I am considering investing in a chest freezer.

Are you sure? Most people in your neck of the woods want chest warmers. You know, for running and stuff.

ba-dump-dum.

Okay, seriously, we got ours second-hand for $60US and have been very happy with it. My dearest savant_da_rat cooks up a whole storm of meals on Sundays, freezes portions to take to work for lunch all week. With the freezer, he can do two or more weeks at once.