Saving Money

I refuse to acknowledge how little I've contributed these past months.

Does packing your own lunch save you money? Here lays a debate that rages inside the heads of every young urban professional. Let me ask the same question differently. Does packing your own lunch when buying contents of said lunch from Whole Paycheck, save you money?

I still think there's a lot of healthy debate out there on this subject. OK..maybe at the end of one full month if I do buy the contents for a sandwich and make this sandwich back at the office I'll realize true value(add) and save some cash. But I don't think it will really make that much of a difference. I bought a pound of turkey, 80z of sliced cheese, a loaf of bread, some mayo and mustard today at Whole Paycheck and I am going to make myself a sandwich until the turkey runs out. The cost, $24.

My control will be the actual sandwiches Whole Paychecks makes. It doesn't matter what you eat when you eat our, or where. Everything is the same price. I either pay $7.50 for a sandwich at Whole Paycheck, or $7.35 for a burrito or $7.87 for sushi. All the same. There is no debate here.

To recap - Sandwich material is $24. I won't have to buy new bread or condiments over the course of the turkey's sustainment, however turkey is $12.49 a pound. So, I'll go through a couple of weeks worth of sandwiches and see how much a I really save. I'll bet you at the end of 30 days I save something like $12.76. Then I can justify eating out as much as I want. This should come in handy some day when I'm married.

Comments

[Mike Manuel]

Your sandwich's are weak.

[maringuy]

I'm confused. But I do love a good sandwich. Might I also recommend the soup of the day?

[Red_Bull_Mom]

I need closure. Are you still stuffing down the turkey or is your sandwich bread all moldy because you decided you'd make your sandwich "tomorrow" for days on end?

[Tito]

I'm with you on this. I say you save money only if your time is worth nothing. Do you really want to spend time in the evening making tomorrows lunch when you could be at the bar drinking instead? And do you really want to spend time in the morning making todays lunch when you could be sleeping off last nights hangover instead? Sure, you might save money if you eat turkey sandos 10 days in a row. However, for a true cost comparison wouldn't you need to make your own turkey sandos, burritos and sushi? That is going to push up your lunch at home costs. I'm just sayin'...