i sure hope things get better for you honey i hate to hear of anyone being hungry, even if its just for a short time. i'd gladly help you out in any way i could, but thats why im making homemade cinnamon rolls at 3 in the morning - so my kids will have something to eat in the morning as i am completely out of cereal and whatnot for them to eat for breakfast dont get paid till monday - even then, the money seems to be gone as fast as i get it...

i wish i could be of help to you, i really do take care of yourself and do what's best for you...


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This topic belongs on the character-building thread

My dad used to make me keep a ledger book when he was paying for my studies. He didn't believe I should be spending any money at all on entertainment like movies or CDs or anything (thank god I didn't drink back then!) so if I did buy something for myself, I'd have 69 cents to live on for 4-5 days if I complained I'd get the character-forming lecture.

ZombieKitten said:

That's kind of messed up.

ZombieKitten said:

We used to to that when I worked at Toys R Us. Nothing wrong with the food, but we weren't allowed to sell it past the "expiry" date.

nakedpianoplayer said:

meow85 said:

No cooks, huh? I had a chef neighbor that would always bring new stuff from his specials menu over.

You are so silly with the olives! Can't they sneak you a plate of wings?

I was starving, couldn't wait to get home so I could eat the leftover chapati bread and smoked salmon,
and a blended smoothie.

:yum:

kimrachell said:

its all good now, a lady came to pick up her jewelry i made for her... its nice when unexpected things happen like that

meow85 said:

I wish it was like that here. We have a chain of stores called "Sweet As" which sells discounted confectionary past it's USE BY date

KatSkrizzle said:

Not a lot of hot wings at nightclubs, oddly enough.

I could always ask around the bar people though.

wildgoldenhoney said:

That's awesome.

Today I had coffee.

You sure this is the thread for telling about your salmon and smoothies?

meow85 said:

I was thinking the same thing

Sorry, I didn't read the thread, just the title.

meow85 said:

Sorry I am so late to this conversation, I was just scanning "old" threads and came across this one. I also had to wonder why someone would say about the yummy salmon and smoothies they enjoyed! I continued reading, too funny.

I hope you have more food in your tummy today!

PaisleyPark5083 said:

Not really, no.

But since the rest haven't moved in yet to help out with groceries the roomie and I are going to do the food bank thing.

meow85 said:

That's the best idea. I was working at this company for about 7 years when I got hit by a car in the crosswalk. I was out of work for a while and I had two boys. I was out of food, money, and all hope. My co-workers rang my bell one day and came in with bags and bags of food for us. I was crying like a baby.

I couldn't believe they did that for me. I did end up going to a food bank until I could get back to work. And I do go to second-day bread stores. I freeze the bread and it keeps for weeks. @ .35 or .45 per loaf, it's a good deal.

Also, I don't know if you have mystery shoppers in Canada, (probably do) but I worked as one for a long time. Not the fake ones you see in pop-up adds all over the Internet, but the real thing. You can request to do restaurants and fast-food places. The food is free and then they pay you to eat the food and report on the service. I can give you some links if you want and you can find out if they are located in Canada too. I worked for four different companies.

Things will get better, meow.

Did you know:

THe united states constitution states that a person cannot be procecuted for any amount of goods or service under 20.00.

that came in handy some days..not that i took full advantage, but i never felt guilty about sticking a fruit or donut in my purse especially on days i did have a little change.

noimageatall said:

That mystery shop thing would be great! I've actually been trying to figure out how to apply to be one for a legitimate company, but all I can seem to find are companies that want you to pay money up-front for the privilege of being their employee. Which ,oddly enough, strikes me as a touch shady.

Links please?

myfavorite said:

I should look into whether that's applicable up here.

I totally stole a bag of apples today. I don't exactly feel proud of that, but the food bank doesn't give out fresh food and the notion of developing scurvy doesn't sound too appealing.

As for those of you wondering how I've still got internet access if I can't afford food, my mother has agreed to take over the phone/internet bill until we can both find jobs.

meow85 said:

It is shady...I'll orgnote you. Don't want to give away all my secrets.

noimageatall said:

Cool. Thanks!

noimageatall said:

I did that for a friend of mine back in 2003. She was broke, food bank volunteers were not coming for 2 days to deliver. I was going to give her $75 so she could buy groceries (she has 3 kids) - Anyways I decided rather than give money I would go out and buy groceries. So off I went. Got hotdogs, meat, pasta, sauce, school snacks, bread, juice boxes etc. When I rang her doorbell and she saw what I had done she had tears in her eyes she was close to I don't remember how much the bill was but I was not about to let her or her kids for that matter starve.

luv4u said:

luv4u said:

I've done that too in the past for people. Never thought I'd be the one needing freebies though. You'd hardly know now from my situation or that of my mom and sister that our family used to be upper middle class....

I hope I can get a job soon. The weight's just peeling off me now. I've got like a skinny!Bowie thing going on. Not the fuckable skinny Bowie, the anorexic coke-fiend skinny Bowie.

Wearing a halter top today and caught sight of my reflection in a mirror over my shoulder, and there was more, er, frame than I'd care to see.

The roommates (they just keep moving in! )brought almonds and ice cream though, so you KNOW that's what I'm chowing down on as I type this.
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meow85 said:

Here's to hoping things get better real soon.