January 2010
1 post
Today I re-used my tampons. SMIF
November 2009
49 posts
Today, I ran out of notebook paper for my homework, so I went through my notebooks from past semesters, tore out the unused pages and used those. SMIF
Today, I chose Berkeley…SMIF.
Today, I dropped out of Stanford. SMIF
Today, I made new friends who live in row houses. Open kitchen raids! SMIF
Today I returned something to Walmart… for one dollar, SMIF.
Today, I shot down and ate an owl for an early breakfast. SMIF.
Today, I did my laundry. Without detergent. SMIF
Today, I saved a bunch of money on my car insurace by switching to Geico. SMIF
Today, I bittorrented. SMIF
Today, I used shampoo to wash because I ran out of soap…a month ago. SMIF
Today, (and most days) I save McDonalds large cups and during the lunch and breakfast rush I sneak free refills. :) SMIF
Today, I went to a restaurant with my family of four. We all shared from one dish and my dad told the waiter it was my birthday to get free dessert. SMIF
Today, I bought some plastic flowers because they last longer than the other kind. SMIF
Today, I printed out my homework at school so I wouldn’t have to waste my own ink. SMIF
Today, I finished collecting enough pizza boxes to make a couch for my room. SMIF
Today, I went to Kmart. SMIF
Today, I realized that instead of buying candy for all the trick or treaters, we could close all the lights and pretend no one is home. SMIF
Today, I found a free couch on the side of the street. SMIF
Today, I waited until my dorm’s house meeting was over and then I systematically scoured empty boxes for leftover snacks. I now have 3 Mrs. Field’s cookies, two lollipops, and a Kudos bar that was only half stepped on. SMIF
Today, I bought a wholesale pack of instant ramen, that should last me a week! SMIF
Today, I’m Jewish. SMIF
Today, I went to school with an empty water bottle and filled it with water from the best water fountain at my school. SMIF
Today, I wanted to treat my team to a few drinks so we carpooled. We fit 10 people into my car. SMIF
Today, I ate the free chips from the Axe and Palm…for ALL of my meals. SMIF
Today, for the 8th day in a row, I have no toothpaste. I have been using a different person’s toothpaste everyday for the past week. I feel clever AND I don’t need to buy more! SMIF
Today, I decided to fold every dollar bill I want to save into an origami crane. I’m going to make a bank account of 1000 cranes. SMIF
Today, I adopted a penny and gave it a home! SMIF
Today, I stole all of the cutlery I could from Wilbur and sold it in EPA for $50. Then I sent that money to the Nigerian prince for helping him secure the $8.4 million his dad stole from the state so that I could have my share ASAP. SMIF
Today, I read this blog instead of buying legitimate reading material. SMIF
Today, I found a thick stack of hundred dollar bill on a road after this car zipped by, loudly blasting “Ridin Dirty”. SMIF.
Later Chamillionaire and his homeboys showed up at my dorm room and popped a few caps in me. I just used the toilet paper rolls I had stolen from the janitor’s closet earlier to stop the bleeding because I don’t have any insurance. So much savings in...
Today, I went to the SHPRC at Vaden to get this quarter’s $2 worth of condoms. Usually they give you 3 latex ones for 50 cents, but because the person there did not know the polyurethane condoms are supposed to be sold for 50 cents each, they gave me 12 polyurethane condoms for free. I was thinking I may actually use them, but then again, they’re worth $16 on the street… SMIF
Today, I came upon a large stack of “@#JFA!mNzk?!*#{})#($” paper in the library from some printing mishap waiting to be recycled, so I took it home with me. A year’s supply of scrap paper. SMIF
Today I thought about spending money, then I realized I was mexican. SMIF
Today, I didn’t want to pay for froyo at Fraiche, so I went to Wilbur with a tub and filled it up with froyo, melons, strawberries and honey. mmmmm! SMIF
Today, I ran out of staples so I carefully took one out from my old problem set and hand-stapled my new problem set! SMIF
Today, I ran out of black ink in my printer, so I printed my papers in blue ink instead. SMIF
Today, I found an apple on the floor. I ate it. SMIF
Today, I didn’t have to go to a strip club; my drawmate gave me a lapdance for free. SMIF
Today, i didn’t wipe. SMIF
Today, I went to Costco for lunch. Samples of 50 different foods make for a very filling meal…and the best part? It was free! SMIF
Today, the janitor left the door to the cleaning supplies room open. I took 5 toilet paper rolls so I wouldn’t have to buy kleenex. SMIF
Today, I sampled all 31 flavors at baskin robbins. Then I left. SMIF
Today, swiping my card at my dorm’s dining hall for lunch turned into an opportunity to stock up for my fridge - I have enough apples, oranges, and bananas to sustain me for a week! SMIF
Today, I took a bag full of hot sauce packets from Taco Bell so I wouldn’t have to buy any. SMIF
Today I bought really cheap milk at the store. It was only 2 weeks expired! SMIF
Today, I scoured a building’s floors for loose change. I made 17 and a half cents. SMIF
Today, a girl was making a wish by throwing coins into a fountain. I collected them when she wasn’t looking. SMIF
Today, i took a whole carton of soy milk from the dining hall to last me the rest of the week. SMIF
