While I hadn’t really solidified a complete plan on eating out during our No Buy January challenge, The Hubs and I had a plan to reduce our monthly budget for restaurants. Clearly that’s a problem that we need to iron out. A plan is only going to work if it is clear and measurable.
In any case, here’s the almost that nearly was- I always pack my lunch after dinner, since mornings are evil and I want to avoid them for as long as possible. This lunch packing allows me 3 extra minutes in the morning. Whatever. It’s worth it. Okay, so I packed my lunch and brought it with me. Just as I was getting hungry for lunch, I got an email that a coworker was creating an online group order to Jason’s Deli. Yum-to-the-o!!
Without really thinking about it, I decided that if The Hubs was eating lunch out, then I could too. I found my order (Um seasonal crab soup? Yes please!) and set up an account. About midway through the process, I started to have doubts. I was thinking that it was a waste of money, especially because I already had a lunch sitting next to me. Next to me!
Regardless, I ignored those voices and ordered. And then had regret. Dang. It was only $7.80, but it was $7.80 that I had bought for a lunch that wasn’t important. I wasn’t eating with colleagues and having fellowship (something that is hard to get with our craze-o schedules at school). It wasn’t for someone’s birthday or even because I had mistakenly forgotten my lunch at home. I was looking at my lunch on the desk next to me.
I was going to take this as a lesson in living with less and move on. And then :ding: an email came through that the order had been canceled.
Well hot damn! I started eating the salad and cold spaghetti (I hadn’t heated it up when I was in the break room and wasn’t going to trek back down there for the microwave) with a feeling that I had saved a little but learned a lot.
