Thrift Thinker Pillows

"Don't take it personally. No one is getting as many credit card offers as before."

"I guess I'll just sit here since I can't risk being seen wearing everybody's stuff. On a more positive note, I'm actually saving money."

Thrift: Try talking without vowels

"Is this to make me feel bad for not getting you that laptop?"

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

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

"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!"

Second hand furniture.

The dumpster code - find something, leave something.

"Ten Dollars?! I can't eat that." Bob was on a strict low-cost diet.

Thrift: have your arms and legs amputated, use a pillow for a bed!

Queen of Upcycling!

'If by 'great', you mean 'terrible', then yes, we have plenty of great beers for under $4.00 a six-pack.'

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

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

"I just..."

"I love these old decorations!"

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

That's supposed to say garage sale!

"I'm glad they want comedy... the budget is a joke."

"There's more inside."

Limerick On A Grecian Urn

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

'You raised the price of air to 50c!' 'Inflation.'

"I'm taking your advice and saving my money!"

'Margaret, what are we doing on this cruise ship that we couldn't have done at home, cheaper?'

"I don't know...seems like budget cuts have gone pretty far this year."

"I need something that says, 'Let's party,' but in a fiscally responsible manner."

Vintage Dresses: Your Frock Exchange

'The sick economy isn't why J.B.has cut back on spending. He always was a tightwad.'

"Let's start with a couple of glasses of water and if that goes well I'll order two coffees."

"Enough with the garage sales, Harold."

'Withdrawal symptoms.'

"Years of penny-pinching really paid off. The price of copper just went up again."