December work lunches challenge

MrGreen

Hello everyone and welcome to the December save on work lunches challenge now into it's twelfth month, thanks to Nottoobadyet who started this challenge back in January this year.

Please let me know what your target is for December, but do bear in mind any Christmas lunches you've been invited to, 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 - 3 bought lunches, the rest from home.
#2 - Nottoobadyet
#3 - sortingmyself - 2 bought lunches
#4 - Doingmybest2bgoodhurrah - 19 lunches from home
#5 - needbucks - bring in lunch everyday for the month
#6 - missworks2jobs - 1 lunch in December
#7 - Niv - two bought lunches
#8 - Kate_pixie - 3 bought lunches in December
#9 - Rainbowchild - 2 bought lunches
#10 - La escocesa -
#11 - newlywed - one lunch a week bought and the rest from home
#12 - runninglea - no bought lunches
#13 - DD265 - 0 bought lunches
#14 - HelenPie - 18 days for the whole month
#15 - janie-h - 1 bought lunch for the month
#16 - MellyB - 1 bought lunch
#17 - Peonie - 5 consecutive days of packed lunches.



November
https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/2830112

October
http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/....php?t=2769142

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

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

sortingmyself

Please put me down for 2 bought lunches

Doingmybest2bgoodhurrah

Hello all! Thank you to MrGreen for starting the December thread.

Its vital for me to do well this month because of all the extra expense at this time of year. Last month was my first & I'm really pleased with how much money I managed to save by resisting shop bought lunches. I'm hoping that taking my own lunches will become second nature & shop ones will be a thing of the past. If I manage to keep this up the annual savings could pay for something pretty substantial.

Anyway, please may I join this month? I'd like to aim for 19 lunches from home please.

needbucks

Hello All,

I am new here...trying really hard to be more savvy, so far 4 lunches brought in from home this week! Aim to bring in my lunch everyday for the month-wish me luck!!!

missworks2jobs

Hello again, I'm so pleased with how well i've been doing I checked my bank account the other day.....and I actually have a really decent positive balance in there (after all the bills have come out too). This is saving me a fortune!!!!

Please could you put me down for 1 lunch in December please. (I'm off work from the 22nd - we're closed). I'm allowing 1 lunch for an old work friend I meet up with, EVERY year on our last working day of the year and we go as soon as the last one is finished for the holidays. Usually straight for the earlybird special at a local all you can eat buffet and have a gossip and moan. We've managed to do it every year for 5 running now, and its such a lovely catch up she's worth the bought lunch. Plus i'm sure we sit nattering for so long we make our moneysworth on the "free refills" on the pop.

Jacket potato with dairylea for me today - all out of soup and couldn't fit tin of beans & potatoes in my bag :rotfl:

Niv

Put me down for two bought lunches for December please. Only found this 'game' last month but it has really worked to focus the mind (and save money!)

kate_pixie

Hey all! Even though I missed my target by one day last month I still like to think how much money I saved with 17 homemade lunches.

I was off work yesterday and have bought in soup today, so that's two for me already. As there are effectively only 3 weeks before we go on Christmas shutdown I shall pledge "Only 3 bought lunches in December".

I hope you all have a successful month. xxx

Rainbowchild

Hi everyone,
I too only found this thread half way through Nov and was pleased that from finding it I didn't buy a lunch
Please could you put me down for 2 brought lunches? I've worked out that I'm at work for 21 days this month (weather depending!) and know that on Christmas Eve we always get a bacon buttie and then have a buffet put on - not sure about the buffet this year due to cut backs!
Had jacket potato, tuna and salad for yesterday and today HM carrot and lentil soup with the bonas of a free egg & mayo sandwich from the canteen (a left-over they can't sell the following day).

La_escocesa

Hi everyone :wave:

Back again for another month

I was off work for the first two weeks on November so missed the beginning of that challenge - missed popping in for updates/motivation and to [STRIKE]pinch[/STRIKE] hear all of your ideas.

Tomato and bacon pearl barley risotto for me yesterday. Off work sick today (boo!) so had an omelette at home. Pop back with next week's 'plan' at the weekend.

x

newlywed

Hello.
I work far too near Pret a manger so hope to only have one lunch a week bought and the rest from home.

runninglea

Hi Mr Green

Can you put me down for no bought lunches

Thanks