Money Matters » Leaks http://www.dontbebroke.org Thoughts on Economic Freedom Thu, 01 Jul 2010 22:19:22 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc Little addictions http://www.dontbebroke.org/2008/08/06/little-addictions/ http://www.dontbebroke.org/2008/08/06/little-addictions/#comments Wed, 06 Aug 2008 20:33:09 +0000 debtfree http://dontbebroke.org/?p=14 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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