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September Bring Your Own Lunch to Work Challenge!

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  • glass_half_full
    glass_half_full Posts: 696 Forumite
    Tenth Anniversary 500 Posts Name Dropper Debt-free and Proud!
    Hi all,

    13/14 today

    :beer:
    Aiming to early retire August 31st 2026.
  • glass_half_full
    glass_half_full Posts: 696 Forumite
    Tenth Anniversary 500 Posts Name Dropper Debt-free and Proud!
    leimichellecat wrote: »
    Failed today - I bought coffee! It’s been one month since I’ve had a shop coffee, it was payday and it was my first day at uni. I brought my packed lunch with me and my flask but there just wasn’t enough in my flask to sustain me, I’ll have to take a bigger flask!!!

    I trust you got a student discount?
    Aiming to early retire August 31st 2026.
  • fruitloop04
    fruitloop04 Posts: 294 Forumite
    100 Posts Third Anniversary Combo Breaker I've been Money Tipped!
    Sorry I am only updating - this an awful week at work and been getting home really late :( Managed to take my own lunch to work though and one of the days I knew would be a late one so I took my dinner too! Everyone else had takeaway but I abstained :)
    01.05.2019 - Re-Mortgage - £142,000 :eek::eek::eek: Total overpaid to date: £15,584.33.
    MFW #52 £9000/£12000
  • leimichellecat
    leimichellecat Posts: 147 Forumite
    Well done friitLoop! Glass I don’t even have my student ID yet, it’s pants. Mature students are completely uncatered for!

    I miss counted the number of days I would work this month, but I’m very pleased I only bought 1 cup of coffee all month and no food! Can’t wait for next months challenge, I need so creative ideas for my lunch box (must be able to eat cold, sit in my bag for a few hours before eating and SlimmingWorld friendly!)
    Taking on the world one debt at a time!!!

    Buy my car outright £0/£3300
    Buy a caravan £0/£7500
    Replace house windows £0/£5000
  • glass_half_full
    glass_half_full Posts: 696 Forumite
    Tenth Anniversary 500 Posts Name Dropper Debt-free and Proud!
    edited 30 September 2017 at 8:51AM
    14/14 :j
    Also looking forward to next months challenge. leimichellecat can you get access to a microwave? Might give you some more options. :)
    Aiming to early retire August 31st 2026.
  • swimminginaseaofdebt
    swimminginaseaofdebt Posts: 942 Forumite
    Seventh Anniversary 500 Posts
    Morning everyone,

    Sorry haven't updated this month but doing an end of month check in to say I hit my target of 11/11.
    VSPC 2019 #10 - £168.80/£100 VSPC 2020 #4 - £262.03/£200 VSPC 2021 #9 - £242.88/£200 VSPC 2022 #3 - £188.03/£200 VSPC 2023 #7 - £0/£200
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