Get your Groupon!

A clever idea started by those sensible midwesterners (and they say Yankees are frugal). Groupon delivers one massive coupon to your email inbox each morning. If enough people sign up to buy it that day, then everyone gets it. The idea started in Chicago, and has now spread to Boston, New York, DC, San Francisco, LA, and Atlanta.

The deals are decidedly hit or miss (today's offer -- 50% off a segway tour of Boston? Dubious... ), but they keep it local and occasionally they'll send you some gems. My favorites so far include $20 for 24 classes at Healthworks (an even better value once I realized that no one cared if I took two classes in a row or used the equipment), and $35 for the sign up fee, the annual fee, and $50 of driving credit with Zipcar (expect a future post on the cost-saving glories of being carless).

So sign up, and let the savings roll in (on a segway, or otherwise).

P.S. My brother knows the guy who invented segway.