Bringing Food
The plastic containers have egg salad sandwiches and hotdogs. Those tumblers carry orange juice, and not in the photo is a flask of coffee.
That bag was not for a day in the park. Hubby and I were going to a government office to process some papers.
I have started bringing a bag of snacks just recently, when going to my son’s school, to the grocery, even to the mall. It all began when I just got annoyed of having to pick a restaurant or go to a drive-thru in a rush because we were hungry or thirsty.
I realized that many times, we had to go to restaurants we didn’t really want to go to in the first place, or buy tasteless food in stalls, because we were in an “emergency.” Most importantly, don’t you agree that this behavior is a waste of money?
And so I decided I should plan for snacks whenever we are going out. Like when we had to go to that government office, and I knew we would be stuck there for hours, I prepared this bag of food. True enough, we all got hungry and thirsty, and what a relief it was not to walk out of the queue to get something to eat.
If it is a quick trip to the nearby mall, I bring a thermos of coffee for myself and a tumbler of juice for the kids. My kids always get thirsty and in the past, I had to go to these kiosks selling drinks. But now, no more. No need to spend too much money for a cup of juice.
Not only do I get to save money, I am also assured that our snacks are nutritious. It doesn’t have empty calories and too much oil and sugar and salt which are the stuff most fastfoods are made of.
Also, we all get to pick a nice restaurant, enjoy the ambience and the food and each other’s company. No rush to pick the first that is nearest and could serve food the fastest because we are all cranky with hunger.
julie:
We do that. Whenever we go to my inlaws and I will be teaching, we bring the big thermos, the containers of cereals, milk, loaf of bread and a jar of bread spread.
When we have to go somewhere like church or just pasyal, me have sandwiches and water, if not, juice prepared at home, or even tetra brick drinks for the kids.
We always have baon when in Ortigas too, not just to save on money but to make sure we have nutritious food.
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lady cess Reply:
August 27th, 2008 at 8:37 pm
you should always have baon, teacher, your sched can be so full you probably have no time to go out to a resto.
glad to know you have something right there, so you can eat while teaching, hehehe!
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Rach (Heart of Rachel):
This is a very good practice Cess. I also bring some snacks for Yohan when we go out. I always bring his bottle of water too.
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lady cess Reply:
August 27th, 2008 at 8:37 pm
thanks rach. our kids are the ones who benefit the most from this
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feng:
what a clever idea! at least you’re assured that the food you’re eating is sanitized and all healthy.
me, uhmmmm, medyo guilty. tamad kasi ako mag pack ng food, if not my kid’s baon or our baon when going to picnics.
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lady cess Reply:
August 27th, 2008 at 8:39 pm
hi feng, i was tamad, and there are times i still fail to do this, lalo na pag late akong nagising at nagmamadali
iniisip ko na lang, di bale, i’lldo better next time 
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chateau a.k.a. imom:
Just like you, it’s been my habit to bring one chest of food (just the small 6-pack Coleman chest) whenever I go out with the kids. A jug of cold water is always constant, esp since V doesn’t drink anything else but water. Tsaka mahal na rin bottled water ha.
Mga wais na misis we are, aren’t we?
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lady cess Reply:
August 27th, 2008 at 8:41 pm
we need to be wais nowadays, ang hirap ng buhay
oh yes, bottled water is more often priced like liquid gold, so we better bring our own water.
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ghee:
Hi Cess!musta na?nagutom tuloy ako rito…hehe…
goodluck kung anuman ang nilalakad nyo nbi hubby mo
regards!!!
ghee
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lady cess Reply:
August 27th, 2008 at 8:41 pm
thanks ghee. natapos din!
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JO:
I do that too. It is definitely a way to save money and satisfy the kids’ hunger and thirst.
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lady cess Reply:
August 27th, 2008 at 8:43 pm
yay, i’m glad we’re on the same boat
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raqgold:
when we just graduated from college and job hunting, we also bring baon everytime we’re out for interviews; tipid! and i still do that now esp since most of the stops here in europe could only offer fatty foods that my kids’ stomache couldnt tolerate. wala kasing masyadong mcdo at jollibee, hehehe
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28 August 2008, 3:42 amCandyQ:
I love this idea! Being a very undomesticated SAHM-for-the-meantime, I’m picking up a lot of great tips from your blog. Thanks! :o)
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29 August 2008, 3:14 amWenchie:
Nice tip Mommy Cess. I also bring a tumbler with cold water, whenever we go out and some cupcakes too. O di ba tipid, mas masaya si hubby, he he he.
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29 August 2008, 9:06 amcaryn:
OMG. its very telling that one needs baon to process something in a local govt office. sad, but true!
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30 August 2008, 2:50 pm