It always stuns me when I hear people saying how difficult it is to make ends meet and then they go out and buy their lunch at work. Some people buy it every day!! If you are one of the people that usually buy their lunch just take time out to sit down and work out per year how much money this costs you. It will be a frightening amount!
It takes only a small amount of planning to buy in the weekly grocery shop the things necessary for work lunches. If you can, make a bulk amount and freeze some sandwiches (obviously depending on the ingredients). This will help in the morning rush. Maybe, get your lunch together the night before and leave a note on the kitchen table to get your lunch out of the fridge before you shoot out of the door in the morning.
Teach your children to prepare their own lunches. My 6 year old has been doing this for a year now and loves it. I have a stack of cakes/slice and sandwiches in the freezer and then fruit in the fridge. Her school has lunch day once a term when she can buy her own lunch and this obviously is a great day!
Another huge expense is buying coffee during the day. Have a cup before you leave home. Get up earlier if you don't have time. Put $2 each time you do this in a tin and see how quickly it mounts up!
If you are not a sandwich fan (like me), I often take left-overs to work for lunch and heat them up there.
It is so easy to fall into the trap of being too late/nothing in the fridge/easier to buy it and look how much money you waste!
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