15 Surprisingly Useful Life Hacks For People Who Are Broke As F*ck

13. Transform your washer into a cooler for parties

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Image via Just Fridge

Say what you want, at least you won’t have to figure out where to dump gallons of melted ice water when you’re done. It’s probably the most efficient party cleanup possible.

 

14. Create a DIY shower head

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Image via Bored Panda

Hope you don’t mind smelling like Mountain Dew. But on the bright side, maybe now you’ll save money on body wash too?

 

15. “Patch” holes in old socks

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Image via Bored Panda

Honestly, it’s hard to understand the purpose of this. Unless you live in Japan and have to take off your shoes indoors, or frequently walk around in just dress socks for some other unfathomable reason, no one is going to see what you’ve got going on underneath your kicks. All this really does is make it easier to lie to yourself about needing to go shopping… And give you some explaining to do when you go barefoot. But hey, it’s your life.

Written by Mary McCaw

Mary is a freelance writer and editor. She's based in San Francisco, but lately, home is wherever her suitcase is. If you really are what you eat, she is at least 50% pizza.