Lunch Money

many of us have experienced this.... too much money is being spent on food!!! and we all try to cut back, but few of us are actually successful.

How much money should I be spend on food each week? no matter how I look at it, it always seems too much. And now, I am trying to get serious on cutting down.

Last week I spent about a total of $12 for lunch from Monday through Friday - hmm....good week.

This week, I am already on $17.50 (and today is only Tuesday). I went to subway yesterday... got a footlong sub, ate half and saved half to eat for lunch today. ($8) Went to the grocery store, bought 2 cans of soup and 2 bags of apple cripses, 1 bag of pretezels and 2 pouches of salmon steak. Hmmm....bad move since I can eat a can of soup of lunch each day....but I would need something to go with my salmon steak.

Snacking is also my down fall... if I didn't get the 2 bags of apple cripses or the 1 bag of pretzel, I would have saved about $5.50.

I tried fixing my lunches at home and bring it to work, but it is not cheaper than buying frozen entries at the grocery store when the entries are on sale.... does anyone have any suggestions on how to cut down on lunch spending?