Well, they say there's "one in every family" so I guess my Aunt Leitha was ours. She was financially comfortable, but always cried poor.

One year, when I was about 15, she called and said that she had a birthday gift for me (unusual in itself!). When Mom and I dropped by her house later that week, she handed me a small brown grocery bag containing a box of Kotex that she had gotten--free--with a coupon.

I'm now well into my 50s, but have never forgotten that one! :) (It's the thought that counts?)