Perhaps the diva felt, like antique furniture, her vintage clothing would increase in value. I dunno. She might be on to something. That's highly unlikely, but I'm trying to give her the benefit of the doubt.

For example I knew a girl who would swear up and down wearing second hand clothes was so beneath her, BUT would buy (and usually cost more than the price of new clothes) "vintage clothing".

Now correct me if I'm wrong but isn't vintage clothing not only second, third or fourth hand but usually very old. And when I brought this to the woman's attention she said "that's different it's vintage".

Oh well I tried….:)

@FabulouslyBroke – Second hand clothes don't bother me either. I just hate having to dig for them. Being tall makes it really difficult to find clothing that fits me at all, let alone well. I'm not really into picking up pennies, but I won't walk over a nickel. The thing about pennies is that I never get around to doing anything with them. Seems like I just keep them for eternity.

@Ashley – I used grocery coupons for a while, but have almost given up on them entirely. I think they're kind of hard to manage and it seems like I'm in the supermarket much longer when using coupons than when I'm not.

Coupon codes when shopping on-line are fairly easy to find and use with sites like RetailMeNot and Google. Those gigantic Bed, Bath, and Beyond coupons are really handy too. On the rare occasion when I paid someone to wash my car, I'd use a coupon from those Valupaks you get in the mail. The same would go for oil changes. I just went to Valupak.com and learned you can print out the same coupons you receive in the mail. Glad I know that because some months I recycle them without even opening the envelope.

When it comes to coupons, I'm all for using them for products or services you don't buy on a regular basis. Any more than that and I start getting confused.

Carla – Thanks for the reminder. I know some restaurants will discount food if it's been sitting too long. There's a grocery store I used to shop at that'd discount their rotisserie chickens around the 3 hour after cooking mark.

Public transportation, picking up pennies, second hand stuff..

BF feels icky about second hand clothing but I grew up wearing it. So I'm all right with buying something and washing it before wearing.

*shrug* It's really no different from buying new clothes — many people tried on that top before you!