So Ty and I were watching "The Today Show" this morning and they were discussing how much money it costs to eat lunch out everyday. They were saying that high executives, lawyers, etc even "brown bag" it now. They had a lawyer go to the supermarket and do the brown bag for a week and she was able to save a lot of money where if she kept it up, it bought her tickets to a nice resort for vacation.
I decided to do some math on what I typically do:
On some days, I eat anywhere between $5-$10 (sometimes more or less) a day just for lunch (this does not include if I stop for breakfast or if Ty and I eat out or order in for dinner).
Well, I work from Mon-Thurs, so lets say $10 a day for 4 days a week: $40 a week
Then for the full year that is 40 times 52 (weeks in the year) a whopping $2,080. Now that does not include that in the fall I go back to working 5 day weeks, but for a few months, the bosses buy our lunches.
Now, lets do one day out a week at $10 a day (now it could be more or less as well) that is a freaking $520 a year just spent on lunches.
So, this weekend, Ty and I are going to get food items and make our own lunches to take to work. This will also help me to eat healthier and to have good snacks. Ty normally eats at home for lunch already (but now he will save on the gas money from driving to and from home).
I am sure that I will still have lunch out on occasion, but I am going to try my best to eat in or maybe go to a park and eat with Alli, Carrie, or whoever wants to meet up. I still need to get out of the office and get some fresh air.
Thanks for reading my rant. I just wanted to share with people how we can all possibly save money since the economy is sucking so darn bad.
