Frugal Graduate Gifts

"Congratulations. Please remember the college's financial plight. Congratulations. Please remember the college's financial plight. Congratulations. Please remember . . ."

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

"Work hard. Save money. Work hard. Save money. Work hard. Save money. Work hard. Save money. Yay!!! I died rich!"

"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!"

"Make a lot of money."

Good Luck!

'A depressing thought just came over me. Now we'll have to go out and get a job!'

Thrift: New way to eat eggs (avoid needless transport costs).

'That's what I thought, finances are tight: She's switched to no-name cat food...'

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

"The teacher expects too much of me. She wants me to give it the old college try, and I'm only in grade school."

When Tia Carmen says... "I got it for a very good price!" it means...she stopped at a garage sale on the way home.

"I just..."

'It's cheaper than gas.'

'I still want to be a cowboy.'

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

'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 took a couple of years off after college to work on my smirk.'

'I chose my field on what would put the most impressive initials after my name.'

'I wasted a lot of time in graduate school to get this job.'

"We balanced our budget this month!"

Smart card.

Good Luck!

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

"We cancelled Netfix for this?"

'All this talk about a consumer society... I don't buy it.'

The Janitor at the Harvard University Alumni Reunion is one of the Gang.

Good Luck with your finals.

GAS. If you have to ask, you probably can't afford it.

"I'm taking 'moving back in with the parents' studies."

'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.'

'Does my head look big in this?'

Piggy Bank Coin I.V.

'Retirement is OK, but instead of looking forword to weekends, I'm working at McDonalds.'

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