Little addictions

Posted on August 6, 2008
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Today, I found out that I’m addicted to… Taco Bell! The cafeteria food where I work sucks, so I usually drive to Taco Bell for lunch – $6.00 plus about a buck in gas. Today though, my wife had to bring our son to my work to register for some classes, so she brought me lunch.
About 2 hours before she got here, I felt a little hungry and though immediately about going to Taco Bell. I brushed off the idea, reasoning why spend the ~$7.00 when lunch is going to be here soon? Then things started getting a little strange. The closer the time got for her to arrive (with lunch), the more I thought about how good that #8 Special would taste. It got to the point where I almost went and got some 15 minutes before she arrived. Maybe I have a problem… but its only $7.00, and I have to eat somewhere on the days she doesn’t bring me lunch…
I was reading about the “Latte Factor” in The Automatic Millionaire and the challenge to track expenses for a week. I decided to do a little calculating to see how much this leak is costing me each year. It costs me about $3.00 to make a lunch to bring from home vs. $7.00 for Taco Bell, $4.00 per day potential savings. I work about 250 days each year. $1000.00 per year in savings just by brown bagging, and it’s healthier too. I wish I had thought of this sooner.

Cheers,
Ken

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