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"I try to bring my lunch to work\u2014sometimes more successfully than others. I have long stretches where I am very good about taking leftovers or packing a sandwich, but other times, I just can&amp;#039;t deal. Truth is, I make lunch for my kids every night for school the next day, and I hate it. I&amp;#039;m so exhausted from working all day then running home to make dinner and spend time with them, that by the time I make lunch\u2014usually around 10 p.m., well, I can barely make it through their lunches, never mind making my own. So that means I usually spend around $8 for a salad or sandwich when I&amp;#039;m at work. But the other day I discovered I can cost effectively eat out. My coworker Barbara Brody and I had an event to go to in the evening, and she turned me on to a secret for when I&amp;#039;m working late or have a work function\u2014buy a foot-long sandwich at Subway, eat half for lunch and half for dinner. (Sounds so simple but never occurred to me!) The turkey sandwich with all the fixings (and a bag of chips thrown in) cost me $3.68\u2014that&amp;#039;s 1.84 per meal! Can&amp;#039;t get much cheaper than that. In fact, that might even be cheaper than if I made the meals at home. And by the way, the sandwich was really good. Yay, Subway. I should still be making my lunch\u2014and probably dinner too for the nights I stay late\u2014but even if I don&amp;#039;t, this is a lot cheaper than $8 a pop! Total amount I&amp;#039;ve saved thus far on my way to $5,000? Well, I&amp;#039;m taking a little liberty here to project into the future, but if I work through dinner two nights a week and do the Subway thing as lunch and dinner, that will save me $50 a month. Not bad. Grand total saved: $971.40 "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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