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  • 115K
    115K Posts: 2,678 Forumite
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    Squirrel29 wrote: »
    A friend of mine moved into a house and discovered used tampons drying out in the airing cupboard :eek:. I've been very skint in the past but nothing has made me go to such extremes!!

    :eek: :eek: :eek:
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  • ZTD
    ZTD Posts: 24,327 Forumite
    Squirrel29 wrote: »
    A friend of mine moved into a house and discovered used tampons drying out in the airing cupboard :eek:. I've been very skint in the past but nothing has made me go to such extremes!!

    Wonder why they didn't take them with them..?
    "Follow the money!" - Deepthroat (AKA William Mark Felt Sr - Associate Director of the FBI)
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  • cantcope
    cantcope Posts: 1,886 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker Debt-free and Proud!
    At the height of my debt i used to volunteer to walk in the freezing cold to the burger van near work to get the bosses lunch because it meant i'd get a free lunch as he was too lazy to go.
    i only had toast at home for breakfast and dinner so a salad baguette was worth the numb hands and feet.

    i also pinched coffee from work by pouring it into my coat pockets :(
    Last bet : 26th Oct 2006:j Debt free 25th Feb 2008:j Living "my" dream:T
  • tsharp
    tsharp Posts: 1,532 Forumite
    cantcope wrote: »

    i also pinched coffee from work by pouring it into my coat pockets :(

    Surely it just dribbled out!
    "I have enough money to last me the rest of my life, unless I buy something."
  • Quincifer
    Quincifer Posts: 228 Forumite
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    tsharp wrote: »
    Surely it just dribbled out!

    hahaha! :rotfl:
  • cantcope
    cantcope Posts: 1,886 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker Debt-free and Proud!
    i meant the granules
    Last bet : 26th Oct 2006:j Debt free 25th Feb 2008:j Living "my" dream:T
  • (Land_of)_Maz
    (Land_of)_Maz Posts: 11,738 Forumite
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    When i was about 10 years old my sisters friend stole a "pair" of shoes, but it wasn't a pair as it was two left feet.....she threw them away, so i took them for dressing up!

    We were so poor that they were the nicest pair of shoes i owned at the time, so i wore them anyway! Once i'd broken them in, they were fine and shaped to my feet within a few days!
    I'm just a seething mass of contradictions....
    (it's part of my charm!)
  • moanymoany
    moanymoany Posts: 2,877 Forumite
    In the days before tissues my grandma used to carry a brown paper bag around with her. When she saw a hanky on the floor that had been dropped, she picked it up and put it in the bag to take it home and boil it. Never bought hankies.
  • Bunnyinthelights
    Bunnyinthelights Posts: 15,278 Forumite
    I had to sell the ring my parents gave me for my 25th birthday so I could buy Christmas presents for my family. That was pretty humiliating going onto a jewlers to try and get them to buy it.
    Empty pockets never held anyone back, only empty heads and empty hearts can do that -Peale
  • HBFS
    HBFS Posts: 1,285 Forumite
    Buying Potato Waffles just to have one a day with some sauce.

    Two boxes lasts a month!
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