Scrumptious September 2013 - Take Your Lunch To Work Thread

Munchin

Hi all

I know that we are 1/2 way through the month do you mind if I join you all? I fritter so much money on buying lunch and I need to stop it. I have 9 working days left and I would like to set a target of 8 days to bring my lunch to work as I have 1 day where I am out for lunch but it is covered by expenses.

evie451

I am having a veggie curry today with a wrap......OH is having pasta leftovers and some homemade foccacia bread I keep wanting to try that salad in a jar thing but just cant face it with the weather being chilly and wet....

cardi80

Hello! Today will be homemade soup again. I am freezing!

So that is # 10 for Saturday and # 11 for today.

Nellie77

Hello, hope everyone had a good weekend.

Day 10/19 for me. Yoghurt & cereal bar for breakfast & turkey sandwiches with snack bag of butterkist as a treat for lunch yum yum (£1 for 6 bags from poundland). Kept warm with the free tea & coffee provided by my work but think I might bring soup tomorrow. :j

Not a NSD today as spent £5 on some kiddies books from charity shop to give away to an overseas literacy charity as I didnt have any kiddies books in the house. Hopefully wont have to spend too much more this week though.

Edwardia

Whoo hoo kittie :T

OH aka Bunter was supposed to take to work the half a loaf of pain de campagne he didn't finish at the weekend plus cheese and use up the stuff he has in the fridge eg butter, piccalilli and Branston before he changes jobs. He also had yogurt to take for breakfast.

Instead he took two packs of rolls so 8 rolls, a tin of baked beans, and a beef and vegetable pasty. Left behind his yogurt, the cheese and the half loaf. :mad:

kittiej

Evening all

Hello and welcome Munchin :hello:I'll put ya down for 8 days and hope you can save yourself a little bit of money :T

evie the very thought of veggie curry is making me hungry! well done!

cardi there is a definite nip in the air now , what kind of soup have you made?

Nellie well done on the LTW and how lovely giving books to children who will appreciate them :A

Edwardia it doesn't matter what you do for those men-folk they will always do as they please at some point :rotfl:

I will update everyone, I think we will be needing a group hug to warm up soon :grouphug: brrrr

trixie888

Sunday ... Nanny I and shared for lunch the leftover from dinner last night.

For dinner tonight, we had chicken soup with papaya. I made some for my baby as well.

WantToBeSE

Managed to take boring BLT sarnies to work today. Got a lift to work with a colleague.
Even worse news re the car, cant be bothered to go into the ins and outs of it, but basically the price has now increased to £560
Can't afford it, but i have no choice...cant work without the car. I dont even have that amount of money

Sorry for the moan, but i have nowhere else to vent.

kittiej

Hi Trixie, how many days do you want me to put you down for?

Well done :T

kittiej

WTBSE - really sorry to hear your bad news you already knew it would be £400 so I am guessing you could cover that? Would the garage do the work and you pay them as much as you possibly can now and then more when you get paid? Maybe say you thought it was only going to be £400 and hadn't budgeted for more.

I don't know who you work for but would you be able to get an emergency loan to cover the rest? Are there any direct debits you could cancel this time to free up money?

Apart from savings, family and friends and selling items I can only think of one way but it's not ideal so don't want to say it really.

PS don't worry about venting, better to vent than explode.