I tend to eat lunches that are very similar from day to day---a salad, something left-overish that can go in the microwave, something to drink in a little plastic camping bottle, fruit, salad dressing, napkin, fork, spoon--so I found containers that hold those items and "debugged" the container situation. Then I searched for a bag of some sort that would hold all those containers. I finally found a seven-dollar toiletry bag at Target. So now, I make my lunch the night before, pack it all in the "lunch bag," and put the whole bag into the refrigerator. In the morning, I can grab and go (if it were not for walking the dog).