Frugal Tip - Frying Bacon

Something I learned when I was a kid, selling Grit Magazine, was a good way to save money when frying bacon. What does selling Grit have to do with this tip? The tip was in one of the issues. Now the tip:

When frying bacon use a page or 2 of old newspaper to drain your bacon on instead of the several sheets of paper towels. Of course you may want to use one (1) sheet of paper towel between the newsprint and the bacon. Still though, one sheet is cheaper then the 3-5 sheets, most of us tend to tear off a roll for this job.