Cost Explorer Gifts

Excess Baggage: Fans of 'Deregulation' and the 'Free Market' probably have not had to buy a plane ticket recently.

"I did pay my whole bill. It's just that my payment for the hidden fees is hidden."

Great Chinese Dynasties

Omar Khayyam Meets Trader Joe

The Origami Society...

'For an explanation of the financial terms of this loan, please enroll in a continuing-education economics class at your local community college.'

Baby rocks!

"I'm part of the problem and loving it!"

'So far you have enough to smell a rose or two, but not enough to come to a complete stop and smell the roses.'

'In the belief that no news is good news, today's financial report has been cancelled.'

'It's the Mesolithic Age? - But I just got used to the PALEOlithic!'

"Baldo, Gracie...you need to learn more Spanish. For the rest of the week, I'm going to speak nothing but Spanish, and Tia Carmen will act as your interpreter, OK? Tienen tarea?"

'We do have a property in your price range, but we need a time machine to go back and visit it!'

"Last week you taught us about inflation, so I have included that in my calculation."

Brick and Mortar

Sign on a sale bin at a bookstore that reads "Latte-Damaged Books".

"Class, welcome back Sean ... who, you may recall, was lost for eight days in Home Depot."

Bookkeeping Club

Middle Eastern Crisis.

"I have to confess a sin, Preacher. I went premarital shopping."

"I got rich through hard work." "Whose?"

'Next time, spring for a little more, and get a GOOD GPS'

'Sale' 'Your money back if we feel like it'

"Attention, shoppers. We have a lost boomer at the information desk."

Excess Baggage: Some folks believe that calories consumed during vacation do count against your diet.

Antiques dealer and customer

"Once upon a time, gold was 60 pounds an ounce."

'Our financial adviser urges us to take a hiking vacation this summer.'

'All these conferences look the same.'

Cobden Forces Disraeli to Adopt Free Trade

"Of course it would be a different story entirely if we could extract crude oil from stem cells."

"No one knows what he does, but it's rumored that he's the guy who sets global oil prices."

'Get me into that 15% tax bracket I've heard so much about.'

"It might be this Christmas, it might be next."

"And now for a long hard look at the changing profile of High Street Banking."