August Bring Your Lunch To Work Challenge

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  • glass_half_full
    glass_half_full Posts: 578 Forumite
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    I'm not planning to microwave them. no. Does remind me of microwaving some kippers many years ago as a student with predictable results... :rotfl: Microwaved scrambled eggs, now you have got me thinking! Started early on the challenge today since it is my first day back at work.
    Todays lunch - Bread roll, goats cheese, banana, home made banana bread. A bit of a banana theme going on here. I will start recording savings tomorrow.
    Aiming to early retire in April 2025 - DC pension currently £350k 
  • better_times
    better_times Posts: 80 Forumite
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    I would like to join, I will even declare we will take lunches with us when we go on our caravan holiday.
    Tesco £126/£0.00 - gone, 
    Cabot £150/£0.00 - gone
    Lowell £967.98/£248.50  left
    Lending Stream £1,137.00/£1,035.44 left
    Lowell £1,226.11/£1,116.61 left
    Old rent £2,211.00/£2,013.66 left
    Robway £2,298.43/£2,161.59 left
    Cabot £2,505.93/£2,282.08 left
    Robway £7,045.61/£6,616.09 left

    Total £17,668.06/£15,473.97 Left 12.42% paid
  • FatVonD
    FatVonD Posts: 5,315 Forumite
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    I'm getting geared up for tomorrow, I had a jacket potato with dinner tonight so stuck an extra one in. It's one of the few things I can guarantee my teenage son won't eat during the night as he doesn't like them!
    Make £25 a day in April £0/£750 (March £584, February £602, January £883.66)

    December £361.54, November £322.28, October £288.52, September £374.30, August £223.95, July £71.45, June £251.22, May£119.33, April £236.24, March £106.74, Feb £40.99, Jan £98.54) Total for 2017 - £2,495.10
  • Miss_D_Meanour
    Miss_D_Meanour Posts: 155 Forumite
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    Hi there
    Can I join in? I tend towards bringing in apacket soup each day and then get tempted by other people's "let,s go to the local cafe" or something goes wrong and I buy lunch as Alan alternative to throwing my toys out of the pram. Doing this in the sure knowledge that I'm not wasting food since the soup won't go off.
    Well I've got cooked chicken, lettuce and cucumber from the weekend that needs to be eaten, so perfect opportunity to back on track. Also a really tight budget for August due to too much DIY!

    Thanks for resurrecting this
    MissDM
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    SPC12 #33 £210. Xmas 2019 - #15 £365 / £365 ... PAYDBX 2019 #23: £0 / £3,400
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  • better_times
    better_times Posts: 80 Forumite
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    Todays lunch, Chicken and salad wrap, two oranges, an apple and can of diet coke
    Tesco £126/£0.00 - gone, 
    Cabot £150/£0.00 - gone
    Lowell £967.98/£248.50  left
    Lending Stream £1,137.00/£1,035.44 left
    Lowell £1,226.11/£1,116.61 left
    Old rent £2,211.00/£2,013.66 left
    Robway £2,298.43/£2,161.59 left
    Cabot £2,505.93/£2,282.08 left
    Robway £7,045.61/£6,616.09 left

    Total £17,668.06/£15,473.97 Left 12.42% paid
  • FatVonD
    FatVonD Posts: 5,315 Forumite
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    First day done, I had:

    Jacket potato (from 40p bag of YS ones so I'm going to call it 4p!)
    Cheese from a block in the fridge (about one tenth of a three pounds block so say 30p)
    Half a small pack of coleslaw, 35p.
    Pack of YS cherries, 20p

    So 89p in total, a saving of 2.11p on a 3.00 meal deal :T
    Make £25 a day in April £0/£750 (March £584, February £602, January £883.66)

    December £361.54, November £322.28, October £288.52, September £374.30, August £223.95, July £71.45, June £251.22, May£119.33, April £236.24, March £106.74, Feb £40.99, Jan £98.54) Total for 2017 - £2,495.10
  • FatVonD
    FatVonD Posts: 5,315 Forumite
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    Miss_D_Meanour wrote: »
    Hi there
    Can I join in? I tend towards bringing in apacket soup each day and then get tempted by other people's "let,s go to the local cafe" or something goes wrong and I buy lunch as Alan alternative to throwing my toys out of the pram. Doing this in the sure knowledge that I'm not wasting food since the soup won't go off.
    Well I've got cooked chicken, lettuce and cucumber from the weekend that needs to be eaten, so perfect opportunity to back on track. Also a really tight budget for August due to too much DIY!

    Thanks for resurrecting this
    MissDM

    I usually have a packet soup for breakfast, my workmates think it's odd but it's filling and cheap!
    Make £25 a day in April £0/£750 (March £584, February £602, January £883.66)

    December £361.54, November £322.28, October £288.52, September £374.30, August £223.95, July £71.45, June £251.22, May£119.33, April £236.24, March £106.74, Feb £40.99, Jan £98.54) Total for 2017 - £2,495.10
  • FatVonD
    FatVonD Posts: 5,315 Forumite
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    better_times wrote: »
    Todays lunch, Chicken and salad wrap, two oranges, an apple and can of diet coke

    Sounds nice and healthy!
    Make £25 a day in April £0/£750 (March £584, February £602, January £883.66)

    December £361.54, November £322.28, October £288.52, September £374.30, August £223.95, July £71.45, June £251.22, May£119.33, April £236.24, March £106.74, Feb £40.99, Jan £98.54) Total for 2017 - £2,495.10
  • glass_half_full
    glass_half_full Posts: 578 Forumite
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    Ok, working from home but I'm still counting it, todays lunch: sardines on toast
    bread x 2 (9p)
    sardines (34p) - (unfortunately not all as shared with the cat)
    Banana (20p)
    Harvest morn bar (15p)
    Total 78p
    Saving over £3.00 is £2.22.
    Aiming to early retire in April 2025 - DC pension currently £350k 
  • better_times
    better_times Posts: 80 Forumite
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    FatVonD wrote: »
    Sounds nice and healthy!


    I am doing slimming world at the moment but I got the wraps for 10p per pack of 8 so bought 10 packs and found then in the freezer so lots of wraps will be on the menu
    Tesco £126/£0.00 - gone, 
    Cabot £150/£0.00 - gone
    Lowell £967.98/£248.50  left
    Lending Stream £1,137.00/£1,035.44 left
    Lowell £1,226.11/£1,116.61 left
    Old rent £2,211.00/£2,013.66 left
    Robway £2,298.43/£2,161.59 left
    Cabot £2,505.93/£2,282.08 left
    Robway £7,045.61/£6,616.09 left

    Total £17,668.06/£15,473.97 Left 12.42% paid
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