Today, I learned that there is a limit to being thrifty. For example buying a pan from the dollar store is most likely going to cost a lot more than a few dollars. Especially when it melts all over your stove which you now have to replace. FML
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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, my mom came over for dinner. She lost her mind, screaming and yelling, because my oven melted the dollar store cooking dish that she insisted on using. Never mind the fact I’m going to have to pay a couple hundred, if not a thousand dollars for a new stove. Oh no, she’s out a whole buck. FML
Today, I learned that just because the actual part of the pan that does touch the stove isn't hot doesn't mean that the handle won't give you third degree burns, a broken nose from passing out from the pain, and an expensive trip to the emergency room. FML
Today, I was telling my friend how much I love my 20-year-old kitchen scale, because it has this one handy function that even new ones don’t have. Later, my mom melted it on the stove and isn’t even convinced she should buy me a new one. FML
Today, I learned the hard way that my oven mitt has a hole. Time to get a new one, whenever my finger stops burning. FML
Today, I discovered that the more money I earn, the more my personal belongings break down on me. FML
Today, I reached the point in my life where Target is the "expensive" store. FML
Today, in an attempt to be frugal, I tried to repair my own sometimes-faulty toaster. Turns out I unplugged the wrong kitchen appliance, which I only discovered by electrocuting myself while pulling it apart. Now it's definitely broken, will need replacing, and I have a burn. FML
Today, I learned that the new granite countertop in my parents' house cost $12,000. Coincidentally, this is also the amount of money I would have needed to go to the college of my dreams instead of the cheaper school I currently attend. FML
Today, I'm so broke that I got buyer's remorse after buying a $2 bottle of pancake syrup. FML
Today, after I'd told everyone I would finally be starting meal prepping to save money, on the very first day, I forgot every container in my fridge, so I still had to buy my lunch during my lunch break. FML
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her0x3her0ine617 0
wow some people are being really mean. try calling the company and telling them their pan killed your oven. perhaps they'll cover the repair/ new oven costs.
troublant_fml 1
Ah, sucks for you :/ Sometimes investing in more expensive stuff is better in the long run.
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Comments (74)
anonymous45610 0
a pan at the dollar store?
blackllama 0
ydi or buying pans at the dollar tree.
codymaxey033 0
I have yet to found out what company would sell a "melting pan"
jussjess 0
Thank you, 11 and 19. Yay for empathy. :)
Ratshaw 0
Anything involving heat is not something to be thrifty on. Did you read the labels to make due it was a real pan? But anyways fyl.
filomar 0
Are you Jewish? ;)
dimsum915 8
WOW. Your idiot for not going back and making a scene to get your money back and then some
ijimj 11
never trust a dollar store
kittykat1501 31
Go and get ur money back