My favorite cookbook

Last night I made some oatmeal bread from my favorite cookbook. Which cookbook is that? The More with Less Cookbook. It is a Mennonite cookbook and I love it because so far everything I've made out of it has turned out good and the recipes are comforting. The dishes aren't fancy, just good plain cooking that so many cookbooks can't even fathom. They spend all their time making up the fanciest dishes with expensive ingredients that may or may not actually be good. This cookbook is awesome and has a lot of tips about using leftovers and low cost ingredients. I got the cookbook on ebay several years ago but it looks like you can get it here.
I also recommend Living More with Less. Both are just great to read as well as the tips given in therm.

Compulsive coupon-cutting

I was doing some reading today about people who use like a million coupons and get a basket full of groceries for 10 cents. That's ok but I would think it takes a lot of time to organize that and one thing I read, the person was so proud that she saved so much but ended up going to 6 different stores in one day to shop. It doesn't seem like she is thinking about gas money and time. In my mind, I would rather spend a little more for an item at the store I'm already shopping in than run around to yet another store to find it cheaper. I guess for me the point isn't getting everything as cheaply as possible, it's more of spending my time to do things I enjoy. It's also a problem that you may end up buying things you wouldn't otherwise buy just because you have a coupon for it.
Just something to think about.