Frugal Fashionistas Gifts

Budget Recliner

Free sweatshirts for our customers (sweatshirts read: Survived the last heating bill!)

Fortune gate.

'I see they're having a wig sale down at Carpeteria.'

Woman reading instruction manual on how to darn socks.

Thrift: Walk naked behind a person wearing your size clothes!

'We're in a recession, you'll grow into it.'

"If it's any consolation, the economic pinch also forced us to give up cable TV."

'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.'

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.

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

"Is that neat whisky?"

Electricity Bills

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

"For someone your age, the yearly premium on a $5,000 policy is $8,000."

'Stan, you can still pick up that food! Due to the economy, the five second rule had been modified to eight seconds.'

"The valuation of my business includes its goodwill."

Bad times for retirees.

"It's cheaper to buy soap in chunks instead of bars. Just chip off what you need."

Budget cure

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

Stay at home

"He was right about saving that box. It did come in handy."

'Remember, Henderson - A penny saved is a departmental oversight.'

Where Mom used to take you.

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

School Supplies and Small Loans.