Living on your own means budgeting, and budgeting means figuring out what your necessities are; and lately I’m finding myself constantly looking for ways to save. As I was complaining to a girlfriend about how expensive eating out has become for me she suggested I take on ‘the brown bag challenge’. What is ‘the brown bag challenge’ you ask? Well, ‘the brown bag challenge’ is a month-long initiative to eat consciously and save money by packing a lunch each weekday instead of eating out.
Every morning I get up, get ready and go to work and every day I also buy a large coffee, a breakfast sandwich; and at lunch time I buy something from the mall as well. On average I find myself spending about $12 a day on food. That’s $60 a week, $240 a month! As the cost of living rises I can’t help but think that $240 could really be going into something else, i.e. an emergency savings account or even a vacation fund. [click to continue…]
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