money_jar3Where to “find” money around the house – realistic ways.  PROVEN WAYS!

Installment 4

Lunch Money!

The boys pack a lunch 3 days a week.  He gets a sandwich, a fruit, a juice, and chips or organic fruit snack. And every day he brings nothing back. When he eats lunch at school, he wastes over half of it.  Cost of lunch at school? $1.75.  Packing lunch? $1.07. And he eats it all! I only make him buy lunch 2 times a week because I’m so tired. But if I could cut that out, it would be even cheaper. Note to self – pack more lunches!

Here’s a sample Lucian Lunch… Banana – $.18, PB&J – $.16, Juice – $.43, Fruit Snack – .30.  And it’s more nutritious and I know it’s High Fructose Corn Syrup Free, no aspartame, no sucralose, low in fat and no trans fats! And… He eats it all.  That’s the best part.

I pack a lunch every day.  Leftovers are my best friend! So instead of paying $6 – $7 a day on lunches, I eat at the office!

Sean packs lunch as well.  Now, he doesn’t have an office to go to and a desk to eat at, but he does have a sandwich, fruit, and other snacks from the house. 

Based on the fact that for just Sean and I – we were spending about $12 a day (total) for lunch, we’re saving a BUNCH of money.  You just don’t realize that we spend so much when we’re just paying a few dollars a day.  But, it adds up!

If I had to estimate – I’d say that we save about $3,000 a year on not eating out for lunch.

NOTE – I DO eat out with friends sometimes, but it’s not often! It’s ok to go out with co-workers once in a while.  You can’t completely cut yourself off! J

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