Pack a lunch and save $600 a year?

For the past 2 years I’ve been spending roughly $8-$10 a day on lunch.  Sometimes less, sometimes more..but that’s about the average. I should know…I was on a budget

In conjunction with taking the train (see last post) I’ve started taking my lunch to work instead of buying.  I did some notepad calculations this morning and was astonished at the savings.

$0.75 – Nature Valley Chewy Trail Mix Bar
$0.25 – 3 slices of deli cheese
$0.25 – 3 slices of deli meat
$0.50 – Newtons Fruit Crisps
$0.50 – Crackers
$0.25 – Apple
$0.50 – Bag of Chips
free  – Water
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$3.00 for lunch per day

If we assume I ate on the cheap at Subway or some place like that, the total per day would be about $6.  So I’m saving about $3.00 per day.  Calculate that over 200 trips to the office each year and that’s $600 a year.

So I’m well on my way to getting that $100,000 to start a small holding. If I save the $2,000 a year I’m saving just by taking the train and packing a lunch I’m only uhmmm…..50 years away from having the farm. Dang it! Sometimes it’s just better not to look at the numbers over time and just be happy with knowing you saved a couple bucks.  I think I’m going to go eat my deli meat and cry in the lunch room.