HUNTINGTON, Vt. -
If you think you are frugal, you haven't met the "Cheapest Man in America" and he calls Vermont home.
Roy Haynes is obsessed with saving money, which he says has only grown during this tough economy.
Haynes says think about it this way: Most of us work to make money. Haynes says he works to save money and he says his job is a lot better and more rewarding than most of ours.
In the bathroom in his Huntington, Vermont home, he cuts open toothpaste to get the last amount out.
"There's at least enough to get another week out of that," says Haynes.
Haynes is proud, after decades of being frugal, to be considered the "Cheapest Man in America."
"I've kind of made a career out of it. I've been between jobs for 20-years," says Haynes.
That's not to say his wife Lisa has completely bought into her husband's thrifty ways.
"I'm still embarrassed by Roy all the time," says Lisa Haynes.
There were the presents straight from the dumpster.
"It's pretty gross when you figure it out," says Lisa.
And the romantic dinner at a restaurant which ended with Roy asking for the leftovers from another table.
"My friends and family think I'm very bizarre. If we had a lot of money, they would say I was eccentric. But they just think I'm odd," says Roy Haynes.
The 62-year old says while growing up his family didn't have a lot of money. But it was not until years later, his obsession for saving started and grew.
He sharpens dull disposable razors with a matchbook and actually separates his toilet paper to make two rolls.
"I make sure it's the cheapest, most inexpensive two-ply," says Haynes.
Wet paper towels are hung and reused.
There are the condiment packets he picks up at fast food restaurants and cuts open to fill an old ketchup bottle.
"I haven't bought catsup in about six years," says Haynes.
"But doesn't it seem like a lot of work to save, what's a ketchup bottle, $2?" asked FOX 44's Matt Austin.
"Two dollars here, two dollars there. It all adds up. That's my whole point," says Haynes.
Even a trip to fill up on gas becomes a scavenger hunt. Haynes says he can turn a discarded, scratch off ticket into a winner.
That's because on the back you can enter to win other prizes and that's how he and Lisa ended up on a luxury trip to Hawaii.
"Somebody else threw it away and paid for my vacation," says Haynes.
Haynes says he would do almost anything to save money. And while he admits he does like the finer things, they need to come in small doses.
"If you eat steak and lobster seven nights a week it will lose the effect," says Haynes.
"But do you ever eat steak and lobster?" asked Austin.
"If someone else is taking us out for dinner, sure," says Haynes.
But even the cheapest man is willing to bargain. Lisa really wanted internet for her pet rescue organization. After six months, Roy relented.
"It's challenging but Roy is a great guy. He's got a good heart and he's not going to be spending money on other women. So I got him there," says Lisa.
Haynes says he sells bargains he finds to help pay the bills. While the Haynes say they don't have jobs or a big savings account, Roy says they own their house and don't have any debt.
"Is it stressful like you are basically living from ketchup packet to ketchup packet looking to save?" asked Austin.
"Oh no, it's just the opposite. The people who work 50, 60 hours a week, sit in a cubicle and have a job they might get laid off from, that's stressful," says Haynes.
Haynes couldn't say how much all the savings adds up to because it's really every part of their lives.
