Domestic Economist Gifts

'It's similar to the government's system of checks and balances. I write the checks and you try to balance them.'

'I've just raised you to junk status.'

Husband dismayed to get cold mutton for dinner again. Wife comments that someone must be economical on the housekeeping money she is given.

One young wife asking another if she finds it more economical to do her own cooking.

'As your financial advisor, I'd have to advise you to change your main income provider,'

Man ironing out a line graph.

'What kind of a pension plan do you get with a job like this, mom?'

"Your last economic stimulus package didn't cut it."

"Oh no - another mouth to feed!"

'Progress of a bookshelf'

"That's our house, that's Mommy going to work, and that's you, staring out the window, wondering where it all went wrong."

So I'm "cheap." It's a perfectly good word. And it aptly describes my interest in conserving resources. I suppose we could call you "thrifty." Heavens no! And waste two whole letters? I see we've only wasted one whole tea bag.

Musical Accompaniment to Household Chores.

The burden of carrying the Euro.

'Believe me dad. I'm on the school math team. If your investments declined 50 then increased 50 you did not break even.'

"Don't you want to hear about the day I had?"

"I can tell it's new because it's alive."

'I told my wife to run the house like a business. So she sold it to an American corporation.'

"Just think how much we could save if we switched the heating off altogether."

'The Dow has shot up 2.5% on positive data on housing - until five minutes from now, when it'll be interpreted differently.'

'With the economy the way it is, I'm going to have to let one of you go.'

The Heating Oil Problem.

"I think it's time we cashed in our spare change. We could probably pay off our house."

"Goodbye cruel world."

Greece Bowing Before Angela Merkel

How to save on your heating bill...

"Today we learned how to put cherries on cupcakes!"

Here's one I made earlier.

'I know we're laying up treasures in Heaven, but I still think you should talk to the Church Board about your pension,'

'We've finished the dishes, Miss. Jenny washes, I wiped, and Susan picked up all the pieces.'

News. Year- End Economic Report. I don't want them to fine-tune the economy --- just get it in the right octave.

CHEZ MOI - formerly CHEZ NOUS

'Of course the Smiths have more than we do. His wife works.'

'I love your crocheted computer cover darling, but can I take it off now?'

'You told me I should run the house like a business, so what am I bid for dinner?'