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I’ve been bad. I’ve been eating out for lunch too many times. I keep making excuses to eat out. It’s not good for my wallet and it’s not good for my health. I’m eating Whopper Jr. value meals, Bojangles, and Mexican food. Argh, I got to get serious again.
I realize that I need to get back to my ‘cash’ lunch routine. I’ve been using my check card instead of stopping by my bank’s ATM and getting my ‘allowance’. Paying cash made it seem more real.
I’m not going to eat out the rest of this week. On Saturday, I’ll pick up my weekly cash. I need to get focused. How have you kept on your eating out budget? Any advice?
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Kacie 05.22.08 at 12:23 pm
When I regularly ate out for lunch, it was because I didn’t have time to pack a good lunch (at least, that’s what I told myself). Maybe in the coming week, you can come up with some fun lunches from home that will keep you on track and not tempted by Burger King.
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Green Panda 05.22.08 at 5:03 pm
Thanks Kacie! I’m going to pick up some stuff this weekend and make my lunch ahead of time. Just have to pick what I want…..
Efrain 05.23.08 at 4:47 pm
Well, I just budget myself for $7/day for lunch/self-spending. Anything I don’t use or have left over for the day, I put into my savings acct. I once even transfered .04 cents back into my savings…a bit funny, but ultimately I was still sticking to my plan.
frugal zeitgeist 05.25.08 at 10:34 pm
Packing lunch and healthy snacks (and maybe breakfast too, depending on what time you start work) makes a
huge difference. I always join in on team lunches and things (which the company picks up), but can’t remember a time in years that I spent money on lunch at work.
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