Wonder woman and her sidekick who has one crumpled-up, expired coupon in the bottom of her purse

She has it all together. She always looks cute. She is a boy scout – always prepared. She can sew anything, fix anything, make anything, clean anything. And if she doesn’t know how, she will find out. She is smart and organized. She is my friend, and her name is Sharon. But for ease of your imagination, we can call her “Martha.”

Martha came to visit me this weekend, and she shared with me her new obsession. Hold on to your seats! It is coupon clipping time!

That is right. She buys two (2) Sunday edition papers and cuts coupons out. The ones for products she uses, and even those for products she doesn’t use. She has a large pocket photo album that holds her sorted (sordid!) coupons. She has a new deep freeze. She has an extra bedroom in her house devoted to storing all of her groceries. And she is going to war.

Really! It looks like she is going to war because she has enough food to feed several armies. She showed me pictures of her extra room. Shelves full of food. A china cabinet full of food. And she gets “every item for under a dollar.” That is her criteria. She buys the limit on sale, triples her coupons, and sometimes comes away with items for free!

She buys a list from grocerygame.com that tells her what to buy and where. She is saving tons of money. And knowing Martha, she will streamline her method until she is saving time too.

Making the rest of us look bad. But isn’t that what the Marthas of the world are here for? Aw, I love her anyway. Don't you?