Groupons For Weddings? Woman Saves Nearly $3,500

Extreme couponing, meet the daily deal craze. A mother-of-the-groom in the Washington, D.C., suburbs wedded these two hot money-saving trends by using a total of two dozen daily-deal site coupons to save $3,434 on her son and daughter-in-law’s rehearsal dinner.

Tips! 124 Money-Saving Bits of Advice from Cheapskate Vegetarians, Scrooge McDuck, the Horribly Hung Over, and More

Today’s list starts with three symptoms that indicate you probably have BSD—Bargain Shopping Disease, which you really don’t want to have.

My Big Fat 99¢ Wedding

“Clean-up in aisle seven! There are happy bridal tears all over the place.” Nine couples won a promotion from 99¢ Only Stores—and the prize was a wedding ceremony that cost (yep) just 99¢, held among aisles of canned vegetables, cookies, and party favors in the discount chain’s Hollywood location.