Great story from the Consumerist about a New England Mom who feeds an entire family of children, dogs, and birds for less than $10 a week.
FYI, she does not accomplish this feat by slowly feeding the bird to the dog while slowly feeding the dog to the children. Apparently, Kathy Spencer is a coupon savant, and has fine tuned the art of discount shopping into something more akin to Subversive Promotional Manipulation.
This is a worthwhile skill set to have.