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When this song moves you to tears.
Posted on 09/01/2011 8:58:14 AM PDT by CSM
There are many dead giveaways! from daveramsey.com on 25 Aug 2011 Email Being on a budget doesn’t mean you can’t have fun and even make fun of yourself a little bit!
Dave's Facebook fans shared some obvious signs that you might be on a budget – so many, in fact, that we didn’t have room to note all of the best ones here! Check out some of the hilarious responses, and see how many you can relate with.
Kristen: Your four-year-old asks, "Mommy do we have a coupon for this?" about any item she wants to buy in the grocery store!
Stephen: When you're reading this in your father-in-law’s driveway because you have to glom off of his wi-fi.
Leslie: When you use a coupon for a free hamburger from Mc Donald's and then come home and put your own piece of cheese on it!
Carrie: When you find yourself saying "Dave would not want me to buy that!" and then walk away.
Travis: Your kids are constantly ticked off at Dave Ramsey!
Kirsten: School supplies become birthday presents.
Jeff: You have all the local supermarket ads spread out on the kitchen table, and you begin to strategize your coupons like you're about to invade Normandy.
Micki: You get one leg waxed at a time.
Natalie: You ask yourself, How many shifts will I have to work to pay for this?
Jondelyn: You search on the internet for recipes with ingredients in your pantry.
Jay: Everyone around you thinks you are crazy.
Michelle: When, you're shopping with the kids, the three-year-old asks for something and the seven-year-old tells him, "It's not in the budget."
Will: When you notice George Washington squint at the sunlight when you pull a dollar out of your wallet.
Ashlee: When your five-year-old asks, "What is a mall?"
Sarah: Your kids get $5 in a card and you're jealous.
Gary: When you don't go out and spend money on Friday night, but instead stay in and list stuff to sell on eBay.
Lisa: The liquid soap in your bathroom is milk 'n' honey-orange-vanilla-coconut-cherry-watermelon-apple-lemon scented, because you just can't bear to throw that little bit in the bottom of the bottle away.
Lorien: When your five-year-old makes her own coupons to play store with!
Kelly: When you really "get" all the posts on this thread and have laughed out loud several times reading them!
How do you know when you’re on a budget? Let us know! Leave a comment below
I can relate.....
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My favorite:
“When your buddy shows you his $2,500 car, and you say to yourself ‘I could have gotten 2 cars for that’”.
When other people look at you and ask if you’ve been DaveRamsey’d.
When the price of a 12 pack of ramen soup goes up a dime and you notice,you’re on a budget.
When you cook Mac and Cheese without using any milk or butter, just water, tap water!
I have done this and it is not that bad.
When you cut paper towels in half.
(I can hear the response now: you get paper towels?)
[ When the price of a 12 pack of ramen soup goes up a dime and you notice,you’re on a budget. ]
I have checked and sometimes the 12 pack of ramen noodles can cost more than the individual ones per pack. This has happened to me before, I save 50 cents by buying the individual ones.
Sometimes I pinch pennies so hard a booger comes out of Lincoln’s nose.
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I've come close to being guilty of that one!
These are pretty funny
Here’s one of my budgetary tricks I learned from my frugal grandfather. If me and a few of my friends wanted to go out to get some Chinese food, what I used to do.
I bought a giant two quart $5 bowl of savory congee. I stretched it out by sneaking in my own vegetables, protein and brown rice. I grew the vegetables at my house which further cut down on costs. To wash down the food, I ordered a pot of tea, which I made stronger by bringing in a few teabags I found for free at a doctor’s office. For flavoring, I sneaked in one of those Crystal Light drink mix packets for water bottles. I ordered lots of ice in my water. I poured the tea in the water.
I now have a nutritious meal which feeds 4 people and we all have a nice, cool glass of lemon iced tea to wash down the congee. All for under $8 total.
Did it enough times to save up for a car. After a while, the Chinese restaurant where I went to stopped serving congee. Did I fail to mention that my grandfather’s Asian Indian? :P
I have a little Dave that sits on my shoulder when I’m at the grocery store. I have conversations with him when I try to justify a splurge. :0)
I've come close to being guilty of that one!
I'm going to be 65 in October, so I am really guilty of that one.
As a matter of fact, my first new car was a 1968 Chevelle SS Convertible for a drive away price of $3150 (with no trade).
When this song moves you to tears.
I’m so cheap that I remove the battery from my little radio whenever it is not in use....
Another tip is that I have saved a lot on electricity bills by unplugging everything that is not in use and does not need to continue to get electrical flow. I unplug the microwave, extra tv, coffee pot, washer dryer, etc. Heck, I even unplug my alarm clock on the weekends.
I found that by eliminating my vampires, I was able to reduce my kwh usage by 50%!
I love this idea! Now I’m looking at everything that is plugged in. Heck, I’d settle for the kids just remembering to turn the lights off.
Make your own laundry detergent.
“I found that by eliminating my vampires, I was able to reduce my kwh usage by 50%!”
That’s impressive! I’ve lowered my electric bill by a LOT this past year, but lower is better!
“That’s impressive!”
That’s what she said! ;-)
Hope all is well for ya....
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