Frugality Gifts

'It's amazing how little a thousand dollars will buy these days.'

"Your new spectacles will cost...."

Bottled water. Free sample.

Where The Ecologically Correct Meets The Pathologically Frugal

"How much if I pedal?"

'It's cheaper than gas.'

'I wish they would just spring for a paper shredder.'

'Thanks to our new firefly lamps, we've lowered our power bill by 64 percent!'

' I can't afford a smartphone. How much for a dumb one?'

"The rent's too high."

"No, I don't think it'll change him... He's just waiting until it's off-peak time so he can call his mother and tell her the good news!"

"I'm afraid you can't keep coming to try out the dishwashers, madam."

'I don't date them until they have a free bus pass - saves money on a night out...'

Budget Dental Surgery.

Gas bar, Full service/Self-serving tightwads

Men from the mining districts talking about money

Supermarket bill turns into snake

"My poor tia Carmen needs a lot of stuff for Christmas."

Clenched Purse

Lifetime Achievement Awards

"Have you ever wanted something so bad that you'd actually save up the money to buy it?"

'Less spare change under the cushion is my leading economic indicator!'

'Walter likes to get away from it all now and then, but he's too cheap to go on vacation.'

"Another jumper dear?"

'The label says that it should be served at room temperature... Shall I put it in the freezer for half an hour?'

"Okay then, what wine do you have if we go up to the four-dollar range?"

"I don' think Baldo is good with his money."

'We've bought a new car...' - 'Gah!' - '...and we're going on holiday again next week.' - 'Double gah!' - 'What's up with you?' - 'You really need to start saving for my retirement at some point, Dad!'

"Who says you can't still find a dollar slice in this city?"

'It took a six hour operation to remove this fiver from your fist.'

'Bring me a nice bottle of something that'll impress the lady, for under a fiver.'

'That's the way it is with debt, easy come, easy grow.'

'Do you need anything at the Bulk Club? We're going there to buy toilet paper.'

"We were able to retire 6 years early by canceling cable & eliminating anything fun."

People Should Have the Self-Discipline to Resist a Billion-Dollar Marketing Industry Through Sheer Force of Will