January 25
TAKE YOUR LUNCH TO SAVE MONEY
Take your own brown bag lunches to work or to school with you to save money. This is important because eating lunch out every day puts another invisible drain on your wallet. While eating lunch out may not seem like eating out to you because it is not usually as pleasurable as eating out is, it is still the same as eating out. It can become very easy for you to eat lunch out several times a week without even realizing just how much money you are actually spending on those lunches. Preparing your lunch to take to work may seem like a chore to you, but it is easier than working to pay for someone else to prepare and serve you your lunch.
One way to see how many lunches you are eating out and how much of a drain this is putting upon your wallet is to keep track of it for a month. Take some time to do the math and this will surely give you added incentive to brown bag your lunches more often. Save your receipts for lunch for a month and then add it up. If you are really serious about saving money, then this will help you to make it a priority to brown bag your lunch. Even if you treat yourself to eating out once a week or on payday, do your best to bring your own lunch as often as possible to save money.
You will probably find that you are healthier and feel better also, because if you are watching what you spend and eating off the value meal, those burgers and fries add up calorie wise and can affect overall health.
