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Lunch Log Challenge 2008

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  • Another day of leftover lunch. We were lucky enough to be brought dinner yesterday, and it was pizza, so we had a fair few slices left, just re-heated them and am having them - so free lunch, and saving on bread too!! (same extra's as yesterday too!)
  • poorbutrich
    poorbutrich Posts: 1,349 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    Didn't spend anything today as I brought leftover pasta for lunch. Might cost me a little extra to get the tomato sauce out of my top though! I should bring a bib to work!
    Overpay!
  • fletch3163
    fletch3163 Posts: 900 Forumite
    jlynncsf my goodness what a posh sounding lunch you're having. Melons? Avocado, parma ham? Gee Whizz, fair puts my skanky boiled egg bagel in the shade :D
    Maz3374 how could you NOT fancy egg mayo? It's my most fave lunch. What is it with eggs and me?

    Monday - £0 - sandwiches with leftover chicken, Irn Bru, Hula hoops
    Tuesday - £0 -bagel with boiled egg, Irn Bru, snack a jacks
    Grocery Challenge M: £450/£425.08 A: £400/£:eek:.May -£400/£361 June £380/£230 (pages 18 & 27 explain)
  • betti911
    betti911 Posts: 819 Forumite
    Debt-free and Proud!
    Monday 75p
    Tuesday £0
    Wednesday £0 (salad, banana, apple, small orange)
    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
    Fletch, honestly, not all that posh - got the melon for 50p! cos I live on my own I use my local shops and buy little and often, which works out cheaper for me than using the big supermarkets. Also, am on a high protein kick at the mo, so no sarnies for me, which are much easier! (mmmm, bread...drool)

    Another no spend day anyway - mozzarrella, tomato & basil salad; fruit & nuts.
  • bobbadog
    bobbadog Posts: 1,606 Forumite
    Morning!

    I have salad (not a lot of lettuce, mainly chunky carrot, celery, orange pepper and beetroot), a chopped up chicken breast with cajun spice on, and a yeo valley low fat yoghurt thing. And an orange. NSD here! x
  • redsquirrel80
    redsquirrel80 Posts: 12,457 Forumite
    Hmm, so not quite a no-spend week :o Not too bad though!

    Mon 3rd - £0 (leftover chicken & mushroom risotto, banana, nectarine, crackers)
    Tue 4th - £0.60 (some small potatoes to 'bake' in microwave, cheese, fruit.. erm bought crisps and a cake!)
    Wed 5th - £0.30 (baked potatoes & bolognese mince, fruit.. bought crisps).
    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."
  • Im in on this as this is where I fall down a lot.

    So far this week I have spent:

    Monday - £1.90
    Tuesday - £1.90
    Wednesday - zero

    Total spend so far this week = £3.80 :T
    MAY NSD's

  • very simple lunch today - Pork luncheon meat sarnie! ooooohhhh!! Still no extra cost though! yay!
  • mouche
    mouche Posts: 902 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    Was on holiday till Monday night and that spending comes out of the holiday fund so my week starts Tuesday.

    Tuesday - £0 (working from home so ate a ready meal that had been lying around for ages)
    Wednesday - £0 (leftover spinach curry wrapped in a tortilla. Yay!)

    Had a doughnut for breakfast. I did buy the doughnut but I actually bought 24 of them to celebrate my wedding anniversary with people at work. So I'm not counting this expense as a breakfast/lunch expense.

    Two days to go this week. Hope it's a no spend week!
    Mortgage (original/ current):193,000 (23/09/11)/ £102,500 (07/11/2019)
    2019 Challenges: Make £300 a month: £9.71/£300 (January)
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