Confessions of an out-of-control penny-pincher

My near-crippling obsession with cutting costs

Penny pinching
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I was a pretty lucky child growing up in a suburb of New Orleans. I attended summer camp, went to private schools, and learned to play the piano and dance ballet. With their upper-middle class incomes, my parents were able to provide for me in a way that many families can't.

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