{"id":193,"date":"2009-03-16T14:10:18","date_gmt":"2009-03-16T22:10:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.budgex.net\/blog\/?p=193"},"modified":"2011-05-14T10:23:26","modified_gmt":"2011-05-14T18:23:26","slug":"make-me-a-sandwich-eating-home-cooked-meals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.budgex.net\/blog\/2009\/03\/make-me-a-sandwich-eating-home-cooked-meals\/","title":{"rendered":"Make Me a Sandwich! &#8212; Eating Home-Cooked Meals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s another simple practice to getting closer to achieving complete financial discipline:<strong> eat out as little as possible<\/strong>.\u00a0 The first sentence of this <a onclick=\"javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('\/blog\/outgoing\/matthutter.com\/2006\/11\/02\/how-to-save-money-eating-out\/');\" title=\"Eating Out\"  href=\"http:\/\/matthutter.com\/2006\/11\/02\/how-to-save-money-eating-out\/\" target=\"_blank\">article on how to save money eating out<\/a> explains this strategy pretty clearly, stating, &#8220;First the obvious, don&#8217;t do it.&#8221;\u00a0 You may be tempted to go and get a <a onclick=\"javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('\/blog\/outgoing\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=WHIo4VruGZY');\" title=\"Subway Commercial\"  href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=WHIo4VruGZY\" target=\"_blank\">$5 footlong<\/a> from Subway for lunch (such a catchy tune), but instead make a sandwich at home and pocket the extra cash.<\/p>\n<h3>A Penny Saved is a Penny Earned<\/h3>\n<p>The guy on the $100 bill said that, so he knows what he&#8217;s talking about.\u00a0 Saving a few dollars per day by adhering to this method can really add up when you look at your annual budget.\u00a0 This is not rocket science, nor is it a revolutionary piece of advice.\u00a0 <strong>But it does work<\/strong>.\u00a0 Many people have experimented and documented their expenses while eating out versus staying at home and cooking their own meals.\u00a0 In fact, this article on <a onclick=\"javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('\/blog\/outgoing\/www.getrichslowly.org\/blog\/2006\/10\/13\/is-eating-out-cheaper-than-eating-in\/');\" title=\"Eating out versus staying in\"  href=\"http:\/\/www.getrichslowly.org\/blog\/2006\/10\/13\/is-eating-out-cheaper-than-eating-in\/\" target=\"_blank\">eating out vs. staying in<\/a> even ventures so far as to say that <strong>in addition to money,\u00a0 cooking your own food saves time as well<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m sure you&#8217;ve heard it before, but have you ever taken the challenge of not eating out?\u00a0 If you are willing, you can try it for yourself: make your own food for two weeks and document your time and expenses during that time.\u00a0 The folowing two weeks, eat out every day, again documenting everything.\u00a0 See what you come up with.\u00a0 Which method was cheaper?\u00a0 Which method was more convenient?\u00a0 Hopefully it&#8217;s not something you have to see to believe.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Your 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