When DH was laid off in Nov of last year, I made a new habit of clipping coupons and did a lot of web shopping so we could have christmas just on my income...then I made a New Year's Resolution to stockpile a year's worth of toiletries and food in one month for as little as possible and then take the money I would have paid on that and pay down our debt..so far, we have over a years worth of toiletries in our stockpile, enough in our garage sale stash to make extra money for the next two month's worth of weekends, enough food for two month's (with the exception of bread, milk, and cheese), and have one month paid extra on our mortgage, and just settled on one of our credit card accounts that we had defaulted..thanks to the coupons and PP, not to mention I have $32.xx in rebates coming for this month and $38 from last month and $40 in RR in my purse..I will admit the thrill is great, but knowing that we have what we need, keeps me of the Xanax..