Queen of the Discount

Yesterday, I was talking to a couple of neighbors about streaming shows we were watching and liking, and in the course of speaking with the husband and wife, as they started talking, the husband started listing programs, and the wife would say, 'Wait-what app is that on?'...and the husband would tell her, and then she'd say, 'Oh. I didn't know we had that app.' After a few minutes of the back and forth listing shows, and the wife asking what streaming app this show was on, it became apparent that the couple probably had at least 10+ *paid* streaming services. And, I wasn't the only one that had done that mental math.  At some point in the conversation, the wife asked the husband how much they were spending on monthly streaming, and he replied, 'About $350.'  At which point, she lost it...and while I kept my mouth shut (a major miracle for me!), I realized there was a massive savings lesson born right in front of my eyes-and this post practically wrot...

 As I (and probably everyone) lives more of my life digitally-email, social media, photos, documents-I've come to realize that 15 years with the same/only email account isn't sustainable when it comes to the *free* storage limits set by the service provider-think Gmail, Hotmail, etc...and have noticed that these free storage limits are also decreasing over time, which compounds the issue.  These two things combined mean that just *one* free email account (for my *entire* life) isn't going to work for the duration of my life-never mind with (hopefully!) 30-40 years still to go.   But, being the ever-frugal person that I am, I finally realized a few months ago that there's an easy way out of the death spiral of save email/documents, receive warning that you're over the limit, delete documents/email you want to keep to get your storage limit back below the free threshold, and lather/rinse/repeat ad infinitum.   What is the easy way out?  Have multiple ema...