on here to help you with ideas on what to do and keep you motivated though the challenge. Posted below are links to the previous months challenges you can how people have got on and you'll see some lunch ideas too.

Challengers:

#1 - Mr Green - 2 bought lunches, the rest from home.
#2 - Nottoobadyet - bringing in 8/10 lunches
#3 - farn1192 - 4 lunches from home per week
#4 - Tete en l'Air - 15 homemade lunches
#5 - missworks2jobs - 1 bought lunch
#6 - MrsSmith93 - 4 bought lunches this month
#7 - wendall - no bought lunches this month
#8 - kate_pixie - 18/22 packed lunches (one paid for lunch a week)
#9 - chopper_99 - 15 lunches from home
#10 - incesticde - 16 out of 22 days
#11 - mrs motivated - no bought lunches this month
#12 - GreenManG0 - all lunches this month
#13 - phoenix_dragon - 18 days of packed lunches
#14 - runninglea - Just one bought lunch
#15 - Peonie - 5 days of packed lunches
#16 - nikki2002-2008 - no more for the rest of the month
#17 - elisamoose - 3 bought lunches
#18 - Niv - 12 more packed lunches for the month
#19 - Doingmybest2bgoodhurrah - 22 home bought lunches
#20 - tibbles209 - 0 bought lunches please
#21 - shazzer73 - 10 home made lunches
#22 - CrazyNerd - 4 lunches brought from home a week
#23 - Rainbowchild -



October
https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/2769142

September
http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/....php?t=2697705

August
http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/....php?t=2632793

Tete_en_l'Air

Morning Mr Green, thanks for setting this up! I'll go for 15 this month - am on hols this week so 15 is one for every work day for the rest of the month, minus two! Good luck all!

missworks2jobs

I'm going to allow myself just 1 bought lunch this month - other than that all from home.

Having prawn salad with some cheese & crackers today. Got some lovely home-made veggie soup in the slow cooker at home....going to have that tomorrow.

MrsSmith93

Ooo I'll join this one if I may - it's my first time so can I go for 4 bought lunches this month, once per week?

I've brought sandwiches, fruit and crisps from home today.

Nottoobadyet

Thanks for running, MrGreen!

This month is quite wonky for various reasons. I'll be on leave (for 3 weeks!!) starting on the 12th, today I had my sister in town so had to have lunch out and have a team lunch on Friday. So bringing in 8/10 lunches for me please!

wendall

I would like to join this thread please my aim is to have no bought lunches this month, prawn salad and homemade veg soup today.

kate_pixie

Hi all,

I'd like to join this thread as my spending diary tells me that snacks and food is my biggest expense. I live at home with the rents and pay housekeeping, but can never be bothered to make a packed lunch. So for this month, only one paid for lunch a week!

Good luck to all xx

Edit: So I guess that means 18/22 packed lunches, for clarity's sake.

MrGreen

#2 - Nottoobadyet, #3 - farn1192, #4 - Tete en l'Air, #5 - missworks2jobs, #6 - MrsSmith93, #7 - wendall, #8 - kate_pixie

Welcome to the challenge everyone, good to see some new people and thanks to the regulars. You've all been added, may you all save lots, get a warm glow and have a big smile when you bring your own lunches to work - Good luck.

I didn't have any cheese at home so just had branston pickle in my rolls with a nice cup of tea for my lunch.

Nottoobadyet

Made some scrummy pearl barley and leek soup last night, so have that for lunch with half of an onion roll. Will only eat half the container I brought in today, then will have the rest tomorrow.

chopper_99

After my poor effort of 9/15 last month I'll aim for 15 again this month. Going well so far with 2 days done, including some nice ham and pease pudding sarnies today.

incesticde

I'm in for this month as well, could you sign me up please Mr Green

My target for this month is 16 out of 22 days (no more than one bought lunch each week). Should be do-able as I normally do one day a week working from home (WFH)

So far it's looking good, WFH yesterday, brought in lamb/tats/veg in today and I'm WFH tomorrow so I'm 3/20 already :j