Saturday, January 26, 2008

Nutty: Woman takes 19 years to save only $550 - In pennies - About $2.50 a month


SHREVEPORT, Louisiana - Vicki Armstrong has been saving her pennies for almost 19 years and she was making plans this week to cash them in at a bank -- all 55,000 of them. She knows the $550 won't make her rich, but says the symbolism reinforced frugal spending habits. "It helped me be a little bit more conservative in my lifestyle," said Armstrong, who is planning to retire at the end of the year from Christus Schumpert Highland Hospital, where she works as a maternity technician. Full Story - Discount Magazine Subscriptions - Discount Cigarettes & Tobacco - Nutty News Marketplace