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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]High school - I had two pair of second hand jeans and two second hand sweaters to start the year. It was hot and I wore those ugly sweaters anyways. I was so mortified.

No toilet paper - we would use an old towel. No feminine pads - I would roll up toilet paper at school.

Wouldn't eat all day or eat a hot dog for breakfast and come home and find NOTHING.

Junior high - My first bra was from Goodwill. I was mortified and cried and refused to wear it. I got a new one eventually.

If you lost a jacket, which I once did it was gone. I got a garage sale replacement - a handsewn jacket that people teased me for. To this day I can't bear to buy second hand things for my daughter. Kind of irrational, as I accept hand me downs. But I just can't.

Elementary - I would panic when we had to bring a lunch for a field trip. We did not have extra money to buy extra food.

I would panic when I needed a book cover. I would have to beg for DAYS to get it.

Having to bring soda for a schoolmate's party and CRYING at the register because I only had $2, not enough for the tax. I had already begged desperately for that money. The cashier took a quarter out of his pocket and paid it. It was $2.13.

Living on liver, oatmeal, government cheese, peanut butter, "yellow brand" bread, and ramen. [b]People would put things I hated in the free boxes like lima beans and creamed corn. [/b]

So many things....

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After seeing and having to eat what is donated for canned food drives, I buy the best/high quality canned food I can for food drives.[/quote]

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