Lunch Costs

Bringing my lunch to school is proving to be a bit of a challenge. My first class starts at 8am and my last class doesn't get out until 8:30pm most days. It's hard to pack enough food to cover me for the entire day, including snacks. Plus if I manage to do so, I have a hard time keeping it okay to eat. My car is very hot and sometimes I have a lot of things to carry around with me, textbooks, notebooks, purse, and home care bag. I have been trying to not buy things to eat, but it's a bit harder than I thought. I'm still working on it though, last week I ended up buying almost all my meals outside. This week I will try not to do that, it gets expensive. Today I purchased 9 boxes of Suddenly Salad because it was on sale at Stop & Shop 3 boxes for $5.00. I made two boxes and divided it up into 4 containers. I also purchased some beef bologna because it was on sale buy 1 ($3.99) get 1 free. I put one in the fridge and the other 3 freezer(bologna goes fast around here.) I already have bread, cheese, mayo, lettuce, tomato, etc. at home so I'm all set there. I also got some cereal bars, more containers, small juices, yogurt, cucumbers, sliced olives, and granola. I purchased everything either on sale or using coupons and I spent about $40 total, which I think is very good considering how much I ended up with. I'm sticking to my goal of not buying a single food item outside this week. Everything is coming from home! Let's see how I do.