Thrifty Tip

If you print online coupons then you a plagued with the proverbial almost half sheet of paper that gets wasted.  Instead of tossing the bottom portion, I save them.  I take several with us along with some crayons when we go out to restaurants.  That way our little 2 1/2 year old can create a picture when we are waiting for our food.  Yes, many restaurants have crayons and menus to color, but some don't.  And even the ones that do, we find that after a couple minutes she's ready for a new piece of paper.  Short attention span in a highly stimulated place, or something like that...