Sale Hunting Gifts

'Wow, this furniture store is overstocked again. And they're cutting prices again. This is like the 50th time this year.'

'She shopped 'til she dropped.'

'Even down here we never lose our sense of humor!'

Sale

"I'm sure you'll grow into it, darling."

"No, there was no 'Buy One, Get One Free.' You're twins."

"It looks like our house got sick and threw up the attic."

Sale on the same stuff as last week.

"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!"

Cut Price

'What do you do with the time you save?'

"They're on special offer so I got three times more than I could ever use for twice as much as I could afford!"

"If the economy's ground to a halt, we can help by carrying on shopping."

"Wait a sec, I have a coupon around here somewhere."

Shop struggles to sell books about recession: '90 per cent off on all credit crunch books' (Titles incluude: Beat the Crunch! Who's to Blame? We're all Doomed!)

'It's nothing serious. Rest is the best cure for binge shopping.'

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

Hamlet's struggle with online shopping addiction. To eBay or not to eBay.

"It's a 'Black eye friday'. I got it in a fight over a 56 inch TV."

Stuff: You Don't Really Need But Still Don't Have.

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

'What did I tell you? There's always a catch to those bargain internet travel fares...'

"Sure, shopping online is faster and cheaper, but there's something almost sensuous about carrying an armload of packages!"

'My wife is going to kill me. All her shopping coupons are in that lost luggage.'

'Rozlyn, that blouse is very cute! I think you should get it.'

"I just..."

"Al, you've been chosen Businessman of the Year by the Junior Chamber of Commerce."

"So, do you want balls that only go up, or ones that only go down?"

That's supposed to say garage sale!

"Mommy usually reads me a story, then slips me a twenty."

'I love shopping for clothing I don't need with money I don't have.'

"It's the only way I can justify buying so many shoes."

'Sorry, that was before the fed raised the interest rates.'

'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.'

'And I want that end table for $40...' When bargain hunters crack.