I know there has been times in the past where I was broke and had to make due.
It was the day before payday and I started my cycle. I was broke. I made a pad out of 2 paper towels and taped the bottom. What's the cheapest thing you ever did while broke.

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Crystal Ann

I've duct taped the kids tennis shoes together during the summer. I just didn't want to buy new shoes for them when they mostly go barefoot or wear sandals all summer and really didn't need new tennis shoes until school started.

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"Go on, get outside, get the stink blown off ya!!"

College years:

Ate pancakes for breakfast, lunch and dinner for almost a month and a half! (not kidding). I snacked on raisons!

Made a pancake flipper and griddle to use on top of our stove out of a 2 pack of throw away tin baking pans. Wow...we were really broke!

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Illini Bob's wife....mom to 3 little chiefs

The cheapest thing I ever did was when I was a single mom. I didn't have any money and was running out of stuff to make so I made my sister and I egg hash. I made scrambled eggs and put in cheese and some other things I had around the house for dinner. I can't remember what else I put in it. It wasn't too bad but it was creative to put it nicely.

In grad school, I had a similar experience to Christy except mine was spaghetti. Breastfast, lunch and dinner of spaghetti until payday.

I ate dry toast (didn't have any butter or jelly!) for breakfast and Raman noodles and water for lunch and dinner. I had to do this until I got paid, and I got paid every two weeks! This was many years ago.

Today when I see Raman noodles in the grocery store, it brings back "memories".

I was a single mom with a small dog... no extra money for dog food, but we had about 6 boxes of Cheerios for some reason. The dog ate cheerios for about 2 weeks...

steal ketchup from mcd's etc to refill our bottles at home.

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stay at home mom to my crazy toddler with sensory issues

Yep, I did that.
Also took napkins and straws so I wouldn't have to buy them.