Stores like Walmart and Kroger are sick of the practice of “staking,” in which frugal shoppers combine store and manufacturer coupons in a way that makes their items cost next to nothing — or even, in some cases, actually earns them store credit or cash back.
Recently I had a conversation with a good friend who is single and in the college stage of life. We were discussing couponing for one and it started my wheels turning on the whole subject of shopping with coupons during college.
I started my coupon journey a little over a year ago now and I began as an "extreme couponer". Now what does that term mean exactly? I define an extreme couponer as one who gets 4-5 Sunday papers a week, shops at more than 3 stores per week, and spends at least 10 hours per week planning and executing...
Sarah Burge, a 50-year-old British party planner and erotic novelist, has gained notoriety for spending close to $1 million on plastic surgery in an attempt to make herself into a human Barbie.
And Burge also has no problem passing her love of the surgeon's knife on to her 7-year-old daughter, Poppy, whom she just presented with a voucher for breast implants.