I have surely saved on food shopping costs. My children attended London universities so they were home until they graduated. They always brought home a study partner or would hold group studies at home and it always felt that I was feeding the 5,000 Alongside that, friends would come and go all the time as well and stay for meals.

I work full time and eat out five times a week as lunch is my main meal. The days when I sit and dine at home are rare now and confined to a few weekends when I am home and not loafing about out of town. I still stock the fridge though because my son occasionally drops in within the week and Sunday evenings to have dinner here. And now he comes with his fiancee. A very good thing!