By midday that Thursday, $51 of the $230 had already vanished, used for gas and cigarettes, and Abbott headed to Wal-Mart looking to spend as little as possible on groceries. She grabbed a 12-pack of ramen, some hot-dog buns and bumped into a friend, Rachel Bryant, in the Halloween aisle.
“You look tired,” Bryant said.
“My sugar levels are out of whack,” Abbott said.
Bryant nodded and then Abbott went quiet, dabbing her eyes.
“I’ve held it in all day long,” she said, choking out the words.
She wanted her living room suite NOW. NOW had a price. It's not the seller's fault for giving her what she wanted any more than it's Phillip Morris' (or Altria's) fault that she wastes money killing herself with smokes or Wal-Mart's fault she's killing herself with poor nutrition. She's grown up. She can make grown up decisions and live with the consequences.
Some people don't do freedom well.
I have an older dobie mix who is subject to leaking so she wears a diaper at night. I’ve bought 3 sofas from St. Vincent over the past 9 years and will NOT purchase a new one until she goes to Rainbow Bridge. I did not pay more than $25 for any of them and believe I only paid $12.50 for the one during their quarter end sale.
33 years old, kids and a 9th grade education WE ARE SO SCREWED!!!!!
Typical Obama voter!!!!!!!
"Some weeks, they couldn’t pay their cellphone bills. They hadn’t eaten out in two months."
Sympathy? None. Truly, people are the sum of their poor decisions.