Moonrocket wrote:
j p o wrote:
BarryP wrote:
Fuck that. The only thing that keeps me sane is going out for lunch every day. I drive a base model car to make up for it. = )
I know you are joking but ...
We used to go to lunch every day. Wife and I work for the same company. I'd get two bottles of diet pepsi a day, she'd get two cups of coffee. I really am not that big of a fan of leftovers for lunch but then we did the maths. Calculated off of actual costs bringing cans of pop from home, coffee brewed at home brought in a thermos, and approximate increased costs of grocery bill. And we were very conservative on the cost of lunch bought and generous on how much it cost to pack. Used 20 days/mth to account for days off.
Diet Pepsi - 2 a day x 5 days x $1.60 = $16.00/wk = $64/mth
Coffee - 2 a day x 5 days x $2.00 = $20.00/wk = $80/mth
Lunch - 2 a day x 5days x $10.00 = $100/k = $500/mth
Diet Pepsi - 2 a day x 5 days x $0.23 = $2.30/wk = $9.20/mth
Coffee - 2 a day x 5 days x $0.25 = $2.50/wk = $10/mth
Lunch - 2 a day x 5 days x $3.00 = $30/wk = $120/mth
Costs prior = $644.00
Costs after = $139.20
It has legitimately saved us $500+/mth. That was our second biggest bill behind the mortgage.
ETA - it was actually the pop and coffee savings that made us say, "Fuck me."
The lunch math assumes no value to your time though. My husband and I both get lunch at the work cafeteria daily. It’s about $6 but I save about an hour a week not planning and making lunches. As a working mom an hour of my time is quite valuable.
That said I do make my own coffee at home and we’re thankfully not living paycheck to paycheck.
This is something we have battled with too. My wife and I are insanely busy and sometimes the temptation not to make lunches for the week is very strong. But, I have found meals that I love, are delicious and healthy, and that really take very little prep time. Definitely worth the savings, even if it means staying up a bit later after the kids go down to do 10 min of prep a night.
Long Chile was a silly place.