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SOS Patti
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MY SAD LITTLE STORY
Hello! My name is Patti and I am in a pickle! Well, not figuratively in a pickle, but you all know how American slang is. Actually, I am a young, fortyish "now single" working girl living in Tulsa, OK who unfortunately is in a lot of debt due to those nasty, evil credit cards. Well, maybe they aren't that bad if you know how to use them. Unfortunately, my ex-husband always had control of them and then when I got divorced and acquired some of my own cards it started to get a little crazy. Okay, VERY CRAZY! Because now, I have a total debt of $17,000.00 which was caused by being depressed, naive, and receiving bad business advice. The depression was caused by an abnormal divorce (BELIEVE ME, IN MY LIFE NOTHING IS NORMAL), being naive was caused by me stupidly agreeing to have my "ex" take care of ALL financial matters without him teaching me the ropes, and bad business advice was a dear friend (still is) talking me into taking the plunge into the vending business. BIG MISTAKE! As much as I love junk food I was eating more of it then what was being disbursed out of the machines. I was my very best customer, not good when you are trying to make a buck! Needless to say, a treadmill purchase (MORE DEBT) was absolutely necessary after this FIASCO. Plus the high volume locations that were promised to me were not the ones that I acquired. Instead of making a fuss, I grudgingly accepted the not so swift ones and "The Meek Shall Not Inherit The Earth" has more meaning to me than you will ever know!
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CHANGING THE DIRECTION OF MY WAYS
Because this has come down on me like a ton of bricks, I have drastically changed my spending habits and the overall way I live my life. I actually have fun cutting out coupons in the Sunday paper and I have discovered that the "Payless Shoe Store" is a quaint, friendly little place (no more Prada or Reebok shoes for me. I mean, who looks at your feet anyway, ya know). A new discovery was that the toilet paper that I purchased at a "Dollar Store" was just as soft on my tush as the Charmin I once bought at "Albertson's" grocery store. My Saturday mornings are now filled with visits to garage sales loading up on my two favorite things, clothes and jewlery. I never thought that becoming a bargain hunter could be so much fun, but it is! Another happy discovery is the websites that offer free merchandise samples and discounted merchandise. This concept is totally MIND BOGGLING to me. It's on the same par as finding oil in your back yard. EUREKA! Another miracle has come into my life because I am now attending classes at a community college with a goal of becoming an accountant. I figure I crunch numbers in my personal life, might as well make lemonade out of lemons and get paid for it. (BIG PLUS. MY WORK PLACE IS PAYING FOR THE CLASSES, SO NO NEW DEBT.)
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THE PLEA
So, if there are any generous, kind hearted cyberspace people out there who have been in my type of "financial hell" and know what it is like, or those people who just feel a heck of a lot of pity for me and have a buck or two to spare(loose change in a piggy bank), please mail a check, money order, even cold hard cash to my PO box listed below.
"Patti"
PO Box 54441
Tulsa, OK 74155-54441
THANK YOU SO MUCH TO ALL OF YOU FOR YOUR HELP!
P.S. Also, please note that as soon as the money comes in, I will provide a link to a debt reduction page so you all can see the dollars melting off.
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Hey guys!! I just now created a debt reduction page that shows how much moola you all sent me and how much of my money went to paying off my debt!!! Come see what my new total is! It's so EXCITING!!!!!
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