The Penny Pinchers Club

By Sarah Strohmeyer

Kat doesn't think about her life or her marriage much. She knows money is tight but that doesn't stop her from spending too much or lying to her husband Griff about it. Then one day she finds two condom wrappers in her husband pants' pocket after he comes home from a trip. She also finds a receipt that seems to indicate that Griff lied about his whereabouts one night. She begins to have doubts about the state of her marriage. When she finds out that he has a secret bank account and a secret credit card and she finds some emails of Griff's where he claims he will end "it" after their daughter graduates high school it seems pretty clear to Kat that her marriage is on the rocks.
She is advised to start saving money to pay for her divorce since the attorney she is thinking of hiring wants several thousand dollars to handle her case. So Kat joins the Penny Pinchers, a club that helps members cut expenses and shop more economically.
About this time Kat finds out that an old lover she almost married is newly divorced and back in town. This guy is Mr. Moneybags and not only is he ready to hire Kat to decorate his mansion, he also makes it perfectly clear that he never got over her and still considers her the love of his life. (No wonder his marriage failed.)
So Kat is on the horns of a dilemma. Does she reconnect with Mr. Moneybags and partake of the sweet life where she will never have to pinch pennies again? Or does she refuse to give up on her marriage and her husband, who even though he doesn't earn a lot of money, still can rock her world? She may figure it out eventually but will it be before her hubby finds out she spent the night with Mr. Moneybags? 'Fraid not. Looks like it's a good thing she joined Penny Pinchers and saved up all that money for her divorce lawyer.

This was an OK story. Spoiler here: Kat's problem is she jumps to conclusions and is less than open and honest with her husband. Any fool, reading those emails, could see that he wasn't necessarily referring to divorce. So not only is Kat deceptive and a spendthrift, she is also abysmally stupid. I mean, what person who really wants to save their marriage spends the night with a person of the opposite sex? Only a complete moron. I never really cared about Kat, she is just too stupid to live. It's hard to see what those two great guys ever saw in her. She must be great in the sack, that's the only explanation.