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slightlv

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4. I used the shop the grocery store like that...
Sun May 24, 2026, 06:47 PM
Sunday

one or two weeks worth of food at a time. These days, even if I run in for "just a few things" I need to cook supper that night, the bill rarely comes in at under $75. I simply can't afford it. We hit the hard wall this weekend. We're down to one meal a day, and charging cat food on the credit card. I'm simply losing my mind. This is NOT how I was taught to use credit, nor how I ever used it before in my life. I'm trying to tell myself I'll be dead when they come after me, but that's not really all that comforting...

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