You know you're broke when....

[LikeASista]

Originally Posted by RedefinedDiva

You go on dates to get a meal ... When you do get some money, you buy items in bulk in preparation for the times when you know you won't have money ... You have bought exactly one gallon of gas ... You are driving on fumes. You gas needle is PAST E, your gas light is on, and you are praying that your car doesn't stop before you get home.

Dayum!! I am tooooo through. I ain't no mo' good now. ROTFLMAO!!! (By the way, I'm guilty of the "items in bulk" as I just did that with a mess of Ramen Noodles so that I wouldn't have to buy food for days.)

[RedefinedDiva]

Please know that those are CURRENT experiences. My car sputtered last night, but I still made it home. It's funny.... but sad at the same time.

[elusive47]

You know you're broke if...

...you've bought a half gallon of whole milk, and as soon as you got home, you watered the milk down enough to make the half gallon into a whole gallon of milk.

...you've re-used the plastic containers Chinese take-out food comes in and old margarine containers as tupperware.

...you've actually went digging through trash cans on campus looking for bottles and cans to turn into the store for change.

...you walk at least a mile each way to the grocery store every week because you decide you could use the money you save in bus fare to buy more groceries.

I'm guilty of all of these things

[SoEnchanting]

- Riding around all week with your windows down with the gas light on "Empty" cuz the A/C uses too much fuel.

- Knowing exactly how long you have to pay your past-due light/cable/phone bill before they get cut off

- 5 for $5 Arby's roast beef sandwiches would feed you all week

LOL I'm going to stop here because I'm getting 'shamed...

[Obsession8]

Originally Posted by SoEnchanting

5 for $5 Arby's roast beef sandwiches would feed you all week

GET.OUT.OF.MY.HEAD!!!

I'm am *SOOOOO* guilty-as-charged for this (and other food-related situations mentioned already)!

[txdiva]

Originally Posted by SoEnchanting

- Riding around all week with your windows down with the gas light on "Empty" cuz the A/C uses too much fuel.

- Knowing exactly how long you have to pay your past-due light/cable/phone bill before they get cut off

I feel so embarassed...LOL!

[OneTimeSBX]

Originally Posted by elusive47

...you've re-used the plastic containers Chinese take-out food comes in and old margarine containers as tupperware.

oh, yes! i am guilty as charged! and even though i have money to get "real" tupperware, i still save them completely by habit. they are usually tossed out of the dishwasher after a stern fussing from my fiance lol!

i think the ultimate sign that those slim days are over, is when you are still doing all those cheap things, paranoid that you will end up there again. i cant tell you how many times i have picked up store brand stuff and he looks at me and says "get that real peanut butter! we arent broke anymore!"

[KAPital PHINUst]

Originally Posted by elusive47

You know you're broke if...

...you've re-used the plastic containers Chinese take-out food comes in and old margarine containers as tupperware.

I'm guilty of all of these things

I have to disagree that the above means that you're broke, it just means that you're economical, and that is not a bad thing at all.

Matter of fact, those take-out containers are good for storing your lunch to take to work that was leftovers from the night before. You can microwave the food in it, and it looks a lot better than putting your lunch in aluminum foil.

The rich can learn a thing or two from us "broke folk"

[mulattogyrl]

Originally Posted by KAPital PHINUst

I have to disagree that the above means that you're broke, it just means that you're economical, and that is not a bad thing at all.

Matter of fact, those take-out containers are good for storing your lunch to take to work that was leftovers from the night before. You can microwave the food in it, and it looks a lot better than putting your lunch in aluminum foil.

The rich can learn a thing or two from us "broke folk"

I agree. I think some of these posts are moreso being 'frugal'. Shoot, nothing wrong with saving a little money.

[black_princess]

u've got $0.15 in one checking account and $6.01 in the other . . Thank God for payday . . . Thursday can't come soon enough