Brown Bagging it

[Ima saver]

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Unless you go to fast food, you can't get lunch much under $6 and by the time you add a tip, that really adds up when you are working.

[threebeansalad]

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Every day. Big money and time saver (I don't get a paid break).

[Ima saver]

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My husband does take a paid break either. He eats his sandwich in a few minutes and continues working.

[tabbycat31]

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I eat both breakfast and lunch at work. Breakfast is instant oatmeal made in a coffee cup in the work break room.

Lunch I normally have at home since I am free between 1 and 2 from one job to another. Dinner I eat at work, even if it is just yogurt.

[lrjohnson]

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Almost every day.

I go out to lunch around once a month, mostly for the social aspect, and post Challenge I plan to bump it up to two times a month.

I could go home for lunch, but once I'm home, it flips a switch in my head saying "off work" so I stay at work. I eat with co-workers.

I keep mergency food in my drawer if I'm running really late; a can of soup or vegetables fills in in a pinch.

[jodi]

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Everyday, which is three days per week for me. On occasion, I will meet a friend out for lunch or order in with a coworker (less than once a month). I keep a frozen dinner in the office fridge just in case I forget or don't have anything to bring. I used to keep snacks (nuts, oatmeal, etc.) in my desk drawer, until I discovered that a little mouse was sharing with me. EWWWWW! Now if I want snacks I bring them in with me that day.
There are people in our office who order in every day from the restaurant next door. I would go crazy spending that type of money.

[PrincessPerky]

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We eat lefotvers for lunch, we have a few frozen pot pies, and ramen noodles for my husband if dinner didn't make enough, but he rearely eats out. Now the office sometimes treats, which is nice, and some of his coworkers treat, which is nice, but 90% of the time it is one giant lunch box (brown bags are not big enough!)

[lynclarke]

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My husband brown bags it 6 days a week- leftovers, cookies, pretzels, jerky, one fruit, two sodas- in the summer 2 sodas and one flavored tea. Maybe three times a year, they have a party and everyone brings a dish. Maybe twice a year they order in chicken.

[sakigt]

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Usually 4.5/5 days a week (I eat out about once every other week)

Usually if I ea something from the cafeteria its a burger and fries for $2.99. If I eat that its on a Tuesday at 2pm because I have lecture/lab until 930pm so that food needs to last!

[Daylily]

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I'm not working now but for the past nine years, I brought my lunch every day.
I usually had leftovers or on Sunday I would make a casserole of some sort and would make that specifically to fill in the days that I didn't have leftovers.

If only I could get DH to do the same. He travels so it is not always possible for him to take a lunch. He left for an overnight trip this morning and I packed him a sandwich - a small step.

[Lonewolf]

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Seems, like the running theme on a saving friendly message board, 5 times a week here as well. Everyonce in a while, based on the Corporate environment, I go out to lunch to discuss career with mentors, but for the most part, its brown bagging for me.

Wolf

[fairy74]

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Every day. once or twice a month I get sick of food from home and go buy a sandwich at the courthouse cafe.

[Fern]

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Nearly always. It helps to work close to home.

Once in a great while, like every other month or so, i'll eat at the local chinese place.

[MonkeyMama]

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Reminds me I used to go home for lunch every day - but nothing frugal about that. LOL. Though I guess I did find that easier than taking the time to pack lunch. With gas prices these days there is just no way - I tend to mostly work through lunch now so I can get home earlier instead.

I am impressed with everyone's dedication to 5 days a week. I really eat out more just to get away from the office for a bit more than anything. I also rather meet friends for lunch than dinner for many reasons, but a main one because it is cheaper. I sometimes meet the kids and hubby for lunch too. We pretty much never go out for dinner, it is a way to see them during the day and eat out for a little cheaper than dinner - just thought of that too.

[Ima saver]

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My husband just works so far away from any place to eat. He would lose a lot of hours if he went off for lunch every day. I use to eat at burger king when they had a 75 cent hamburger. I could eat lunch for 79 cents a day. but the burger got smaller and smaller.