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Lunch Log Challenge 2008

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  • redsquirrel80
    redsquirrel80 Posts: 12,457 Forumite
    Struggled this morning too! No leftovers from last night, couldn't think what I had that would go together, and I was sooo tempted just to succumb to the canteen, but managed to get together a potato to bake, tin of tuna and some veg, so it should be a £0 day again.... phew!
    Debt@16.12.09 £10,362.38, now debt free as of 29.02.2012.
    "I cannot make my days longer so I strive to make them better."
  • betti911
    betti911 Posts: 819 Forumite
    Debt-free and Proud!
    7th Jan- £0
    8th Jan- £0
    9th Jan- £0 (have brought in another sandwich and tesco value juice which'll stop me from coffee binging. Have also got porridge in case I'm v hungry)
    Jan 1st 07 Car loan £4830.46@12% Personal Loan £11,517@8% variable Overdraft £1500 July 2009Halifax-£0Debt free date 14th July 2009 :j
  • jlynncsf
    jlynncsf Posts: 94 Forumite
    Another NSD for me! Feeling very smug - resisting all offers of chocs & crisps by colleagues too (so far!) Have went so far as to leave my purse at home so can't buy anything...

    Mon 7/1 £0 - cuppa soup & bread; fruit
    Tue 8/1 £0 - quiche & salad; fruit
    Wed 9/1 £0 - HM tuna pasta salad; fruit

    This is a great challenge - really keeping me on track as I don't want to have to post my failure on here for all you DFW's to see!
  • I knew I'd give in today but having to edit my signature is so motivating! In two weeks and only two days of buying lunch, I've spent over £8! Scary - imagine if I was still buying every day!!
    Lightbulb moment Oct 2007
    CC AT August payday [strike]7174.14 [/strike][strike]7012.49[/strike] [strike]6837.97 [/strike]6339.68
  • Week 2! Am doing so much better than last week, this thread is really helping me so big thanks everyone!

    Mon 7th: £0 - HM soup
    Tues 8th - £0 - HM lentil and veg bake thingy (nicer than it sounds!)
    Weds 9th -£0 - HM curry
    Thurs 10th - £0 Last of the curry...getting a bit bored of it now!
    Fri 11th -£0 -HM veg casserole

    Can't believe I have managed a whole week without lunch spends and no snack spends! Thanks everyone!
    Proud to be dealing with my debts!

    Current debt: HSBC loan £16,000 HSBC overdraft £1,500 Halifax C/C £1,500


    Stop faffing around challenge - £10,000 -743.09/9,256.91
    Lunch log challenge #23 -£2.97
    Hoping to be debt free by June 2010 (30th Birthday!)
    :hello:
  • (Land_of)_Maz
    (Land_of)_Maz Posts: 11,738 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture
    Mon - £3.25 (sandwich, crisps, fruit from local convenience store, only went in for petrol. (actual spend £19!:eek: )
    Tues - £4.00 (sandwich, bag of baked crisps & grapes)
    Today - Wed - £0.00 (chicken breast, uncle bens micro rice and a little bit of hoi sin sauce and a youghurt, all from storecupboard/fridge)

    Hallelujah! As promised i have managed to not spend anything on lunch/snacks today, my first no spend lunch this week!!!!! now i don't feel quite so bad!!!

    Mind you, my boss says i have stunk out the office!!! But hey, they don't provide anywhere to sit so what's a girl to do!?
    I'm just a seething mass of contradictions....
    (it's part of my charm!)
  • Tete_en_l'Air
    Tete_en_l'Air Posts: 7,134 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    Hello all - home made veg soup in a flask for me today but I forgot to buy bread so had to purchase a (rather large and lovely in fact) granary roll from the canteen for 50p.
    Weightloss: 14.5/65lb
  • lindsaygalaxy
    lindsaygalaxy Posts: 2,068 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    I really fancy rice with chicken in white sauce now..mmm.

    Tomorrow im sorted, have a mystery shop at a sandwhich shop tomorrow.

    So have £3 of free food and drink, and £5 for having to eat it tomorrow:)
    £2 Savers club £0/£150
    1p a day £/
  • fletch3163
    fletch3163 Posts: 900 Forumite
    Evenin' All (did I just sound like Dixon of Dock Green just now?) :D

    Monday - £0 - Sandwiches & ham &tomatoes, Irn Bru, crisps, Shortbread
    Tuesday - £0 - Sandwiches & ham and Philly, Irn Bru, crisps
    Wednesday - £0 - left-over-last-night risotto & chicken, Irn Bru

    If I can keep this up all week I will have saved £20 without even trying. This is spectacular. And, as someone else said I don't want to post a failure so if that's my motivation so be it :p
    Grocery Challenge M: £450/£425.08 A: £400/£:eek:.May -£400/£361 June £380/£230 (pages 18 & 27 explain)
  • Numpty_Monkey
    Numpty_Monkey Posts: 14,196 Forumite
    10,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    :o £2 spent on a buttie :eek: , first time i've had a propper dinner break this week, needed somewhere to go, so seeing as i didn't do any packup, the sarnie shop was a good idea:confused:
    PROUD TO BE DEALING WITH MY DEBT NERD #869
    Numpty,Not sure why but I'm crying :o . Of all the peeps on this board you're the kindest & most supportive of all & I'm :mad: & :( for you all at the same time . Wish I was there to give you a big :grouphug: & emergency hobnobs
    xx
    DFD 5/1/16
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