That picture makes me think of the numerous misleading pool toy box images I've seen across the web:

It's also important to consider whether the coupon has caused you to buy a more expensive brand than you otherwise would have.

Couponing has to be done with a comprehension of how to "beat the system" because it can be done. Youhave to pair your coupons with when items go on sale in a store, at the right time of year when things go on sale. If pasta is usually $1.50 a box, and the store's got it on sale for 99c, and you have a coupon for 40c,…

Tedium, yes, but if you can't actually buy yourself food without engaging in tedium, then by god, you will do it. Time is cheap, and there's far more of it than money when you're poor.

Great point about individual decisions. I stopped clipping coupons about a decade ago when I realized that I was spending *more* because I had this Great Coupon!(tm) and had to use it on things I didn't even need. "oh hey - that looks good. we should pick up some of that!" I would think. I've since scaled back…

You're assuming someone's sitting around watching TV for hours a week. You're also assuming one couldn't be doing something better while watching TV.

She can probably clip coupons while she's watching tv though, right? So that's not so bad, as long as the coupons are useful to her.

Yeah well I changed my password anyway. 32 characters worth of alphanumerics and extended ascii and all that **it. I'd like to see people get at my Loverboy mp3s now.

2FA, baby, all the way.

My husband is stunned that I don't spend my entire day playing Minecraft, especially since that's what he does when he has to work from home.

IFTTT along with a Free Flickr account. Syncs all pics and its free and a HUGE amount of storage space.

The cloud service I use is Dropbox. It syncs your Dropbox photos for free.

I work from home! Here are my additions:

What happens when she says "I'm afraid I can't let you eat biscuits, Steve."?