Lunch Money

I wrote my third $30 check and we have another week left in September. My child has gone thorugh $60 since the beginning of school.

I watch the parent portal and see he spends between $2.40 and $3.15 each day. He hit a $3.85er one day, but we quickly nipped that. I think that was a double chicken sandwich day with chips and a drink.

Guess what? He eats it all. It's not going to waste and he's hungry. He's a growing 11-year-old boy. He's not eating junk -- except for when he gets the occasional chips or ice cream.

We've established a one-day a week snack bar and the other four days are hot lunch. The $2.40 is for a hot lunch with an extra milk. When he makes it to around $3, he's usually at the snack bar or buying a juice or water with the hot lunch. And, some days he buys an ice cream.

Gervais and I both bring our lunches to work to save money. I believe we are simply allocating our savings to Christopher's meal plan.