Budget-friendly Fashion Lover Gifts

'I'm looking for some pre-owned pants. Long as they fit, I don't much care whose they were.'

'It's rather unorthodox, but it appears the deposit refund on the empties will cover your first interest payment.'

"It was terrifying experience being faced with that kind of compulsive, insane behaviour...I tell you it's positively the last time I put foot in the sales!"

'We are entering an era of thrift, so in place of champagne and canapes, there will be a jumble sale.'

'We don't know what it is but it was in the sale so we thought we'd better get one before they sold out.'

"I'm on a tight budget. Make it look like I cut at myself."

'It makes conferences so much cheaper, no travel costs and we only need to buy our own drinks!'

Man with dollar sign on his t-shirt.

The Walk of Shame

'I received your list of the type of company car you'd like to receive. The Maserati, Ferrari, Porche and Viper isn't possible, but there is a 1978 Pinto with your name written all over it.'

Where there's a Mall--There's a Way.

Welcome all to the monthly gathering of Tightwads United. Hi there. Hello. Hey. On tonight's agenda: Dumpster diving, coupon clipping, and a special lecture. How to carpool while always getting the other person to drive. I'm like a god. Woohoo!! Yeah!!! Clap clap clap clap clap clap clap. Tightwads United.

Electricity Bills

"No one can afford to eat us anymore."

"We've been milked all day at the office. Now we girls deserve a little R&R."

"For Pete's sake, Helen, will you break down and buy a hair dryer!"

'I'd like to see this dress in a smaller price please.'

"The valuation of my business includes its goodwill."

Bad times for retirees.

'If the 750ml and th 375ml of the '82 Beaumont are too pricey, how about their Merlot-scented auto air freshener? -- Only 99 cents.'

'How can I be your best friend when you're wearing a $250.00 pair of boots and I'm in my bare feet?'

Rx. Warning: May cause sudden loss of income.

'I knew it was going to cost me when I noticed the mahogany tongue depressor'

Low income vampires.

Affordable housing

Stay at home

Budget cure

Where Mom used to take you.

School Supplies and Small Loans.

Thrift: bathe fully dressed and wash your clothes at the same time

'I got mine at a garage sale for only 99 cents.'

"I agree, it fits perfectly...but not my budget!"

Budget Recliner

A Room (with adequate light and ventilation, no psychotic neighbors, near a grocery store, in a halfway-decent building in an O.K. neighborhood [not Queens, please God] for under $2000 a month) of One's Own

'So far my grandfather's funeral has cost me £6000!... We buried him in a rented suit!'