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tld221 11-10-2009 11:14 PM
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Originally Posted by AGDee (Post 1865726)
My dad is saving me on one front. He called tonight and wanted to know if we had a Wii. I told him yes. He said he wanted to get us a family gift this year and I told him that our main computer in the family room is getting really bad so a computer would be really helpful, a desktop, and we don't need a monitor if it's got a VGA video card. He said he'd get us one. That's one less thing for me to worry about figuring out how I would afford it.

My daughter called tonight from her dad's house. She needs $8 to pay for the solo & ensemble band competition TOMORROW. Pay day is Friday. I have $3 in my wallet and $12 in the bank. The ATM only gives money in $20 increments.How do I come up with $8? I told her to ask her dad and tell him I would pay him back. He had the cash, thank goodness.
Interesting, that my neighborhood, always in a perma-recession, the ATMs dispense in $10s. which is great if you need $10 quick and dont have much more to withdraw. however, unfortunate that the withdrawal fee still applies, and for less $.

im sure this is intentional and kinda meant to prove a point (1. go to your own bank to take money out and 2. have enough money that you can afford to withdraw more than $10 at a time) but it sucks for the poor folk.

joliebelle 11-10-2009 11:51 PM
I checked my account earlier this week and found that I had 20.88 to my name...which means that I had spent over 100.00 in a week on God knows what. Good thing I checked because it'll cost me 20.00 round trip to see my boyfriend this weekend. Hopefully my direct deposit will go through, and I don't have to wait until Monday to get paid from my semi-crummy job.

Glitter650 11-11-2009 01:54 AM
I am sick of having no money. Hubs is working at not Hours and not enough pay. I have been searching and applying like crazy, but am still unemployed... savings is getting SCARRRYYY LOW... My whole life is on hold because we have NO MONEY. Thank goodness we have enough for bills... but how long can it last ?! :(

AGDee 11-11-2009 07:52 AM
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Originally Posted by tld221 (Post 1865731)
Interesting, that my neighborhood, always in a perma-recession, the ATMs dispense in $10s. which is great if you need $10 quick and dont have much more to withdraw. however, unfortunate that the withdrawal fee still applies, and for less $.

im sure this is intentional and kinda meant to prove a point (1. go to your own bank to take money out and 2. have enough money that you can afford to withdraw more than $10 at a time) but it sucks for the poor folk.
Yeah, there is one at work that allows you to withdraw $10, but they charge a $3 fee. I spent $1 too much on groceries... what a pain in the butt this all is! Payday cannot be here soon enough.

chickenoodle 11-11-2009 12:33 PM
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Originally Posted by honeychile (Post 1865579)

On the downside, since we have a family business, just about everything is frozen for roughly another month. This may be another Christmas when I get very, very creative with gifts! :(

Sounds like a great idea for a new thread :D

Dionysus 11-11-2009 06:31 PM
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Originally Posted by kish2 (Post 1865341)
Pull your pants up and get a job. You won't find a job standing on the corner bustin rhymes and talking on your cell.

PS. Pick up the garbage in front of your house.
Nice reply, 5 years later.

5 years later, no regrets doing absoulutely nothing at age 23.

cheerfulgreek 11-11-2009 06:36 PM
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Originally Posted by kish2 (Post 1865341)
Pull your pants up and get a job. You won't find a job standing on the corner bustin rhymes and talking on your cell.

PS. Pick up the garbage in front of your house.
lol
I'm sorry, but this made me laugh really hard.

summer_gphib 11-11-2009 06:38 PM
I've lost total control of our checking account. Our new computer is in the shop, and won't be done for a while. Somehow I tripped over the dog and spilled water into the new one (the one that replaced the laptop that the hubs spilled coffee into) and now my iphone has gotten stolen at work, right off my desk. I do all of my banking on the computer and I came really close to overdrafting! I've been working 3 weeks, and *hopefully* will get my first paycheck of the tax season tomorrow... and it still won't cover everything.

Kappamd 11-11-2009 07:33 PM
I am deceptively poor, because although I have plenty of money in my account, it is ALL from student loans. I can barely stand to buy groceries, because I immediately start calculating the god-awful interest that I will pay on it in the long run. It's bad enough that my tuition alone is going to rack up ~140K in debt, forget living expenses. I HATE having to depend solely on loans!

LucyKKG 11-11-2009 08:55 PM
Here's a cheap recipe for the financially disadvantaged:

Elbow macaroni
1 can Tomato soup (condensed)
Bacon

Cook the bacon and the noodles then stir it all together! We already had frozen bacon, but my sis and I bought macaroni and soup for $2.70. Yippee! Make sure you don't use too many noodles or it won't be flavorful enough.

chickenoodle 11-12-2009 12:26 AM
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Originally Posted by LucyKKG (Post 1866042)
Here's a cheap recipe for the financially disadvantaged:

Elbow macaroni
1 can Tomato soup (condensed)
Bacon

Cook the bacon and the noodles then stir it all together! We already had frozen bacon, but my sis and I bought macaroni and soup for $2.70. Yippee! Make sure you don't use too many noodles or it won't be flavorful enough.
My kitchen consists of nothing but pasta and rice. I've learned you can do amazing things with rice :D

LucyKKG 11-12-2009 12:35 AM
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Originally Posted by chickenoodle (Post 1866109)
My kitchen consists of nothing but pasta and rice. I've learned you can do amazing things with rice :D
Oh yeah, I made some strange fried rice-ish last year while waiting for my allowance. Ha! It was like frozen veggies, rice, and some random oil from my cabinet. Would've been good if I had an egg, too. :p

chickenoodle 11-12-2009 12:48 AM
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Originally Posted by LucyKKG (Post 1866113)
Oh yeah, I made some strange fried rice-ish last year while waiting for my allowance. Ha! It was like frozen veggies, rice, and some random oil from my cabinet. Would've been good if I had an egg, too. :p
Ish? Lol! I say that all the time :p

I've started throwing all kinds of stuff in the pot with the rice. My chicken and rice dinners only use one pot. Makes clean up easy peasy :D

Gusteau 11-12-2009 12:51 AM
Yep, I've definitly made fried rice for my past three dinners lol!

tld221 11-12-2009 01:04 AM
i just made a chicken-and-rice in a pot combo last night. i bought some drumsticks, boiled it in some water with bouillon cubes, poured a package of yellow rice and an old can of string beans (yes, that last can in everyone's cupboard for when times get rough, just in case) and let it simmer.

i lucked out because i found a couple potatoes in the crisper drawer. dont know how long ive had them, but it tasted great with everything else.

its lasted me 3 meals. ill probably finish off the pot by friday. it couldve been 6 meals - i need to learn portion control.


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