Sometimes it's the little things

Not to dwell on it (and not that I'm complaining as we are doing fine), but I'm still unemployed, and the unemployment that we get disqualifies us for food stamps because it's more than you're allowed to earn and still get food stamps. To be frugal, we are living on a college diet of ramen, pasta, rice, bargain bin meat, and fast food dollar menus. (It's been rather nostalgic, actually.) Every penny counts.

So yesterday we discover that someone had unwrapped our Sunday paper and stolen all of the coupons out of it. Coupons can add up to about $10 savings a shopping trip if you use them right and don't get stuff you don't need. (We were able to get a turkey for $4, and stuffing is just a loaf of bread, 69 cents, so Thanksgiving was nice.)

I imagine it was a relatively benign theft. There must have been some coupon for something cool, like free admission to a movie or something. Or perhaps someone's favorite cookie.

But still. Sometimes it's the little things that baffle you and just cramp your nougat.