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Things you've done when things got desperate!
CAFCGirl
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Good Evening All!
This is a bit tongue in cheek, and is in no way meant to be a "tips" type thread!
I know we've all hit our own personal bottom, and so I was thinking about all those things that I've done when things have got a bit desperate that I can now look back on and smile.......... and possibly shed a little tear!!
I have...........
1. Eaten pasta with rock salt and vinegar on for three days straight as I didnt have any money for food!:p
2. I have paid for a loaf of value bread and milk all in 1ps and 2ps:o
3. I gave my best friend an unwanted present for her 21st birthday
4. I have flirted with sales assistant to get a "special birthday discount" in return for my (apparent) phone number!!!
God I feel ashamed!!!!!!!!
Any other confessions?
This is a bit tongue in cheek, and is in no way meant to be a "tips" type thread!
I know we've all hit our own personal bottom, and so I was thinking about all those things that I've done when things have got a bit desperate that I can now look back on and smile.......... and possibly shed a little tear!!
I have...........
1. Eaten pasta with rock salt and vinegar on for three days straight as I didnt have any money for food!:p
2. I have paid for a loaf of value bread and milk all in 1ps and 2ps:o
3. I gave my best friend an unwanted present for her 21st birthday
4. I have flirted with sales assistant to get a "special birthday discount" in return for my (apparent) phone number!!!
God I feel ashamed!!!!!!!!
Any other confessions?
Wealth is not measured by currency
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CAFCGirl - they aren't desperate measures, they are solid foundations for a good DFW lifestyle!Successful women can still have their feet on the ground. They just wear better shoes. (Maud Van de Venne)Life begins at the end of your comfort zone (Neale Donald Walsch)0
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Especially when your reputation with shop assistants preceeds you..."Follow the money!" - Deepthroat (AKA William Mark Felt Sr - Associate Director of the FBI)
"We were born and raised in a summer haze." Adele 'Someone like you.'
"Blowing your mind, 'cause you know what you'll find, when you're looking for things in the sky." OMD 'Julia's Song'0 -
Hi there cafcgirl
I will join in:D
Years ago, before i got married, i had just come of work sick, and whilst they were sorting everything out..i spent a week living on tinned spaghetti on toast....i could have had beans, but at the time kwiksave were selling spaghetti for 3p a tin and beans were 5p...and it probably explains why i cant stand tinned spaghetti:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:
but compared to pasta with salt...i guess i was having a banquet
im sure more things will come to me....-6 -8 -3 -1.5 -2.5 -3 -1.5-3.50 -
Hypno -Yeah but the pasta thing was hardly healthy!
Oh to have been able to afford bread and spaghetti!
I watered down my orange juice as well!Wealth is not measured by currency0 -
Pasta - low in fat. Salt helps reduce muscle cramp and vinegar is good for removing limescale.....(
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And as for watering down orange juice - I am sure that this is what top restaurants do, so you are in good company there!Successful women can still have their feet on the ground. They just wear better shoes. (Maud Van de Venne)Life begins at the end of your comfort zone (Neale Donald Walsch)0 -
Pasta - low in fat. Salt helps reduce muscle cramp and vinegar is good for removing limescale.....( )
And as for watering down orange juice - I am sure that this is what top restaurants do, so you are in good company there!
Unfortunately I dont get to charge £2.00 a glass for it thoughWealth is not measured by currency0 -
WhenI was pregnant with DD I survived a week on 2 french sticks with a little butter and cheese from the fridge :eek:0
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Hypno -Yeah but the pasta thing was hardly healthy!
When I was a student, I lived on toast and chips for 10 weeks. Hardly healthy either...
Then I got my grant and bought a Burger King. Health food...
"Follow the money!" - Deepthroat (AKA William Mark Felt Sr - Associate Director of the FBI)
"We were born and raised in a summer haze." Adele 'Someone like you.'
"Blowing your mind, 'cause you know what you'll find, when you're looking for things in the sky." OMD 'Julia's Song'0 -
Flashback to 10 years ago when I'd first bought a house:
On payday, I'd buy a massive block of the cheapest cheese and multipacks of burger buns. I'd spend the night making dozens of plain cheese butties and freeze them. I'd take out two a night for the next day's lunch.
For dinner, I'd make a big pan of soup or stew and have it every day, 5 days a week.
Weekends I'd stay in, on my own, and get so p!ssed that I didn't bother to eat.
Oh, I miss my crazy 20s :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:£27k (excluding interest) paid off in 29 months
Finally debt free!0 -
The Yellow pages makes OK toilet paper if you run out and cant afford to buy any
Sorry, I'll get me coat
Is it better to aim for the stars and hit a tree or aim for a tree and land in its branches :think:Loves being a Wonderbra friend :kisses3:
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