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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]DH and I both work downtown and are desensitized to $10+ lunches every day.  A few years ago I tried to cut costs and made lunches for each of us...l.i ate my soggy sandwich and when we were home having dinner DH admitted he couldn’t eat the crappy sandwich and bought something at Cosi.  I think it’s really rare to see any professional dc workers brown bag it but I do think we could all save a little money if we did.  [/quote]

We don't take sandwiches, we take leftovers.  So it's a hot meal every day at lunch, and I see plenty of my BigLaw coworkers doing the same based on the break room refrigerator.  But if it doesn't work for you, don't do it.  However, it is strange to say "why do you want to live like this" as though not going to Au Bon Pain twice a week is a rights violation.[/quote]

This week my work lunches included black bean soup, caprese salad, Spanish tortilla with salad and baguette, roast beef sandwich with horseradish mayo on focaccia, fruit salad.

Soggy sandwich indeed.[/quote]

But is this any cheaper?  Probably not by much. [/quote]

Not that PP, but yes, taking leftovers is much cheaper.  You don't have to do it, but pretending it doesn't save money to make food yourself is silly.[/quote]

Pp with the soggy sandwich here - Yeah I don’t think i would do this, because then I’d have to make something else for dinner the next night.  Robbing Peter to pay Paul as we don’t cook that much or in big batches.  But I’m impressed with the organization and planning.  Maybe when our kids are a little older and I’m packing their lunches anyway I’ll give it another try.[/quote]

You can choose to be a glass is half empty kind of person but you’re then ignoring all the advice you’re getting on here. The option isn’t a gross, soggy sandwich or Cosi. You can easily bring  a tasty, filling, easy to pack lunch daily that saves you a lot of money. Don’t do it if you don’t want to but don’t dismiss it as not possible. [/quote]

Pp here.  I’m not saying it’s not possible, I’m saying for us we don’t have the bandwidth to add this planning to our lives and at least right now it’s not impacting us except for the nagging feeling that this is a lot to spend on lunch.  Probably also bc where I work everyone eats out or in our work cafeteria.  I think others are more organized than we are.  I’ve seen others write out weekly or monthly meal plans and thought that is amazing.  [/quote]

You only think this requires a lot of bandwidth because you’re looking at people with elaborate monthly meal plans as the standard.  I am not a super organized person but making a sandwich or salad for lunch and taking in a yogurt for breakfast is really really not that hard once it becomes habit.  Like any good habit.  Maybe your cafeteria is good but ours charges $9 for a pretty lousy sandwich.[/quote]

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