YOU KNOW YOU'RE POOR IF...
+ you raid your red sox cup filled with change, spend the next hour sorting and counting and do a big cheerleader kick when you find out you have $34! market basket here i come!
+ when a friend tells you that they went to costco and bought a frozen yogurt and didn't even finish it-- you fight back the urge to ask if there is any left and if you can have it.
+ you consider taking tupperware to church functions so you can quickly, without notice, stuff as many brownies and lemon bars in as you can.
+ you also consider taking tupperware to friends houses when you are invited for dinner so that you can take an extra helping that you "can't possibly finish" and then when no one is looking you dump the food in.
+ you cringe every time you get on the bus or the subway, knowing that you only have 10 more swipes before it's all over and you're riding your bike EVERYWHERE.
+ your treat in your lunch box is a bag of microwave popcorn that you've had sitting in your pantry for who knows how many years.
+ when someone says the phrase "oh it's not that much; only $5.00" your heart breaks knowing that that is just WAY TOO expensive for your blood.
+ you wonder if this next experience of paying your tithing is going to turn into the next great ensign story.
+the word FREE pops out at you everywhere you go- and even when the dude at the T stop that gives the little fake newspapers away for free, hands one to you- you feel like you have just been given a present.
+ you actually took 30 minutes scouring your car because you may have accidentally left behind some money and when you come up empty handed you curse yourself for not being more careless with your dollar bills beforehand.
+ the words "sorry, i can't afford that" have become the way you start out all conversations.
+ you scowl at that total stranger who has a small bag of chips in her hand and is selfishly munching away, while you helplessly covet her goods.
+ you've had PB & J for two straight weeks and the outlook on a change is slim to none.
+ you anxiously await your early christmas present from ma n pa deming-- a box full of food-- whoot!
13 years ago
4 comments:
i totally know what you mean!! I am right there with ya
dear peggs,
i've got only $11 to last me until the 7th. can you please educate me in your wise and wonderful ways?
your sympathizer (not to be confused with your synthesizer)
ju
at least your aware. I'm in denial. I should be WAY more concerned than i am.
And how about you hate anyone sitting in a restaurant or anyone who talks about being at a restaurant because you eat at a restaurant semi-annually. And feel guilty afterwards because you could have bought a weeks worth of cereal and milk for the price of your Southwestern BBQ chicken Salad with tip.
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