Lunch Log Challenge 2008

hypno06

Nothing spent on canteen lunches yesterday or today!! No plans to spend tomorrow lunchtime either..........:D

Looby_Lou_7

Can I join as well please?

Looby xxx

SarahNeedle1872

Monday: Egg sandwiches (last minute decision as the eggs went out of date two days ago!), 2 x petit filous, 1 x Walkers crisps (will be buying own brand from now on!) and one Pepsi Max.... all from home :T . Got a Chili con Carne on the boil as I type.... with nough for me and OH tonight, and lunch tomorrow :cool:
Tuesday: Left over chili from last night, packet of crisps, apple and banana all from home, and spent 70p on two coffees :T
Wednesday: No work so no spends!
Thursday: Not good.... planned to have left over pasta, but left it home. Not too bad I thought, as I can use it Friday instead..... but OH ate it! Ended up spend £4 on food :mad:

fletch3163

Prior Pre Planning Prevents P*$$ Poor Performance

Am being really quite rubbish again this week. Well, actually that's a wee bit harsh. Maybe it's because I was SO good on the first week that my benchmark is so high. Oh, whatever............... stop arguing with yourself woman......................

Monday - £0.45 - bagels & cheese from home and a crunchie (45p)
Tuesday - £2 - diet pepsi x 2 - sandwiches with last night's chicken
Wednesday - £1.20 cheese & mustard pickle sandwiches from home, crunchie & can diet coke
Thursday - £3.10 - No bread, no butter, no filling, no plan. Ended up buying from sandwich shop.

Repeat after me................ I will not return to the dark side..... I will not return to the dark side....... I will not......

(Land_of)_Maz

Looby_Lou wrote: »

Can I join as well please?

Looby xxx

hi Looby! Come on in and join us.... new month n all that!


In fact if noone minds, i would like to say a few words.......

(Clears throat for dramatic effect!!), after a month of this challenge for some of us, i wanted to say that we have all done really well, even those of us who have lost the way at times (like me! especially in week 1!)

Overall we were probably spending £20-£30 a week on lunches which would be £100+++ in January alone. :eek: And that's a conservative estimate! We have all saved loads of money regardless of whether we stray at times, what's £4 a week when previously it was £4 a day!!

Let's start afresh for a new month (a nice short month!!) and kick the butt of this lunch log challenge!!

Plus i reckon we must all be healthier too as we are buying in less shop stuff and sweeties etc!

As Fletch so rightly said, planning is key, or words to that effect!

Thanks to Cassie for starting the thread and keeping the member list up to date!!! I'm going to nomiate you for post of the month for this as it's had a really positive effect on me and others i think. If anyone wants to second the POM thing, then ... http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?p=8334497&posted=1#post8334497

This was a public service announcement by maz on behalf of the lunch log challenge

- the end

fletch3163

Thankfully I eventually made it to the end of the week without spending up a storm.

Monday - £0.45 - bagels & cheese from home and a crunchie (45p)
Tuesday - £2 - diet pepsi x 2 - sandwiches with last night's chicken
Wednesday - £1.20 cheese & mustard pickle sandwiches from home, crunchie & can diet coke
Thursday - £3.10 - No bread, no butter, no filling, no plan. Ended up buying from sandwich shop.

Friday £1 (diet coke) triple tier sandwich with ham

Discount-Diva_3

My first week with no spend at all!!

hypno06

No lunch spends today :j

fletch3163

Just totalled my month of lunches. £16.55 for a whole month's worth of lunches. Imagine that! Normally it's c£4 per day so I would have spent upwards of £80 by now and I bet I would have had less enjoyment (except maybe for a baked potato from Sainsbury's where they don't know portion control - yum)

Looby_Lou_7

Friday 1st - £0.00.