You know you're broke when....

[AKA2D '91]

You know you're broke when fill in the blank ...

[SkeeWee14]

.You run out of Kool-Aid and decide to drink plain water and sugar mixed together, because you can't afford 30 cents for a pack of Kool-Aid. I love my Kool-Aid, but I haven't been that bad off yet .

[Urbane]

you search your car for loose change so you can get a even $2.00 in gas.

[techie_girl_44]

...you start making up recipes that use only the food you already have in your house

...you start categorizing things by how much you think you could get for them at the pawn shop

[Ideal08]

. . . hafta get a payroll advance.

. . . hafta get another payroll advance from another place to pay the other pay advance off.

. . . you continue this insane behavior for 2-3 months.

. . . you are broke for 14 straight days because you had to use all of your paycheck to pay off that last payroll advance.

. . . all that's in your 'frigerator is condiments.

. . . you don't even have ice.

. . . you roll ALL your pennies and go trade them in.

. . . you usin' newspaper for toilet paper.

[AKA2D '91]

Originally posted by Ideal08
[B. . . you usin' newspaper for toilet paper. [/B]

doesn't that mess up the toilet (flushing and all? )

LMAO

[Proverbs31:30]

"Top Ten Signs That You're Broke...."


10- You start eating "condiment sandwiches" (i.e. ketchup and mustard on empty hotdog buns, mayonaise on white bread)

9- You see that ramen noodles are on sale, 10 for a dollar, and you only get 8.

8- You mix bacon bits and water and convince yourself that its a real meal. (I've actually heard of this done before )

7- You fight your roommate for loose change found on the floor.

6- You go out to eat with your friends and make a full meal out of iced tea and the "free" dinner rolls.

5- You start patching up the furniture with safety pins, paper clips, duct tape....

4- You start using jelly jars as glasses. (*Guilty as charged)

3- You start saving and re-washing paper cups, plates, etc.

2- You cut the car off the middle of traffic to "save gas".

1- You owe 17 different people money.

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[SFactor]

When you borrow from your kids' piggy banks!!

[MzJ25]

Originally Posted by SFactor

When you borrow from your kids' piggy banks!!

LOL LOL this is too funny and something that I am guilty of. I was at a friends house and her daughter was gone for the weekend. We knew she left her little purse at home with a few dollars in it so we are searching the room. Little did we know she had broken some glass in there that day and did a bad clean up job. Well I step on a huge piece of glass and the blood was literally gushing out of my foot. I'm laying on the floor cracking up and it seriously looked like a crime scene...Guess that's what we get for stealing from a 6 yr old.

You know your broke when....

your on your 5th day of Ramen noodles for dinner.

you and your dorm roomate are so thirsty on a saturday night that you go from door to door looking for anyone who is still there to give you some change to go to the vending machine. Luckily finding someone who gave us a diet coke and a bottle of water.

you go to taco bell drive through w/ a zip lock baggy full of change.

[OneTimeSBX]

you know you are broke when...

you run out of every cleaning supply and use windex for it all.

single. ply. toilet paper.

you put those last 3 fish sticks and 4 french fries on a napkin-sized piece of foil to cook.

you empty out the vacuum bag to reuse.

that last corner of vodka and a good cd is all the party you really need

you have vaseline in a piece of foil in your purse for your lips, hands, whatever needs it most.

you have stopped laughing at the bootleg names of off brand cereals (i.e. rainbow rings, flakes 'o honey, sugar snaps) and can rattle off all the variations of the original cereal in ABC order.

eta: one im guilty of... at Christmas when they are doing the charities or the Salvation Army bucket, you roll your eyes and say "someone need to come take care of ME!"

[mulattogyrl]

Originally Posted by SFactor

When you borrow from your kids' piggy banks!!

LMAO this thread is hilarious! I'm guilty of this too. I borrowed $20 from my daughter's piggy bank like a year ago and she is STILL reminding me that I owe her that money PLUS she wants interest! LOL!

[ivygirl]

when you have to borrow to get your car fix and then your car not is also due

[strobelitehoney]

Originally posted by SFactor
When you borrow from your kids' piggy banks!!

LMAO, NO........ THAT'S GHETTO. LOL
You run out of Kool-Aid and decide to drink plain water and sugar mixed together, because you can't afford 30 cents for a pack of Kool-Aid. That's GHETTO TOO.

when you don't have enough to buy your favorite 5 dollar combo at wendys, instead you go to the 99 cent menu.

[candygirl]

You search your closet for a skirt, dress, shirt, or anything that may still have the tags on them so you can take it back.

[ClassyLady]

-- you honestly think that ketchup and ramen noodles will taste like spaghetti if you season it right

-- you don't use electricity until the night time

-- the only thing in your refrigerator is batteries and baking soda

-- you start to wonder if there is any kind of food that you can make with just baking soda

-- you eat cereal for breakfast, lunch, and dinner

-- at a restaurant, you order water with lemon and try to make lemonade with all of those sugar packets on a table

-- you ask everybody that you know, friends, neighbors, coworkers, for a dime until you have enough to order a pizza

-- you have less than a dollar in your bank account

-- you will use any paper product in place of toilet paper, notebook paper, envelopes, receipts, bills, etc.

-- you go to a department store and steal fresh tags so that you can put them on clothes that you already own and take those back to the store (I've seen it done)

-- you try to pawn stupid stuff e.g. paper clips, lotion, socks