{"id":6142,"date":"2010-04-13T06:00:07","date_gmt":"2010-04-13T12:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs2.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/?p=6142"},"modified":"2010-03-25T09:13:40","modified_gmt":"2010-03-25T15:13:40","slug":"frugal-librarian-25-brown-bag","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/frugal-librarian-25-brown-bag\/","title":{"rendered":"Frugal Librarian #25: Brown Bag"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/frugallibrarian.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1897\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/frugallibrarian-223x300.jpg?resize=127%2C172&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"127\" height=\"172\" \/><\/a>You can save an absurd amount of money by <a href=\"http:\/\/articles.moneycentral.msn.com\/SavingandDebt\/ConsumerActionGuide\/TakeTheBrownBagChallenge.aspx\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>bringing in your own lunch<\/strong><\/a> &#8211; either to work or school.<\/p>\n<p>Some folks report saving $60 per week, which translates to $240 per month.<\/p>\n<p>Other advantages:\u00a0 It&#8217;s healthier, since you&#8217;re controlling the nutritional value.\u00a0 Unless, of course, you like deep frying at home.<\/p>\n<p>Faster, since there&#8217;s no drive time or anyone you have to worry about tipping<\/p>\n<p>As a person who tends to pack things the general populace wouldn&#8217;t consume, a brown bag is the only option for choice.<\/p>\n<p>Don&#8217;t forget the added benefit of brown bagging it &#8212; you have the remainder of your lunch hour to sleep off your own crafted super-sized portions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You can save an absurd amount of money by bringing in your own lunch &#8211; either to work or school. Some folks report saving $60 per week, which translates to $240 per month. Other advantages:\u00a0 It&#8217;s healthier, since you&#8217;re controlling the nutritional value.\u00a0 Unless, of course, you like deep frying<a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/frugal-librarian-25-brown-bag\/\">[Read more]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[1137,370,556,1136,379],"class_list":["post-6142","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reference","tag-brown-bagging","tag-frugal","tag-frugality","tag-lunch","tag-saving-money"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pd0CXx-1B4","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6142","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6142"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6142\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6292,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6142\/revisions\/6292"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6142"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6142"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6142"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}